Stop the EPA’s Repeal of the Endangerment Finding
On July 29th, Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal to repeal the 2009 “Endangerment Finding”, the legal and scientific foundation for the government’s ability to combat climate change. After a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that the EPA can only regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act if it’s proven that pollutants threaten human health and welfare, the 2009 science-backed Endangerment Finding concluded that they do, forming the legal basis for emissions regulation.
A repeal of the Endangerment Finding bucks decades of scientific research and would completely strip the EPA of its legal authority, leading to widespread deregulation of fossil fuel use, power plant and vehicle emissions, and other major sources of pollution. To justify claims that the Endangerment Finding should be revoked, the EPA has cited a report commissioned by the Energy Department, from well known climate science deniers, using cherry-picked data and false citations to reach their conclusions that greenhouse gas emissions do not contribute to climate change; they instead assert that vehicle price increases are more harmful to the public.
This proposal must now go through a required public comment period before it can be finalized. In addition to calling your representatives to pressure the EPA to stop this highly consequential repeal, you can leave a public comment here.
Contacts for this topic:
Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP].
I’m calling to urge [REP/SEN NAME] to oppose the EPA’s plan to repeal the Endangerment Finding. That rule is a necessary legal foundation backed by decades of science and repealing it would unleash dangerous pollutants, create countless health hazards, and ruin our ability to combat climate change.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
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