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Pruitt to announce Clean Power Plan repeal, ask industry to shape replacement
- Caveman_Coder 9y agoTLDR: EPA top administrator Scott Pruitt announced he will formally sign a proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era rule aimed at slashing emissions from the power sector. A draft of the repeal argued the Obama administration's rule was illegal because it directed utilities to reduce emissions only achievable "outside the fenceline" of individual power plants, such as purchasing renewable energy or closing coal plants in favor of natural gas investment.