Trump administration completes rollback of Obama-era greenhouse gas regulations

By: Jacob Fischler

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: February 12, 2026

Words: 652

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his top environmental policy officer finalized a move Thursday to undo an Environmental Protection Agency regulation that laid the foundation for federal rules governing emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change.

At a White House event, Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said they were officially rolling back the “endangerment finding” that labeled greenhouse gases a threat to public health and provided a framework for the EPA to …

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