EPA head says he'll roll back dozens of regulations, including rules on climate change

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The EPA also targeted a clean water law that provides federal protections for rivers, streams and wetlands.
49% : In what he called the "most consequential day of deregulation in American history," the head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced a series of actions Wednesday to roll back landmark environmental regulations, including rules on pollution from coal-fired power plants, climate change and electric vehicles.
48% : "This isn't about abandoning environmental protection -- it's about achieving it through innovation and not strangulation," Zeldin wrote.
34% : "Come hell and high water, raging fires and deadly heatwaves, Trump and his cronies are bent on putting polluter profits ahead of people's lives." Reconsidering the endangerment finding and other actions "won't stand up in court,'' Rylander said.
33% : In a related action, Zeldin said EPA will rewrite a rule restricting air pollution from fossil-fuel fired power plants and a separate measure restricting emissions from cars and trucks.
25% : Trump and Zeldin "are making a mockery of those people's pain," Pallone said, adding that "will have swift and catastrophic ramifications for the environment and health of all Americans.'' ___ Associated Press writer Michael Phillis in St. Louis contributed to this report.
13% : " Matthew Tejada, who once led EPA's environmental justice office, said Trump and Zeldin were "taking us back to a time of unfettered pollution across the nation, leaving every American exposed to toxic chemicals, dirty air and contaminated water."

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