Trump Administration Rescinds EPA Climate Health Finding
The administration revoked the EPA's 2009 endangerment finding even as studies link human-caused warming to thousands of deaths and researchers estimate at least $10 billion in annual global health costs.
Overview
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked the Environmental Protection Agency's 2009 finding that climate change endangers public health.
At a White House event, President Donald Trump said, "It has nothing to do with public health. This is all a scam, a giant scam."
Dr. Howard Frumkin said rescinding the endangerment finding "boggles the mind" and likened it to insisting the world is flat or denying gravity.
There have been more than 29,000 peer-reviewed studies on climate and health, with more than 5,000 focused on the United States, according to PubMed.
A 2021 study in Nature Climate Change found over a third of heat deaths are due to human-caused climate change, equating to more than 9,700 global deaths a year.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources frame this coverage by foregrounding scientific consensus and juxtaposing Trump’s 'scam' remark with extensive peer‑reviewed evidence, authoritative experts, and quantifying statistics. Editorial choices—loaded verbs ('revoked', 'boggles the mind'), selective sourcing of public‑health scientists, highlighted studies and numerical impacts—collectively marginalize the administration’s rationale and center health‑risk narratives.
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FAQ
The 2009 endangerment finding determined that greenhouse gas emissions from new motor vehicles and engines endanger public health and welfare, serving as the legal basis under the Clean Air Act for regulating GHG emissions.
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