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The Environmental Protection Agency has moved to erase the foundation of America’s climate regulations. On Tuesday, it unveiled a proposal to rescind the “endangerment finding,” the legal opinion that lets it curb greenhouse gas emissions.
If the move goes through, it would wipe out EPA rules on vehicle emissions, from small cars to heavy trucks. Limits on power plants and methane leaks would be weakened. The EPA’s new argument is that Congress never gave it authority to police greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin called it “the largest deregulatory action in U.S. history.”
Industry groups cheered. Climate experts and former officials condemned the move as reckless, saying it puts public health at risk and ignores science.
The 2009 “endangerment finding” declared greenhouse gases a threat to Americans’ health and welfare. That opened the door for years of regulations. Trump’s EPA now says that legal logic is flawed. Zeldin told reporters the EPA cannot “give ourselves that power.” Only Congress, he says, can make such decisions.
If finalised, the plan would roll back decades of climate policy and trigger a fierce legal fight. The battle could last for years. A Supreme Court case in 2007 gave the EPA this authority. The agency’s latest move aims to overturn that legacy.
Critics call it a political gamble. If Trump wins in court, future presidents would struggle to revive climate rules. If the plan fails, the administration may be left with nothing.
Automakers and oil companies have praised the rollback. They call for more consumer choice and less regulation.
Ford said the country needs a single, stable standard. One that grows stricter over time, matches science, and supports American manufacturing.
Opponents warn the reversal will mean more pollution and more high-polluting cars on U.S. roads for years. They say Americans living through fires, floods, and storms will see this move as out of touch.
The EPA proposal claims past rules cost industry trillions. Critics say those numbers ignore the benefits, including fewer deaths, less disease, and cleaner air.
Legal experts doubt the EPA’s new logic will survive. Many say the law and science are clear, greenhouse gases endanger Americans. But with a conservative Supreme Court, the old rules may not last.
Public comments are open. The outcome will shape U.S. climate policy for years.
AnewZ has learned that India has once again blocked Azerbaijan’s application for full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, while Pakistan’s recent decision to consider diplomatic relations with Armenia has been coordinated with Baku as part of Azerbaijan’s peace agenda.
A day of mourning has been declared in Portugal to pay respect to victims who lost their lives in the Lisbon Funicular crash which happened on Wednesday evening.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Super Typhoon Ragasa lashed Hong Kong with hurricane-force winds and torrential rain on Wednesday.
When Climate Week kicks off in New York City on Sunday (21 September), it will mark the largest event of its kind yet, with organisers reporting a record number of companies participating and more events than ever before.
Rising temperatures are taking a mounting toll on Bangladesh, with heat-related illnesses and productivity losses costing the economy up to $1.78 billion - about 0.4% of GDP - in 2024, according to a World Bank report released Tuesday
Australia will suffer more frequent and extreme climate events, often happening simultaneously, which will strain industry, services and infrastructure, a government report said on Monday, ahead of the announcement of a new emissions target.
Scientists have detected DNA from an invasive barnacle species in Canada's Arctic, raising alarm over the loss of the region's natural defence against ecological threats.
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