EPA moves to eliminate basis of greenhouse gas regulations

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Legal challenges predicted as US environmental protection agency rescinds long-standing ‘endangerment finding’

The US Environmental Protection Agency has cancelled its greenhouse gas ‘endangerment finding’, a legal determination that gave the agency the authority to regulate planet-heating gases under the nation’s Clean Air Act. The move could have far-reaching implications covering a slew of pollution control measures, but is likely to face legal challenges.