The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its unlawful repeal of the endangerment finding - the landmark scientific and legal determination that climate pollution harms public health and welfare - along with more than a decade of motor vehicle greenhouse gas standards.
"As the nonpartisan National Academies stated last fall, the endangerment finding was accurate, has stood the test of time, and is now reinforced by even stronger evidence.' No amount of legal sophistry from this administration or EPA can evade the well settled statutory requirements and those scientific conclusions," said Frank Sturges, Attorney at Clean Air Task Force (CATF). "The Clean Air Act's requirements are simple: protect public health and welfare from air pollutants that endanger them. On the law and on the science, greenhouse gases fit that bill. To protect public health and the environment, we will challenge this unlawful action in court, and when the dust settles, we will prevail."
CATF will challenge this repeal on behalf of the American Lung Association, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, American Public Health Association, and Clean Wisconsin.
About Clean Air Task Force
Clean Air Task Force (CATF) is a global nonprofit organization working to safeguard against the worst impacts of climate change by catalyzing the rapid development and deployment of low-carbon energy and other climate-protecting technologies. With 30 years of internationally recognized expertise on climate policy and a fierce commitment to exploring all potential solutions, CATF is a pragmatic, non-ideological advocacy group with the bold ideas needed to address climate change. CATF has offices in Boston, Washington D.C., and Brussels, with staff working virtually around the world. Visit catf.us and follow @cleanaircatf.
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