The President of the United States, Donald Trump, revoked yesterday the so-called endangerment finding, approved by the Barack Obama administration in 2009. This finding established that six greenhouse gases emitted by combustion engines are harmful to health.
Trump defended the measure as "the biggest act of deregulation in U.S. history" and assured that it will greatly reduce costs for vehicle manufacturers and consumers. "During my campaign, I promised to remove 10 old regulations for every new regulation, and we have exceeded that," Trump said at an event at the White House, accompanied by the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lee Zeldin.
This past March, the EPA already announced it would review thirty regulations regarding polluting gases, drawing condemnation from various environmental organizations.
The finding, approved during the first term of Democratic President Obama, established that six greenhouse gases present in the Earth's atmosphere and emitted by vehicle combustion engines, such as carbon dioxide or nitrous oxide, pose a health risk.
This measure will save American consumers trillions of dollars and reduce the average cost of a new vehicle by nearly $3,000.
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