Scott Pruitt's resignation overshadowed the EPA's big Clean Power Plan replacement

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Scott Pruitt may have resigned as Environmental Protection Agency administrator, but his agenda hasn't left the building.

Just hours before President Trump announced Pruitt's resignation on Thursday, the EPA finished drafting its replacement for former President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan. The new plan swaps Obama's proposed overhaul of the energy system for much less ambitious emission-cutting goals, The New York Times reports.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.