The Trump administration has proposed curbing the government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases by unwinding rules that control emissions from fossil fuel drilling, power plants and cars. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin on Tuesday announced the proposed rollback of a 2009 declaration from Barack Obama’s administration that determined carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses were a danger to public health.

US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Tuesday proposed to revoke the 2009 Endangerment Finding, a seminal scientific recommendation in the government's ability to fight climate change,