Pruitt: Paris was just a bad deal (Reuters file photo)WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will soon sign a new executive order that unravels his predecessor's sweeping plan to curb global warming, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Sunday. EPA chief Scott Pruitt said the executive order to be signed Tuesday will undo the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan, an environmental regulation that restricts greenhouse gas emissions at coal-fired power plants. Speaking on ABC's This Week news programme, Pruitt said Trump's intention is to bring back coal-mining jobs and reduce the cost of electricity. "So we've penalised ourselves through lost jobs while China and India didn't take steps to address the issue internationally. So Paris was just a bad deal, in my estimation," he said.

Source: Bangkok Post March 26, 2017 18:27 UTC