"Today, the EPA finalized its plans to overturn the endangerment finding as part of its attempts to overhaul tailpipe pollution standards. The move could also affect efforts to curb carbon emissions from power plants and other industrial facilities that drive more extreme weather and other climate disasters. And since the US pumps out more of the carbon pollution causing climate change than any other country in the world other than China, the impact would be felt worldwide."
"In 2009, when the EPA issued the endangerment finding, it recognized that greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere " threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations." The World Health Organization has warned that there could be an additional 250,000 deaths annually between 2030 and 2050 due to malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea, and heat stress exacerbated by climate change."
The EPA finalized plans to overturn the 2009 endangerment finding that enabled federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Overturning that finding can invalidate many regulations at once, including new tailpipe standards and limits on power-plant and industrial carbon emissions. Rolling back these protections would amplify U.S. contributions to global climate change, with worldwide consequences given U.S. emission levels second only to China. The decision was called morally indefensible and was warned could lead to suffering for future generations. The World Health Organization projects up to 250,000 additional deaths annually from climate-exacerbated causes between 2030 and 2050.
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