Sens. Cruz, Lummis File Amicus Supporting EPA Action to Repeal Obama-Era Federal Control of Vehicle Standards Rule

Sens. Cruz, Lummis File Amicus Supporting EPA Action to Repeal Obama-era Federal Control of Vehicle Standards Rule

U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) filed an amicus brief in support of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s decision to rescind the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding.

Rescission of EPA Finding Prompts Concern About Impacts on Cancer Care

Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of a series on the impact of rescinding the EPA’s Endangerment Finding. Stay tuned for Part 2 in the coming weeks. Earlier this year, the Trump administration rescinded the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Endangerment Finding. Originally issued in 2009, the finding—an EPA determination under the Clean Air Act—concluded that greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten public health and established the legal basis for…

EPA’s Repeal of the Endangerment Finding Will Cost Society

Earlier this year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rescinded its 2009 factual conclusion that greenhouse gases from new motor vehicles endanger the public—commonly known as the endangerment finding. Under the Clean Air Act, this finding triggered an obligation for EPA to regulate these emissions. The rescission threatens to gut an important avenue for federal climate progress. Among other legal arguments, EPA claims that the endan…