The long-expected move comes after Republicans recently disarmed fuel economy standards and canceled influential state-level emissions rules.

The Trump administration has proposed curbing the government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases by unwinding rules that control emissions from fossil fuel drilling, power plants and cars. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin on Tuesday announced the proposed rollback of a 2009 declaration from Barack Obama’s administration that determined carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses were a danger to public health.