E.P.A. is said to draft a plan to end its ability to fight climate change
The Trump administration has drafted a plan to repeal a fundamental scientific finding that gives the United States government its authority to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions and fight climate change, according to two people familiar with the plan. 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. That finding is the foundation of the federal government’s only tool to limit the climate pollution from vehicles, power plants and other industries that is dangerously heating the planet.
Other EPA news:
- The Washington Post: EPA drafts rule to strike down landmark climate finding
- E&E News by Politico: EPA a no-show at endangerment finding meetings
- E&E News by Politico: House appropriators clear Interior-Environment bill
- EHS Daily Advisor: EPA to revise wastewater rules
- Civil Eats: Blog: The EPA canceled these 21 climate justice projects
