after months telegraphing this moveThe Trump Administration today officially repealed EPA 2009″danger detectionWhich found that greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane were a threat to human health and well-being.
The findings had so far supported the agency’s regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Currently, the new rule applies only to car and truck tailpipe emissions, but it is expected to be the first of many similar changes to federal air pollution rules.
However, before the hazard finding can be fully rescinded, the EPA must go through a lengthy process. The original discovery took two years to implement.
The move by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin would slow emissions declines by about 10%. According To Axios. This is a significant amount, but not enough to reverse the trend, partly because cheap renewable energy In recent years new power generation capacity has become dominant.
“This action will only lead to more pollution, and will lead to higher costs and real harm to American families,” Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund, told TechCrunch in a statement.
Death rate is expected to increase due to unabated climate change about 2% in America, and it can be 17% decline in global GDP by 2050, or about $38 trillion.
