US cuts legal foundation for federal climate regulation

Mongabay
Feb 12, 2026, 8:35 pm103 pts
On Feb. 12, the United States repealed the so-called endangerment finding, a 2009 cornerstone rule that enabled the federal government to regulate greenhouse gas emissions as a pollutant. Established under former President Barack Obama, the rule codified the long-held scientific consensus that anthropogenic…

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