WASHINGTON (Oct. 29, 2025)--The Environmental Protection Agency has said it will erase a scientific finding that underpins the effort to reduce greenhouse gases. They are set to repeal the so-called “endangerment finding” despite concerns raised by scientists and others, according to a media story.
Recently 114 scientists who are part of an expert working group on climate change and health submitted comments to the EPA on its proposal to end the endangerment finding. The working group concluded that greenhouse gas emissions “pose a clear and indisputable danger to human health and well-being.”
In addition, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine released a new report that says the evidence for current and future harm to human health created by greenhouse gases is beyond dispute.
The George Washington University has experts available to comment on the EPA’s proposal and the science underpinning the endangerment rule.
Lynn R. Goldman is a professor of environmental and occupational health and former Dean of the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health. She is a pediatrician, epidemiologist and national environmental health expert. She was part of the working group of scientists who provided comments to the EPA on the endangerment finding.
Susan Anenberg is the director of the GW Climate & Health Institute, and associate professor of environmental and occupational health at GW. Anenberg’s research focuses on the health implications of air pollution and climate change. Anenberg was part of the NAS committee that concluded that current science supports the endangerment finding.
Gaige Kerr is an assistant research professor in the department of environmental and occupational health at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health. He researches ambient air pollution. He recently authored a study looking into the growing burden of air pollution among communities of color. He was also part of the working group submitting comments to the EPA on the endangerment finding.