Overview

• EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has proposed overturning the 2009 finding that underpins Clean Air Act limits on greenhouse gases from vehicles and power plants.
• The agency frames the rollback as restoring consumer choice and claims it would unwind up to $1 trillion in costly regulations.
• Medical and public health groups, including the American Lung Association and the American Public Health Association, warn the change would heighten pollution-related illness and harms in vulnerable communities.
• A Data for Progress survey of likely voters conducted Aug. 15–18 found 86% support regulating greenhouse-gas emissions, with strong backing across parties.
• The proposal is in its public-comment phase, with one opinion piece urging submissions by Sept. 15 and providing an EPA docket email for feedback.