environment
Environmental groups sue Trump’s EPA over repeal of landmark climate finding
Lawsuit from health and environmental justice groups challenges the EPA’s rollback of the ‘endangerment finding’
TL;DR
- More than a dozen health and environmental non-profits are suing the EPA.
- The lawsuit challenges the EPA's revocation of the 'endangerment finding,' which underpins federal climate regulations.
- The 'endangerment finding' allows the EPA to limit emissions from vehicles, power plants, and industrial sources.
- The EPA administrator stated that previous administrations used the finding to enact costly climate policies.
- The EPA claims it revoked the finding to comply with the law and that Congress never intended for the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions for cars and trucks.
- Critics argue the EPA's action is a dereliction of duty and contradicts scientific consensus.
- The endangerment finding has been previously upheld by the Supreme Court and other courts.
- A separate lawsuit was filed by 18 young people challenging the rescission of the endangerment finding.