#endangermentfinding — Public Fediverse posts
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States Sue to Block EPA From Slashing Rule That Allows Greenhouse Gas Regulation
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24 States Sue the #EPA for Renouncing Its Power to Fight #ClimateChange
In the #lawsuit states are arguing EPA acted illegally when it rescinded a 2009 scientific conclusion that #carbondioxide and other #greenhousegases threaten #publichealth and welfare. Known as the #endangermentfinding, formed the legal basis for the E.P.A. to regulate emissions from automobile tailpipes, power plant smokestacks, oil and gas wells, and other sources.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/climate/epa-endangerment-states-lawsuit.html
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24 #States Sue the #EPA for Renouncing Its Power to Fight #ClimateChange
The suit accuses the agency of illegally repealing the #EndangermentFinding, the scientific assessment that required it to regulate #GreenhouseGases.
#law #Trump #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/climate/epa-endangerment-states-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
Climate Crisis Will Intensify Strong Winter Storms, Climate Scientist Warns
The Trump administration is defunding FEMA as well as climate research, making responding to such storms more difficult. -
This debate will undoubtedly be shaken up by the #Trump #EPA’s recent killing of the #EndangermentFinding. That scientific finding by the agency was the foundation of federal #GreenhouseGas #regulations. #SCOTUS has previously ruled that the EPA’s role managing those regulations blocked many federal lawsuits over harms from #ClimateChange. Some legal experts say the end of the endangerment finding opens up a new lane for lawsuits against the #FossilFuel industry in federal court.
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#ClimateCrisis #EndangermentFinding
"Trump has done more than harm the government’s ability to fight global heating
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.'
What he was lying about is a truth the federal government – even under his first administration – has embraced for nearly two decades. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the 'endangerment finding' in 2009. Drawing upon extensive scientific evidence, the EPA concluded that emissions driving the climate crisis contribute to extreme heat, intensified storms, rising sea levels, wildfires and degraded air quality, all of which carry direct consequences for human life and safety.
The endangerment finding was not rhetorical flourish. It was the legal keystone of modern US climate regulation, the scientific and administrative determination that enabled the federal government to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. It formed the basis for emissions standards governing vehicles, power plants and industry."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/18/trump-epa-climate-crisis-public-health
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#EPA Faces First #Lawsuit Over Its Killing of Major #Climate Rule
Arguing move to eliminate limits on #greenhousegases from vehicles, and potentially other sources, was illegal. Triggered by last week’s decision by the EPA to kill one of its key scientific conclusions, #endangermentfinding, which says greenhouse gases harm public health. The finding had formed the basis for climate regulations in #US. Likely to end up before the #SupremeCourt.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/climate/epa-endangerment-finding-lawsuit.html
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#Renewables soar globally despite #US #climate pullback
Trump admin’s reversal of #endangermentfinding was met with dismay by experts; White House argues policy raised energy costs for consumers. Elsewhere in world, green technology is being implemented at pace: Africa’s #solar capacity expanded 17% last year, with 20 nations setting import records, and data this week showed China’s emissions may already be falling thanks in large part to its huge outlay on #cleanpower.
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#EnvironmentalGroups sue #Trump’s #EPA over repeal of landmark #climate finding
Lawsuit from #health and #EnvironmentalJustice groups challenges the EPA’s rollback of the ‘endangerment finding’
Dharna Noor
Wed 18 Feb 2026 07.10 EST"More than a dozen health and environmental justice non-profits have sued the Environmental Protection Agency over its revocation of the legal determination that underpins US federal climate regulations.
"Filed in Washington DC circuit court, the lawsuit challenges the EPA’s rollback of the '#EndangermentFinding', which states that the buildup of heat-trapping #pollution in the atmosphere endangers #PublicHealth and welfare and has allowed the EPA to limit those emissions from #vehicles, #PowerPlants and other #industrial sources since 2009. The rollback was widely seen as a major setback to US efforts to combat the #ClimateCrisis.
"The suit was brought by the American Public Health Association [#APHA], #AmericanLungAssociation, the #CenterForBiologicalDiversity, the #EnvironmentalDefenseFund, the #NaturalResourcesDefenseCouncil [#NRDC], the #SierraClub and 11 other public health and environmental organizations. The lawsuit was filed by green legal organizations #CleanAirTaskForce and #Earthjustice and it names the EPA and the agency’s administrator, #LeeZeldin, as defendants.
