Fossil fuel pollution from motor vehicles, factories, and other sources worsens asthma, causes heart disease, and leads to thousands of premature deaths. Photo: Shutterstock
July 29, 2025 (Boston, MA) – The Trump administration and the Environmental Protection Agency took steps to revoke the endangerment finding—a cornerstone scientific determination that planet-warming emissions endanger public health—in an effort to limit the federal government’s role in addressing climate change.
“President Trump is once again siding with Big Oil and Gas over our health. It’s a scientific fact: fossil fuel pollution is deadly,” said Kate Sinding Daly, Senior Vice President for Law and Policy at Conservation Law Foundation. “But President Trump is trying to erase that truth. His administration is attacking the EPA’s legal backbone that that gives the agency power to regulate climate-warming emissions and the danger they pose. Gutting it would strip away vital protections, lead to dirtier air, and cost lives.”
Fossil fuel pollution from motor vehicles, factories, and other sources worsens asthma, causes heart disease, and leads to thousands of premature deaths, especially in communities already hit hardest by dirty air and more frequent and intense storms.
“Let’s be clear: this isn’t just wrong—it’s an attack on public health, basic science, and families who just want clean air and a livable future. And all to let polluters keep profiting while the rest of us choke on the consequences,” Sinding Daly continued.
The good news is that the EPA’s endangerment finding can’t simply be eliminated. To overturn it, the administration would be required to go through a formal rulemaking process, including a public comment period. Any attempt to bypass or weaken this process would almost certainly face significant legal challenges.
CLF experts are available for further comment.
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