A barge loaded with Illinois Basin coal sits in the Ohio River on April 3, 2017 at Cairo, Illinois. President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order rolling back former President Barack Obama’s Clean Power legislation which was designed to reduce carbon emissions and fight climate change caused by coal-powered power plants. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
By MICHAEL BIESECKER
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is moving to rewrite Obama-era rules limiting water pollution from coal-fired power plants.
Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, sent a letter announcing his decision to a coalition of energy companies that lobbied…
