Trump’s Climate Plan Could Do More Damage Than No Plan At All
President Donald Trump supports the coal industry and denies climate change, so it surprised few last year when he announced his intention to kill the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration’s aggressive regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.
The surprising part came months later. In December, the Environmental Protection Agency said it wouldn’t entirely undo Obama’s coal-emission regulations. The Clean Power Plan would be replaced with a new plan—a weaker one, to be sure, but with emissions limits nonetheless. But it turns out that Trump’s plan might be worse than no plan at all.
