US EditionTrump revokes EPA finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health
- 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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The Donald Trump administration has ended regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from cars and, according to the president, has repealed all additional emissions standards that were introduced for vehicle models from 2012 onwards, US media reports. In doing so, the administration has dealt the final blow to the long-standing climate policy of its predecessors.
Trump revokes basis of US climate regulation, ends vehicle emission standards
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 - The administration of President Donald Trump took its most sweeping action to reverse U.S. action on climate change on Thursday, announcing the repeal of a scientific finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health that served as the legal basis for federal climate regulations, and ending federal greenhouse gas emission standards for all vehicles and engines. Read more at straitstimes.com.
UPDATE 2-Trump revokes basis of US climate regulation, ends vehicle emission standards | Science-Environment
UPDATE 2-Trump revokes basis of US climate regulation, ends vehicle emission standards The administration of President Donald Trump took its most sweeping action to reverse U.S. action on climate change on Thursday, announcing the repeal of a scientific finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health that served as the legal basis for federal climate regulations, and ending federal greenhouse gas emission standards for all vehicle…
Donald Trump has kept another of his promises and repealed the “Statement of Danger” (Endangerment Finding) adopted in 2009 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the presidency of Barack Obama.Continue reading...
The repeal of a fundamental text, which is most likely to be challenged in court, is an important blow to US climate action.
In one swoop, Trump kills US greenhouse gas regulations
Exhaust billows out of a car tailpipe on January 2nd, 2008, in San Francisco. | Photo: Getty Images The Trump administration just eliminated the landmark finding that has underpinned federal regulations on planet-heating pollution since 2009. For nearly the past two decades, the "endangerment finding" has allowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to craft rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Rather than repea…
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