US EditionTrump revokes EPA finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health
The Trump administration's repeal removes the legal basis for federal climate rules, potentially saving $1.3 trillion in regulatory costs while prompting legal challenges, experts say.
- On Thursday, the EPA announced the repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding that underpins federal climate rules, announced at a press conference and not yet posted to the Federal Register.
- Adopted in 2009, the endangerment finding under President Barack Obama served as the legal basis for EPA actions under the Clean Air Act of 1963 to curb carbon dioxide, methane and four other heat-trapping pollutants.
- President Trump said the change will lower new-car prices and increase Americans' access to gasoline vehicles, while Jeff Holmstead observed that `revoking the endangerment finding will immediately eliminate all greenhouse gas standards for motor vehicles, but vehicle makers have very long planning cycles, and the revocation of the endangerment finding won't have much practical impact in the near term`.
- Legal experts warned that challenges are certain and could lead to broader undoing of climate regulations, with other states and environmental groups signaling they could sue.
- The administration claimed the repeal will save U.S. taxpayers 1.3 trillion, while scrapping standards could release more than 7 billion tons of emissions and shift Detroit Three automakers back to gas-powered vehicles.
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