How Trump Is Scrapping the Bedrock of Climate Rules: QuickTake

Feb. 12, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC

In 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency formally concluded that greenhouse gases jeopardize public health and welfare. This so-called endangerment finding became the legal foundation for a host of rules combating planet-warming pollution — and a perennial target of conservative efforts to reverse them.

US President Donald Trump rescinded it on Feb. 12 along with greenhouse gas restrictions on automobiles that were predicated on its authority.

The EPA received more than half a million public comments when it proposed the repeal last year; members of Congress, former EPA employees, scientific bodies, Fortune 500 companies and more weighed in. Many pointed out ...

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