Trump Administration May Scrap Another Obama Climate Order

Trump Administration May Scrap Another Obama Climate Order
President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama walk out of the East front prior to Obama's departure from the 2017 Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2017. REUTERS/Jack Gruber/Pool via USA TODAY NETWORK/File Photo
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. State Department said in a report released by the investigative arm of Congress on Jan. 17 it may recommend President Donald Trump revoke an Obama-era order directing federal agencies to consider climate change in international development programs.

Such a move would deepen the Trump administration’s already broad rejection of former President Barack Obama’s policies on global warming, which Trump has repeatedly suggested is not as serious as some scientists claim.