EELP Faculty Director Jody Freeman, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Peter Huybers, and Professor of Economics and Decision Sciences James Hammitt explored two cornerstones of U.S. climate policy: EPA’s Endangerment Finding, which underpins federal authority to regulate greenhouse gases, and the Department of Energy’s Climate Science Report, which provides essential assessments of climate risks and impacts. They discussed the legal, scientific, and economic underpinnings of these measures and what’s at stake for current and future climate regulation.
If the administration succeeds in the legal argument about what the Clean Air Act allows, it would prevent any future administration from coming back and setting standards under the Clean Air Act. They’re really trying to knock it out as a tool to do anything in perpetuity.
— Jody Freeman
The event was moderated by Jim Stock and hosted by the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University and the Harvard Alumni Association.