The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to repeal all greenhouse gas emission standards for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles and engines in the coming days after it removes the scientific finding that justified those rules,

"This is a five-alarm fire." According to The New York Times, the Trump administration has drafted a proposal to rescind the EPA's 2009 "endangerment finding," a scientific determination that greenhouse gas emissions pose a risk to human health and well-being.

The federal agency is said to be drafting a proposal to reverse a ruling that greenhouse gases are bad for human health.

The administration’s approach, led by White House and Justice Department officials, would focus on a legal rather than a scientific rationale for repealing the so-called endangerment finding.

An aerial shot of the refinery on St. Croix's south shore. Photo Credit: ERNICE GILBERT, V.I. CONSORTIUM. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has drafted a proposal that could fundamentally alter the United States’ approach to combating climate change,

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to revoke a key scientific finding that underpins US climate regulations