We Energies sticking with emission reduction plans

OAK CREEK — We Energies will continue its efforts to reduce carbon emissions at its power plants in Oak Creek and across the upper Midwest despite the recent executive order by President Donald Trump calling for a rollback of former President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan.

Announced in August 2015, the Clean Power Plan aimed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the country’s coal-fired power plants by 32 percent by 2030...