Green Group Moves to Quash Upcoming Endangerment Rule (2)

Jan. 22, 2026, 9:55 PM UTCUpdated: Jan. 23, 2026, 5:34 PM UTC

Environmentalists are using records on the Trump administration’s Climate Working Group to undermine an EPA proposal to kill key language establishing greenhouse gases as a public health threat.

The Environmental Defense Fund on Wednesday filed supplemental comments and a request for the Environmental Protection Agency to retract a proposed rule that would rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding, a move that would undercut sweeping climate and air pollution rulemaking.

The EPA’s planned rescission is based in part on a report that casts doubt on well-established climate science crafted by the Department of Energy’s Climate Working Group, which was disbanded shortly after ...

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