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Trump Targets Rollback Of Obama Environmental Protections

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Sunflower Electric Cooperative's coal-fired power plant churns out electricity in Holcomb, Kan. in 2007. (Charlie Riedel/AP)
Sunflower Electric Cooperative's coal-fired power plant churns out electricity in Holcomb, Kan. in 2007. (Charlie Riedel/AP)

President Trump is expected to visit EPA headquarters Tuesday afternoon to sign several executive orders. The orders are meant to roll back significant portions of the environmental protections put in place under President Obama, namely the Clean Power Plan.

NPR’s Jeff Brady (@jeffbradynpr) talks with Here & Now’s Robin Young about the possible ramifications.

This segment aired on March 28, 2017.

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