Climate, health groups sue EPA

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Gavin Schmidt

@climateofgavin.bsky.social

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🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/c...

E.P.A. Faces First Lawsuit Over Its Killing of Major Climate Rule

www.nytimes.com

February 19, 2026 at 2:56 AM

by Richard Larouche

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Richard Larouche

@drrichardlarouche.bsky.social

Good luck to the lawsuit! The Canadian government should also sue because this senseless deregulation would allow for increased particulate matter emissions and thus more cardiovascular and respiratory disease morbidity and mortality among Canadians.

U.S. environment agency sued over scrapping scientific rule behind climate protections | CBC News

A coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, challenging the rescinding of a scientific finding that has been the central basis for U.S. action...

www.cbc.ca

February 19, 2026 at 1:46 AM

by James F. McGrath

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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf)

@religionprof.bsky.social

EPA Sued to Stop It From Abandoning Climate Change Regulation

www.notus.org/climate-envi...

EPA Sued to Stop It From Abandoning Climate Change Regulation

Public health and environmental groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday morning to stop the agency from moving forward with its repeal of the "endangerment finding."

www.notus.org

February 19, 2026 at 1:30 AM

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Markus W. Gehring

@mwgehring.bsky.social

Am I wrong assuming that withdrawing the endangerment finding might not only open State regulatory spaces as argued by @politico.com but also means that climate litigation against companies has new arguments now that GHGs are no longer regulated in the US.

www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Why California could be the big winner as EPA abandons climate policy

The federal government is walking away from its tailpipe emissions rules, sparking a legal debate over whether states can now write their own standards.

www.politico.com

February 18, 2026 at 11:26 PM

by Melissa Sweet

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Melissa Sweet

@melissasweetdr.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump has done more than harm the government’s ability to fight global heating | Jamil Smith

By repealing the EPA’s determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health, the president is denying reality itself

www.theguardian.com

February 18, 2026 at 10:53 PM

by Melissa Sweet

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Melissa Sweet

@melissasweetdr.bsky.social

Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing

Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate

www.theguardian.com

February 18, 2026 at 10:46 PM

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The Wall Street Journal

A coalition of climate and health organizations sued the EPA in an effort to combat its repeal of a landmark climate finding

The organizations say ending the endangerment finding will unleash far more pollution, threatening public health and accelerating climate change.

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by Anna Nagurney

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Anna Nagurney

@annanagurney.bsky.social

Thank you to the states doing what should be done www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/c... But, it so happens, we all need to do much more - the air quality even in so-called rural @townofamherst.bsky.social is unhealthy today.

As Trump Obliterates Climate Efforts, States Try to Fill the Gap

www.nytimes.com

February 18, 2026 at 5:37 PM

Der Standard

Donald Trump's Crusade Against Climate Protection

The U.S. president declares the climate crisis to be void and wants to roll back environmental regulations even more radically. But there is resistance.

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Público

Trump is being sued for rolling back the bedrock of U.S. environmental rules

Environmental and public health groups are challenging Trump to roll back the bedrock of U.S. climate regulations in a case filed with the U.S. Courts of Appeals.

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by Roger A. Pielke Reposted by Lucas Bergkamp

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Le Figaro

United States: after the repeal of a key climate rule, advocacy groups sue the Trump administration

"We are suing Trump to prevent him from burning our children's future to ashes," said David Pettit, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity.

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RealClearScience

@rcscience.bsky.social

"The omission of water vapor in the basket of regulated greenhouse gases is the weakest part of the 2009 Endangerment Finding, as it is totally inconsistent with EPA’s arguments about the inclusion of the other six gases." via @thehonestbroker.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/02/18/i...

If Carbon Is a Pollutant, Why Isn't Water Vapor?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in its ruling last week that overturned its 2009 Endangerment Finding on greenhouse gases (GHGs), argued that in light of Supreme Court judgments since

www.realclearscience.com

February 18, 2026 at 3:25 PM

by Michael Gerrard

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Michael Gerrard

@michaelgerrard.bsky.social

A coalition of public health and environmental groups has just filed a lawsuit against EPA in the DC Circuit court challenging revocation of the greenhouse gas endangerment finding. They are represented by some of the country's leading environmental litigators. aboutblaw.com/bkXr

aboutblaw.com

February 18, 2026 at 3:01 PM

The Guardian

Trump has done more than harm the government’s ability to fight global heating | Jamil Smith

By repealing the EPA’s determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health, the president is denying reality itself The climate crisis is killing people . These deaths are measurable, documented and ongoing. Concluding otherwise is just playing pretend. Studies explain the mechanics, but lived experience supplies the truth. The people who suffer the consequences see the fire rising and water closing in. They need their government’s help. Despite that, the president of the United States stood at a microphone last Thursday and abdicated his duty to them . “It has nothing to do with public health, ” he claimed about the climate crisis while announcing that the federal government would repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s “endangerment finding” , a determination that greenhouse gases endanger human health and welfare. “This is all a scam, a giant scam. ” Jamil Smith is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading. . .

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New York Times

As Trump Obliterates Climate Efforts, States Try to Fill the Gap

Across the country, Democratic-led states are accelerating their initiatives to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Their role just became much more important.

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Reposted by David Darmofal

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Catherine Rampell

@crampell.bsky.social

E.P.A. Faces First Lawsuit Over Its Killing of Major Climate Rule www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/c...

E.P.A. Faces First Lawsuit Over Its Killing of Major Climate Rule

www.nytimes.com

February 18, 2026 at 2:16 PM

Reposted by James Goodwin

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD

@gretchentg.bsky.social

Today, @ucs.org joins @earthjustice.org and others challenging the Trump Administration's Endangerment Finding repeal.

These moves abandon the EPA's mission to protect people’s health and its legal obligation under the Clean Air Act and they must be held to account. www.ucs.org/about/news/u...

UCS Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Unlawful Endangerment Finding Repeal

www.ucs.org

February 18, 2026 at 1:50 PM

by Dana R. Fisher Reposted by Wolfgang Crämer, Timon McPhearson

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)

@fisherdanar.bsky.social

With the Paris Agreement targets no longer viable (and the US revoking its basis for federal climate policy), many turn attention to adapting to our much-warmed world.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating

Advisory board member says adapting is ‘not rocket science’ but Europe already paying price for lack of preparation

www.theguardian.com

February 18, 2026 at 1:18 PM

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Trump is being sued for rolling back the bedrock of U.S. environmental rules

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