E.P.A. administrator Lee Zeldin has claimed that previous administrations used the endangerment finding to justify βtrillions of dollarsβ in regulations on polluting industries and its reversal will help the economy.
The agency is racing to repeal a scientific finding that requires it to fight global warming. Experts say the goal is to get the matter before the justices while President Trump is still in office.
The court ruled that construction can restart on a wind farm off the coast of New York State. The Trump administration had ordered work to stop in December.
Los Angeles smog in 1979. For decades, government agencies have used a theoretical value of human life when calculating the costs and benefits of new regulations.