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President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 25, 2025. (Pool via AP)
President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 25, 2025. (Pool via AP)
EPA wants to repeal a landmark environmental finding
Associated Press //February 27, 2025//
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged President Donald Trump‘s administration to reconsider a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action against climate change.
Zeldin called for a rewrite of the agency’s finding that determined planet-warming greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. That’s according to four people who were briefed on the matter but spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the recommendation is not public. The 2009 finding under the Clean Air Act is the legal underpinning of a host of climate regulations for motor vehicles, power plants and other pollution sources.
A spokesperson for the EPA on Wednesday declined to reveal Zeldin’s recommendation, which was made last week under an executive order from Trump.
The Washington Post first reported that Zeldin had urged the White House to strike down the endangerment finding.
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