" 'EPA’s repeal of the endangerment finding and #safeguards to limit vehicle emissions marks a complete dereliction of the agency’s mission to protect people’s health and its legal obligation under the #CleanAirAct,' said #GretchenGoldman, president and CEO at the #UnionOfConcernedScientists, another one of the groups behind the lawsuit. 'This shameful and dangerous action by the Trump administration and EPA Administrator Zeldin is rooted in falsehoods not facts and is at complete odds with the public interest and the best available science.' "
Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/trump-epa-environment-climate-lawsuitArchived version:
https://archive.ph/kp4pY#USPol #ClimateChange #EPAFail #ClimateCrisis #GreenhouseGas #FossilFools #FossilFuelIndustry #BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism #Oiligarchy #Oligarchy #CorporatePolluters
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#EndangermentFinding Stood on #Science
#EPA’s withdrawal of finding that #greenhousegas, by warming the planet, are a clear and present danger to human health and well-being is, of course, a terrible step back from #US efforts to slow #globalwarming.
Even beyond impact on fight against #climatechange, withdrawal of endangerment finding is dramatic demonstration that Trump Admin has discarded any semblance of valuing scientific information in its “leadership” of country.
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With Latest Rollback, the #US Essentially Has No #CleanCar Rules
The #EPA’s killing of the #EndangermentFinding caps a year of #deregulation that is likely to make #cars thirstier for #gas & less competitive globally, experts say. [absolutely true, other countries have regulations, if US cars aren’t made to meet their standards, no one can buy them anywhere but in the US. Idiotic.]
#Trump #idiocracy #business #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Climate #law #EnvironmentalLaw
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/climate/endangerment-finding-auto-emissions-regulations.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
I have seen the largest U.S. bill yet for the climate and now this unprecedented rollback of #endangermentfinding environmental regulations. As a scientist who studies greenhouse gas emissions, I know my work has value for present and future generations, regardless of how the government swings.
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European Union Summit For Competitiveness
Today’s ESG Updates EU Leaders Meet on Competitiveness: European Union leaders gathered at an informal summit in Belgium…
#Europe #EU #coalpower #DeutscheBank #endangermentfinding #EPA #EuropeanUnion #GREENbonds #trump #US
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Gotta wonder what these decrepit, old bastards have against breathing fresh air? #ClimateCrisis #GlobalHeating #C02 #CarbonEmissions #EPA #EndangermentFinding www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
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Newsom vows to sue after Trump rolls back key #climate change finding https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/trump-epa-endangerment-21348403.php #CAPol #EndangermentFinding #EPA #GHG #ClimateChange
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The former secretary of state John Kerry called the new rule “un-American”.
“Repealing the Endangerment Finding takes Orwellian governance to new heights and invites enormous damage to people and property around the world,” said Kerry, who also served as Joe Biden’s climate envoy.
“Ignoring warning signs will not stop the storm. It puts more Americans directly in its path.”
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Wow, they got rid of the #endangermentfinding, abdication of responsibility, and capitulation to #fossilfuel money
Trump Administration Erases the #US Government’s Power to Fight #ClimateChange
The Environmental Protection Agency (#EPA) repealed the bedrock scientific finding that says #greenhousegases threaten human life and well being. It means the agency can no longer regulate them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/climate/trump-epa-greenhouse-gases-climate-change.html
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The Endangerment Finding is the legal foundation that allows the U.S. to limit climate-warming pollution. Gutting it would roll back decades of progress — right as climate impacts are getting worse. Pay attention. Speak up. #EndangermentFinding #EPA #climatecrisis #ClimateActionNow
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Trump Repeals Key Greenhouse Gas Finding, Erasing EPA’s Power to Fight Climate Change
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Overturning the finding will “raise more havoc” than other actions by the #Trump admin to roll back environmental rules, said Ann Carlson, an #EnvironmentalLaw professor at the UCLA School of Law.
#law #PublicHealth #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #EndangermentFinding
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The #EndangermentFinding by the #Obama admin is the legal underpinning of nearly all #climate #regulations under the #CleanAirAct for motor vehicles, power plants & other #pollution sources that are heating the planet.
#Legal challenges are certain for an action that repeals all #GreenhouseGas #emissions standards for cars & trucks, & could unleash a broader undoing of climate regulations on stationary sources such as #power plants & #oil & #gas facilities, experts say.
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#Trump #EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against #ClimateChange
The rule finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency rescinds a 2009 government declaration known as the #EndangermentFinding that determined that carbon dioxide & other #GreenhouseGases endanger #PublicHealth & welfare.
#law #ClimateCrisis
https://apnews.com/live/trump-immigration-climate-change-2-12-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-12-Breaking+News -
Repeal of the #EndangermentFinding would remove the regulatory requirements to measure, report, certify, & comply with federal #GreenhouseGas emission standards for cars, but may not initially apply to stationary sources such as power plants, officials told the Wall Street Journal earlier this week.
The transportation & #power sectors are each responsible for around a quarter of #US greenhouse gas output, according to #EPA figures.
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#Trump has said he believes #ClimateChange is a hoax, & has withdrawn the #US from the #ParisAgreement, leaving the world’s largest historic contributor to #GlobalWarming out of international efforts to combat it.
The #EndangermentFinding was first adopted by the US in 2009, & led the #EPA to take action under the #CleanAirAct of 1963 to curb #emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, & 4 other heat-trapping air pollutants from vehicles, power plants & other industries.
