Donald Trump to begin reversing Obama-era cutbacks in CO2

The change is not expected to return coal to its earlier dominance in electricity production

The Trump administration will issue an executive order on Tuesday that begins dismantling a rule under former President Barack Obama that slashed carbon dioxide emissions and discouraged coal-fired electricity, US environmental Chief Scott Pruitt said.

“The executive order is going to address the past administration’s effort to kill jobs across this country through the Clean Power Plan,” Pruitt said on ABC’s ‘This Week’ programme on Sunday.

Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), said Tuesday’s order will be followed swiftly by actions to “make sure that whatever steps we take in the future will be pro-growth, pro-environment but