EPA’s Proposal to Rollback of the Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and Vehicle Emissions Standards Flouts Scientific Evidence
WASHINGTON — The public comment period ended on Monday for the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed “Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and Motor Vehicle Reconsideration Rule,” a proceeding intended to revoke the agency’s 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare.
Last week, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine issued a report that found rising temperatures pose extreme danger and that the scientific evidence of climate change is “beyond scientific dispute.” The report refuted the findings of a draft report issued by the Department of Energy in July, in which a panel of climate change skeptics asserted that the risks of climate change are minimal.
In response, David Arkush, director of Public Citizen’s Climate Program, issued the following statement:
“It is abundantly clear that the scientific evidence supports the EPA’s finding that greenhouse gas pollution, including vehicle emissions, endangers human health and welfare. The EPA is proposing to move exactly opposite to the way that the law and its mission require—flouting overwhelming scientific evidence and ignoring required procedures to reach a predetermined political outcome on behalf of mass polluters. The agency should reverse course and drop this misguided and unlawful action. Failing that, the courts should roundly reject it.”
Further reading: Public Citizen’s Letter to Department of Energy on DOE Report
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