The Four People At The Center Of The Endangerment Finding Storm In The US - CleanTechnica

The article from CleanTechnica discusses the ongoing efforts within the current U.S. administration to revoke the "endangerment finding," a 2009 EPA determination under the Obama administration that recognized greenhouse gases as pollutants contributing to climate change and thus subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act. This finding originated from the Supreme Court’s 2007 decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, which mandated the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases that endanger public health and welfare. The endangerment finding underpins federal climate regulations targeting emissions from vehicles, power plants, and other industries. Key figures driving the push to dismantle these climate protections include Mandy Gunasekara, Jonathan Brightbill, Russell Vought, and Jeffrey Clark. Gunasekara, formerly an EPA chief of staff under Trump and a staffer for climate skeptic Senator James Inhofe, authored parts of the Project 2025 playbook that informs the current administration’s climate policies. Brightbill is a legal strategist who has spent years opposing climate regulations in