The Trump administration is rolling back several major climate policies, including two rules that target planet-warming pollution from vehicles and power plants, in a major blow to America’s progress on climate action.

The Trump administration is launching a sweeping overhaul of US environmental mandates in a campaign it billed as the “biggest deregulatory action” of its kind in US history.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it is beginning the effort to reverse the Biden administration's vehicle emissions rules that would force automakers to build a rising number of electric vehicles.