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Erin Brockovich blasts Trump

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Erin Brockovich blasts Trump over ‘reckless, careless’ environmental regulation rollbacks
Rebecca Corey
Yahoo News VideoFebruary 26, 2019, 5:00 AM EST
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Brockovich is calling out the Trump administration for rolling back dozens of environmental regulations, saying it would be a “disaster” to lose any more environmental protections.

“You’re playing with everybody’s lives. And I think it could be a fatal blow,” Brockovich said in an interview with the Yahoo News show “Through Her Eyes.”

Brockovich became a household name almost 20 years ago when Julia Roberts portrayed her on the big screen, dramatizing Brockovich’s David vs. Goliath-like fight against Pacific Gas & Electric over the company’s contamination of drinking water in Hinkley, Calif. The legal battle resulted in the largest direct-action lawsuit in U.S. history.

A tireless environmental and consumer advocate, Brockovich has now set her sights on Trump’s regulatory rollback.

“This is really reckless, careless behavior that has total disregard for the environment and the appreciation that water sustains our life and the future of our health,” Brockovich said of lifting regulations.

So far, the Trump administration has rescinded or scaled back 47 environmental regulations, and is aiming to eliminate 31 more.


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Erin Brockovich: Environment should be major issue in 2020 election
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich tells the Yahoo News show "Through Her Eyes" that environmental issues shouldn't be politicized, and should concern both Republicans and Democrats.

Brockovich insists that climate change and the environment should “absolutely” be major issues in the 2020 presidential election, but says they shouldn’t be topics that divide candidates or voters along partisan lines.

“I don’t know why we should politicize water and our health,” she exclaimed. “Every single human being on this planet needs water to survive. How could we possibly define humanity based on whether you’re a liberal or a conservative?”

Since Brockovich’s victory over PG&E, the company has twice filed for bankruptcy. PG&E currently faces another class-action lawsuit that alleges their faulty equipment and


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