At the direction of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on his first day back in office, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin was charged with reconsidering whether the EPA’s finding that emissions of carbon dioxide endanger human health,

The head of the EPA has privately urged the Trump administration to reconsider a scientific finding that's long been the central basis for U.S. action against climate change.

The Trump administration is weighing whether to repeal the “endangerment finding,” which states that greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health and welfare.