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A plan by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review numerous regulations that have long undermined businesses and destroyed livelihoods suggests a restoration of common sense and honest science to balancing environmental protection and economic activity.
“Today is the greatest day of deregulation our nation has seen,” said EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin as he announced the review Wednesday. “We are driving a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion to drive down cost of living for American families, unleash American energy, bring auto jobs back to the U.S. and more.
“Alongside President Trump, we are living up to our promises to unleash American energy, lower costs for Americans, revitalize the American auto industry, and work hand-in-hand with our state partners to advance our shared mission.”
Included in the review will be regulations on facilities such as power plants and on vehicles. Affected will be rules such as the Clean Power Plan, Mercury and Air Toxic Standards, Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards, Social Cost of Carbon and more.
High on our list for review is that of the Endangerment Finding that treats carbon dioxide as a pollutant threatening to overheat the planet. The so-called greenhouse gas rule is based on an exaggeration of CO2’s warming potential and flawed computer analyses that have been proven false by real-world data.
The gas is causing no harm now and the science of atmospheric physics says that it will pose no danger in the future. In fact, CO2 is a beneficial plant food necessary for all life on Earth. Recognizing it as such would leave regulators free to tend to matters of actual importance.
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