E.P.A. administrator Lee Zeldin has claimed that previous administrations used the endangerment finding to justify βtrillions of dollarsβ in regulations on polluting industries and its reversal will help the economy.
The presidentβs embrace of fossil fuels and withdrawal from the global fight against climate change will make it hard to keep warming at safe levels, scientists said.
Americaβs greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of coal, oil and gas, which had finally started to decline, rose 1.9 percent after Mr. Trump returned to office.