Climate Politics
Trump Aims to End Government’s Power to Combat Carbon Emissions
- President directs review of EPA’s endangerment finding
- 2009 ruling is basis for regulations on cars and power plants
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For more than 15 years, the US federal government has slapped limits on greenhouse gas emissions based on a conclusion that planet-warming pollution imperils public health and welfare.
But now President Donald Trump has launched an attack on the government’s 2009 ruling, tasking his incoming environmental chief with determining its continued “legality and continuing applicability.”