Trump Administration Revokes EPA Authority to Regulate Climate Pollution
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Summary
The Trump administration finalized rules that revoke the EPA's authority to regulate climate pollution by overturning the 2009 'endangerment finding' that classified greenhouse gases as dangerous to human health under the Clean Air Act. This move significantly weakens longstanding US climate policy and the EPA's ability to limit planet-warming pollution from major industries.
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First issued in 2009, the endangerment finding determined that six greenhouse gases could be categorized as dangerous to human health under the Clean Air Act.
It has underpinned the EPA's authority to limit planet-warming pollution from the oil and gas industry, power plants and vehicles since the Obama administration.
The Trump Environmental Protection Agency delivered a significant blow to longstanding US climate policy on Thursday, finalizing rules to revoke a 2009 scientific finding that human-caused climate change endangers human health and safety.
