NonilexFeb 12

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
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trump-administration-set-revoke-basis-us-climate-regulation-2026-02-12/

Show threadNonilexFeb 12

#Trump has said he believes #ClimateChange is a hoax, & has withdrawn the #US from the #ParisAgreement, leaving the world’s largest historic contributor to #GlobalWarming out of international efforts to combat it.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.

#law #PublicHealth

Show threadNonilexFeb 12

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.

#Trump #law #PublicHealth #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange

Show threadNonilexFeb 12

#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

Live updates: Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change

The Trump administration revoked a scientific finding at the center of U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, a significant rollback of regulations.

AP News
Show threadNonilexFeb 12
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.
#Trump #law #PublicHealth
Show threadNonilexFeb 12

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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@Nonilex gotta clear those Arctic shipping lanes of ice. Make #coal great again /s #greenland #exxonknew #oiligarchy
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