“President Trump will be joined by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to formalize the recession of the 2009 Obama-era endangerment finding,” Karoline Leavitt said at a press conference on Tuesday. Its overturning would be a “devastating blow to millions of Americans facing growing risks of unnatural disasters”, said Meredith Hankins, federal climate legal director at the environmental advocacy non-profit National Resources Defense Council. “The Trump EPA is cynically pretending climate change isn’t a risk to Americans’ health and welfare,” said Hankins. Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in office directing EPA to assess whether the endangerment finding should be preserved. The endangerment finding forms the legal underpinning of virtually all federal climate regulations, including those on vehicles, oil and gas operations and power plants.

Source: The Guardian February 11, 2026 15:15 UTC