TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PROPOSES ROLLBACK OF ENDANGERMENT FINDING THAT ALLOWS CLIMATE PROTECTIONS

PHILADELPHIA, PA (July 29, 2025) – Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced today that the Trump Administration is proposing to repeal the 2009 finding that human-caused climate change endangers human health and safety. Called the “Endangerment Finding,” this scientific ruling has been the basis for the U.S. federal government’s duty to protect us from fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions. As Zeldin himself said, this move is “a dagger into the heart” of the fight against the climate crisis.  

In 2009, after being ordered by the United States Supreme Court to fulfill its duties, EPA comprehensively reviewed climate science and arrived at an inescapable and long-understood conclusion: emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide are endangering public health and welfare by driving climate change. The supporting scientific evidence has since grown exponentially stronger while Americans and the global community have suffered from the increased deadly fires, storms, floods, droughts, heat waves, and other impacts from climate disruption. 

Alex Bomstein, Clean Air Council Executive Director, issued the following statement:

“Repealing the endangerment finding is the same as saying that the single deadliest type of pollution—climate pollution—is actually safe and EPA can sweep it under the rug. Whether the Trump EPA wants to acknowledge this reality or not, the harms of the climate crisis are already here, from dangerous ozone days, extreme heat and wildfires, to devastating storms and flooding. The Trump administration seeks to funnel money into the pockets of the oil and gas industries and their allies while poisoning the rest of us. We cannot let it be finalized.”