ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — New York Attorney General Letitia James and the state's Democratic congressional delegation are working against a proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to rescind a climate change finding. James, alongside attorneys general from over 20 states, both U.S. Senators from New York, and 18 members of the House of Representatives want to preserve the 2009 "endangerment finding" establishing greenhouse gas emissions as a threat to public health and welfare.
They're all urging the EPA—led by former New York State Assemblymember and former Congressmember Lee Zeldin—to abandon the proposal and maintain current climate protections. Concerned over the EPA's proposal to roll back the endangerment finding, the electeds published two separate letters to Zeldin and