Page 1 - aruba-today-20190620

Thursday
June 20, 2019

T: 582-7800 | F: 582-7044
www.arubatoday.com Global Covenant
of Mayors
A Page 13
Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper ruba’s ONLY English newspaper
Amid urgent climate warnings, EPA gives coal a reprieve

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid
scientists' increasingly ur-
gent warnings, the Trump
administration ordered
a sweeping about-face
Wednesday on Obama-
era efforts to fight climate
change, easing restrictions
on coal-fired power plants
in a move it predicted
would revitalize America's
sagging coal industry.
As miners in hard hats and
coal-country lawmakers
applauded, Environmental
Protection Agency chief
Andrew Wheeler signed a
measure that scraps one of
President Barack Obama's
key initiatives to rein in fos-
sil fuel emissions. The re-
placement rule gives states
more leeway in deciding
whether to require plants
to make limited efficiency
upgrades.
Wheeler said he expects
more coal plants to open
as a result. In this July 27, 2018, file photo, the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo.
Continued on Page 3 Associated Press