India, Feb. 13 -- Former US president Barack Obama on Thursday issued a stark warning on Donald Trump's decision to repeal a landmark scientific finding underpinning climate regulations, saying that it would leave Americans "less safe, less healthy."

The endangerment finding, issued under the Obama administration, determined that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare by driving climate change.

"Without it, we'll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change -- all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money," the 44th US president wrote on social media platform X.

Earlier, Trump announced the repeal beside EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and White House Budget director Russ Vought, who has long so...