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Public health, green groups sue EPA over repeal of rule supporting climate protections
Groups sue EPA, challenging rescission of climate endangerment finding that underpins emissions safeguards and threatens public health. Vehicles comprise 28% of U.S. emissions.
- On February 18, 2026, APHA and allies sued the EPA and Lee Zeldin in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit over the rescission of the 2009 endangerment finding.
- The 2009 endangerment finding determined six greenhouse gases harm public health and welfare and served as the legal underpinning for nearly all federal climate regulations under the Clean Air Act.
- EPA analysis found removing vehicle standards will increase gas prices and force Americans to spend more on fuel, while vehicle emissions accounted for 28 percent of U.S. emissions in 2022.
- Plaintiffs contend the EPA's rescission is unlawful and filed the D.C. Circuit challenge to block the action, while 18 children and young adults filed a separate petition, creating uncertainty for businesses.
- Environmental groups warn this rollback is the biggest attack on federal climate authority and say lawsuits could elevate the issue to the Supreme Court, recalling Massachusetts v. EPA .
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Marathon Petroleum Company’s Salt Lake City Refinery in Salt Lake City on Jan. 3, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)A coalition of public health and environmental groups filed a suit Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s recent finding that the Environmental Protection Agency could not regulate climate-warming greenhouse gases. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump announced last week the administr…
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Groups sue Trump's EPA over repeal of rule that supported climate protections
A coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, challenging the rescinding of a scientific finding that has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.
U.S. environment agency sued over scrapping scientific rule behind climate protections
A coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, challenging the rescinding of a scientific finding that has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.
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