Washington, D.C. – The Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) offered the following statement in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s draft revision of the endangerment finding for greenhouse gases.
“BCSE opposes EPA’s proposal to rescind the endangerment finding,” said BCSE President Lisa Jacobson. “Our coalition supports EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, based on long-standing scientific evidence that confirms their harmful effect on people and our planet. Many of the technologies needed to mitigate these harms are already commercially available and cost-effective today. Used to their full potential, these solutions are key to successful emissions reductions and air quality improvements – while also achieving the energy dominance goals of the Trump Administration.”
“Now is not the time to disrupt U.S. policy that has been consistent for nearly two decades,” Jacobson added. “Long-standing federal policy provides the business certainty needed to enable energy sector planning and investment which will provide homegrown energy for decades to come. Our coalition supports market-based, economy-wide approaches to reducing GHG emissions that utilize performance-based metrics while also providing flexibility to states and regulated facilities.”
Lynn Abramson, President of the Clean Energy Business Network, BCSE’s small business division, also commented, “Reversing course on the endangerment finding threatens market pathways for small businesses around the country who are innovating and deploying cutting-edge technologies to decarbonize the U.S. economy. This will create a dampening effect on U.S. competitiveness at a time when the rest of the world continues to move forward in modernizing and diversifying energy systems.”
The endangerment finding has been effective in spurring efforts by the public and private sectors to reduce GHG emissions. According to the 2025 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook, total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are 15.8% below 2005 levels. Notably, U.S. power sector emissions have declined steadily over the past decade, ending 2024 at 41% below their 2005 peak.
BCSE looks forward to reviewing this draft revision that impacts many of our energy sectors and working with the Trump Administration to ensure business certainty in federal energy policy.