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The Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding, ending the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gases. This action is expected to increase emissions and could lead to more deaths and health issues. The move was praised by some and criticized by others.
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It means the agency can no longer regulate them.Listen to this article \u00b7 12:59 min Learn moreShare full articleRigorous scientific findings since 2009 have showed that greenhouse gases and global warming are harming public health.Credit...Jeff Swensen\/Getty ImagesBy Lisa FriedmanReporting from WashingtonFeb. 12, 2026Updated 4:29 p.m. ETPresident Trump on Thursday announced he was erasing the scientific finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment, ending the federal government\u2019s legal authority to control the pollution that is dangerously heating the planet.The action is a key step in removing limits on carbon dioxide, methane and four other greenhouse gases that scientists say are supercharging heat waves, droughts, wildfires and other extreme weather.Led by a president who refers to climate change as a \u201choax,\u201d the administration is essentially saying that the vast majority of scientists around the world are wrong and that a hotter planet is not the menace that decades of research shows it to be.It\u2019s a rejection of fact that had been accepted for decades by presidents of both parties, including Richard Nixon, whose top adviser warned of the dangers of climate change and the first President George Bush, who signed an international climate treaty.And it is a knockout punch in the yearslong fight by a small group of conservative activists as well as oil, gas and coal interests to stop the country from transitioning away from fossil fuels and toward solar, wind and other nonpolluting energy.\u201cThis is about as big as it gets,\u201d President Trump said at the White House as a smiling Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, stood by. \u201cWe are officially terminating the so-called \u2018endangerment finding,\u2019 a disastrous Obama-era policy,\u201d he said.Mr. Trump called it a \u201cradical rule\u201d that became \u201cthe basis for the Green New Scam,\u201d a label the president gives to any effort to curb emissions or develop renewable energy.Mr. Zeldin called it \u201cthe single largest deregulatory action in the history of the United States.\u201d He accused Democrats of having launched an \u201cideological crusade\u201d on climate change that \u201cstrangled entire sectors of the United States economy,\u201d particularly the auto industry.The administration claimed it would save auto manufacturers and other businesses an estimated $1 trillion, although it has declined to explain how it arrived at that estimate.At issue is what\u2019s known as the endangerment finding, a 2009 scientific conclusion that greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to Americans\u2019 health and welfare. The finding was based on more than 200 pages of research and evidence.Mr. Trump, who has called climate scientists \u201cstupid people,\u201d claimed on Thursday that the finding \u201chad no basis in fact\u201dFor nearly 17 years, the E.P.A. had relied on the bedrock finding to justify regulations that limit carbon dioxide, methane and other pollution from oil and gas wells, tailpipes, smokestacks and other sources that burn fossil fuels. The repeal of the endangerment finding is expected to increase the country\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent over the next 30 years, according to the Environmental Defense Fund, an advocacy group.The added pollution could lead to as many as 58,000 premature deaths and an increase of 37 million asthma attacks between now and 2055, the group said.But on Fox Business on Wednesday, Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, revived a debunked myth to sum up how the Trump administration views carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas. \u201cCO2 was never a pollutant,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2.\u201dWhile carbon dioxide can help plants grow, the extraordinarily high levels in the atmosphere are overwhelming natural processes and increasing the frequency and severity of drought, heat waves and other damaging events, according to scientists.President Barack Obama wrote on social media that the repeal of the endangerment finding means, \u201cWe\u2019ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change \u2014 all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.\u201dGov. Gavin Newsom of California promised a court challenge. \u201cIf this reckless decision survives legal challenges, it will lead to more deadly wildfires, more extreme heat deaths, more climate-driven floods and droughts, and greater threats to communities nationwide,\u201d he said. California \u201cwill sue to challenge this illegal action\u201d and will continue to regulate greenhouse gases, he said.\u201cWe will see them in court, and we will win,\u201d said Manish Bapna, the president of the Natural Resources Defense Council. \u201cThe science and the law are crystal clear, and E.P.A. is issuing a rushed, sloppy and unscientific determination that has no legal basis.