Barack Obama climate change Record wipe out by Donald Trump

Trump to tear up Obama's climate change record on climate change with a series of orders undermining America's commitment to tackling global warming

Mr President first trip to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the President - who has called global warming "a hoax" created by China - will sign an "Energy Independence Executive Order".
Mr President instructions will allow regulators to redraf key rules curbing US carbon emissions, lift a moratorium on federal coal leasing and scrap a requirement for federal officials to consider the impact of climate change when making decisions.
Central to the changes is a review of Mr Obama's clean power plan a pledge to cut US emissions by 26-28% by 2025 - which paved the way for the Paris agreement on tackling climate change to be agreed by 195 countries.
Mr Trump administration official told the AFP news agency that the prospect of withdrawal from the Paris agreement was "still under discussion".