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Trump dismantled 30 years of environmental justice in 100 days
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Environmental justice was born in Chicago 's Altgeld Gardens public housing project.
President Clinton signed the first executive order recognizing “environmental justice” in 1994 .
President Donald Trump struck down Clinton ’s executive order on his first week in office.
In 100 days since, the Trump administration has launched a campaign to dismantle environmental justice protections.
Indigenous communities have voiced concern for years that any potential leaks from the proposed pipeline tunnel could irrevocably impact their life on the Great Lakes .
Meanwhile, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin invited industrial polluters to seek exemptions from federal rules on air pollution.
President Trump will then decide whether heavy industry will be able to leapfrog standards for toxic pollutants like mercury, arsenic, and ethylene oxide.
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