Acting on promises he made during the 2016 election campaign, President Donald Trump is taking steps to overturn policies from the presidency of Barack Obama. Last Tuesday, the president signed an executive order that takes aim at environmental rules and other measures he says harm economic growth. Trump ordered a rewriting of rules aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions from power stations. Many scientists agree that gases such as carbon dioxide are partly to blame for rising temperatures in Earth’s atmosphere. But Trump says cutting the rules on power plant emissions will create jobs for Americans. Perhaps no single regulation threatens our miners, energy workers and companies more than this crushing attack on American industry. The Obama administration rules were meant to cut carbon dioxide from power plants by a third from 2005 levels by 2030. Trump’s action also lifts rules on coal, oil and gas production. And it reduces the effect of climate change in other federal rules.
Title: Trump Changing Obama Environmental Policies
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1772/EPA_trump.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Trump Changing Obama Environmental Policies' data-article-id='2290'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='17458'>Acting on promises he made during the 2016 election campaign, President Donald Trump is taking steps to overturn policies from the presidency of Barack Obama.</span> <span data-start-time='17458' data-end-time='33125'>Last Tuesday, the president signed an executive order that takes aim at environmental rules and other measures he says harm economic growth.</span> <span data-start-time='33125' data-end-time='44292'>Trump ordered a rewriting of rules aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions from power stations.</span> <span data-start-time='44292' data-end-time='58333'>Many scientists agree that gases such as carbon dioxide are partly to blame for rising temperatures in Earth’s atmosphere.</span> <span data-start-time='58333' data-end-time='68521'>But Trump says cutting the rules on power plant emissions will create jobs for Americans.</span> <span data-start-time='68521' data-end-time='78854'>Perhaps no single regulation threatens our miners, energy workers and companies more than this crushing attack on American industry.</span> <span data-start-time='78854' data-end-time='95042'>The Obama administration rules were meant to cut carbon dioxide from power plants by a third from 2005 levels by 2030.</span> <span data-start-time='95042' data-end-time='104167'>Trump’s action also lifts rules on coal, oil and gas production.</span> <span data-start-time='104167' data-end-time='111708'>And it reduces the effect of climate change in other federal rules.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1772/EPA_trump.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=8375 data-hint-location='68521' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1772/what_does_regulation_mean.m4a'>What does regulation mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='official rule or law'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1772/official_rule_or_law.m4a'><span>official rule or law</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1772/oil_production.m4a'><span>oil production</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1772/gas_emissions.m4a'><span>gas emissions</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1772/coal_mining.m4a'><span>coal mining</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=8376 data-hint-location='58333' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1772/what_does_trump_believe_will_happen_by_cutting_the_regulation.m4a'>What does Trump believe will happen by cutting the regulation?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='create jobs'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1772/create_jobs.m4a'><span>create jobs</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1772/improve_the_economy.m4a'><span>improve the economy</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1772/threaten_workers.m4a'><span>threaten workers</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1772/increase_temperatures.m4a'><span>increase temperatures</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=8377 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1772/trump_is_taking_steps_to__blank__policies.m4a'>Trump is taking steps to <span class='blank'>overturn</span> policies.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='overturn'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1772/expand.m4a'><span>expand</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1772/overturn.m4a'><span>overturn</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1772/ignore.m4a'><span>ignore</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1772/enforce.m4a'><span>enforce</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
Sound Name: https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1772/EPA_trump.m4a
Preview
