Trump moves to dismantle Obama's climate legacy with executive order
by David Smith in Washington from on (#2HCM3)
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.
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