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Revoking EPA’s endangerment finding – the keystone of US climate policies – won’t be simple and could have unintended consequences

  • Written by Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School
imageSeveral U.S. climate regulations aim to reduce burning of fossil fuels, a driver of climate change.Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Most of the United States’ major climate regulations are underpinned by one important document: It’s called the endangerment finding, and it concludes that greenhouse...

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