An ELI Public Webinar
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to rescind its “Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Finding for Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act,” which determined in 2009 that six key greenhouse gases qualify as “air pollution” under the Clean Air Act and pose a threat to public health and welfare. Commonly referred to as the “Endangerment Finding,” the original rule authorized EPA to set emissions standards for motor vehicles and other major sources of greenhouse gases.
In its proposed rescission, EPA offers two separate rationales: (1) the Agency lacks the statutory authority to prescribe emission standards to address climate change concerns; and (2) even if the Clean Air Act authorizes EPA to prescribe emission standards, the Agency unreasonably analyzed the scientific record when making the Endangerment Finding. The proposal relies on a draft report by the Department of Energy’s Climate Working Group, which questions the scientific evidence used as the basis for the Endangerment Finding. Yet many in the scientific community immediately contested this draft report’s conclusions.
Join the Environmental Law Institute and experts to learn about the extensive scientific research that informed the Endangerment Finding. Expert panelists will discuss the science from EPA’s 2009 Endangerment Finding Technical Support Document, as well as how scientists' current, more advanced understanding of climate science substantiates its legitimacy and refutes the Climate Working Group’s draft report.
Panelists:
John Doherty, Ph.D., Science and Policy Analyst, Environmental Law Institute, Moderator
Kristina Dahl, Ph.D., Vice President for Science, Climate Central
Kristie Ebi, Ph.D., MPH, Professor, Global Health; Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
David Lobell, Ph.D., Gloria and Richard Kushel Director, Center on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University
Jason Samenow, former Climate Change Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Materials:
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