Flashback: Obama’s EPA Chief Lisa Jackson, who signed the CO2 Endangerment Finding, later declared. ‘our aim is to permanently remove carbon from the atmosphere’
Never forget the person who signed the Endangerment Finding in the Obama administration wanted to “permanently remove carbon from the atmosphere.” Yes, permanently remove a trace gas in the atmosphere that’s necessary for life on Earth. ☠️ Now, environmental policy serves… pic.twitter.com/PvfetLgcci — Fmr. Rep. Jason Isaac (@ISAACforEnergy) February 11, 2026 Lisa Jackson was the […]
Bezos’ media earthquake: Wash Post Editorial Board praises Trump admin’s gutting CO2 rule! ‘It’s about time’ – ‘EPA is right to reverse Obama overreach’ – ‘If the federal govt wants to more heavily regulate greenhouse gas emissions, Congress needs to pass a new law’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/10/epa-is-right-reverse-obama-overreach/ Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Thursday is expected to announce what he describes as the largest deregulatory action in U.S. history. It’s about time. Congress passed the Clean Air Act in 1963 to regulate local pollution around the country, and regulators did that for decades. Then, in 2009, the EPA decided it […]
Cheers! NYT: Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation – set to ‘obliterate federal climate efforts’
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/climate/the-conservative-activists-behind-one-of-trumps-biggest-climate-moves.html A small group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts seem poised to pay off. By Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow In the summer of 2022, Democrats in Congress were racing to pass the biggest climate law in the country’s history and President Joseph […]
Heartland Institute Experts Applaud Trump’s Imminent Repeal of the Endangering Finding for CO2
Heartland Institute Experts Applaud Trump’s Imminent Repeal of the Endangering Finding for CO2 By James Taylor, H. Sterling Burnett, Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken ‘Carbon dioxide, which is required for life on earth and also happens to result from every single bit of human and animal activity on the planet, is not a pollutant and never […]
Trump EPA to take its biggest swing yet against climate change rules
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/10/trump-revoke-climate-change-rules-00773418 With its plans to revoke the endangerment finding, the administration is gambling that the Supreme Court will allow it to completely avoid regulating the nation’s top greenhouse gas sources. By ALEX GUILLÉN 02/10/2026 02:41 PM EST The Trump Environmental Protection Agency is set to cut the legs out from under U.S. climate change rules […]
Trump admin to repeal Obama-era greenhouse gas finding in large-scale deregulation
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-repeal-obama-era-greenhouse-gas-finding-large-scale-deregulation EPA Chief Lee Zeldin is set to eliminate Obama’s 2009 ‘endangerment finding’ that justified sweeping climate regulations By Anders Hagstrom Fox News President Donald Trump‘s administration is poised to walk back an Obama-era greenhouse gas finding that serves as a lynchpin for justifying climate regulations across the country on Wednesday. The 2009 “endangerment finding” identifies […]
The Evidence is in: Endangerment Finding was Pre-cooked – Government Accountability & Oversight
https://govoversight.org/the-evidence-is-in-endangerment-finding-was-pre-cooked/February 9, 2026 Climate Regs, Endangerment2009 Obama EPA appointees internally called the Endangerment Finding a “decision ready to go,” a “basic fact” and “nothing more than science and common sense”; discussion went straight to timing, suggesting predetermination and a sham notice-and-comment rule making process Executive Summary: GAO strongly encourages the Environmental Protection Agency to include […]
NYT: Federal judge rules the Energy Dept violated the law in producing climate-skeptic federal report
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/climate/energy-department-climate-ruling.html A Secret Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules The researchers produced a report that was central in a Trump administration effort to stop regulating climate pollution. By Lisa Friedman A federal judge on Friday ruled the Energy Department violated the law when Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who reject the […]
Politico: Trump Admin’s attempt to obliterate 2009 CO2 Endangerment Finding hitting roadblocks – ‘It’s got to survive judicial review’
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2026/01/30/trumps-attack-on-climate-rules-gets-awkward-00757899 Trump’s attack on climate rules gets awkward By ARIANNA SKIBELL Excerpt: The White House is trying to shore up its legal justification for repealing U.S. climate regulations after a bungled climate report turned into a liability. Successfully obliterating the 2009 finding that climate pollution endangers public health and welfare — the justification for most […]
Wash Post: ‘Trump’s biggest climate rollback stalls over fears it will lose in court’ – Delayed finalizing the repeal CO2 ‘endangerment finding’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/01/29/endangerment-finding-repeal-delay/ By Jake Spring Excerpt: Trump officials have delayed finalizing the repeal of the agency’s “endangerment finding” over concerns the proposal is too weak to withstand a court challenge. Trump officials have delayed finalizing the repeal of a landmark legal opinion key to their effort to eliminating the Environmental Protection Agency’s climate rules because of […]