Trump’s EPA Plots Single Strike Against US Climate Change Rules
- Environmental chief urges rewrite of 2009 climate finding
- Measure provides legal foundation for array of climate rules
At issue is the EPA’s 2009 conclusion that several different greenhouse gases threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations.
Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/BloombergPresident Donald Trump’s top environmental regulator is recommending the US government scrap its formal conclusion that greenhouse gases endanger the public, a move that would sweep away the legal foundation for regulations limiting planet-warming pollution from power plants, automobiles and oil wells.
In private recommendations to Trump, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has urged a rewrite of the so-called endangerment finding, setting the stage for a potentially sweeping attack on federal climate regulations. The recommendations were described by people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified because the assessment isn’t public.