EPA: Rollback Of Obama Climate Change Rule ‘Promotes Energy Independence’

The headquarters building of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Constitution Avenue in Washington, Thursday, March 9, 2017.(AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has proposed a major rollback in Obama-era restrictions on climate-changing emissions from coal-fired power plants.

The plan announced Tuesday gives the states more discretion in choosing how to regulate pollution from the plants.

The Environmental Protection Agency says the move “promotes energy independence.” Environmental groups say it will harm the fight against global warming.

The move targets a major climate change effort of the Obama administration, which sought to reduce release of climate-changing emissions and other pollutants from the coal-fired power plants.

An EPA statement calls the Obama plan “burdensome.”

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