Trump EPA moves to wipe out climate rules for power plants
EPA says power plant emissions have no material impact on climate change.
EPA says power plant emissions have no material impact on climate change.
The short version
- The EPA made that “ endangerment finding ” in 2009.
- Hoover and other environmental and climate experts have not yet had a chance to review the specific arguments the agency is making to justify its actions.
- Maggie Coulter, senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute, expects the Trump administration to make a “non-endangerment finding” so they don’t have to regulate greenhouse gas emissions at all.
What happened
“That goes against really well-established science,” Coulter said. For NNN readers, the useful bit is how trump epa moves to wipe out climate rules for power plants changes the immediate story in this beat.
Why it matters
Ars Technica says trump epa moves to wipe out climate rules for power plants is the central development readers should understand.
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