Trump's EPA proposals on climate change regulations rejectedly answered by the National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has stated that human activity is causing greenhouse gas emissions, which are warming the planet, increasing extreme temperatures, and changing the oceans. This, according to the NAS, poses a significant threat to public health and welfare.
However, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under President Donald Trump attempted to repeal the Endangerment Finding issued in 2009, a move that could strip pollution limits from cars, power plants, and other major sources across the country. This decision has been met with strong criticism from dozens of experts, including those from the Associated Press survey, mainstream groups like the American Meteorological Society, and a group of 85 climate experts who found the administration's work to be "full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making."
The Trump administration maintains that although climate change is real, its future effects are unclear and likely weaker than projected by many mainstream scientists. They also contend that U.S. cuts in greenhouse gas emissions would mean little globally. In July 2021, the Trump administration proposed revoking the "endangerment finding."
The NAS, established in 1863 under President Lincoln, has played a significant public role in scientific policy for over a century, including consulting on the Clean Air Act. In response to the Trump administration's efforts to revoke the 2009 U.S. government finding declaring climate change a threat, the NAS declared that evidence supporting the endangerment finding regarding climate change has grown stronger over 15 years.
The Trump administration's Department of Energy has suggested that climate models used by scientists to predict warming have overreached and that there are advantages to a world with more carbon. This claim, however, has been widely disputed by the scientific community.
Environmental groups are already challenging the administration's documents in court, citing what they describe as errors, bias, and distortion in the Trump news today. The authors of the Department of Energy report claim that any errors found in the work would be corrected and that the report is not meant to be a comprehensive review of climate science.
The White House spokesperson claims the Trump administration is producing "Gold Standard Science research driven by verifiable data." However, the overwhelming consensus among experts seems to suggest otherwise. The NAS report, for instance, states that harm to Americans from climate change is real and that people are exposed to more extreme heat, air pollution, and extreme weather events.
In conclusion, the Trump administration's climate change policies have been met with significant criticism from the scientific community and environmental groups. The NAS, among others, has declared that the evidence supporting the endangerment finding regarding climate change has grown stronger over 15 years, contradicting the Trump administration's claims that the future effects of climate change are unclear. The controversy surrounding the administration's science continues to unfold.
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