EPA to repeal its own conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the planet and threaten health
Known as the endangerment finding, the decision is the legal framework that allows the EPA to regulate emissions. Its reversal could upend many climate change policies.
The rollback of the endangerment finding will prompt a major court battle, however.
The Natural Resources Defense Council has promised to fight the EPA “every step of the way.” One of its lawyers, David Doniger, has said it will be “impossible” for the agency to defend its rule change in court because there’s a “Denali-size” mountain of evidence showing that greenhouse gas pollution is fueling climate change and intensifying harms like wildfires, floods and heat waves. NBC News