Trump to repeal landmark climate finding in huge regulatory rollback, WSJ reports

WKZO · last updated February 9, 2026 – 5:29 PM

Feb 9 (Reuters) – The Trump ‍administration is set this week to ‌overturn ‌an Obama-era scientific finding that serves as the legal basis ‍for federal greenhouse-gas regulation, ‍The Wall Street Journal reported on ‍Monday citing U.S. officials.

Reuters could ‍not ‍immediately verify the ⁠report.

(Reporting by ‌Devika Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian ⁠Schmollinger)

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