E&E News covers Trump’s State of the Union speech, remarking his emphasis on the importance of coal and a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill.
But for critics of the president, they see the infrastructure bill as the latest iteration of attacks on environmental safeguards.
“The scarce details we do have point to an approach that emphasizes public-private partnerships and sacrifices environmental and other protections for speed,” Grant Carlisle, director of advocacy for Environmental Entrepreneurs, said in a statement.