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Chicago-based Environmental Law & Policy Center files lawsuit, Trump admin. repeals EPA greenhouse gases 'endangerment finding'

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Chicago group files lawsuit after Trump admin. repeals EPA greenhouse gases ‘endangerment finding’

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Thursday, February 19, 2026 12:45AM

CHICAGO (WLS) — A Chicago group is challenging the Trump administration over greenhouse gas emissions.

The administration recently revoked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate those emissions.

The Chicago-based Environmental Law and Policy Center filed a lawsuit Wednesday.

The group says climate change caused extreme heat and intense storms in the Midwest, and believes the EPA not regulating greenhouse gas emissions will make the problems worse.

READ MORE | Trump administration repeals historic EPA greenhouse gases ‘endangerment finding’

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