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The #Trump admin on Thursday plans to announce the repeal of a scientific finding that #GreenhouseGas #emissions endanger human #health, removing the legal basis for federal #climate #regulations.
The move represents the most sweeping #ClimateChange policy rollback by the admin to date, after a string of regulatory cuts & other moves intended to unfetter #FossilFuel development & stymie the rollout of #CleanEnergy.
#law #PublicHealth #ClimateCrisis #EndangermentFinding
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#EPA Is Barreling Toward a #SupremeCourt #Climate Showdown to repeal a scientific finding that requires it to fight #globalwarming. Experts say the goal is to get the matter before the justices while President Trump is still in office
Determination on #climatechange, known as #endangermentfinding, concluded #carbondioxide, #methane and #greenhousegas are threat to #publichealth. Required gov to regulate gases, which result from burning #fossilfuels
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/climate/epa-endangerment-supreme-court.html
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As the Trump EPA Prepares to Revoke Key Legal Finding on Climate Change, What Happens Next?
Following three of the warmest years on record, as scientists reckon with climate tipping points and …
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #CleanAirAct #Climatechange #deregulation #deregulatory #DonaldTrump #endangermentfinding #EnvironmentalProtectionNetwork #EPA #InflationReductionAct #LeeZeldin #Massachusettsv.EPA #NRDC #SupremeCourt #Trumpadministration #UnitedStates #Us #USA
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If finalized, repeal of the #endangerment finding would erase current limits on greenhouse gas #pollution from cars, factories, power plants & other sources & could prevent future admins from proposing rules to tackle #ClimateChange.
#Trump #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science #climate #ClimateCrisis #EndangermentFinding
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If finalized, repeal of the #endangerment finding would erase current limits on greenhouse gas #pollution from cars, factories, power plants & other sources & could prevent future admins from proposing rules to tackle #ClimateChange.
#Trump #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science #climate #ClimateCrisis #EndangermentFinding
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If finalized, repeal of the #endangerment finding would erase current limits on greenhouse gas #pollution from cars, factories, power plants & other sources & could prevent future admins from proposing rules to tackle #ClimateChange.
#Trump #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science #climate #ClimateCrisis #EndangermentFinding
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If finalized, repeal of the #endangerment finding would erase current limits on greenhouse gas #pollution from cars, factories, power plants & other sources & could prevent future admins from proposing rules to tackle #ClimateChange.
#Trump #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science #climate #ClimateCrisis #EndangermentFinding
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If finalized, repeal of the #endangerment finding would erase current limits on greenhouse gas #pollution from cars, factories, power plants & other sources & could prevent future admins from proposing rules to tackle #ClimateChange.
#Trump #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science #climate #ClimateCrisis #EndangermentFinding
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“If there’s an #endangerment finding to be found anywhere, it should be found on this administration because what they’re doing is so contrary to what the Environmental Protection Agency is about,” Christine Todd Whitman, who led #EPA under Republican President George W. Bush, said after Zeldin’s plan was made public.
The #EPA proposal follows an #ExecutiveOrder from #Trump that directed the agency to submit a report “on the legality & continuing applicability” of the #EndangermentFinding.
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“If there’s an #endangerment finding to be found anywhere, it should be found on this administration because what they’re doing is so contrary to what the Environmental Protection Agency is about,” Christine Todd Whitman, who led #EPA under Republican President George W. Bush, said after Zeldin’s plan was made public.
The #EPA proposal follows an #ExecutiveOrder from #Trump that directed the agency to submit a report “on the legality & continuing applicability” of the #EndangermentFinding.
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“If there’s an #endangerment finding to be found anywhere, it should be found on this administration because what they’re doing is so contrary to what the Environmental Protection Agency is about,” Christine Todd Whitman, who led #EPA under Republican President George W. Bush, said after Zeldin’s plan was made public.
The #EPA proposal follows an #ExecutiveOrder from #Trump that directed the agency to submit a report “on the legality & continuing applicability” of the #EndangermentFinding.
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“If there’s an #endangerment finding to be found anywhere, it should be found on this administration because what they’re doing is so contrary to what the Environmental Protection Agency is about,” Christine Todd Whitman, who led #EPA under Republican President George W. Bush, said after Zeldin’s plan was made public.
The #EPA proposal follows an #ExecutiveOrder from #Trump that directed the agency to submit a report “on the legality & continuing applicability” of the #EndangermentFinding.
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“If there’s an #endangerment finding to be found anywhere, it should be found on this administration because what they’re doing is so contrary to what the Environmental Protection Agency is about,” Christine Todd Whitman, who led #EPA under Republican President George W. Bush, said after Zeldin’s plan was made public.
The #EPA proposal follows an #ExecutiveOrder from #Trump that directed the agency to submit a report “on the legality & continuing applicability” of the #EndangermentFinding.
#law