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“Today’s rescission of the EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding restores common sense: carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring, life-sustaining gas, not a traditional pollutant, and it should not be regulated as if it were. The 2009 finding was pushed through on a shaky legal and scientific record, and we support this reset toward transparent, accountable policymaking. ”
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