Washington – President Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced today their repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding, the determination issued pursuant to the Clean Air Act that underpins the federal government’s regulation of greenhouse gas emissions to protect public health and welfare.

In response, Food & Water Watch’s Senior Staff Attorney Erin Doran Issued the following statement:

“In case there was any remaining doubt, the truth is very clear: Trump cares nothing for the health and wellbeing of our communities or our climate. He is concerned only with making more money for the billionaire fossil fuel polluters that help to fund his dangerous political agenda.

“The notion that the EPA shouldn’t regulate climate emissions is inconsistent with the law, the science, and the realities of the climate crisis. EPA is charged with protecting human health and the environment yet this rule does neither, benefitting only the fossil fuel industry at our expense.  It’s absurd, and we’ll be fighting back.”