What's Changed—and What Hasn't—Since the EPA's Endangerment Finding

What's changed—and what hasn't—Since the EPA's endangerment finding

In 2003, several states and environmental groups sued the U.S. EPA for violating the Clean Air Act by not regulating emissions from new vehicles.

The Emperor's New Endangerment Theory (Part II) - Legal Planet

According to EPA, carbon emissions from the U.S. power sector are too insignificant to warrant regulation. This is a bizarre conclusion: U.S. power sector’s emissions are around 6.5 billion tons, just below Russia’s total emissions from all sectors.  Before making this “insignificance” finding, EPA first had to offer a novel reading of the Clean Air Act (CAA). EPA  says that before it could properlh regulate those emissions, it would first have …

What’s Changed—and What Hasn’t—Since the EPA’s Endangerment Finding

Source: AGU Advances In 2003, several states and environmental groups sued the U.S. EPA for violating the Clean Air Act by not regulating emissions from new vehicles. When the case eventually reached the Supreme Court, a group of climate scientists contributed an amicus brief—a legal document in which a third party not directly involved in the case can offer testimony—sharing data demonstrating that rising global temperatures were directly cause…