The Environmental Protection Agency will move Tuesday to rescind the endangerment finding, an Obama-era label that declared carbon emissions and greenhouse gases a threat to public health and welfare and paved the way for $1 trillion in government regulations aimed at mitigating climate change. [emphasis, links added]
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and Energy Secretary Christopher Wright will announce the move to rescind the finding in Indianapolis, an EPA official told The Washington Times.
Their announcement will include a proposal to end the federal government’s greenhouse gas regulations for all automobiles and trucks, an authority created under the endangerment finding now poised for elimination.
Attending the announcement will be members of the Indiana Motor Truck Association and the National Automobile Dealers Association, two groups significantly impacted by the Obama and Biden administrations’ rules that sought to curb tailpipe emissions and replace cars and trucks with electric vehicles.
“If finalized, the proposal would repeal all resulting greenhouse gas emissions regulations for motor vehicles and engines, thereby reinstating consumer choice and giving Americans the ability to purchase a safe and affordable car for their family while decreasing the cost of living on all products that trucks deliver,” an EPA official said.
The agency determined that the proposal would save $1 trillion in regulatory costs over three decades, or $54 billion annually.
The Biden administration finalized stringent tailpipe emission caps last year to force automakers to shift from producing gas-powered models to primarily electric vehicles by 2030.
The Biden administration argued that the caps were needed to significantly cut carbon emissions from vehicles, which were the source of 28% of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2022, according to the EPA.
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