Resources for the Future Senior Fellow (and Former EPA Official) Dr. Bryan Hubbell Discusses the EPA's Assault on Clean Air

About this episode

Dr. Bryan Hubbell discusses the recent actions of the Trump administration to roll back EPA regulations on greenhouse gases and clean air.

Over the past few weeks the Trump administration has significantly upped its game to eliminate greenhouse gas regulations that protect human and global health. The Sabin Center on Climate Change Law’s “Climate Backtracker” database presently identifies over 320-related administrative and regulatory actions that in sum undermine the EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment. Most recently, the US has withdrawn from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and 65 other related international organizations, rescinded National Environmental Protection Act’s (NEPA) implementing regulations and moved to roll back automotive fuel efficiency standards by nearly 33%. Concerning the Clean Air Act, initially passed in 1963, the EPA is expected to soon finalize a 2025 proposed rule to rescind its Endangerment Finding that provides the legal basis for the agency to regulate six greenhouse gasses and recently announced the agency is no longer estimating the monetary value of lives saved in establishing the limits of two major air pollutants: ozone; and, fine particulate matter frequently noted as PM 2.5. The Columbia University Sabin Center “Climate…

People in this episode

Host: David Introcaso

Guest: Dr. Bryan Hubbell

Topics covered

• environmental policy
• greenhouse gas regulations
• EPA actions
• climate change
• public health
• air quality

Keywords

• EPA
• greenhouse gases
• clean air
• climate change
• public health
• regulations
• Trump administration
• air pollutants

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EPA, Sabin Center on Climate Change Law, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, National Environmental Protection Act, Columbia University, Resources for the Future

Places: United States

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