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Zeldin and Wright Unveil EPA Proposal to Rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding on Fox News

July 29, 2025 · U.S. Department of Energy · 0:06:11

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What happened

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and Secretary of Energy Chris Wright discussed the EPA’s proposal to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding on Fox News on July 29, 2025, according to the Department of Energy broadcast. Zeldin said the proposal would eliminate the greenhouse gas emissions regulations that followed from the finding, including electric vehicle mandates, amounting to a trillion dollars in savings, and that the EPA would also eliminate the off-cycle credit that incentivized start-stop technology, as stated in the interview. He called it, if finalized, the largest deregulatory action in U.S. history, according to his remarks.

Wright said the goal is to “restore confidence in science and data and rationalism,” and that the Energy Department had released a critical review of climate science and data for public comment, as stated in the interview. He argued the prior approach impoverished Americans and shipped jobs overseas while doing “pretty close to nothing” on global emissions, according to his remarks.

Zeldin grounded the legal case in the Supreme Court’s decisions in Loper Bright (overturning Chevron deference), West Virginia v. EPA, and Michigan v. EPA, saying agencies cannot invent authority Congress did not grant, as stated in the interview. He said the proposal would go through a 45-day public comment period, that the proposed rule runs over 300 pages, and that it covers the endangerment finding and vehicle greenhouse gas standards only, according to his remarks. Wright added that the administration’s position is consumer choice: “We don’t want to tell people what car to drive,” as stated in the interview.

Why it matters

Rescinding the endangerment finding is the legal keystone of the administration’s climate deregulation: Zeldin himself tied the vehicle rules — and potentially much more — to the finding’s survival, and the rulemaking’s comment period and court fight will decide it.

Scoreboard watch

The endangerment-finding rescission is a verdict-worthy regulatory action: proposed July 2025 with a 45-day comment period, and its finalization and court outcome are checkable milestones for the scoreboard editor.

Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, “Secretary Wright and Secretary Zeldin Join Sandra Smith on Fox News – July 29, 2025”, 2025-07-29 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-07-29). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.