EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin officially revoked the endangerment finding, in a huge blow to U.S. efforts to fight climate change.

A White House official confirmed the plans, which were first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

The endangerment finding gives the EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gases by deeming they pose a risk to public health and welfare.

The scientific finding has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

U.S. to rescind 2009 climate regulation, impacting greenhouse gas standards and igniting legal battles over environmental policies.

Climate groups vow to fight rollback of 2009 finding determining CO2 and other greenhouse gases harm health

The EPA is revoking the finding for legal, not scientific, reasons.

Leaders promise to fight back with court challenges as Trump rescinds finding foundational to US climate rules

The EPA rescission sets a dangerous environmental precedent, critics say. But legal challenges and prevailing trends mean the industry won’t “crank the CO₂ all the way up.”

The EPA overturns a key climate regulation that underpins US efforts to tackle climate change.

The move eviscerates the government’s ability to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin officially revoked the endangerment finding, in a huge blow to U.S. efforts to fight climate change.

The Environmental Protection Agency has revoked a key scientific finding that supported U.S. regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.

Trump's repeal of the endangerment finding eliminates the legal basis for federal regulations that target air pollution from greenhouse gases.

Endangerment finding rollback will make families ‘sicker and less safe’, environmental advocate says

The Trump administration dismantled a key defense in the U.S. fight against climate change. Experts say that may have far-reaching impacts on people's finances.

The US president is scrapping the landmark 2009 finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life by warming the planet. The move is expected to face swift legal challenges.

Trump revokes U.S. climate regulations, eliminating vehicle emission standards and the endangerment finding, promoting fossil fuel development.

Trump administration rescinds 'endangerment finding' that serves as the legal bases to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

WASHINGTON: The administration of President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the repeal of a scientific finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, and…

The announcement on Thursday removes the legal bedrock for much of US environmental legislation.