Trump, EPA Aim to Remove Finding That Mandates Action on Greenhouse Gas Pollution

Inside Climate News · By Marianne Lavelle · last updated March 2, 2025 – 12:07 AM

Experts expect Trump’s team to lean on legal arguments, not science, to take down EPA’s 16-year-old endangerment finding.

By Marianne Lavelle

President Donald Trump’s energy-focused executive orders and plan to slash more than half of the Environmental Protection Agency’s staff have made clear his team is mapping a far more radical retreat on climate change in his second term.

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