EPA Administrator Pruitt To End Obama's Clean Power Plan

EPA Administrator Pruitt To End Obama's Clean Power Plan

By Alexandra Miller

By Alexandra Miller
October 23, 2017

October 23, 2017

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has decided to end former President Obama's Clean Power Plan, rolling back another one of his signature achievements.

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EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt will end former President Obama's Clean Power Plan. This move rolls back another one of Obama's signature achievements. Pruitt says the plan was unnecessarily harmful to small businesses across the country.

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