The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to repeal all greenhouse gas emission standards for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles and engines in the coming days after it removes the scientific finding that justified those rules,

They’re playing in our faces, rewriting the rules to protect corporate profits while our neighborhoods pay the price with our

Known as the “endangerment finding,” the 2009 declaration has served as the basis for federal rules limiting greenhouse gas pollution from power plants, cars and trucks, and the oil and gas industry.

The US Environmental Protection Agency is considering scrapping a landmark almost two-decade old legal opinion that greenhouse gas emissions are harmful to human health, the Washington Post reported.

The proposed rule rescinds a 2009 declaration known as the “endangerment finding,” which scientifically established that greenhouse gases endanger human lives.