Climate groups filed a lawsuit against the EPA and its administrator, Lee Zeldin. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Nearly 20 groups signed on to the lawsuit, including the American Public Health Association, American Lung Association, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Environmental Defense Fund, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club and others.
The EPA did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
The 2009 "endangerment finding" identified six greenhouse gases that the Obama administration said pose "a threat to public health and welfare." That harm finding was used to justify climate regulations from the EPA such as raising fuel economy standards and limiting power plant emissions.
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright, left, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, right. (Costas Baltas/Getty Images)
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The Washington Coal Club also named Trump the "Undisputed Champion of Coal" during the event.
Trump has been consistently critical of global warming claims and climate regulation throughout both of his terms in office, famously withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement when he first took office in 2017.
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