"Trump Applies Obama-Era Flood Aid Rules He Axed Six Months Ago"

"The Trump administration’s stance on climate change became a little less clear this week.

Six months ago, President Donald Trump revoked an Obama-era rule requiring federally funded projects to account for the increased flood risk associated with global warming. Critics charged that Trump’s decision would allow the construction of buildings, roads and other projects that could soon be underwater.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development told states how to spend the $7.4 billion in disaster-recovery money Congress approved after Hurricane Harvey. Tucked into the document’s 101 pages was the requirement that any new structures in a floodplain be built well above projected flood levels -- virtually the same requirements as those that Trump revoked last August."

Christopher Flavelle reports for Bloomberg February 7, 2018.