Trump Moves to Lift Obama-Era Anti-Coal Regulations

Trump Moves to Lift Obama-Era Anti-Coal Regulations
A coal truck drives by Pacificorp's 1000 megawatt coal fired power plant outside Huntington, Utah on Oct. 9, 2017. George Frey/Getty Images
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The Trump administration is replacing Obama-era regulations on power-plant emissions with a new rule that hands power to the states and scraps restrictions aimed at eliminating coal as an energy source.

The acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, signed a proposal on Aug. 21 that would replace the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, which was blocked from taking effect by the Supreme Court for being overly broad.
Ivan Pentchoukov
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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