Donald Trump's administration finalized its previously announced reversal of the 2009 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision that declared greenhouse gas emissions a public health threat.
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This is the ruling was the basis for numerous regulations, especially in the automotive sector, where it concerned, among others, exhaust emissions.
During the press conference, the head of the EPA, Lee Zeldin, acting alongside the president, emphasized the importance of this decision.
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— Trump's Environmental Protection Agency finalized the largest deregulation in history, what some call the “holy grail” of federal regulation said Zeldin. According to him, the withdrawal of the 2009 regulations is bring significant savings to American taxpayers.
Donald Trump criticizes existing regulations. He talks about the “Obama button”
Donald Trump criticized the current exhaust emission standards, accusing them of that they forced car manufacturers to create more expensive and less functional vehicles.
– These cars had computers that told you how much gas you saved, and “Obama button”, i.e. a start/stop function that turns off the engine when stopped. It all made no sense – said the president. He also added that The United States has enough fossil fuels to last hundreds of years, and he called attempts to save small amounts of fuel “crazy.”.
Repealing greenhouse gas regulations is the Trump administration's biggest step yet toward climate deregulation. As part of these actions, the EPA also withdrew regulations that were scheduled to go into effect in 2024 and tighten exhaust emission standards.
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These decisions are the result of months of pressure from American car manufacturers, who argued that the regulations significantly increase production costs.
