"Coal executive Bob Murray last year presented Trump administration officials with half a dozen draft executive orders aimed at exiting the Paris climate accord and peeling back coal regulations.
All President Trump had to do was sign them.
The documents, released this afternoon under the Freedom of Information Act to E&E News, reveal new details about a secretive meeting in March of last year among Murray, Energy Secretary Rick Perry and other top agency officials.
It does not appear that Trump signed the orders.
But the documents provide a further glimpse into the Murray Energy Corp. CEO's efforts to persuade the federal government to repeal environmental regulations he deemed a burden to his industry. Parts of the coal executive's proposed action plan have been previously reported, but other elements — like the executive orders — have not."
Hannah Northey and Benjamin Storrow report for Greenwire June 6, 2018.
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