\u201dIn revoking the endangerment finding, the Trump administration made the legal argument that the Clean Air Act allows the government to limit only pollution that causes direct harm to Americans, and only in cases where the damage is \u201cnear the source\u201d of the pollution.Greenhouse gases, however, collect in the atmosphere where they form a kind of blanket around the Earth, trapping heat from the sun. That is altering the Earth\u2019s climate and intensifying heat waves, drought, hurricanes and floods while also melting glaciers, causing sea levels to rise.The planet has warmed on average by about 1.4 degrees Celsius, or 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit, since the Industrial Age, according to Europe\u2019s Copernicus Climate Change Service.The action announced on Thursday eliminates limits on greenhouse gases produced by motor vehicles. Transportation is the largest single source of greenhouse gases in the United States. The Biden administration had sought to tighten limits on tailpipe emissions to encourage automakers to sell more nonpolluting electric vehicles. (Restrictions on other pollutants from automobiles, such as nitrogen oxides and benzene, are still in place.)Getting rid of the endangerment finding clears the way for the E.P.A. to repeal limits on greenhouse gases from stationary sources of pollution, such as power plants and oil and gas wells, a process that it has begun.The United States is currently the world\u2019s second-largest climate polluter (after China) but is the nation that has pumped the most greenhouse gases into the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution. That distinction matters because past emissions of long-lived greenhouse gases significantly contribute to current warming.Numerous rigorous scientific findings since 2009 have showed that greenhouse gases and global warming are harming public health and directly causing deaths.Recent research has found that if the planet continues to warm at its current rate, exposure to wildfire smoke would kill an estimated 70,000 Americans each year by 2050, just one example of the health dangers posed by a heating planet. Another study found that deaths from extreme heat in the United States have more than doubled in recent decades.And as the weather globally gets warmer and wetter, disease is spreading. Last year, 4,947 travelers from the United States contracted dengue, a mosquito-borne disease prevalent in tropical and subtropical climates, while abroad, a 30 percent increase over the previous year, according to the Centers for Disease Control.Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, nearly all nations agreed to try to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, above preindustrial levels. That goal has been seen as crucial to avoiding the worst effects of climate change.Scientists now expect the Earth to warm by an average of around 2.6 degrees Celsius, or 4.7 degrees Fahrenheit, by the end of the century. Mr. Trump has withdrawn the United States from the Paris Agreement, making it the only nation among nearly 200 to do so. He also pulled the country out of the underlying United Nations climate treaty and a Nobel Prize-winning group made up of the world\u2019s leading climate scientists.Senator Chuck Schumer of New York and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, both Democrats, said the E.P.A. had abandoned its responsibility to protect public health and the environment. \u201cThis shameful abdication \u2014 an economic, moral, and political failure \u2014 will harm Americans\u2019 health, homes, and economic well-being,\u201d they said in a statement. \u201cIt ignores scientific fact and common-sense observations, to serve big political donors.\u201dSenator Shelley Moore Capito, Republican of West Virginia, where coal remains a key component of the economy, was one of a handful of lawmakers to publicly praise Mr. Trump\u2019s decision. \u201cThis repeal will have a transformational impact on my home state of West Virginia, as these efforts reverse the harmful Democrat attacks on affordable, gas-powered vehicles that West Virginians have endured for far too long,\u201d Ms. Capito said in a statement.President Trump, whose 2024 campaign got a boost of as much as $450 million from the oil and gas industry, has worked to make it cheaper and easier to keep burning fossil fuels while throttling efforts to build cleaner energy sources such as solar and wind.Reversing the endangerment finding has been seen as the holy grail for those who deny the science of climate change. That\u2019s because if the repeal is upheld in court, it could also prevent future administrations from restoring regulations to curb greenhouse gases.ImageDespite decades of established science, the president has said climate change is a \u201choax.\u201d Credit...Kenny Holston\/The New York TimesMr. Zeldin and other administration officials said the endangerment finding had been a drag on the economy. They argued that requiring the E.P.A. to tackle climate change harmed consumer choice by limiting the types of automobiles available to purchase.Some business groups supported the administration\u2019s actions, but others were silent or muted in their response. That\u2019s because trade groups that once opposed the endangerment finding, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have in recent years acknowledged the scientific reality of climate change.John Bozzella, president of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents most automakers, declined to say whether he supported the move. But he said in a statement that the automobile emissions standards imposed by the Biden administration were \u201cextremely challenging for automakers to achieve given the current marketplace demand.\u201dOther industry officials said the E.P.A. move would hurt electric vehicle manufacturing. Rescinding the endangerment finding \u201cpulls the rug out from companies that have invested in manufacturing next-gen vehicles across the United States,\u201d Albert Gore, the director of the The Zero Emission Transportation Association, a trade group, said in a statement.\u201cThat this takes place following a record year of global sales of these vehicles shows a clear disconnect between Washington and the market,\u201d Mr. Gore said.Several business trade groups told the E.P.A. that they were concerned about the legal implications of the agency\u2019s proposal. They said they worried that some states would enact stricter greenhouse gas policies in response, forcing companies to respond to a patchwork of laws in different parts of the country.Mike Sommers, the president of the American Petroleum Institute, which represents oil and gas companies, said the industry wants to end the regulations that apply to automobiles but that the government should continue to limit carbon dioxide as well as methane emissions from power plants and oil and gas wells. Most of the major oil and gas companies had already invested millions of dollars in pollution controls.