US EditionBarack Obama Issues Warning as Donald Trump Revokes Report: "Less Safe"
The removal ends federal authority to regulate industrial and vehicle greenhouse gases, supporting coal power and Pentagon contracts, with EPA calling it the largest deregulatory action in U.S. history.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced today that the Trump administration struck down the 2009 endangerment finding and directed the Pentagon to end contracts with coal-based power utilities.
- The 2009 endangerment finding underpinned later climate rules by enabling the Clean Power Plan and vehicle standards that aimed to cut power-sector emissions about 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.
- Courts have upheld the endangerment finding in Massachusetts v. EPA and a 2023 D.C. Circuit decision, despite the Trump administration's repeal, Obama said on X: `Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding...`
- The state's governor, Gov. Mark Gordon, said Thursday he welcomed the EPA action and Wyoming's congressional delegation applauded, while local residents cited concerns about future water availability.
- Despite the federal change, infrastructure shifts continue, with the Naughton plant converting coal units for $12.1 million, as 86% of Wyoming residents believe climate change is happening.
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration announced Thursday the formal annulment of a historic Obama-era climate rule, known as “endangerment finding.” It was the legal basis that allowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Trump and EPA administrator Lee Zeldin have described this measure as “the largest deregulation action in U.S. history.” Environmental advocates and climate change…
Trump dumps greenhouse gas 'endangerment finding' amid dire climate warnings
The Trump administration today declared the United States will no longer limit greenhouse gas emissions, striking down the landmark 2009 “endangerment finding” doctrine that legally obliged federal agencies to regulate vehicle and industrial releases of planet-warming gases. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the move today, saying it is the “single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history.” “The endangerm…
On the 12th, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it would revoke a government interpretation that serves as the legal basis for greenhouse gas countermeasures in the United States. This interpretation, created during the Obama administration in 2009, was the basis for various regulations on gasoline-powered vehicles, power plants, factories, and more.
Greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health - this scientific assessment has been the basis for the fight against air pollution in the US for years.
Greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health - this scientific assessment has been the basis for the fight against air pollution in the US for years.
Trump moves to scrap EPA climate finding and unwind federal vehicle emissions rules
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration has withdrawn the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 “endangerment finding,” a determination that has long provided the legal foundation for regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. The White House and the EPA framed the move as a major shift in federal climate policy and a broad deregulatory push affecting the auto sector.
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