"In what could go down as one of the most consequential declarations of the second Trump administration on a global level, President Donald Trump confirmed speculation today that the administration was repealing the government's critical precedent to classify greenhouse gases as a danger to Americans' health and welfare. By doing so, Trump will strip the Environmental Protection Pollution Agency of the legal basis it has used for the last 17 years to justify regulations on the emission of greenhouse gases, which are the primary drivers"
"The key loss here is known as the "endangerment finding," a fairly obscure term with enormous consequence and precedent riding on it. The endangerment finding was a 2009 scientific conclusion, adopted by the U.S. government, that greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to the health and welfare of Americans through their direct effect on climate change, which has already transformed American life in numerous, tangible ways."
President Donald Trump confirmed repeal of the government's precedent classifying greenhouse gases as a danger to Americans' health and welfare, effectively undoing the 2009 endangerment finding. The repeal removes the Environmental Protection Pollution Agency's legal basis to regulate emissions under the Clean Air Act and prevents regulation of industrial carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Modeling from the Environmental Defense Fund projects up to 18 billion additional metric tons of emissions by 2055 as a result of the appeal. The endangerment finding had previously empowered stronger EPA regulation to mitigate climate change impacts on American health and welfare.
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