EPA CHIEF PLANS OVERRIDE ON CLEAN POWER PLAN

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that he will sign a rule overriding the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era effort to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants.

“The war on coal is over,” EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said in Kentucky. He said no federal agency “should ever use its authority” to “declare war on any sector of our economy.”

As attorney general of Oklahoma, Pruitt was among those who sued to stop President Obama’s push in 2014 to limit carbon emissions.

TOLL RISES IN NURSING HOME AFFECTED BY IRMA

Two women who lived at a Florida nursing home that lost air conditioning during Hurricane Irma have died, the 13th and 14th fatalities there.

Hollywood police spokeswoman Miranda Grossman told the Associated Press that Cecilia Franco, 90, and Francesca Andrade, 95, died from ailments suffered when the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills lost power Sept. 10.

REMNANTS OF NATE DRENCH NORTHEAST

Remnants of Hurricane Nate buffeted the Northeast with wind and rain Monday, while crews restored most electrical service on the Gulf Coast.

Parts of Pennsylvania and New York could receive 2 inches of rain.

NATO LEADER DOESN’T WANT A ‘NEW COLD WAR’

NATO doesn’t want a “new Cold War” with Russia despite members’ concerns about the Russian military buildup close to NATO’s border, the alliance’s secretary-general said Monday. Jens Stoltenberg spoke to a NATO assembly in Bucharest, Romania. “We are concerned by … (Russia’s) lack of transparency when it comes to military exercises,” he said.