Re: Aug. 31 article, “Scientists: Climate is deeply flawed”
It is beyond mind boggling and painful to see what the Trump administration wants the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy to repeal climate regulation and cherry-pick scientific findings to create doubt on proven facts, no matter what it does to the health of people.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. had an average of 3.7 events per year with a loss of more than $1 billion between 1980 and 1989. That shot up to an average of 18 events per year between 2013 and 2022. Each such event wrecks lives and livelihoods, and 2.3 million Texans who live within a half mile of oil and gas operations would be at a greater risk of methane pollution without these rules.
If rescinded, such irresponsible and cynical actions would be devastating for many. You can oppose repeal of “endangerment finding” of 2009 by submitting comments by September 21 through the EPA website.
Peer-reviewed research by scientists will stand the test of time.
Published by the Austin American-Statesman on September 6, 2025, in Opinions//Letters
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