EPA Rejects Challenges to Finding That Climate Change Is Threat to Health
The Obama administration rejected challenges to its finding last year that climate change caused by emissions of greenhouse gases is a danger to public health.
The Environmental Protection Agency found that 10 petitions contesting the decision as flawed “provide no evidence to undermine our determination,” Administrator Lisa Jacksonsaid today in a statement.
The agency’s action removes a potential obstacle barring the U.S. from regulating carbon-dioxide emissions from cars, trucks, power plants, oil refineries and factories under the Clean Air Act. Industry groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have said the EPA’s carbon rules will be a drag on the economy.
Groups such as the Chamber, Pacific Legal Foundation and Southeastern Legal Foundation asked the EPA to reconsider its decision, announced Dec. 7, saying the finding was flawed or that the agency erred in evaluating scientific evidence, according to the EPA denial.
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