The chance to reach climate goals set by the United States last year — including the reduction of its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 — just became more remote.
on Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency would no longer have the authority to broadly limit industrial carbon emissions.
“Our most vulnerable populations will suffer the most from the ongoing climate crisis, with low-income households, BIPOC communities, and young people impacted most,” said a statement by John Greenler, executive director of 350 Wisconsin, a grassroots environmental group that is part of thecoalition, which targets investors in climate destruction. “This is not just a matter of climate — this is a matter of justice.
But anything that weakens the transition to clean energy will negatively public health, especially the health of people forced to live closest to the pollution produced by the fossil fuel industry. she has been “fighting for stronger regulations to cut emissions and air pollution for more than a decade.”
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