He called the endangerment finding “a disastrous Obama-era policy that severely harmed the American auto industry and raised costs for consumers.”
Trump’s repeal ends CO2 regulations for new vehicles, meaning automakers will face fewer climate-related requirements – potentially slowing global progress on emissions reductions.
The UK could feel indirect effects.
Trump also signed legislation killing Biden-era tax credits aimed at accelerating the deployment of electric cars and renewable energy.
# Trump has labelled climate change as a ‘con job’
The US President announced the repeal beside Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lee Zeldin and White House budget director Russ Vought, who have long sought to revoke the finding.
Trump’s reversal of the scientific finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health adds to a series of regulatory cuts that have encouraged unfettered fossil fuel development and hindered the deployment of clean energy.
Trump has long dismissed climate change as a “con job.”
Among his actions with global repercussions, he notably withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement, despite the country having been the largest historical contributor to global warming and a central player in international climate efforts.
The endangerment finding was first adopted by the United States in 2009. It led the EPA to take action under the Clean Air Act of 1963 to curb emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and four other heat-trapping air pollutants from vehicles, power plants and other industries.
It came about after the Supreme Court ruled in 2007 in the Massachusetts vs EPA case that the agency has authority to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.
Trump’s repeal would remove the regulatory requirements to measure, report, certify, and comply with federal greenhouse gas emission standards for cars, but may not initially apply to stationary sources such as power plants.
The transportation and power sectors are each responsible for around a quarter of US greenhouse gas output, according to EPA figures.
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[Donald Trump](https://inews.co.uk/topic/donald-trump?srsltid=AfmBOor_NtL_qArp55SxdIGTmdY77cUYOwbKITgtkctXbhLpAMW4sayc&ico=in-line_link) has repealed the scientific finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, marking the most sweeping climate rollback of his administration to date.
He called the endangerment finding “a disastrous Obama-era policy that severely harmed the American auto industry and raised costs for consumers.”
Trump’s repeal ends CO2 regulations for new vehicles, meaning automakers will face fewer climate-related requirements – potentially slowing global progress on emissions reductions.
The UK could feel indirect effects.
Trump also signed legislation killing Biden-era tax credits aimed at accelerating the deployment of electric cars and renewable energy.
Former US president [Barack Obama](https://inews.co.uk/topic/barack-obama?srsltid=AfmBOooO6b9CmdnG-OTOy8PzSN8u9DMgeHsTs1w8BiafzNqlk8oawgqr&ico=in-line_link) blasted the move on X: “We will be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money”.
# Trump has labelled climate change as a ‘con job’
The US President announced the repeal beside Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lee Zeldin and White House budget director Russ Vought, who have long sought to revoke the finding.
Trump’s reversal of the scientific finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health adds to a series of regulatory cuts that have encouraged unfettered fossil fuel development and hindered the deployment of clean energy.
Trump has long dismissed climate change as a “con job.”
Among his actions with global repercussions, he notably withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement, despite the country having been the largest historical contributor to global warming and a central player in international climate efforts.
The endangerment finding was first adopted by the United States in 2009. It led the EPA to take action under the Clean Air Act of 1963 to curb emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and four other heat-trapping air pollutants from vehicles, power plants and other industries.
It came about after the Supreme Court ruled in 2007 in the Massachusetts vs EPA case that the agency has authority to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.
Trump’s repeal would remove the regulatory requirements to measure, report, certify, and comply with federal greenhouse gas emission standards for cars, but may not initially apply to stationary sources such as power plants.
The transportation and power sectors are each responsible for around a quarter of US greenhouse gas output, according to EPA figures.