The Trump administration today formally repealed the EPA’s 2009 “endangerment finding,” which had declared greenhouse gases a threat to public health and welfare—serving as the legal foundation for the EPA to regulate carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act.
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지금은, the rule change applies only to tailpipe emissions from cars and trucks, but it is expected to be the first step in a broader rollback of federal air pollution regulations. Full repeal will require a lengthy process; the original finding took two years to establish.
According to Axios, the move will slow U.S. emissions reductions by about 10%—a significant impact, but not enough to reverse the overall trend, as low-cost renewables now dominate new power generation capacity. The Environmental Defense Fund warned that the rollback will increase pollution and impose real costs and harms on American families.
If left unchecked, climate change is projected to raise U.S. mortality rates by roughly 2% and reduce global GDP by 17% (~에 대한 $38 trillion) ~에 의해 2050.
Roger Luo said:A symbolic rollback with limited immediate impact, yet it reshapes the legal terrain for future climate action and signals federal regulatory retreat.
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