Overview
- The EPA formally nullified the 2009 endangerment finding that identified six greenhouse gases as threats to public health, removing the Clean Air Act basis used for vehicle and stationary-source emissions limits.
- The agency said it will propose a two-year delay to a Biden-era greenhouse-gas rule for cars and light trucks as it reworks standards to reflect slower electric-vehicle sales.
- The White House cast the rollback as the largest deregulatory action to date, estimating about $1.3 trillion in cost reductions and per-vehicle savings of roughly $2,400 to $3,000.
- Environmental groups, legal experts and former officials signaled rapid lawsuits, noting courts have repeatedly upheld the finding since Massachusetts v. EPA and warning the revocation could unwind current and future climate rules.
- Bloomberg reported, without independent verification, that the president plans to direct Pentagon power purchases from coal plants and that the Energy Department will provide $175 million to modernize six coal facilities.