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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Trump Set to Repeal Landmark Climate Finding in Major Regulatory Rollback
Caption: Trump Set to Repeal Landmark Climate Finding in Major Regulatory Rollback. The Trump administration said it would repeal the Obama-era “endangerment finding,” the scientific basis for regulating greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency confirmed the move, which would dismantle the legal foundation for broad federal climate regulations. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the repeal would amount to the largest deregulation effort in U.S. history, according to the Wall Street Journal. The repeal had been in the works for over a year, with the proposed rule sent for White House review in January and drawing more than 500,000 public comments. The move would scrap federal vehicle emissions requirements but would not apply to power plants or other stationary sources. An EPA spokesperson said the endangerment finding had been used by the Obama and Biden administrations to justify trillions of dollars in climate regulations affecting new vehicles and engines. A federal court ruling in January found the Department of Energy had violated the law in forming a climate advisory group linked to the repeal, potentially exposing the rule to legal challenges. Industry groups were split, with the American Petroleum Institute supporting repeal for vehicles but not for methane regulation. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
Keywords: Current Affairs & Politics,Donald Trump,endangerment finding,EPA,climate regulation,greenhouse gases,Lee Zeldin,vehicle emissions,deregulation,Barack Obama,Joe Biden,environmental law,greenhouse gas standards
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