The fossil fuel industry has been actively attempting to overturn the EPA's endangerment finding, which recognizes greenhouse gases as a threat to human life since it enables regulation of emissions. With President Trump's administration, there is renewed vigor for this effort, as he has signaled intentions to reassess this critical ruling. If successfully overturned, the E.P.A.'s capacity to enforce emission regulations from various sources would be severely impaired. Statements from former advisers highlight the belief that removing this finding could dismantle significant federal climate initiatives.
The endangerment finding empowers the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases, crucially linking human health to climate policy. Overturning it would weaken the agency's regulatory power.
Steven J. Milloy, a former Trump adviser, confidently asserted that eliminating the endangerment finding would undermine the federal government’s climate efforts, asserting, ‘all the federal government climate stuff kind of melts away.’
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