Zeldin to rescind Obama-era rule that’s basis for EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced Tuesday that he will rescind an Obama-era rule that became the basis for the agency’s regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.

The 2009 rule, known as the “endangerment finding,” determined that carbon dioxide emissions are a threat to public health.

“A lot of people are out there listening, they might not know what the endangerment finding is. If you ask congressional Democrats to describe what it is, the left would say that it means that carbon dioxide is a pollutant, carbon dioxide is an endangerment to human health. They might say methane is a pollutant, methane is an endangerment to human health,” Zeldin explained in the “Ruthless” podcast Tuesday.

Zeldin will announce the rulemaking process while visiting an Indiana factory Tuesday, according to E&E News.