The Trump administration is planning to wipe away the foundation that supported Obama-era regulations on greenhouse gasses, according to a new report.
According toThe Wall Street Journal, the so-called “endangerment finding” of 2009 that labeled six greenhouse gasses as a threat to public health and welfare will be overturned.
The finding gave the Environmental Protection Agency legal authority to limit emissions from power plants and vehicles.
“This amounts to the largest act of deregulation in the history of the United States,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said.
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The final rule is expected to be made public this week, the Journal wrote.
The Journal said the rule “removes the regulatory requirements to measure, report, certify and comply with federal greenhouse-gas emission standards for motor vehicles, and repeals associated compliance programs, credit provisions and reporting obligations for industries,” citing administration officials it did not name as the source of the report.
The new rule will not directly overturn regulations on power plant emissions but could be a first step in that direction, The Journal report said.
Trump began the process on the day he became president by directing the EPA to determine if the finding should remain in place. In July, the EPA first proposed rescinding the finding.
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