“This determination had no basis in fact, had none whatsoever, and no basis in law,” Trump said. Key findingThe 2009 “endangerment finding” was a determination under then-President Barack Obama that six greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare by fuelling climate change. The Supreme Court has reaffirmed the endangerment finding multiple times – most recently in 2022, when the court’s composition was much the same as today. That report was widely panned by researchers, who said it was riddled with errors and misrepresented the studies it cited. The administration has also leaned heavily on putative cost savings, claiming repealing the endangerment finding would generate more than US$1t in regulatory savings, without detailing how the figure was calculated.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 13, 2026 00:06 UTC