Trump set to roll back Obama-era regulation on coal emissions

Plan would allow individual states should decide how, or even if, they should stem carbon dioxide emissions from coal plantsThe Trump administration is set to unveil a proposed replacement for Obama-era climate change rules that will impose looser, state-based regulations on coal-fired power plants rather than pushing them towards closure.The new plan is likely to escalate greenhouse gas emissions, compared with its predecessor, at a time when scientists have warned drastic cuts are required to avoid dangerous runaway climate change that would ravage the lives of Americans and people around the world. Continue reading...