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 Trump administration has dismantled a cornerstone of the U.S. environmental strategy by finalizing regulations on Thursday that definitively revoke the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority to regulate climate pollution. First issued in 2009, the hazard determination concluded that six greenhouse gases could be categorized as hazardous to human health under the Clean Air Act. The regulations upheld the EPA's authority to limit gl…
Trump Scraps Landmark EPA Climate Finding
President Trump has moved to erase the legal foundation of nearly every federal effort to curb climate change in the US. At the White House on Thursday, Trump announced the end of the Environmental Protection Agency's 2009 " endangerment finding ," the scientific determination that greenhouse gases pose a risk to Americans'...
The administration of US President Donald Trump announced today that it is reversing the scientific finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health.
Trump Administration to Reverse Obama-Era Declaration Underpinning Federal Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulation
On Thursday, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will rescind the 2009 declaration that has served as the basis for the government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Known as the Endangerment Finding, this 2009 declaration states that the “current and projected concentrations” of greenhouse gases “threaten the public health and welfare of current and [...] The post Trump Administration to Reverse Obama-Era Declaratio…
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