Up in the Air: Climate Policy Without the Endangerment Finding 

Date: Monday, September 29, 2025
Time: 12:15 - 1:15 PM PST
Register here: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AkzVVRX3R-2bXGkAmQRN6Q

In late July, the Trump administration proposed to revoke the “endangerment finding” — a determination by the Environmental Protection Agency that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse endanger public health and welfare under the Clean Air Act. Removing such a foundational piece of U.S. climate policy is aggressive, based on a drastic revision of the underlying science supporting the original finding of endangerment. 

In this discussion, leading experts will cover the administration's possible motivations and legal justifications, as well as the pushback from the scientific community, and what lies ahead in the process. We'll also look at the options for states looking to regulate climate pollution. 

Could the fight over the endangerment finding end up at the Supreme Court? What will it mean for the EPA's work in the short- and long-term? And what are some of the surprising unintended consequences for state policy? Submit your questions for our panel below. 

Panelists:
Ann Carlson, Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law and founding Faculty Director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law; former Acting Administrator of NHTSA

Joseph Goffman, Former Asst. Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation at US EPA

Kate McKinnon, Associate Professor, UCLA, Statistics & Data Science, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Institute of the Environment & Sustainability

Moderated by:
Cara Horowitz, Executive Director, the UCLA Emmett Institute