The Environmental Protection Agency’s endangerment finding is one of the most consequential environmental regulations in recent U.S. history. President Donald Trump’s administration this week proposed revoking the finding,

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

The Trump administration’s goal is to roll back rules limiting planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, vehicles and oil and gas production, but it could backfire for industry.