Administrator Lee Zeldin has reportedly recommended that the White House reverse an Obama-era finding that underpins

Zeldin’s remarks came after President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Zeldin planned to cut EPA’s workforce by 65 percent. That announcement stunned EPA employees and the agency’s supporters, and the White House issued a statement later Wednesday to say that Trump was referring to a 65 percent overall cut in EPA spending.

The Trump administration is weighing whether to repeal the “endangerment finding,” which states that greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health and welfare.

In the wake of the hottest year on record and dozens of climate-related disasters, the Trump administration is considering repealing findings that link climate change to health. View on euronews

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has privately urged the Trump administration to reconsider a scientific finding that's long been the central basis for U.S. action against climate change.

The Obama and Biden administrations used the "endangerment finding" to set limits on emissions from cars and power plants.