US states file lawsuit challenging Trump’s revocation of climate finding
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Key Points:
- A coalition of 23 states, led by California and New York, filed a legal petition against the Trump administration's decision to revoke the "endangerment finding," a scientific determination that climate change poses a threat to human health and the environment.
- The petition, filed in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, also includes nine cities, several counties, the US Virgin Islands, the District of Columbia, and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.
- The "endangerment finding," established in 2009, underpinned regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions and promote renewable energy, but the Trump administration repealed it in February, citing its impact on the fossil fuel industry.
- The lawsuit challenges not only the revocation of the
