EPA Seeks to Repeal Obama-Era Findings Justifying Car Emission Regulations

The finding said greenhouse gases emitted from new motor vehicles contributed to pollution that threatened public health.

Evening traffic fills the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles on June 14, 2004. David McNew/Getty Images

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking to repeal the basis for its ability to regulate the U.S. economy in the name of fighting climate change, Administrator Lee Zeldin confirmed on July 23.

“The EPA has sent to the Office of Management and Budget a proposed rule to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding from the Obama EPA,” Zeldin told Newsmax.