Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman co-authored a letter in late September urging the Environmental Protection Agency to move forward with a Trump administration proposal to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding.
Since its release, the Endangerment Finding has been the basis for regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, factories and large-scale industries. Under the finding, the EPA has had an obligation under the Clean Air Act to limit air pollution for the sake of both environmental and public health.
On his first day in office, president Donald Trump released his administration's "Unleashing American Energy," executive order. That order outlined a plan to rescind the Endangerment finding, mine federal lands and waterways for fossil fuel production, eliminate the el