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Trump moves to scrap climate rule tying greenhouse gases to public health harm

EPA administrator Lee Zeldin announced plans to revoke key scientific finding that allows for US climate regulation

Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for US action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

The proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule rescinds a 2009 declaration that determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare.

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