Trump rescinds carbon dioxide endangerment
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The Trump administration rescinded the 2009 "endangerment finding" classifying carbon dioxide as harmful, removing a legal basis for U.S. greenhouse‑gas regulations, the White House said.
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by Michael E. Mann Reposted by Bryan D. Jones
"Trump set to gut U.S. climate change policy and environmental regulations" by Matthew Daly and @seungminkim1.bsky.social for the @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump set to gut U.S. climate change policy and environmental regulations: White House official
The Trump administration is expected this week to revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change accordi...
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February 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM
"Trump set to gut U.S. climate change policy and environmental regulations" by Matthew Daly and @seungminkim1.bsky.social for the @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/trum...
by Mark Lubell
Trump morons preparing to roll back the endangerment finding that underpins Clean Air Act authority to regulate greenhouse gasses. Will be a big legal fight over this. apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump set to gut US climate change policy and environmental regulations: White House official
A White House official says the Trump administration is expected this week to revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and ...
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February 10, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Trump morons preparing to roll back the endangerment finding that underpins Clean Air Act authority to regulate greenhouse gasses. Will be a big legal fight over this. apnews.com/article/trum...
A reminder that, while some of the damage that Trump & GOP are doing might seems temporary, the damage they're doing to the planet is permanent:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
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Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
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February 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM
A reminder that, while some of the damage that Trump & GOP are doing might seems temporary, the damage they're doing to the planet is permanent:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
"There may come a time when the people elected to enact laws decide the modest benefits of regulating greenhouse gases outweigh the considerable economic costs." What a shocking thing to write. The Post is unrecognizable now. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | EPA is right to reverse Obama overreach
If the federal government wants to more heavily regulate greenhouse gas emissions, Congress needs to pass a new law.
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February 11, 2026 at 3:23 AM
"There may come a time when the people elected to enact laws decide the modest benefits of regulating greenhouse gases outweigh the considerable economic costs." What a shocking thing to write. The Post is unrecognizable now. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I'll be on @npr.org / @wbur.org "Here And Now" tomorrow to discuss why the EPA Endangerment Finding is so critical to climate action in the U.S., and why it is so problematic that the Trump administration is trying to kill it: www.wbur.org/radio/progra...
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February 11, 2026 at 2:37 AM
I'll be on @npr.org / @wbur.org "Here And Now" tomorrow to discuss why the EPA Endangerment Finding is so critical to climate action in the U.S., and why it is so problematic that the Trump administration is trying to kill it: www.wbur.org/radio/progra...
The attack on climate action in the US continues as efforts to revoke the endangerment finding get close to the finish line. At that point, ALL federal climate policies in the US will basically be cancelled. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
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February 10, 2026 at 12:28 PM
The attack on climate action in the US continues as efforts to revoke the endangerment finding get close to the finish line. At that point, ALL federal climate policies in the US will basically be cancelled. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
THERE'S NO MEANINGFUL US CLIMATE REGULATION TO WIPE OUT
look I want my government to acknowledge CO2 bad too but this is not a massive deregulatory victory or whatever
look I want my government to acknowledge CO2 bad too but this is not a massive deregulatory victory or whatever
Pretty good summary of the forces arrayed against the CO2 endangerment finding. I think they are counting their chickens prematurely.
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Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
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February 10, 2026 at 4:03 PM
THERE'S NO MEANINGFUL US CLIMATE REGULATION TO WIPE OUT
look I want my government to acknowledge CO2 bad too but this is not a massive deregulatory victory or whatever
look I want my government to acknowledge CO2 bad too but this is not a massive deregulatory victory or whatever
The press is reporting that EPA is about to withdraw the endangerment finding, the legal basis for EPA regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. As I wrote in September, bit.ly/401lLUw, this would raise a tangle of legal issues. Among them: 🧵
Trump EPA’s Proposed Revocation of Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding Raises Tangle of Legal Issues
On July 29, 2025, at an auto dealership in Indiana, Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced a proposal to withdraw the Endangerment Finding for greenhous...
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February 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
The press is reporting that EPA is about to withdraw the endangerment finding, the legal basis for EPA regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. As I wrote in September, bit.ly/401lLUw, this would raise a tangle of legal issues. Among them: 🧵
This headline should anger everyone as the largest CO2 polluter is set to solidify its position as such and torpedo efforts to cut emissions.
