The Environmental Protection Agency is reportedly contemplating the repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding, which identified greenhouse gases as harmful to human health. This move aligns with the Trump administration's trend of weakening environmental regulations. Legal experts indicate that abolishing this finding may lead to the removal of crucial pollution standards for vehicles and power plants, greatly influencing various industries and future generations. Despite these intentions, some legal scholars doubt the proposal's viability due to a 2007 Supreme Court ruling qualifying greenhouse gases as pollutants under the Clean Air Act.
"By trying to unwind that endangerment finding, they're really trying to take a shortcut and get rid of all the climate regulations the EPA's issued over the last 20 years."
"This is a five-alarm fire," Hankins warned. "It's this cumulative impact that just keeps piling on."
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