Trump administration repeals key climate rule, stripping EPA’s power to regulate greenhouse gases The Trump administration officially revoked the 2009 EPA endangerment finding, which classified CO? and other greenhouse gases as pollutants under the Clean Air Act, eliminating federal authority to regulate emissions. The endangerment finding originated from a 2007 Supreme Court ruling (Massachusetts v. EPA), but Trump’s EPA dismissed climate science as “overstated” and framed regulations as economic burdens. Fossil fuel advocates praised the move, while automakers face uncertainty. States like California and New York vowed to uphold stricter emissions standards, setting up federal-state legal clashes. Environmental groups and Democratic-led states…

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