Arizona officials consider lawsuit over EPA’s greenhouse gas regulation rollback

By: Gloria Rebecca Gomez

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: February 13, 2026

Words: 757

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago


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Environmental advocates fear the Trump administration’s decision to stop regulating greenhouse gas emissions will have a disastrous impact on Arizona, which has suffered worsening heatwaves — and it’s unclear what the state can do, although at least one elected official hasn’t ruled out taking the federal government to court.

On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency head Lee Zeldin announced that its 2009 endangerment finding has been “terminated.” The policy was a result of …

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