The Trump administration Tuesday announced plans to revoke the agency’s “endangerment finding” on greenhouse gases, setting the stage for the federal government to cease regulating climate-warming emissions.

By Wyatt Myskow

At an automobile dealership in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin announced plans to rescind the science-backed 2009 determination that greenhouse gas emissions harm human health and the environment. Scientists, environmental policy experts and climate groups warn that revoking that decision will lead to dirtier air across America, and conflicts with the scientific consensus that emissions from the fossil fuel industry are causing global warming.

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