We are racing through 1.5ºC of heating and will likely cross 2ºC in the late 2030's at current heating rates.
This is a crime against all life on earth!
We are racing through 1.5ºC of heating and will likely cross 2ºC in the late 2030's at current heating rates.
This is a crime against all life on earth!
February 10, 2026 at 1:58 PM
This headline should anger everyone as the largest CO2 polluter is set to solidify its position as such and torpedo efforts to cut emissions.
We are racing through 1.5ºC of heating and will likely cross 2ºC in the late 2030's at current heating rates.
This is a crime against all life on earth!
We are racing through 1.5ºC of heating and will likely cross 2ºC in the late 2030's at current heating rates.
This is a crime against all life on earth!
Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Nathan Richardson
The US EPA confirms that the Trump administration this week will overturn the scientific finding that serves as the legal basis for federal greenhouse-gas regulation. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump set to repeal landmark climate finding in huge regulatory rollback this week
The Trump administration is set this week to overturn an Obama-era scientific finding that serves as the legal basis for federal greenhouse-gas regulation, the Environmental Protection Agency said.
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February 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM
The US EPA confirms that the Trump administration this week will overturn the scientific finding that serves as the legal basis for federal greenhouse-gas regulation. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Little to add to Trump's Endangerment Finding move that hasn't already been said, but here's the key bit: Framing matters.
This isn't "economics" vs climate, or some kind of noble "cost-cutting" crusade.
It's a handout to narrow fossil interests, counter to economic forces.
This isn't "economics" vs climate, or some kind of noble "cost-cutting" crusade.
It's a handout to narrow fossil interests, counter to economic forces.
February 10, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Little to add to Trump's Endangerment Finding move that hasn't already been said, but here's the key bit: Framing matters.
This isn't "economics" vs climate, or some kind of noble "cost-cutting" crusade.
It's a handout to narrow fossil interests, counter to economic forces.
This isn't "economics" vs climate, or some kind of noble "cost-cutting" crusade.
It's a handout to narrow fossil interests, counter to economic forces.
Reposted by Michael Gerrard
From late last night: The EPA plans this week to repeal a policy that provides the legal foundation for a raft of rules regulating greenhouse gas emissions, marking Trump’s most consequential retreat from the fight against climate change.
Gift link @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump’s EPA to Scrap Landmark Emissions Policy in Major Rollback
The US Environmental Protection Agency plans this week to repeal a policy that provides the legal foundation for a raft of rules regulating greenhouse gas emissions, marking President Donald Trump’s m...
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February 10, 2026 at 2:47 PM
From late last night: The EPA plans this week to repeal a policy that provides the legal foundation for a raft of rules regulating greenhouse gas emissions, marking Trump’s most consequential retreat from the fight against climate change.
Gift link @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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by Nathan Richardson Reposted by Mark Lubell
Reposting this analysis now that it seems likely EPA will finalize its withdrawal of the GHG endangerment finding. It's both less and more than it seems.
I have written about this before, when it was suggested as a possibility shortly after the inauguration. A quick summary here--in short, there's little clever or thoughtful about it, though there is some legal strategy at work, however cynical.
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E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change
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February 10, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Reposting this analysis now that it seems likely EPA will finalize its withdrawal of the GHG endangerment finding. It's both less and more than it seems.
EPA to repeal its own conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the planet and threaten health — It continues to be the Environmental DESTRUCTION Agency under the Trump Administration!
February 11, 2026 at 4:59 AM
EPA to repeal its own conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the planet and threaten health — It continues to be the Environmental DESTRUCTION Agency under the Trump Administration!
1) “in 2009, the EPA decided it would treat greenhouse gases like other pollutants, despite their damage being global rather than local.”
No, the Bush-era EPA decided *not* to regulate greenhouse gases, was sued, and lost in the Supreme Court.
No, the Bush-era EPA decided *not* to regulate greenhouse gases, was sued, and lost in the Supreme Court.
February 11, 2026 at 3:24 AM
1) “in 2009, the EPA decided it would treat greenhouse gases like other pollutants, despite their damage being global rather than local.”
No, the Bush-era EPA decided *not* to regulate greenhouse gases, was sued, and lost in the Supreme Court.
No, the Bush-era EPA decided *not* to regulate greenhouse gases, was sued, and lost in the Supreme Court.