Article by Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Kevin
Gallagher, Megan Ceronsky and Tomás
Carbonell
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Commentary
EPA published its long-awaited proposed endangerment finding
this week. Notably, the scope of the proposal only included the
endangerment finding. The Agency could have included proposed
emission standards for motor vehicles, and standards for other GHG
sources. The fact that the proposal did not include such standards
suggests that EPA might be moving deliberately, thereby reinforcing
the Administration's oft-stated preference for a legislative
program, and signaling that the Agency wants to avoid the
regulatory cascade that some critics have said is the inevitable
outcome of the endangerment finding. Can EPA "slow walk"
its regulatory program? . . . In the House, the Subcommittee on
Energy and Environment announced three days of hearings on
