View: Trump’s climate policy experiment

View: Trump’s climate policy experiment

Tim’s viewThe Trump administration’s latest policy moves set up an interesting test of the power of different styles of government intervention to actually drive decarbonization.Many environmentalists were aghast last week when the Environmental Protection Agency moved to toss out the so-called “endangerment finding,” a legal precedent that essentially required the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases the way they would more traditional toxic air po…

‘Permanence’ in climate policy: Ending CO2 Endangerment Finding & exit from 1992 UN RIO Treaty Are a One-Two Punch to the Climate Agenda – Climate Depot Round Up

Marc Morano: “It wasn’t just Trump that killed the climate beast — it was also AI data centers, failed crappy claims and predictions, all economic pain for no climate gain, hypocr…

Goodbye and Good Riddance to the Endangerment Finding

Trump’s cancellation of “endangerment finding” with respect to CO2 made by Obama White House is so important as to make up for Trump's sins.

Why California could be the big winner as EPA abandons climate policy

The Trump administration just tore apart decades of U.S. climate policy, but it may have also handed California its golden ticket. EPA’s decision last week to nix the so-called endangerment finding — the Obama-era ruling that underpinned the federal government’s authority to develop climate policy — gives car and truck makers free rein to build [...]

The Affirmative Case for Finding Endangerment

The  repeal of the Endangered Finding is shocking mostly because it’s so blatantly wrong. For EPA to decide that vehicle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions aren’t harmful is like NASA deciding the earth isn’t round after all.  Let’s not get mired in the legal weeds. It’s crazy that this issue is even being raised. In 2007, the Supreme Court told EPA to do two things: (1) consider whether GHGs endanger human health and welfare, and (2) if the answer …