Trump, climate and Endangerment Finding
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The Trump administration’s decision to scrap the “endangerment finding” on Thursday will have wide-reaching consequences for greenhouse gas emissions and, ultimately, could hasten climate change, increase risk to human health and raise fuel costs.
The Trump Administration has repealed the landmark scientific finding that provides a legal basis for tackling climate change.
Accordingly, the Final Rule revises the regulations found at 40 C.F.R. Parts 85, 86, 600, 1036, 1037, and 1039 to effectuate the repeal of EPA’s new motor vehicle and engine GHG emission standards.
Democratic strategist Faiz Shakir, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, "New Yorker" staff writer Susan Glasser, and Republican strategist Matt Gorman join Martha Raddatz for ABC's "This Week" roundtable.
This rule was the first salvo of a war against working class Americans. It adopted a radical agenda based on pseudoscience, and it raised the price of every single American product," West Virginia Attorney General J.
Aside from the symbolic meanness that is a hallmark of this administration, the immediate impact on climate of canceling the endangerment finding is quite limited.
After the Environmental Protection Agency rescinded a major climate regulation on Thursday, faculty described potential impacts of the change and what it means for future legal cases.
President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin formally announced the rescission of the 2009 EPA Endangerment Finding on greenhouse