{"id":391939,"date":"2025-07-31T13:01:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=391939"},"modified":"2025-07-31T13:01:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:01:40","slug":"us-carbon-dioxide-endangerment-finding-axed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=391939","title":{"rendered":"US Carbon Dioxide Endangerment Finding\u00a0Axed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Excellent news from the US:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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\u2019s ability to combat climate change.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US is a major contributor to global climate change, and ranks second only to China which emits more planet-warming gases like carbon dioxide \u2013 and the US still emits more per person.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experts have warned that the move could have a devastating impact on the environment.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Donald Trump has long argued that climate regulations stifle US economic growth, and on his first day back in office in January ordered that the EPA submit recommendations “on the legality and continuing applicability” of the Endangerment Finding.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Endangerment Finding stemmed from a 2007 Supreme Court case in which the court ruled that greenhouse gases are “air pollutants” \u2013 meaning that the EPA has the authority and responsibility to regulate them under the US Clean Air Act.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision forms the core of the federal government\u2019s authority to impose limits on carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement, the EPA said that, if finalised, the move will save Americans $54bn (\u00a340bn) in costs annually through the repeal of greenhouse gas standards, including an electric vehicle mandate passed by the Biden administration.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking in an episode of the conservative “Ruthless” podcast released on Tuesday, EPA administrator Lee Zeldin said the move was “basically driving a dagger into the heart of the climate change religion”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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