"The (current) administration is using contrived problems with our energy system to take money out of consumers' pockets and giving it to fossil fuel companies, so they can force a shift away from clean energy and back to dirty fossil fuel," she said.
The Obama administration issued the plan in October 2017, requiring coal-fired power plants to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 32 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. However, the U.S. Supreme Court voted five to four later to put it on hold.
In March this year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order, directing the EPA to "suspend, revise, or rescind" the Obama-era rule.
Trump, who once called climate change a "hoax," also announced in June that his country will leave the Paris Agreement on curbing global warming.
His position on climate change was met with widespread criticism both at home and abroad.
"As the climate crisis has made storms like Harvey, Irma, and Maria exponentially worse, Trump's decision to attack climate action through this expected repeal is exponentially more dangerous for our families," Michael Brune, executive director of Sierra Club, a U.S. environmental organization, said in a statement in response to Pruitt's announcement.
"By repealing the Clean Power Plan, the Trump Administration will throw out an affordable, flexible, and life-saving plan to cut dangerous carbon pollution from power plants, giving the fossil fuel industry a free pass to keep polluting our air while our families pay the price."
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