- Pres. Trump will target Obama-era green regulations, including a federal coal mining ban and an initiative forcing states to cut carbon emissions, in an executive order as soon as next week, Reuters reports, citing a White House source.
- The order will include the Clean Power Plan, former Pres. Obama's centerpiece initiative to combat climate change which was never implemented due to legal challenges launched by several Republican states.
- Trump could begin the process of killing the regulation by having the EPA ask the courts to return it to the agency for review, effectively ending its legal defense; Trump could reverse the coal mining ban by asking the Department of Interior to lift it and resume its leasing program.
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