Last year recorded unprecedented heat levels, emphasizing the urgency of climate action. The Trump administration is reportedly considering actions to modify the Environmental Protection Agency's Endangerment Finding, essential for regulating greenhouse gases. The Endangerment Finding asserts that greenhouse gases pose a serious danger to public health and welfare. Environmental experts warn that rescinding this declaration would weaken the Clean Air Act and undermine efforts to mitigate climate change. Proposed changes are seen as contradictory to established scientific evidence regarding greenhouse gas dangers.
The [EPA] Administrator finds that the current and projected concentrations of the six key well-mixed greenhouse gases...threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations.
They're trying to completely defang the Clean Air Act by saying, 'Well, this stuff's just not dangerous.' That claim is just mind-bogglingly contrary to the evidence.
The White House is trying to turn back the clock and re-litigate both the science and the law.
Scientists warn the closure will obstruct the agency's ability to protect the environment and public health.
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