West Virginia’s Public Service Commission is sending a long letter of support for a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency move to repeal a 2009 scientific finding that greenhouse gases pose a danger to the public.

The repeal of the standards is “a welcome recognition by the EPA of its past missteps and errors,” PSC Chairwoman Charlotte Lane wrote in a 15-page letter sent to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.

The 2009 standard, called the endangerment finding, has been a declaration that six key greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide and methane, endanger public health and welfare because of their contribution to climate change.

The finding is a basis for regulating such gases under the Clean Air Act. Legal experts say the finding is based on scientific evidence showing that such gases tra

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