In yet another move that prefer big commercial enterprise over the environment , the Trump judicature has reversed an Obama - era insurance prohibiting the sales event of plastic weewee feeding bottle in some of America ’s home Rosa Parks . This watch a review " in close consultation with Department of the Interior leadership , " says astatementissued by the National Park Services .
First , let ’s be clear , it was never an outright forbiddance . The policywas introduce six years ago to facilitate boil down plastic waste and pollution , but was implement on a Mungo Park - by - park basis . In the oddment , only 23 of the state ’s 417 parks ostracise the sale of disposable credit card water bottles instantly and , in these cases , exertion were madeto amend access to safe imbibing water .
Still , the policy was criticized for limiting approach to drinking water and , because the ban did not extend to soda , some arguedit encouraged people to make unhealthful drink choice .
The decision to reverse the insurance make out after several months of lobbying by members of the International Bottled Water Association ( IBWA ) and the designation of David Bernhardt as the Department of Interior Secretary , a man who has come under fire for his snug ties to industry loss leader andhis history as a lobbyist .
Environmental campaigners have argue that many groups controvert to the ban ( let in the IBWA ) had a strong economic bonus to support its reversal .
" It happened just hebdomad after Trump nominate a surrogate secretary of the Interior with deep ties to Nestlé , a water - bottle monster that has pushed to stop parks from going bottled water free for years through its trade association,“wroteLauren DeRusha Florez , from Corporate Accountability International . " This is just one more uttermost example of corporations wielding their powerfulness to protect earnings . "
Others point to the big picture – this governance has repeatedly put the interest and needs of big business above those of the environment .
“ Actions that rollback protections on our National Parks and public lands only move our commonwealth backward – putting the importance of local economy , wildlife and community on the back burner , " Sierra Club ’s public land insurance director , Athan Manuel , order in astatement . " The reverse is but a symbol for this organisation ’s larger attacks on environmental safeguards and tribute of public lands .
“ Our National Parks have and should carry on serving as an instance of how to treat our born environment . This action at law is in decipherable contradiction to this government agency ’s foreign mission of protecting the satellite . ”
