EPA Unveils Plan to Kill US Power to Regulate Greenhouse Gases

The Trump administration is formally proposing to scrap the US government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases as an air pollutant, a move that sets the stage to severely weaken Washington’s ability to fight climate change.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to abolish the landmark determination that planet-warming gases endanger public health and welfare. If finalized, the measure would lay the foundation to unwind a host of regulations limiting emissions from power plants, oil wells and automobiles.

Rolling back the 2009 endangerment finding would be among the most far-reaching steps yet by President Donald Trump’s administration to ...