Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled a proposal to repeal a more than decade-old decision known as the “endangerment finding,” which legally concludes that greenhouse gas emissions threaten human health and welfare by causing climate change. Repealing this finding would effectively strip the EPA of its authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. 

In response to the EPA’s proposal, EEN President & CEO Rev. Dr. Jessica Moerman released the following statement: 

“Generations will look back at this announcement and see it as a dereliction of duty. At a crucial moment, the Environmental Protection Agency is dropping the ball on its mission to protect human life and the environment. From Asheville, to Los Angeles, to Camp Mystic, God’s creation is clearly groaning under the weight of excessive climate-warming greenhouse gas pollution, putting lives and livelihoods squarely in harm's way. While good faith discussions are always welcome on how to make reasonable changes to improve pollution reduction, the current proposal goes far beyond that and abandons responsibility entirely for reducing the pollution that is causing climate-fueled extreme weather. This move will not make American communities safer or more prosperous and will ultimately be a setback for both human health and American leadership in the next generation of clean, abundant energy innovation.”