The EPA's recent announcement marks a drastic shift in U.S. climate policy, rolling back significant regulations and scientific findings related to greenhouse gases. The agency plans to revoke the 2009 finding linking greenhouse gases to public health risks, which serves as a foundation for various climate rules. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin's actions have drawn criticism from environmental advocates, who highlight the potential environmental impact and the aggressive nature of the deregulation. The agency's approach reflects a broader trend since the Trump administration, focusing on economic implications over climate action.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin declared on the social media platform X that the agency is initiating 31 historic actions, including reconsidering many suffocating rules that restrict nearly every sector of our economy and cost Americans trillions of dollars.
He called the finding the holy grail of the climate change religion. Zeldin also plans to weaken or rescind rules that were enacted to reduce climate pollution from power plants, oil and gas infrastructure and vehicles.
Myron Ebell, who led President Donald Trump's 2017 EPA transition team, states, 'It's Christmas in March' regarding the EPA's recent rollbacks, signifying a major shift in climate policy.
The vibes are bad, said Meredith Hankins, a senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council, emphasizing the surprising breadth of the rollbacks announced by the EPA.
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