States Take Trump EPA to Court Over Endangerment Finding Repeal
US President Donald Trump announcing his administration rescinded the endangerment finding, a landmark scientific determination that greenhouse gases pose a threat to human health and welfare, at the White House on Feb. 12.
Photographer: Will Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg
More than 20 states are legally challenging the Trump administration’s decision to roll back a landmark scientific determination that greenhouse gases threaten human health, which underpins various federal climate rules.
California, New York and Massachusetts were among the states that filed the petition in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Thursday. The overwhelming majority of the participating states have Democratic governors. Nearly 20 US counties, cities and territories also joined the suit.