The agency is eliminating the endangerment finding that underpins the agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is revoking the 2009 endangerment finding, which, according to an article by Garrett Downs for CNBC, “underpins all climate regulation.”
The finding determined that greenhouse gases pose a risk to public health and welfare, which gives the EPA the authority to regulate emissions. “Effectively, the EPA’s move will immediately wipe away regulations on emissions from the country’s highest polluting sector in transportation.”
The move aligns with the Trump administration’s consistent efforts to roll back climate regulations and support the fossil fuel industry and will likely face legal challenges as the finding has been held up in court as recently as 2023.
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