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Trump to undo Obama climate plan

Author
AP,
Publish Date
Mon, 27 Mar 2017, 9:05AM
US President Donald Trump (Photo / AP)
US President Donald Trump (Photo / AP)

Trump to undo Obama climate plan

Author
AP,
Publish Date
Mon, 27 Mar 2017, 9:05AM

President Donald Trump in the coming days will sign a new executive order that unravels his predecessor's sweeping plan to curb global warming, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency says.

EPA chief Scott Pruitt said on Sunday the executive order to be signed Tuesday will undo the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan, an environmental regulation that restricts greenhouse gas emissions at coal-fired power plants.

The 2015 rule has been on hold since last year while a federal appeals court considers a challenge by coal-friendly Republican-led states and more than 100 companies.

Speaking on ABC's This Week, Pruitt said Trump's intention is to bring back coal-mining jobs and reduce the cost of electricity.

Supporters of former President Barack Obama's plan, including some Democratic- led states and environmental groups, argue it would spur thousands of clean- energy jobs and help the U.S. meet ambitious goals to reduce carbon pollution set by an international agreement reached in Paris in late 2015.

Pruitt on Sunday called the Paris climate accord a "bad deal" because he said it went too easy on China and India, who like the U.S. are among the world's leading producers of carbon dioxide.

"So we've penalized ourselves through lost jobs while China and India didn't take steps to address the issue internationally. So Paris was just a bad deal, in my estimation," he said.

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