WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin will announce the elimination of a federal government guideline related to climate change and greenhouse gas emissions on Feb. 12.
“This will be the largest deregulatory action in American history, and it will save the American people $1.3 trillion in crushing regulations,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters during a briefing on Feb. 10.
Savings are expected to come from lower automobile costs, she said, with reductions averaging about $2,400 per vehicle.
The leaders will rescind the agency’s “endangerment finding” from 2009, established under the Obama administration, which declared that six gases—including carbon dioxide, hydrofluorocarbons, methane, nitrous oxide, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride—pose a danger to public health….
Trump, EPA to Rescind Obama-Era Federal Climate Change Policy
