Trump condemned for revoking scientific finding on climate change

Greenhouse gases have contributed to climate change (Joshua A. Bickel/AP)

The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that has been the central basis for US action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

The rule finalised by the Environmental Protection Agency rescinds a 2009 government declaration known as the endangerment finding that determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare.