EPA chief Lee Zeldin proposes a repeal of the Endangerment Finding on climate change. State Sen. Ed Markey is fighting back.

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

New Mexico climate groups struck a defiant tone in the wake of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to dismantle federal authority to reduce one of the drivers of climate change: greenhouse gases.