Trump EPA Makes Major Moves to Repeal Climate Regulation
We talk with climate reporter and scientists about the Endangerment Finding and the erasure of critical climate reports and data.
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Show Notes
In 2008, the Obama administration compiled a massive report with the goal of answering one big question: Is climate change a danger to human health in America? Comprised of some of the most comprehensive scientific findings of all time, the Endangerment Finding concluded that it was, which allowed the government to regulate climate change—including putting restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions. Now, the Trump administration and the Environmental Protection Agency have ruled to rescind the Endangerment Finding, in turn stripping climate regulations. It’s just the latest in Trump’s attack on climate science and regulations including the firing of hundreds of scientists, and the erasure of critical climate reports and data. We talk with climate reporters and scientists about what’s at stake. And what’s coming next.
Guests:
Molly Taft, journalist and climate reporter, WIRED
Kristen Sissner, executive director, Berkeley Earth
Shaye Wolf, climate science director at the Center for Biological Diversity
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