The Environmental Protection Agency appears to be trying to end the landmark 2009 scientific finding on greenhouse gas emissions that allows the agency to regulate the gases based on threats posed to public health and welfare.

EPA administrator Lee Zeldin last week made a recommendation to allow it to challenge the finding, Politico reported Wednesday, quoting three sources who were granted anonymity as they were not authorized to discuss the matter. 

The recommendation was presented with input from Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, and other officials and presented to the White House Office of Management and Budget, per President Donald Trump’s first-day executive order on energy. 

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