politics
February 10, 2026
Trump to roll back climate rule this week in 'largest act of deregulation'
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to repeal a key finding that greenhouse gas emissions threaten public health, a move that would amount to a major rollback of government regulation of vehicle pollution.
TL;DR
- The EPA is set to repeal its 2009 Endangerment Finding on greenhouse gas emissions.
- This finding concluded that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare.
- The repeal is considered the largest act of deregulation in U.S. history.
- The finding serves as the legal basis for EPA regulation of vehicle emissions.
- The final rule is under review at the White House and expected to be published this week.
- Environmentalists are likely to challenge the repeal legally.
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