The Trump administration is preparing to upend a foundational scientific determination about the harms of greenhouse gases amid the global climate emergency.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set to repeal greenhouse gas emission standards for vehicles, questioning the scientific findings that previously justified these regulations. This reversal is expected to impact automakers and climate policies significantly,

The administration is reportedly rescinding a landmark declaration about the danger greenhouse emissions pose to humans

"This is a five-alarm fire." According to The New York Times, the Trump administration has drafted a proposal to rescind the EPA's 2009 "endangerment finding," a scientific determination that greenhouse gas emissions pose a risk to human health and well-being.