Trump moves to dismantle Obama's climate legacy with executive order

Environmentalists decry 'embarrassing' order to review Obama's clean power plan and other regulations, as White House claims victory for coal industry

Donald Trump launched an all-out assault on Barack Obama's climate change legacy on Tuesday with a sweeping executive order that undermines America's commitment to the Paris agreement.

Watched by coalminers at a ceremony at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, the president signed an order to trigger a review of the clean power plan, Obama's flagship policy to curb carbon emissions, and rescind a moratorium on the sale of coalmining leases on federal lands.