Trump won’t defend Obama’s climate plan in court

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President-elect Trump will seek to dismiss a pending court case over President Obama’s climate plan if the federal judges currently reviewing it haven’t given their verdict by the time he enters the Oval Office, according to a Trump transition document.

Trump plans to pull the government’s defense of the Clean Power Plan and work to repeal the regulation entirely, according to the document.

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