Truckers Tell EPA Regulatory Rollback Could Put Trucking ‘Back on Track’

Truckers tell EPA regulatory rollback could put trucking ‘back on track’

The federal government plans to roll back 15 years of vehicle emission rules. Truck drivers say this will help make cleaner air more practical. On Thursday, Aug. 21, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association shared its views at an Environmental Protection Agency hearing. The EPA is taking public feedback on its plan to withdraw the landmark endangerment finding. Finalized in 2009, the EPA’s endangerment finding stated that greenhouse ga…

Repeal of EPA’s Endangerment Finding a deadly threat

The Trump administration’s rollbacks to environmental regulations, including the proposed repeal of the EPA’s Endangerment Finding,  the undermining of science,  and the reversal of climate actions are translating into more people dying. People, especially the nation’s youth, are rising up to put a stop the destruction of  life on the planet. The struggle was ramped up when Lee Zeldin, the Trump-appointed EPA head, announced July 29 that the EPA…

Some Mountain West attorneys general are fighting to protect a landmark climate finding

The EPA is trying to rescind the "endangerment finding," which Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico officials say helps protect humans and the environment from unhealthy emissions.

Public commenters overwhelmingly oppose EPA's plan to curtail key climate protections

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Experts and members of the public on Tuesday voiced overwhelming opposition to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to rescind its key greenhouse gas “endangerment finding” and vehicle emissions standards. That pushback came during the first of four scheduled public hearings on the agency’s plan to overturn its pr…

EPA faces fierce opposition over plan to repeal greenhouse gas health finding

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency heard overwhelming opposition Tuesday as it opened public hearings on its proposal to revoke its 2009 finding that greenhouse gases harm human health.Aidan Hughes reports for Inside Climate News.In short:The EPA has proposed repealing its "endangerment finding," a legal cornerstone that since 2009 has allowed federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.Of about 200 speakers duri…

Ulster County Executive not pleased with proposed EPA shift away from climate regulation

In a virtual public hearing before an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) panel, Ulster County Executive Jen Metzger voiced strong opposition to a proposal by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, who seeks to repeal the agency’s 2009 Endangerment Finding. This policy underpins federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. Speaking at a virtual EPA public hearing, Metzger argued that the move would contradict the agency’s mission to protect public h…