Statement on Trump administration’s intent to rollback greenhouse gas endangerment finding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 29, 2025
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Dan Radmacher, Media Specialist, (276) 289-1018, dan@appvoices.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that the EPA will propose a rule to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding that has been crucial for regulating greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. In 2009, following a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision, the Obama administration published a scientific finding and final rule that greenhouse gas emissions, including carbon dioxide and methane, pose a threat to human health and that the EPA has the authority to regulate those emissions under the Clean Air Act.
Statement by Executive Director Tom Cormons
“For nearly 16 years, the endangerment finding has been a linchpin in the United States’ efforts to lower greenhouse gas emissions and protect public health — and it has been successful. This is the latest in a line of attacks on environmental regulations that hold polluters accountable for the damage they’ve caused for decades, in our region and globally. We urge the administration to reconsider revoking the endangerment finding and other environmental programs repealed this year. Elimination of these programs will increase pollution and make communities more vulnerable to climate disasters and other impacts.”
Statement by North Carolina Program Manager Ridge Graham
“It’s been a difficult summer if you value clean air and clean water. Recently, the administration announced its intent to postpone an important coal ash rule that would keep our groundwater safe, and now revoking the endangerment finding would undermine pollution reductions from coal and gas power plants. The people that stand to benefit most from these attacks on public health are fossil fuel investors.”
