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What Is the Endangerment Finding and Why Does Killing It Matter?
The EPA's endangerment finding is the legal backbone of US climate regulation. Eliminating it would reshape environmental policy for decades.
Key Takeaways
- The Trump administration moves to dismantle the EPA's 2009 endangerment finding, the legal bedrock of all federal climate regulation
- The finding established that six greenhouse gases threaten public health, enabling every major climate rule since 2009
- Eliminating it would remove the legal obligation for the EPA to regulate carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act
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