The White House described the reversal as the “largest deregulation in American history”, claiming it would make cars cheaper by bringing down manufacturing costs by $2,400 per vehicle. Mr Obama, who rarely comments on public policies by sitting presidents, said Americans would be more vulnerable in the wake of Mr Trump’s reversal.

The Trump administration plans to repeal the landmark 2009 legal finding that climate change poses a threat to the public this week, press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday. “On Thursday, President Trump will be joined by [Environmental Protection Agency] Administrator Lee Zeldin to formalize the rescission of the 2009 Obama-era endangerment finding,

The fight over control of the Federal Reserve has revolved around interest rates and inflation, but President Donald Trump’s choice to be the bank’s next chair could sway how the agency assesses climate risks, too. In a speech last year to a group of ...