Submit a Public Comment: EPA Endangerment Finding Rollback
- Faith in Place
- Jul 30
- 2 min read
The Trump administration’s EPA is proposing a reckless rollback that would repeal the Endangerment Finding, the scientific and legal foundation that allows the federal government to limit climate pollution from fossil-fuel-fired power plants.
Take action now: Submit your public comment and. urge the EPA to keep pollution limits in place.
This move would gut some of our most critical climate protections. It would strip away national standards that place limits on greenhouse gas emissions, giving fossil fuel companies a free pass to pollute without accountability and guardrails.
Nowhere is the threat more urgent than in the Midwest. Our region produces more electricity from coal than any other in the country, and our communities already face some of the nation’s highest exposure to climate and air pollution. We're living with the consequences: worsening air quality, flooding, and extreme heat.
In 2023 alone, fossil fuel power plants in the U.S. released more than 1.4 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide, more than most countries emit in an entire year. This pollution drives the climate crisis, as well as a public health emergency, especially for low-income neighborhoods and communities of color who have long been forced to bear the burden of polluting infrastructure.
If the rollback is successful, there will be significant and lasting impacts on our communities, including:
184,000 premature deaths
112 million asthma attacks
280,000 hospital and ER visits
40 million missed school and workdays
$4.3 trillion in net costs to health, property, fuel, and other climate costs.
This rollback is dangerous and unjust. It denies science, undermines public health, and sacrifices vulnerable communities to protect polluters’ profits.
We cannot afford to go backward.
Join us in taking action before the August 7 public comment deadline. Tell the EPA: Protect our communities. Uphold climate safeguards. Stop this rollback.
In solidarity,
Rev. Brian J. Sauder
President & CEO
