July 29, 2025
Statement on EPA Revoking Endangerment Finding
For Immediate Release:
July 29, 2025
Contact:
Karlena Wallace, Communications Director
media@theoec.org or 614-487-7506
Statement on EPA Revoking Endangerment Finding
Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the revocation of the endangerment finding, which established the EPA’s formal authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gas emissions are the source of climate change, the impacts of which Ohioans are currently experiencing as we deal with more extreme heat waves, high humidity, and more unpredictable weather.
Whether the Trump Administration accepts it or not, climate change is costing us all. A 2022 study by the Ohio Environmental Council, Power a Clean Future Ohio, and Scioto Analysis found that Ohio will need to increase municipal spending up to $6 billion per year by midcentury to adapt to the challenges of a worsening climate crisis. We’re also feeling the strain of rising electric bills. Our communities are already suffering from rising energy costs, and this decision will only continue our reliance on volatile, increasingly expensive fossil fuels, which are subject to supply chain disruptions.
The following statement can be attributed to Chris Tavenor, General Counsel for the Ohio Environmental Council:
“By repealing the endangerment finding, the EPA will derail federal efforts to address climate change while functioning as a federally mandated climate denial. This short sighted, dangerous decision will only hurt Ohioans and Ohio businesses now and in the future. We continue to see rising temperatures and extreme, unpredictable storms damage our homes, harm our businesses, and make life more expensive as we are forced to adapt.”
“The endangerment finding is a crucial legal and scientific foundation, established following U.S. Supreme Court precedent setting up its creation in Massachusetts v. U.S. EPA, that protects our most vulnerable residents and allows us to hold polluters accountable. By denying the legal foundations of the endangerment finding, the EPA is attempting to rewrite legal history to deny the dangers of climate change. With its decision today, the EPA puts communities and businesses at significant risk while providing substantial benefits to wealthy special interest groups, ultimately jeopardizing the well-being of Ohio’s future generations.”
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