WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says President Donald Trump in the coming days will sign a new executive order that unravels his predecessor’s sweeping plan to curb global warming.
EPA chief Scott Pruitt says the executive order to be signed Tuesday will undo the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, an environmental regulation that restricts greenhouse gas emissions at coal-fired power plants. The 2015 rule has been on hold since last year while a federal appeals court considers a challenge by coal-friendly Republican-led states and more than 100 companies.
Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” Pruitt said Trump’s intention is to bring back coal-mining jobs and reduce the cost of electricity.
Supporters of former President Barack Obama’s plan say it would spur thousands of clean-energy jobs.
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It won’t bring back any coal jobs – they were all lost when companies shifted from underground mines to mountain topping.
All this will do is create jobs in the asthma and moving industries, because more kids will develop asthma and folks living on the coasts will have to move as the water takes out their communities.
They are like suicidal terrorists who decide they will take a stand for their ideology and shoot as many innocent bystanders as they before the authorities kill them in turn. Only in this case, they ARE the authorities, so the killing goes on.
How are they unlike ISIS? Ideological, fanatical and cruel. Quick death: ISIS Slow death: GOP
While it’s tough to decide which are the most dangerous outcomes of a Trump administration, this has to be near the top of the list. The time we lose in dealing with global warming before a Democratic (or at least a more reasonable) majority takes over will be deadly.
The optimist sees the glass half full.
The pessimist sees the glass half empty.
Scott Pruitt sees some water that can be privatized, polluted, and sold to Flint for obscene profits.