For 15 years, the EPA’s 2009 Endangerment Finding has been the bedrock for regulating greenhouse gas emissions. However, as the current Administration moves toward its repeal—ignoring decades of legal precedent and scientific consensus—the United States faces a critical strategic void.
Chief Scientist Mike MacCracken argues that if this foundational regulatory framework is dismantled, it must be replaced by an economically efficient, market-based approach: a rising fee on fossil fuels that reflects their true environmental cost.
Read the full, detailed statement and the proposed policy framework here
