The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Wednesday it will roll back dozens of regulations on energy, air quality, and carbon emissions in an effort to reduce costs and boost economic growth.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin framed the changes as an effort to lower costs, expand American energy production, and revive auto jobs. “We are driving a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion,” Zeldin said in a statement.
Key changes include reconsidering the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which forms the basis of greenhouse gas regulations, scaling back emission limits for power plants and vehicles, and redefining federal water protections to align with a 2023 Supreme Court ruling. The agency will also end internal DEI programs and external initiatives addressing pollution in marginalized communities.
Environmental groups have vowed to challenge the rollbacks in court. Jason Rylander of the Center for Biological Diversity called the changes “malicious toward the planet” and pledged legal action.
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