EPA to revoke its landmark finding on regulating greenhouse gases
EPA to revoke its landmark finding on regulating greenhouse gases
The EPA has decided to revoke a key scientific finding it published 16 years ago that six greenhouse gases are a threat to public health.
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Truth Analysis
Analysis Summary:
The article is mostly accurate, stating that the EPA is moving to revoke a key scientific finding regarding greenhouse gases. The claim that the EPA is revoking the endangerment finding is supported by multiple sources. However, the article exhibits a slight bias through its framing and word choice.
Detailed Analysis:
- Claim: The EPA has decided to revoke a key scientific finding it published 16 years ago that six greenhouse gases are a threat to public health.
- Verification Source #1: EPA moves to repeal landmark finding that allows climate regulation.
- Verification Source #2: EPA moves to ditch finding that greenhouse gases cause harm.
- Verification Source #3: EPA moves to ditch finding that greenhouse gases cause harm.
- Verification Source #4: Sixteen years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency issued its landmark “endangerment finding” that greenhouse gases heating up the planet.
- Verification Source #5: Trump EPA Kicks Off Formal Reconsideration of Endangerment Finding
- Assessment: Supported. Multiple sources confirm the EPA is moving to revoke or reconsider the endangerment finding related to greenhouse gases.
Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:
- Source 1: EPA moves to repeal landmark finding that allows climate regulation.
- Source 4: Sixteen years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency issued its landmark “endangerment finding” that greenhouse gases heating up the planet.
