EPA rescinds that greenhouse gases endanger human health
Aug. 4
The Environmental Protection Agency will rescind the long-standing finding that greenhouse gases and its emissions endanger human health, as well as tailpipe emission standards for vehicles, setting off what it describes as the largest deregulatory action in U.S. history.
According to the head of the EPA, Lee Zeldin, the move will save Americans money and unravel two decades of regulation aimed at reducing carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases from cars, power plants, oil production and other sources.
The U.S. Supreme Court, in its landmark Massachusetts v. EPA case in 2007, said the EPA has authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and required the agency to make a scientific finding on whether they endanger public health. If finalized, this action will devastate the EPA’s ability to carry out its primary authority to limit climate pollution under the federal Clean Air Act.
JoAnna Strother, Senior Director of Advocacy of the Arizona American Lung Association joined “Arizona Horizon” to discuss what this rescind means for the EPA.
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