The Democrat claims Donald Trump is making Americans “less safe” by reversing the ruling, which stated that greenhouse gases were responsible for heating the Earth and endangering public welfare.
Mr Trump announced plans to scrap the regulation, known as the 2009 Endangerment Finding, in the Oval Office on Thursday, despite the legislation underpinning many laws designed to counter climate change.
“Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules,” Mr Obama wrote on X.
“Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change – all so the…