The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday officially halted oil and natural gas regulations imposed by former President Barack Obama a year ago, while it reconsiders the regulations in line with industry requests.

The decision was announced as President Trump is expected to imminently announce his decision to withdraw from the 2015 Paris climate change agreement.

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