Thus moving away the Federal governments efforts , And 1963 Clean Air Act and it’s amendments , from the Scientific finds that there are chemicals that DO affect and harm the Earth’s atmosphere and the humans who live in it….
The Law put the Federal Government as an forcer of standards and limits on certain air pollutants that affect human’s health….
Trump’s EPA will NO longer act against those who pollute the air, water of ground…
One CAN expect that there will the march to the court’s as there has been on other Trump & Co. efforts to abandon previous government actions….
Donald Trump IS an old man, who seems intent on NOT leaving a safe environment for those after he is gone….
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday made a critical announcement. It repealed the scientific determination that gives the government the authority to combat climate change.
That 2009 determination is called the endangerment finding, and most people have never heard of it. But it has played an enormous role in environmental regulations affecting cars, power plants and more.
By scrapping the finding, the Trump administration is essentially disputing the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change. The vast majority of scientists say the Earth is rapidly and dangerously warming, which is fueling more powerful storms, killing coral reefs, melting glaciers and causing countless other destructive impacts.
Here’s what you should know about the endangerment finding and why it matters.
What is the endangerment finding?
The finding simply states that carbon dioxide, methane and four other greenhouse gases threaten human health, both now and in the future. These gases are released by the combustion of fossil fuels, such as when a car engine burns gasoline or a power plant burns coal…
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Why does the Trump administration want to repeal the finding?
President Trump has repeatedly called climate change a “hoax” and has joked that rising seas would create “a little more beachfront property.”
Since Mr. Trump took office, the administration has maintained that climate change is not a problem that the government should solve. To the contrary, the president and his cabinet have argued that the United States should produce and burn more fossil fuels.
They also have sought to relieve the coal, oil and gas industries of pollution limits that cost them money. Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, has claimed that Democratic administrations used the endangerment finding to justify “trillions of dollars” in regulations on polluting industries, and argued reversing those will aid the U.S. economy.
The E.P.A. already is erasing dozens of Biden-era regulations that sought to limit the pollution spewing from automobile tailpipes, power plant smokestacks, oil and gas wells and other sources.
But repealing the endangerment finding goes a step further….
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What do scientists say?
Scientists are unequivocal: The dangers of unchecked greenhouse gas emissions were clear in 2009, and they have only grown more evident since.
Moreover, the scientific understanding of how the Earth’s warming affects individual weather disasters and the spread of infectious diseases has advanced dramatically over the past decade….
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What do legal experts say?
Some environmental lawyers said it was risky for the Trump administration to reprise a legal argument made by the Bush administration that already failed at the Supreme Court.
But they said the justices could still chip away at the E.P.A.’s power to tackle global warming without overturning Massachusetts v. E.P.A., such as by deferring to the Trump administration’s narrower interpretation of the Clean Air Act.
“The court wouldn’t have to overrule the Massachusetts case to do a lot of damage,” said Michael Gerrard, an environmental law expert at Columbia University.
Other legal experts said the conservative majority on the Supreme Court could be sympathetic to the E.P.A.’s claims about the lack of congressional authorization.
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“It’s hard to find any math in their assessment that doesn’t seem, frankly, a little bit ridiculous,” Dr. Jenn said, adding that Mr. Trump’s tariffs on imported cars and car parts could also cause prices to rise….
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The consensus among some is this is JUST about MONEY…..
Trying to water down rules and regulations Congress HAS had President’s use to keep us safe…. Cost money….
Trump, the Rich Republican Business is just trying to make some businesses profits at the expense of American’s health and Lives….
We’ll see on this one also….
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