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EPA Set To Undo Major Obama-Era Climate Change Rule

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Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt testifies about the fiscal year 2018 budget during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., June 27, 2017. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt testifies about the fiscal year 2018 budget during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., June 27, 2017. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is set to announce he's moving to dismantle the Clean Power Plan, a key part of former President Obama's environmental legacy. It's Pruitt's latest target in an effort to combat what he sees as government overreach by the EPA.

Here & Now's Robin Young takes a closer look at Pruitt's EPA with Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Dlouhy (@jendlouhyhc).

This segment aired on October 10, 2017.

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