Trump Order Expected To Give EPA Choice To Scrap Or Replace 'Power Plan'

March 9, 2017
President Donald Trump's planned executive order targeting EPA's greenhouse gas rule for existing power plants is expected to allow the agency to determine whether to entirely scrap the rule or issue a revised version that significantly scales back its requirements. Trump's directive, expected next week, will require the agency to “remand, review, revise [the rule] if warranted,” says a source close to the administration. Asked under what circumstances EPA would merely revise the rule -- known as the Clean Power...


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