Known as the “endangerment finding,” the 2009 declaration has served as the basis for federal rules limiting greenhouse gas pollution from power plants, cars and trucks, and the oil and gas industry.

The Trump administration will propose the repeal of a landmark 2009 determination that climate change poses a danger to the public, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday.

"This is a five-alarm fire." According to The New York Times, the Trump administration has drafted a proposal to rescind the EPA's 2009 "endangerment finding," a scientific determination that greenhouse gas emissions pose a risk to human health and well-being.

The Trump administration wants to reverse a 2009 EPA finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. The finding is the basis for much of the United States' climate change regulations.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to reverse its scientific determination that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health, removing the legal foundation that underpins all major climate regulations,

An aerial shot of the refinery on St. Croix's south shore. Photo Credit: ERNICE GILBERT, V.I. CONSORTIUM. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has drafted a proposal that could fundamentally alter the United States’ approach to combating climate change,