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The EPA is trying to get rid of a big climate rule from 2009 that lets the government control greenhouse gas pollution.
Basically, if this rule is rescinded, it's a huge move that could seriously weaken the US's fight against climate change.
"EPA is proposing to rescind the 2009 Obama EPA 'endangerment finding' to eliminate all of the greenhouse gas emissions regulations that followed, including electric vehicle mandates, which amount to a trillion dollars worth of savings. And on top of it, that much-hated 'start stop' technology. EPA is also proposing to eliminate that off-cycle credit that incentivized it."
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"As you just mentioned, if finalized, this amounts to the largest deregulatory action in the history of the United States thanks to President Trump, the Trump mandate, and the American people."
Yeah, people aren't thrilled about this.
But Aaron Rupar noticed one *ironic* thing about this segment: the "extreme heat" warnings on the lower portion of the screen:
A closer look:
That's 120 degrees in New Smyrna Beach, Florida:
121 degrees in Ridgeland, South Carolina:
122 degrees in Ormond Beach, Florida:
And 99 degrees in Needles, California:
Rep. Pramila Jayapal from Washington replied, "EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin did this TV hit bragging about making pollution worse while 168 million Americans were under a heat advisory today."
The New York Times reports that the new rule is "all but certain to draw legal challenges," so I guess we'll see what happens next.
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