Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Filed a Critically Important Lawsuit against the Trump (R) Administration's U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Challenging their Repeal of the Endangerment Finding in Court, and Effort to Gut Climate Protections. They are Co-Leading this Case, along with a Sstrong Coalition of other Environmental and Health Groups, to Restore the Endangerment Finding, a Core Scientific and Legal Foundation for Acting to Reduce Dangerous climate Pollution.
NRDC has Successfully Defended the Endangerment Finding Before. And will do so once again. This Repeal is Illegal. It Ignores Overwhelming Scientific Evidence. It Prioritizes Industry Profits over Our Wellbeing. And their Slapdash Legal Arguments should be Laughed Out of Court.
The Case is Strengthened by the Power of over 56,000 Comments Submitted by NRDC Members in Support of the Endangerment Finding. And it is Bolstered by NRDC's Decades of Scientific and Legal Expertise. Our Attorneys and Experts Helped Build the Precedent that Supports the Endangerment Finding. We know the Law. We know the Science.
The Trump Administration just Weakened its Mandate to Fight Climate Change by Eliminating the "Endangerment Finding", the Government's Official Rrecognition that Climate Pollution is Dangerous and Must be Addressed. Make no mistake: This Scheme would Lock in Decades of Pollution, Accelerate the Climate Crisis, and leave our Communities to Pay the Price. NRDC is preparing to Sue the Trump Administration to Stop an Unprecedented attempt to give Polluters Free Rein and Strip away the Protections that Keep Our Air and Communities Safe.
EPA just Announced it is Repealing the Endangerment Finding, its own Scientific Determination that Climate-Warming Pollution threatens Our Health and Our Planet. At the same time, it Announced it is Eliminating the Clean Vehicle Standards, which were Set to Deliver the Single Biggest Cut to U.S. Carbon Pollution in History.
If this Repeal is Allowed to Stand, the Federal Government would be Stripped of its Legal Authority to Curb Carbon Pollution from Cars and Trucks, the Nation's Largest Source of Greenhouse Gas Emissions,and it could Open the Door to Un-Mitigated Pollution from Power Plants and other Major Industries. It would Undermine so much of the Work we're doing now, and in the Future, to Tackle the Climate Crisis, Eembrace a Transition to Clean Energy, and Address the Un-Natural and Extreme Weather currently Devastating our Communities.
This is One of the Most Dangerous Environmental Rollbacks we've ever Faced, and the Fossil Fuel Industry is Deeply Invested in seeing it through. All so they can Pollute More, Pay Less, and make the Rest of Us bear the Cost. But First they have to get through NRDC and Our Legal Team. And we've been preparing for this moment.
Our Ddefense of the Endangerment Finding in Court, will be Grounded in more than 56,000 Public Comments Submitted by NRDC Members and Hundreds of Pages of Technical Analysis our Experts built into the Legal Record. We have the Facts, the Law, and the Public on Our Side.
Right now, Oil and Gas CEOs are Hoping the Trump Administration will Hand them a Blank Check to Pollute. They're Hoping to Squeeze out a Little more Profit, Score yet More Drilling Permits, Build another Pipeline, while the Rest of Us Pay the Price in Higher Utility Bills, Asthma, Illness, and Worsening Unnatural Disasters, from Hurricanes to Heat Waves. NRDC is Choosing to Push Back, to Say that Our Health matters. Our Communities Matter. Our Planet Matters. The Mission of NRDC is to Safeguard the Earth: itsPpeople, its Plant,s and Animals, and the Natural Systems on which All Life Depends.
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