There is overwhelming scientific evidence demonstrating the role of greenhouse gas pollution in driving climate change and its dangers to public health, including increased extreme weather, health risks, and economic costs.

The Environmental Protection Agency has a clear mission: to protect people and the environment. However, it is now using discredited claims to undermine the nation’s ability to respond to the climate crisis – putting our lives and livelihoods at risk.

The EPA is taking steps to undo the Endangerment Finding, a 2009 determination - based on decades of scientific research from hundreds of scientists -  that greenhouse gas pollutants endanger public health and welfare. With that science guiding their work for more than 15 years, the EPA has reduced toxic pollution from power plants, cars and trucks, and oil and gas operations—ensuring cleaner air, safer communities, and more vibrant economies. 

This potential repeal ignores the clear link between pollution and the rising climate dangers Americans see and feel every day: ranging from extreme weather and natural disasters, to health consequences like asthma and heart disease, to economic consequences like lost crops and rising costs. Increased carbon pollution also has consequences for our ocean - directly harming marine life, fisheries, coastal communities, and ocean-based economies.

At a time when all hands should be on deck to protect communities from weather disasters and rising pollution, the federal government is denying the irrefutable fact that climate change exists and is a threat to all Americans.