As the Trump EPA Prepares to Revoke Key Legal Finding on Climate Change, What Happens Next?

Photo: President Trump signs executive actions to support the coal industry at an Unleashing American Energy Executive Order Event – April 8, 2025. Photo credit: The White House via Flickr. US government work. Article by Marianne Lavelle. Inside Climate News – February 11, 2026.

Following three of the warmest years on record, as scientists reckon with climate tipping points and states and cities grapple with the escalating cost of extreme weather and more intense wildfires, the Trump administration this week is expected to formally eliminate the U.S. government’s role in controlling greenhouse gas pollution. By revoking its 17-year-old scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare, the Environmental Protection Agency will demolish the legal underpinning of its authority to act on climate change under the Clean Air Act. […]

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