Coal mogul offered 6 suggested executive orders to Trump
The head of a major coal mining company sent the Trump administration six suggested executive orders to stop or roll back environmental policies in the early days of Trump's presidency.
Murray Energy Corp. CEO Bob Murray sent the documents to various federal agencies, including the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), last year.
The drafted orders would have instructed the EPA to halt and consider repealing rules on coal pollution in waterways, coal ash disposal, mercury and other air pollutants from coal-fired power plants, ground-level ozone pollution and air pollution that crosses state lines.
Another draft would have pulled the United States out of the Paris climate agreement.
Trump never signed or issued the orders, which were obtained by The Hill under the Freedom of Information Act.
But he did sign other executive orders, including ones instructing agencies to reconsider nearly all climate change policies. And the administration has implemented many of the policies Murray sought, including Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris agreement and efforts to change numerous EPA policies that the coal industry has opposed.
Murray sent the orders to Energy Secretary Rick Perry on March 28, 2017, shortly after Trump signed a wide-ranging order aimed at dismantling climate rules and other policies seen as obstructing production of fossil fuels and other forms of energy.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/391149-coal-mogul-drafted-6-executive-order-for-trump