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And certainly more fallout as the day continues. a year after winning the presidential election, critics are blasting president trump for having no major legislative accomplishments, but he's made good on one campaign promise. rolling back dozens of environmental regulations. cheer environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson has more. >> reporter: scott pruett's first trip as head of the epa was to a coal mine. as the agency cole miner's flagging president trump as he started undoing the clean power plant. >> you're going back to work. >> reporter: a very different kind of environmenta...

Resulted in cleaner air, purer water, better protected land. its website lists a list of accomplishments including regulating auto emissions, banning the use of ddt, cleaning up toxic waste and increasing recycling. what has changed in the past year? correspondent anne thompson explains. >> reporter: scott pruitt's first trip at head of the epa was to a coal mine. they flanked president trump as he started undoing the clean power plan. >> you know what it says, right? you're going back to work. >> reporter: this is a very different kind of environmental protecti protection. the president makin...

Suggests that floods are becoming more frequent, more intense and more widespread. coastal flooding of the kind we saw in flooding and texas as well as less damaging nuisance events have shot up by as much as 900% since the 1960s. between 1980 and 2013, u.s. floods caused more than $260 billion in damage, more than any other kind of natural disaster. stricter flood standards come with additional construction costs. 1.25% more according to the obama administration. and building trade groups say those increased costs could be passed on to everyday americans. but a study by the national institute...