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Rule Change Accelerates Climate Change
The repeal removes the legal foundation for U.S. greenhouse gas limits, including vehicle emissions standards, as part of a deregulatory agenda favoring fossil fuels, EPA said.
- On February 12, 2026, the US Environmental Protection Agency repealed the Endangerment Finding, removing the 2009 determination authorizing limits on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
- EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, appointed by the Trump administration last year, criticized predecessors as `willing to bankrupt the country` while announcing a January 2026 corporate‑first air‑quality policy.
- Climate scientists warn global warming is accelerating and may push Earth toward a `hothouse` trajectory, while physicians, epidemiologists and environmental health scientists link rising temperatures to health harms including a 23% increase in heat deaths.
- Environmental groups said the policy change will keep polluting gas‑burning cars and trucks on roads, threatening millions' health, especially children and the elderly, while President Donald Trump called it `one of the greatest scams in history`.
- Grassroots organizers at COP30 in Belém, Brazil and the November 15 Global Day of Action energized an international just‑transition movement, but advocates warn weakened rules threaten Indigenous Peoples and frontline workers.
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Rule change accelerates climate change
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