Environmentally minded US states say the Trump administration’s biggest climate change rollback could increase pollution, violating federal law, according to a preview of how they will fight the federal government.
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| The Trump administration is working to replace Barack Obama’s clean power plan. |
The Environmental Protection Agency is moving to replace Barack Obama’s clean power plan, a rule that would have hastened the US shift away from electricity produced from burning coal.
Not only does burning coal warm the planet, it is also causes a range of health problems, from asthma to cancer.
Where the old Obama plan would let states decide how to use cleaner sources of power, the new plan will instead encourage efficiency upgrades at coal plants.
Read the story from The Guardian by Emily Holden in Washington - “Trump climate plan will break law by worsening pollution, states say.”
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