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The Donald Trump administration repealed this week the legal basis that for nearly two decades allowed the federal government to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the United States. According to The Washington Post, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overturned the so-called “dangerous opinion,” a 2009 legal opinion that established that these pollutants threaten public health and well-being.What does this…
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As Trump reverses EPA’s ability to control greenhouse gases, Colorado environmental groups vow to “play the long game”
The Trump EPA’s Thursday repeal of an Obama-era “endangerment finding” that allowed federal regulation of greenhouse gases from vehicles and other sources will set back Colorado air pollution efforts, but progressive environmental groups and supportive state officials vowed to “play the long game” to restore key controls. Repealing the EPA’s right to set greenhouse gas controls was a long-stated target of GOP politicians and conservative busine…
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US President Donald Trump has revoked a government regulation acknowledging the danger of certain greenhouse gases to American health and prosperity. A far-reaching decision with significant consequences, but not the first time Donald Trump has taken up arms against the climate policies of his predecessors.
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