EPA Chief Zeldin Scraps Climate Rules, Faces Backlash

0:00On April 9th, EPA head Lee Zeldin just celebrated scrapping the old endangerment finding that backed federal climber rules for 16 years. He told climate skeptics at the Heartland Institute conference, it's a big win, calling it straight vindication after the Trump team revoked it earlier. This year, this move flips the script on Obama and Biden era rags, targeting emissions from cars, power plants, and factories. The admin says, it was bad science hurting the economy, and now, EPA claims no legal power over climate anyway, rolling back dozens of air and water. Protections. Environmental groups are fired up, slamming Zeldin for hyping deniers while wildfires rage and floods hit harder. They call Heartland a disinformation mill funded by oilcash and say this ditches public health for ideology. The repeal kills greenhouse gas limits on vehicles right away, and experts warn it could gut rules for power plants and oil rigs too. Nearly two dozen states plus cities and health advocates already filed lawsuits to fight

1:03it. As legal battles heat up, Zeldin pushes what he calls gold standard science over doomsday fears, refocusing EPA on core duties amid wild weather and rising energy costs. World news, powered by AI, this is Global News Today, I'm Cory with the story.