The head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, said the Biden-era rule imposes costly restrictions that limit the type of refrigerants U.S. businesses and families can use.
The new rule will “allow businesses to choose the refrigeration systems that work best for them, saving them billions of dollars. This will be felt directly by American families in lower grocery prices,” Zeldin said in a statement released before a White House event Thursday where President Donald Trump is scheduled to announce the changes.
The EPA action highlights the second Trump administration’s drive to roall back regulations perceived as fighting alleged climate dangers. The plan is among a series of sweeping environmental changes that Zeldin has said will put a “dagger through the heart of climate change religion.”
