New York State Attorney General Barbara Underwood on Tuesday promised to sue the Trump administration if a proposal to roll back an Obama-era regulation reducing emissions from fossil fuel-burning power plants is adopted.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to replace the Clean Power Plan, which was adopted by the Obama administration in 2015. That plan aims to curb fossil fuel emissions from energy plants by about a third by 2030.

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