EPA tries to rescind ‘endangerment finding’ – part of ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda that experts say poses grave threat
The Trump administration is attempting to unmake virtually all climate US regulations in one fell swoop.
At an Indiana truck dealership on Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled a proposal to rescind the 16-year-old landmark legal finding which allows the agency to limit planet-heating pollution from cars and trucks, power plants and other industrial sources.
“The proposal would, if finalized, amount to the largest deregulatory action in the history of the United States,” said the EPA administrator, Lee Zeldin.
The agency’s primary argument for reversing the so-called “endangerment finding” claims the Clean Air Act gives the EPA the authority to regulate only emissions that locally threaten health. Officials also laid out an “alternative” justification for the move, which experts say relies heavily on climate denialism.
