INDUSTRY PETITION ON EPA CLIMATE RISK FINDINGS MAY SIGNAL LEGAL FIGHT

摘要

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is petitioning EPA for a formal administrative hearing to review the scientific basis for the agency's proposed finding that greenhouse gases (GHGs) endanger public health and welfare, a move that could allow the industry group to legally challenge the scientific basis for any regulatory actions.rnComplaining EPA's current "informal rulemaking" on climate change has "not been a transparent scientific process," the chamber in a petition for the on-the-record hearing is pushing for EPA to follow a statutorily defined process that would be subject to strict public disclosure requirements, while acknowledging that enactment of cap-and-trade legislation in the House would render the issue moot.