“President Trump will sign an executive order Thursday instructing agencies to waive long-standing environmental laws to speed up federal approval for new mines, highways, pipelines and other projects given the current ‘economic emergency,'” the Washington Post reports.
Trump Will Waive Environmental Reviews for Key Projects
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