{"id":305993,"date":"2017-03-29T06:47:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T06:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=305993"},"modified":"2017-03-29T06:47:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T06:47:53","slug":"trump-signs-order-undoing-obama-climate-change-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/trump-signs-order-undoing-obama-climate-change-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump signs order undoing Obama climate change policies"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order rolling back Obama-era rules aimed at curbing climate change.<\/p>\n
The president said this would put an end to the “war on coal” and “job-killing regulations”.<\/p>\n
The Energy Independence Executive Order suspends more than half a dozen measures enacted by his predecessor, and boosts fossil fuels.<\/p>\n
Business groups have praised the Trump administration’s move but environmental campaigners have condemned it.<\/p>\n
Outside the White House, a few hundred protesters gathered to vent their displeasure at the executive order.<\/p>\n
Inside, the president was flanked by coal miners as he signed the order, saying: “My administration is putting an end to the war on coal.<\/p>\n
“With today’s executive action I am taking historic steps to lift the restrictions on American energy, to reverse government intrusion and to cancel job-killing regulations.”<\/p>\n