Trump administration pushes states' energy rights — as long as they are coal states
WASHINGTON - As the Trump administration unveiled its plan Tuesday to gut landmark rules limiting power plant emissions, it made one thing clear: When it comes to environmental regulations, this White House is all about letting states chart their own course.
That is, as long as the states in question are coal states, and not those determined to utilize cleaner energy, like California.
"The era of top-down, one-size-fits-all mandates is over," EPA interim chief Andrew Wheeler declared on a call with reporters where he presented the Trump administration's replacement for the Obama-era Clean Power Plan.
The rewrite, which could prolong the lives of heavily polluting coal plants for decades and
