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Climate Reality
Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency is repealing the scientific finding that mandates the government to protect the public against climate pollution.
The 2009 “endangerment finding” accepts reality. It states that greenhouse gases endanger public health and the planet — and it’s the EPA’s duty to limit them. Rules that limit climate pollution from cars and trucks, power plants, and fossil fuel drilling depend on this finding.
Now, the Trump administration is telling the American public that U.S. efforts to address climate change are over. This kind of denialism will cost lives.
We will not be gaslit into a fossil-fueled future that harms our health and destroys our planet. Earthjustice’s 200+ lawyers are fighting for a better future.
The EPA rollback of the Endangerment Finding could dismantle decades of climate progress
Show the federal government that people across the country overwhelmingly support actions to reduce climate pollution.
“I’m a meteorologist with two degrees in atmospheric science.
The great majority of the most qualified scientists in my field believe human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, much of which come from burning dirty fossil fuels like oil and gas, as well as other short-sighted irresponsible human actions like mass deforestation are responsible for a dangerous climate change and that urgent action is necessary to avoid the worst impacts.”
K. C.
Marquette, Michigan
“I believe the science supporting the causes of climate change, the impacts on our world, and the steps that must be taken to stop this disaster. The world needs the U.S. to be a power in stopping the actions that cause climate change.”
C. H.
Santa Rosa, California
“We must trust Science-and and commit to keeping our country and planet protected using all of the avenues that we have at our disposal to fight back from the Republican agenda to slash regulations on pollution.”
J. H.
Bonney Lake, Washington
“I am beyond worried about climate change, as I see the destruction it is causing around the world. If Trump agreed that there is climate change, perhaps I wouldn't worry so much. But now I see we face four years of backsliding in our efforts to contain greenhouse gases. I've known about the problem since the 1970s.”
S. H.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Climate change is a fact, not a hoax. Anyone believing it is a hoax is in denial. But when a leader believes it's a hoax and decides the efforts to combat the problem are a waste of time and money, and then lowers the standards for air pollution, the climate change effects will be maximized, causing much more damage and deaths.”
E. T.
Bellows Falls, Vermont
“Science can be vilified, lied about, and ignored, but the reality that science has revealed is that our planetary environment and systems are in peril. It is foolish for any government to ignore the facts and therefore jeopardize not only the health and safety of the citizens, but also its economic stability. The collapse of food systems and natural disasters are expensive to repair.”
C. F.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Quotes: A selection of public comments pledging to fight back against the Trump administration and to fight for our climate future.