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Trump revokes EPA climate finding

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President Donald Trump on Feb. 12 revoked the EPA’s 2009 "Endangerment Finding" that classified greenhouse gases as pollutants, removing the federal basis for US climate rules and drawing sharp criticism.

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EPA isn't now denying that climate change is happening. Instead they are saying that whatever the U.S. does now will not make enough of a difference to warrant the expense to Americans.

The U.S. is historically the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, and is abdicating its responsibility.
February 13, 2026 at 2:36 PM

Reposted by Michael Gerrard

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The final EPA ruling revoking its 2009 endangerment finding is posted: www.epa.gov/regulations-...

The agency is no longer trying to invoke the discredited DOE climate working group report as justification for the rule change.
Final Rule: Rescission of the Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and Motor Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards Under the Clean Air Act | US EPA
The final rule on the reconsideration of the greenhouse gas endangerment finding and motor vehicle rule.
www.epa.gov
February 13, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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Based on my initial skin, the endangerment finding repeal faces many of the challenges I identified in this column:
www.civitasinstitute.org/research/the...
EPA's strategy is aggressive and legally risky.
The Dangers of Pursuing the Endangerment Finding | Jonathan H. Adler
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s most ambitious undertaking may also be the most legally vulnerable.
www.civitasinstitute.org
February 13, 2026 at 1:16 PM

Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt

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A look at Trump regime lies about the climate crisis as it revokes the key scientific endangerment finding
A look at false claims made by the Trump administration as it revokes a key scientific finding
While announcing that he was rolling back the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 endangerment finding, President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin made false claims regarding the…
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February 13, 2026 at 1:10 PM