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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently rescinded the Endangerment Finding, the government’s scientific determination that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are detrimental to our health and our planet. | | |
This could set US climate progress back decades. | | |
For 17 years, the Endangerment Finding has been the backbone of US climate action. It’s what gave the government the power — and responsibility — to reduce air pollution from cars, trucks, power plants, and big oil and gas operations. | | |
But rescinding it? That means: | | |
🌎 Wiping away the greenhouse gas standards for all cars and trucks and paving the way for even deeper rollbacks on pollution from power plants and oil and gas facilities.
🌎 Handcuffing future administrations, stripping away the scientific and legal foundation needed to act on climate and forcing them to start from scratch in a process that could take years and face endless legal hurdles.
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We already know what unchecked greenhouse gas pollution looks like. Extreme weather. Dangerous heat. Air that’s harder to breathe. Our communities — especially the most vulnerable — are feeling the impact already. | | |
And yet, instead of protecting people and following the science, the EPA is choosing to put our health and our future at risk. Join us in telling the EPA to protect people and the environment by keeping the Endangerment Finding intact now. | | |
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