"Under his leadership, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalised a rule rescinding a 2009 government declaration known as the endangerment finding. It is the legal underpinning for nearly all climate regulations under the Clean Air Act for motor vehicles, power plants and other pollution sources that are heating the planet. Established under the presidency of Democrat Barack Obama, the finding establishes that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare."
"But President Trump, a Republican, has called climate change a hoax and a con job. The endangerment finding, he argued, is one of the greatest scams in history, adding that it had no basis in fact or law. On the contrary, over the generations, fossil fuels have saved millions of lives and lifted billions of people out of poverty all over the world, Trump said at a White House ceremony on Thursday."
The EPA finalized a rule rescinding the 2009 endangerment finding that stated carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare. The finding served as the legal underpinning for most Clean Air Act climate regulations covering vehicles, power plants, and other pollution sources. Rescinding the finding repeals greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and trucks and could unravel regulations for stationary sources such as power plants and oil and gas facilities. President Trump characterized climate change as a hoax and called the finding a scam, while asserting fossil fuels have saved lives and reduced poverty. The new rule is expected to face legal challenges.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]