Posted on 07/29/2025 12:29:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The Trump administration has announced a plan to scrap a landmark finding that greenhouse gases are harmful to the environment, severely curbing the federal government's ability to combat climate change.
Known as the "Endangerment Finding", the 2009 order from then-President Barack Obama allowed the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create rules to limit pollution by setting emissions standards.
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The Endangerment Finding stemmed from a 2007 Supreme Court case in which the court ruled that greenhouse gases are "air pollutants" - meaning that the EPA has the authority and responsibility to regulate them under the US Clean Air Act.
In 2009, the EPA made an official decision, the Endangerment Finding, which found that greenhouse gas emissions from sources such as cars, power plants and factories cause climate change and could pose a public health risk.
The decision forms the core of the federal government's authority to impose limits on carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases.
In a statement, the EPA said that, if finalised, the move will save Americans $54bn (£40bn) in costs annually through the repeal of greenhouse gas standards, including an electric vehicle mandate passed by the Biden administration.
... EPA administrator Lee Zeldin said the move was "basically driving a dagger into the heart of the climate change religion".
Zeldin said that emissions standards were a "distraction" and that the policy change was "an economic issue". "Repealing it will be the largest deregulatory action in the history of America," he said.
In a previous statement on reconsidering the findings in March, Zeldin said that "the Trump Administration will not sacrifice national prosperity, energy security, and the freedom of our people for an agenda that throttles our industries, our mobility, and our consumer choice while benefiting adversaries overseas."
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Could it be the findings met the requested parameters?
Co2 is a necessity for everything living.
“Man” is not made of Hydrogen and Oxygen alone...
You need to read the article to enjoy the sky is falling lamentations from the BBC.
There is the same amount of carbon on earth now as there was before evil humans began burning stuff.
I didn’t see any reason to include their left-wing spin in the excerpt.
Winning.
Greenie hypocrites.
More like politically motivated, environmental zealot finding.
Carbon dioxide is NOT a pollutant.
And the Plant Kingdom screamed loudly, thank you! And gave the Animal Kingdom Air to breathe for a gift. And the Kingdoms lived in harmony.
The “endangerment finding” was based on spurious pseudoscience, and should be considered a landmark in bureaucratic malfeasance.. It has been the basis for overwhelming over-reach by the EPA and done grievous harm the country. It needs to be revoked.
Blaming carbon has never been anything more than an attempted wealth transfer to the third world.
:: 2007 Supreme Court case in which the court ruled that greenhouse gases are “air pollutants” ::
Nationwide injunction coming, forthwith.
Great! Now let’s dump the catalytic converters on our cars.
Claiming Carbon dioxide as pollution was ridiculous. If it was then breathing itself could be made against the law.
Not based in actual science.
Even Greta Thunberg knows that her gig is up.
No one knows what co2 should be and no one knows what the temperature of the earth should be at any given point and at any point in time. It’s simply an impossibility.
Anyone tired of winning yet?
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