AFPI Welcomes EPA Proposal to Roll Back Obama-Era Greenhouse Gas Regulations

Washington D.C.—Today, AFPI Executive Vice President and former Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt released the following statement regarding U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin’s July 29, 2025, announcement of a proposed rule to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding:

“Under the decisive leadership of President Trump and Administrator Zeldin, the Left’s bureaucratic overreach is finally being rolled back. The effort to dismantle the Obama-era Endangerment Finding, a cornerstone of the radical climate agenda, has advanced. For over a decade, it has been the lynchpin for $1 trillion in crushing greenhouse gas regulations that have been weaponized against the American public. Unelected bureaucrats have imposed top-down mandates on light, medium and heavy-duty on-highway vehicles, harming consumers, small businesses, and rural communities.

If finalized, this proposal would strike at the heart of the regulatory regime. It will deliver more than $54 billion in savings annually, gutting costly mandates.

This is a victory for American jobs and will reclaim our economy from the grip of bureaucracy and regulation. America is on offense.”