Trump replacement for Obama climate plan worse than doing nothing – study

Administration's alternative to clean power plan would let emissions 'rebound' via coal-fired power plants, researchers find

The Trump administration's replacement for the linchpin Obama-era plan to combat climate change would increase greenhouse gas emissions in much of the US more than doing nothing at all, according to new research.

Planet-warming emissions would "rebound" under the Trump policy, researchers found, as it delays the retirement of coal-fired power plants. Carbon dioxide emissions would be 8.7% higher in 18 states and Washington DC by 2030, compared with having no policy at all.