Naomi Baker
WE ACT for Environmental Justice, a West Harlem environmental justice organization, joined 100 other organizations and individuals on Sept. 30 in submitting comments opposing the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to reverse its 2009 Endangerment Finding.
The Endangerment Finding, issued by the EPA under the Clean Air Act, determined that emissions from greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health and welfare. The finding requires the federal government to regulate greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide and methane and lays the legal groundwork for key climate regulations such as emissions standards for vehicles, power plants, and major industries.
Lee Zeldin, EPA administrator, released a proposal to rescind the finding in July, citing high costs of regulations.
“In our work so far, many stakeholders have told me that the Obama and Biden EPAs twisted the law, ignored precedent, and warped science to achieve their preferred ends and stick American families with hundreds of billions of dollars in hidden taxes every single year,” Zeldin said in a July 29 press conference.
WE ACT, along with a coalition of climate-justice organizations including Moving Forward Network, Climate Justice Alliance, and Equitable and Just National Climate Platform, released a joint statement condemning the EPA’s proposal.
