This week he is expected to carry out his latest assault on the agency, which is an executive order withdrawing any federal legal defense of the carbon-cutting Clean Power Plan. By telling his Justice Department to quit defending the Clean Power Plan, the president is in effect telling the appeals court now deciding the case that the federal government will not pursue the mandates set under the proposed regulation. Its supporters say it is a $54 million a year program that saves $34 billion a year in electricity costs. Circling back to the Clean Power Plan, which remains the King of the chessboard when it comes to energy and environmental policy. And over the next 10 years, the economy and the environment could feel the effects of those policies.

Source: Forbes March 12, 2017 12:31 UTC