09-10-2017 21:55 via sltrib.com

Environmental groups denounce Trump override of climate plan

Hazard, Ky. • The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that he will sign a new rule overriding the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era effort to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants.“The war on coal is over,” EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt declared in the coal mining state of Kentucky. He said no federal agency “should ever use its authority” to “declare war on any sector of our economy.”For Pruitt, getting rid of the Clean Po
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