Trump touts climate savings but new rule set to push up US prices

Photo: President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin make an announcement in the Roosevelt Room on rescinding the 2009 Environmental Protection Agency endangerment finding, Thursday, February 12, 2026. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Daniel Torok via Flickr. US government work. Article by Dharna Noor. The Guardian – February 15, 2026.

The Trump administration claims its latest move to gut climate regulations and end all greenhouse gas standards for vehicles will save Americans money. But its own analysis indicates that the new rule will push up gas prices, and that the benefits of the rollback are unlikely to outweigh the costs. On Thursday, the president and his environmental secretary, Lee Zeldin, announced the finalized repeal of the endangerment finding, a legal determination which underpins virtually all federal climate regulations. He claimed the rollback would save the US $1.3tn by 2055. […]

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