Overview

• The National Academies concluded that harms from human‑caused climate change are "beyond scientific dispute" and that the 2009 Endangerment Finding is supported by even stronger evidence today.
• The EPA proposed in July to rescind the Endangerment Finding, which underpins federal authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act across vehicles, power plants and other sources.
• The administration has cited a Department of Energy report to justify the rollback, a document widely criticized by scientists as cherry‑picked and misleading, which the Academies' assessment counters.
• More than 1,000 scientists submitted a letter condemning the effort to overturn the finding and urging the agency to maintain protections for public health and welfare.
• Senate Democrats sought records from roughly two dozen companies, trade groups and think tanks to investigate potential lobbying and coordination behind the proposed rescission.