(The Center Square) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta is co-leading a nationwide lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its rescission of a finding on greenhouse gases.
The 2009 Endangerment Finding was the federal government’s recognition that the gases threaten public health and welfare. The finding also provided the legal basis for regulating emissions from motor vehicles, power plants and industry under the Clean Air Act.
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