U.S. President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order that will remove environmental protections put in place by former president Barack Obama's administration, according to the new head of the country's Environmental Protection Agency.

EPA administrator Scott Pruitt appeared on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, where he said President Trump wants to create jobs by walking back Obama's "anti-fossil fuel strategy."

The executive order — which Pruitt says will be signed Tuesday — is set to undo the Clean Power Plan, which regulates emissions from coal power plants.

Pruitt, a climate-change denier who has sued the EPA 13 times, also took the opportunity to slam the Paris climate agreement.