Former U.S. President Barack Obama has criticised the administration of Donald Trump following the repeal of the “endangerment finding,” a landmark regulatory decision that underpinned limits on vehicle emissions and power plant pollution in the United States.
Reacting in a statement shared on his official X handle, Obama warned that scrapping the rule could weaken environmental and public health protections while undermining efforts to tackle climate change.
According to him, removing the finding would make people “less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change,” alleging that the move primarily benefits the fossil fuel industry.
The endangerment finding, originally established to recognise greenhouse gases as a threat to public health and welfare, has long served as the legal foundation for U.S. federal regulations on carbon emissions from vehicles and power plants. Its repeal is expected to trigger major policy, legal and environmental debates across the country.