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What do federal rollbacks on greenhouse gas emission standards mean for New Mexico?
The EPA's revocation relies on a secret Department of Energy panel report and eliminates standards for vehicles and industrial emissions, prompting legal challenges from environmental groups.
- Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency revoked its 2009 endangerment finding and repealed greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and trucks, removing the legal basis for those rules.
- The Trump administration relied on a Department of Energy ‑convened panel to justify the rollback, but a Jan. 30 federal judge ruling found the secret panel acted illegally.
- Analyses from the Environmental Defense Fund and University of Washington show vehicle NO2 emissions cause about 2,500 premature deaths and 5,000 new childhood asthma cases annually in the Bay Area.
- The move immediately invites litigation as environmental groups have challenged the revocation and the EPA and DOE face further court challenges, with experts warning it could undo climate rules for power plants and oil and gas facilities.
- Scientists say rising global temperatures and the hottest years since 2009 cause extreme weather that endangers people and causes billions in damage, while observers warn politics cannot change climate physics, threatening local communities.
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A Conversation about the Endangerment Finding Rescission
On Friday afternoon I took a break from reading the Supreme Court's tariff ruling to talk about the EPA's final rule rescinding the "endangerment finding," which serves as the basis for regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, on Andrew Revkin's "Sustain What" podcast. We were joined by environmental attorney Sean Donohue (who will be among those challenging the EPA's final rule) and Jean Chemnick of E&E News/Politico. It was a fun d…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has overturned the legal basis for federal restrictions on vehicle emissions
Gunasekara: How Trump EPA Upending Climate Scam Revives US Industry
Team Trump sealed the Super Bowl win of deregulatory actions by finalizing the repeal of the “Endangerment Finding.” Ridding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of this political document is a […] The post Gunasekara: How Trump EPA Upending Climate Scam Revives US Industry appeared first on The Western Journal.
Letter: Trump can't revoke scientific truth
The EPA can’t revoke or repeal or hand-wave away scientific consensus (“EPA revokes scientific finding on greenhouse gases’ dangers,” February 13). All they’re doing is trying to bury the “inconvenient truth” Al Gore warned us about.
EDITORIAL: State must counter EPA rule rollback
Americans who prefer clean air to air laden with greenhouse gases (atmosphere-warming pollutants) and other toxins have been sold out by President Donald Trump’s decision to revoke the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 “endangerment finding.” The endangerment finding is the science-backed, legal basis for EPA limits on greenhouse gases, and Trump’s action to remove it from national policy was taken with the express aim of allowing polluters…
East Bay Times
The Mercury newsLetters: Illegal DOE report undergirds Trump’s climate rule revocation
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Illegal report undergirds climate rule revocation Re: “Trump revokes climate finding” (Page A1, Feb. 13). The article didn’t report that the EPA’s repeal of the endangerment finding relied on a secret panel composed of climate change deniers convened by the DOE. On Jan. 30, a federal judge thankfully ruled that the secret panel had acted illegally. Related Articles …
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