>> President Trump getting ready
to take a major swipe at former
President Barack Obama's
legacy on climate change.
>> The president's executive
order today calls for reviewing
the Clean Power Plan.
>> According to EPA
administrator Scott Pruitt, the
president's order will replace
the Obama plan with a pro-growth
approach to regulation.
(applause)
>> NARRATOR: Two months after he
became president, Donald Trump
arrived at the Environmental
Protection Agency for a
ceremony unlike anything the
agency had ever seen.
>> I want to acknowledge the
truly amazing people behind me
on this stage, our incredible
coal miners.
>> NARRATOR: He was there to
fulfill a campaign promise...
(applause)
>> We love our coal miners.
>> NARRATOR: ...to begin undoing
one of President Obama's
signature achievements in the
fight against climate change:
the Clean Power Plan.
>> You know what was most
awkward about watching the
signing of that executive order
was the fact that they were
doing it at EPA.
To me it was not just a signal
to his base, but a real shot
across the bow to the agency
itself.
And, uh... and it was... it was
disturbing.
>> The miners told me about the
attacks on their jobs and their
livelihoods.
They told me about the efforts
to shut down their mines, their
communities, and their very way
of life.
I made them this promise: we
will put our miners back to
work.
>> Mr. Trump, he acknowledged me
in the audience.
And if you look at the press
releases on it, the back of my
bald head is in... in the
pictures.
>> The notion that Bob Murray of
Murray Coal was at the EPA
headquarters celebrating action
by the EPA was like so
completely fiction.
>> My administration is putting
an end to the war on coal.
>> I would say that people
were...
were really devastated by that.
That it was considered to be,
really, an open slap in our
face.
>> What it conveyed is, this is
a hostile takeover.
You, the scientists and lawyers
and engineers at the agency,
are no longer valued.
This is a political operation.
>> NARRATOR: It was a victory
for Scott Pruitt, the
president's new EPA
administrator.
For years, he'd been leading the
fight against environmental
regulations from Washington,
like the Clean Power Plan.
>> Ready?
>> We're ready, ready to go.
>> We're ready.
>> In working for both Bushes
and for Clinton and Obama, I can
say no previous administration
has done what the Trump
administration is doing at
EPA now.
(applause)
There is a clear and present
danger to public health and
safety in this country, that the
repeals this administration is
going to undertake are going to
go forward.
They're not going to slow down.
(applause)
>> It was eight years of pure
hell under the Democrat Party
and Obama.
But we won!
It's a wonderful victory.
