"Environment The rule finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency rescinds a 2009 government declaration known as the endangerment finding that determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressive move by the president to roll back climate regulations."
"Legal challenges are certain for an action that repeals all greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and trucks, and could unleash a broader undoing of climate regulations on stationary sources such as power plants and oil and gas facilities, experts say. Overturning the finding will "raise more havoc" than other actions by the Trump administration to roll back environmental rules, said Ann Carlson, an environmental law professor at the UCLA School of Law."
The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule rescinding the 2009 endangerment finding that concluded carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. The endangerment finding served as the legal basis for nearly all Clean Air Act climate regulations covering vehicles, power plants and other pollution sources. The repeal removes federal greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and trucks and could enable rollbacks for stationary sources including power plants and oil and gas facilities. The EPA also proposed a two-year delay to a Biden-era vehicle greenhouse gas rule. Environmental groups and legal experts expect court challenges.
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