Trump Administration Moves to Reverse Key Climate Finding
The Trump administration and EPA are proposing to reverse the 2009 Endangerment Finding, a key scientific basis for regulating greenhouse gas emissions, citing consumer harm and overreach.
Overview
- The Trump administration, alongside the Environmental Protection Agency, is reportedly planning to propose the reversal of a crucial scientific finding. This action targets the basis for climate regulation.
- Specifically, the administration aims to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which provides the scientific justification for the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
- The administration argues that current climate regulations, especially those affecting automakers, negatively impact human health by increasing costs and restricting consumer choice.
- This proposed reversal would remove the scientific foundation for federal greenhouse gas regulation under the Clean Air Act, potentially reshaping environmental policy significantly.
- The EPA faces scrutiny for reinterpreting Clean Air Act provisions, with critics asserting that the agency has previously exceeded its regulatory authority in implementing climate rules.
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Analysis
Center-leaning sources frame the EPA's proposed action as a legally dubious and strategically flawed endeavor. They emphasize the unlikelihood of the plan withstanding judicial review and highlight its departure from established legal interpretations. The framing suggests the EPA's approach is an "odd choice" that ignores practical realities.
"The proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule rescinds a 2009 declaration known as the "endangerment finding," which scientifically established that greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane endanger human lives."
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