"Created in the wake of a 2007 Supreme Court decision, Massachusetts v. EPA, which unambiguously held that greenhouse gases are pollutants under the Clean Air Act, the 2009 endangerment finding states that current or projected concentrations of greenhouse gases "threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations.""
""This repeal has no basis in law, science or reality, and human health is at extreme risk," Georges Benjamin, the executive director of the American Public Health Association, said in a Wednesday press conference. "The Trump administration is making climate denialism the official government policy and undercutting the EPA's ability to act.""
"Reversing the 17-year-old scientific finding effectively undermines the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from sectors such as motor vehicles and power plants."
The Environmental Protection Agency reversed the 2009 endangerment finding that identified greenhouse gases as threats to public health and welfare. Two lawsuits filed in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals challenge the reversal: one by a coalition of 17 health and environmental groups against the EPA and its administrator, and one on behalf of 18 youths. The 2009 finding stemmed from Massachusetts v. EPA and stated that current or projected greenhouse gas concentrations "threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations." The repeal undermines EPA authority to regulate emissions from motor vehicles, power plants, and other sectors, prompting criticism and claims of climate denialism.
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