An EPA recommendation to cut the legs from greenhouse gas regulations potentially bolsters groups involved in court battles with energy companies over climate change, if the action survives legal scrutiny.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin reportedly recommended a reconsideration of bedrock language that establishes greenhouse gases as a threat to public health. If that language is successfully removed, it would serve to undercut federal preemption claims used by oil and gas companies for years to defend against climate lawsuits.
Overturning the agency’s earlier conclusion, known as the endangerment finding, would “significantly strengthen the argument that state tort actions are ...
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