US EditionTrump revokes EPA finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health
The repeal removes the legal basis for federal climate regulations, potentially invalidating limits on emissions from cars and factories, affecting the largest U.S. source of greenhouse gases.
- President Donald Trump has reversed the 2009 EPA “endangerment finding,” an Obama-era scientific determination that greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health and form the legal foundation for federal climate regulations.
- The finding has underpinned emissions rules across multiple sectors, including vehicles, power plants, oil and gas, landfills, and aviation. The White House says scrapping it will mark the largest deregulation in U.S. history, saving over $1 trillion and cutting vehicle production costs by about $2,400 per car.
- Environmental groups argue the move is the most significant climate rollback attempted to date and are preparing court challenges, questioning the administration’s projected cost savings.
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The repeal of a fundamental text, which is most likely to be challenged in court, is an important blow to US climate action.
The US is changing its scientific assessment of the risk of greenhouse gases. This eliminates the legal basis for almost all climate protection rules. Trump sees the "biggest deregulation measure" in US history.
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that has long been a central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, the most aggressive move by a U.S. president to dismantle climate regulations yet.
Trump’s EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned U.S. fight against climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressive move by the president to roll back climate regulations.
Adopted in 2009 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Barack Obama's presidency, the text had paved the way for many federal regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
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