News bites: Industries react to Obama’s executive action pledge

President Obama’s plans to use executive power to pursue portions of his second term agenda are seen as a mixed bag for the private sector, The Hill’s RegWatch reports. Obams’s regulatory remarks focused heavily on energy and efforts to confront climate change,The Hill’s Energy and Environment blog writes. Nuclear regulators weigh a restart of California’s San Onofre power plant, The San Diego Union-Tribune Reports.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is ordering a review of the state’s rules as part of a regulatory reform effort, The State reports. The action Follows Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s move to institute a regulatory moratorium in the Hoosier State.

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