WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Zero Emission Transportation Association’s Executive Director, Albert Gore, issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s announcement that it is rescinding the “endangerment finding” that authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas emissions:

“Rescinding the endangerment finding creates huge risk and uncertainty in the regulatory framework on which sustained economic growth has depended for decades, and pulls the rug out from companies that have invested in manufacturing next-gen vehicles across the United States. That this takes place following a record year of global sales of these vehicles shows a clear disconnect between Washington and the market.

“At the same time, rescinding the endangerment finding opens businesses up to unnecessary legal risk. By removing EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions at the federal level, companies will now have to navigate a complicated patchwork of state regulations, threats of costly tort litigation, and inconsistent rules between markets. This will place added costs and legal burden onto private industry, and eventually onto consumers.

“Even if the Administration’s attempt to revoke EPA’s authority survives legal challenges, threatening this long-standing precedent will disrupt continued investment in advanced manufacturing in the United States.”