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During his campaign, Donald Trump promised oil and gas CEOs that if they gave him $1 billion, he would clear the path for fossil fuel expansion. He is keeping his word. The White House announced today its plan to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency's endangerment finding later this week.
This is a rollback of the landmark rule under the Clean Air Act that recognizes the danger of greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, vehicles, and large industrial polluters. Without it, anything goes for Big Oil and Gas. Utilities can use more dirty sources of energy that drive up costs for American families. Deadly air pollution will increase. Water will become more contaminated.
Sierra Club and advocates like you, Supporter, fought for these protections, and we are not letting them go without a fight.
The Sierra Club has been involved in legal fights for federal climate rules and standards longer than any other organization. In 2002, in the very first federal climate case under the Clean Air Act, we sued EPA for its failure to regulate greenhouse gases from vehicles under the statute, which ultimately resulted in victory at the Supreme Court and the endangerment finding being issued in 2009.
Two and a half decades later, we are going back to court to prevent the EPA from erasing those long-standing wins. |