WASHINGTON – Alongside President Trump in the White House’ s Roosevelt Room, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency( EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the single largest deregulatory action in U. S. history. In this final rule, EPA is saving American taxpayers over $ 1.3 trillion, eliminating both the Obama-era 2009 Greenhouse Gas( GHG) Endangerment Finding and all subsequent federal GHG emission standards for all vehicles and engines of model years 2012 to 2027 and beyond. The action also eliminates all off-cycle credits, including for the almost universally hated start-stop feature. EPA’ s historic move restores consumer choice, makes more affordable vehicles available for American families, and decreases the cost of living on all products by lowering the cost of trucks. This major deregulatory process included substantial public input and robust analysis of the law following the U. S. Supreme

Court decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and West Virginia v. EPA.

“ The Endangerment Finding has been the source of 16 years of consumer choice restrictions and trillions of dollars in hidden costs for Americans,” said Administrator Zeldin.“ Referred to by some as the‘ Holy Grail’ of the‘ climate change religion,’ the Endangerment Finding is now eliminated. The Trump EPA is strictly following the letter of the law, returning commonsense to policy, delivering consumer choice to Americans and advancing the American Dream. As EPA Administrator, I am proud to deliver the single largest deregulatory action in U. S. history on behalf of American taxpayers and consumers. As an added bonus, the off-cycle credit for the almost universally despised start-stop feature on vehicles has been removed.”

10 MARCH 2026 | FUEL OIL NEWS | www. fueloilnews. com