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The Trump administration has reportedly drafted a plan to upend a foundational Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finding that allows the U.S. government to more easily regulate the use of greenhouse gases, which are a primary driver of the climate crisis.

The “Endangerment Finding,” drafted by the EPA in December 2009, states that greenhouse gases (such as carbon dioxide, methane and others) pose a serious danger to humans in the United States and across the world. It serves as the foundation of the agency’s ability to justify regulations on such gases when it comes to automobiles, power plants, and other industries that expel them in high amounts.

“The [EPA] Administrator finds that the current and projected concentrations of the six key well-mixed greenhouse gases…threaten the........

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