Environmental groups file suit to block waivers for Texas border wall
(WorldNews Mexico)

Nation Environmental groups file suit to block waivers for Texas border wall In this Aug. 11, 2017, photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle passes by a section of the border wall in Hidalgo, Texas. (Eric Gay / Associated Press) A coalition of environmental groups has sued to stop the Trump administration from speeding construction of the first phase of southern border wall construction by waiving dozens of landmark environmental laws meant to protect air and water quality, public lands and wildlife. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., comes as President Trump threatened this week to send the U.S. military to the Mexican border to stop a...