The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Administrator Lee Zeldin has announced a series of actions to roll back landmark environmental regulations, including rules on pollution from coal-fired power plants, climate change, and electric vehicles. Zeldin claims these actions will eliminate trillions of dollars in regulatory costs, lower the cost of living for American families, and reignite American manufacturing. Among the 31 environmental rules being rolled back is the EPA’s 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare, a key basis for U.S. climate regulations. Environmentalists and climate scientists criticize the move, saying it goes against overwhelming scientific evidence. The EPA will also rewrite rules on air pollution from power plants and cars, which the Republican administration incorrectly labels as an electric vehicle “mandate.” These actions are seen as a form of Republican climate denial by critics like University of Pennsylvania scientist Michael Mann. However, Zeldin maintains that the EPA’s goal is not to abandon environmental protection but to achieve it through innovation and not strangulation, ensuring that American energy remains clean, affordable, and reliable.
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