The Trump administration rescinded a key scientific determination that has anchored federal climate policy for more than 15 years, on Thursday, Feb. 12, a sweeping rollback that could have significant implications for coastal communities such as those in Nassau County and is expected to face immediate legal challenges.
Alongside President Donald Trump in the White House’s Roosevelt Room, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced what he called the “single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history,” eliminating the 2009 Obama-era Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and all subsequent federal greenhouse gas emissions standards for vehicles from model years 2012 to 2027 and beyond.
