WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is planning to sign as soon as Monday an executive order calling for the repeal of a major Obama-era water regulation and directing a halt to the legal defense of the rule, according to a draft viewed by The Wall Street Journal. The order is one of at least two executive orders Mr. Trump is set to issue in an attempt to roll back the highest-profile environmental and climate regulations of former President Barack Obama’s tenure. The second would call for the repeal of a rule aimed at...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 24, 2017 18:22 UTC