Undoing Obama’s legacy on the environmentIn California, farm workers are being sickened by a dangerous pesticide. In West Virginia, the largest inland waterway is being contaminated with selenium, a pollutant that can wipe out aquatic life. These are just some of the effects of President Trump’s large-scale rollback of environmental regulations over two years, which have been promoted as creating jobs, liberating businesses and helping the economy grow. But as our reporters discovered, the policy changes are affecting the health and safety of people across the United States. Go deeper: Mr. Trump has been working to undermine the environmental legacy of President Barack Obama.

Source: New York Times December 27, 2018 04:52 UTC