--- ---  # Watch Live: President Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting Environmental Regulations  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Mar 28, 2017 4:23 PM UTC  President Donald Trump signs H.J. Res. 58, which overturns a rule requiring states to report specific information on teacher preparation programs, during a bill signing ceremony in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 27, 2017. President Donald Trump signs H.J. Res. 58, which overturns a rule requiring states to report specific information on teacher preparation programs, during a bill signing ceremony in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 27, 2017.Andrew Harrer—Pool/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Mar 28, 2017 4:23 PM UTC [President Donald Trump ](http://time.com/4714199/donald-trump-democrats-tax-reform-infrastructure/)will sign an executive order Tuesday to [roll back key environmental regulations](http://time.com/4713731/donald-trump-climate-change-executive-order-president-obama-epa/) that were established under the Obama Administration. The White House has touted the executive order as a way to promote “energy independence.” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Monday that the order is aimed at reducing “unnecessary regulatory obstacles that restrict the responsible use of domestic energy resources.” Part of the order will [target environmental measures](http://time.com/4676732/donald-trump-epa-executive-orders/) that had aimed to combat climate change, including the [Clean Power Plan](http://time.com/3981535/white-house-clean-power-plan/), which called for a dramatic reduction in carbon emissions from power plants by 2030. The event is expected to begin at 2 p.m. Watch live above. Donald Trump Targets Environmental Regulations: Watch Live ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4715196/donald-trump-energy-order-watch-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4715196/donald-trump-energy-order-watch-live/"},"headline":"Watch Live: President Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting Environmental Regulations","datePublished":"2017-03-28T16:23:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:04:26.438Z","description":"The order will roll back regulations that aimed to combat climate change","url":"https://time.com/4715196/donald-trump-energy-order-watch-live/","keywords":["White House","Environment","climate change","energy","Donald Trump","livestream","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt291bd8bb294d3156/6988c02e196cf4adac03f68e/donald-trump-energy-order-livestream.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt291bd8bb294d3156/6988c02e196cf4adac03f68e/donald-trump-energy-order-livestream.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Signs Bills That Nullify Measures Put In Place During Obama Presidency","caption":"President Trump Signs Bills That Nullify Measures Put In Place During Obama Presidency","creditText":"Andrew Harrer—Pool/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4715196/donald-trump-energy-order-watch-live/","name":"Watch Live: President Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting Environmental Regulations"}}]}] ```