US Edition19 Years Ago, the Supreme Court Told EPA It Could Regulate Climate Pollution. Trump Is Trying to Undo That
The Trump EPA argues climate harms are global and beyond Clean Air Act scope, prompting environmental groups to sue and set up a multi-year legal battle that may reach the Supreme Court.
- Last week the Trump administration's EPA repealed the greenhouse gas endangerment finding, prompting lawsuits from more than a dozen major environmental and public-health groups at the D.C. Circuit.
- Relying on jurisdictional claims, the EPA argues climate pollution exceeds its authority, shifting from science to legal theory after disbanding the five climate contrarians.
- Legal experts note that the current six conservative justices have shifted since 2007, potentially affecting rulings on Massachusetts v. EPA and the endangerment finding.
- If upheld by the courts, the repeal would likely allow the EPA to more easily undo emissions rules for power plants and oil and gas operations, with the case taking several years to resolve at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Strategically, the EPA is pursuing a needle-threading legal approach that aims for a Supreme Court review, with some industry groups wary of killing the federal finding to avoid state patchwork.
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Climate, health groups challenge EPA repeal of major greenhouse gas regulation
By Jacob FischlerKansas Reflector A coalition of public health and environmental groups filed a suit Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s recent finding that the Environmental… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
19 years ago, the Supreme Court told EPA it could regulate climate pollution. Trump is trying to undo that
Last week, the Trump administration delivered a serious blow to US climate policy by repealing the longstanding scientific finding that greenhouse gas pollution poses a danger to humans. Getting to this point was one of the administration’s most audacious deregulatory goals. Now comes the years-long race through the courts.
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The Trump administration has rescinded the Obama administration’s 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding for gases such as carbon dioxide. You may now exhale without worrying that the carbon dioxide in your breath will contribute to global warming.After all, with 8.3 billion people on the planet exhaling an average of 2.3 pounds of CO2 per person per day, roughly 9.5 million tons of CO2 are respired into the atmosphere daily. That is a lot of …
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On today's show: In early February, the EPA repealed the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding, a landmark regulatory move reversing the determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health. Pat Parenteau, emeritus professor at Vermont Law and Graduate School and former EPA regional counsel under President Ronald Reagan, explains what happens next, including the many challenges the Trump administration is facing from environmental gro…
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