"Trump to sign order sweeping away Obama-era climate policies", 28 Mar 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday to undo a slew of Obama-era climate change regulations, a move meant to bolster domestic energy production but which environmentalists have vowed to challenge in court.The decree, dubbed the "Energy Independence" order, will seek to undo former President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan requiring states to slash carbon emissions from power plants - a critical element in helping the United States meet its commitments to a global climate change accord agreed by nearly 200 countries in Paris in December 2015.It will also rescind a ban on coal leasing on federal lands, reverse rules to curb methane emissions from oil and gas production, and reduce the weight of climate change in federal agencies' assessments of new regulations..."The previous administration devalued workers with their policies. We can protect the environment while providing people with work." [said an administration official]...Environmental groups have promised to challenge the orders...Green group Earthjustice said it will fight the order both in and out of court...