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August 11, 2025

Why the EPA’s Latest Move Could Worsen the Climate Crisis

This piece was originally published in the Scientific American. Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a sweeping effort to do away with the endangerment finding, a proposal that not only disregards science but also has huge consequences for stemming the climate crisis. This 2009 legal determination is based on extensive scientific evidence that says heat-trapping emissions from […]

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