Donald Trump takes major step to wiping out Obama’s climate-change record

‘President Trump will take the most significant step yet in obliterating his predecessor’s environmental record on Tuesday, instructing federal regulators to rewrite key rules curbing US carbon emissions.
The sweeping executive order also seeks to lift a moratorium on federal coal leasing and remove the requirement that federal officials consider the impact of climate change when making decisions.
The order sends an unmistakable signal that just as President Barack Obama sought to weave climate considerations into every aspect of the federal government, Trump is hoping to rip that approach out by its roots.’
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