\u201cOne of the reasons why we wouldn\u2019t support that is because we do support the federal regulation of methane, and we\u2019re focused on reducing our emissions as an industry,\u201d Mr. Sommers said in a recent call with journalists.The drive to repeal the endangerment finding began well before President Trump was re-elected to the White House. It was an objective in Project 2025, the conservative blueprint for overhauling the federal government.ImageTransportation is the largest single source of greenhouse gases in the United States.Credit...Pete Kiehart for The New York Times\u201cThe endangerment finding has been abused by the E.P.A. to justify regulations that do not comport with the Clean Air Act,\u201d said Thomas J. Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance, a conservative research group that promotes fossil fuel energy. \u201cIf Congress thinks the E.P.A. should regulate CO2 as a pollutant they should say so affirmatively in law so that E.P.A. has a clear mandate.\u201dIn discarding the endangerment finding, Mr. Zeldin is reversing positions he took as a member of Congress from Long Island from 2019 to 2023. During that time, he voted several times to address climate change, including a vote against an amendment to a spending bill that would have prohibited the E.P.A. from applying the endangerment finding. He even joined the Climate Solutions Caucus, a bipartisan group of House members.In 2022, he ran unsuccessfully for governor of New York on a pledge to allow and accelerate natural gas drilling. After becoming Mr. Trump\u2019s E.P.A. administrator, Mr. Zeldin ridiculed climate change and said he hoped to \u201cdrive a dagger\u201d through it by repealing the endangerment finding.ImageLee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, as a member of Congress voted to address climate change, but later called for accelerated drilling while running for governor of New York.Credit...Dave Sanders for The New York TimesLisa Friedman is a Times reporter who writes about how governments are addressing climate change and the effects of those policies on communities.See more on: Environmental Protection Agency, Donald Trump, U.S. PoliticsRead 696 commentsShare full articleRelated ContentAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT", "ai_headline": "Trump Administration Erases the Government\u2019s Power to Fight Climate Change", "ai_simplified_title": "Trump Administration Erases Climate Change Regulations", "ai_excerpt": "The Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding, ending the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gases. 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Trump AdministrationliveUpdatesFeb. 12, 2026, 4:29 p.m. ET7m agoHow Trump Sees the WorldEpsteinΒ FalloutEl Paso AirspaceWhistle-Blower ReportTariff TrackerAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTTrump Administration Erases the Governmentβs Power to Fight Climate ChangeThe Environmental Protection Agency repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being. It means the agency can no longer regulate them.Listen to this article Β· 12:59 min Learn moreShare full articleRigorous scientific findings since 2009 have showed that greenhouse gases and global warming are harming public health.Credit...Jeff Swensen/Getty ImagesBy Lisa FriedmanReporting from WashingtonFeb. 12, 2026Updated 4:29 p.m. ETPresident Trump on Thursday announced he was erasing the scientific finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment, ending the federal governmentβs legal authority to control the pollution that is dangerously heatin...
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Environmental Protection Agency , Climate Change π a1163615-a680-4b8c-8179-3a038b59b51dSimplified: Environmental Protection Agency repealed scientific finding greenhouse gases threaten human life well being
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Regulation , Climate Change π a1163615-e152-41c8-b3e8-5289635d7b5cSimplified: Agency can no longer regulate greenhouse gases
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Science , Health , Climate Change π a1163616-003f-44cd-a039-0bba685788eeSimplified: Scientific findings since 2009 showed greenhouse gases global warming are harming public health
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Climate Change , Environment π a1163616-2f03-4abf-8f9f-75ab1112e74fSimplified: Action is key step removing limits carbon dioxide methane four other greenhouse gases
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Climate Change , Science π a1163616-5aae-4b6d-b518-40e55f8f1bcdSimplified: Administration is saying vast majority of scientists are wrong hotter planet is not menace
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Climate Change , History π a1163616-78d0-441f-bd83-46ba2def7233Simplified: It is rejection of fact accepted for decades by presidents including Richard Nixon George Bush
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Energy , Environment π a1163616-964e-426d-976a-fccf946dd92aSimplified: It is knockout punch in fight to stop country from transitioning away from fossil fuels
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π€ President Trump π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Environmental Protection Agency π a1163616-bb1c-46e2-bbb1-790e18fd124aSimplified: President Trump said this is about as big as it gets
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π€ Mr. Zeldin π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Regulation π a1163617-22dd-4d26-a639-a7ec1a6ee3d4Simplified: Mr Zeldin called it single largest deregulatory action in history of United States
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π€ Mr. Zeldin π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Climate Change , Economy π a1163617-40bf-4c84-b0a3-c2144b0d6dc0Simplified: He accused Democrats of having launched ideological crusade on climate change
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Science , Health , Environment π a1163617-8190-4a21-b4e8-4355789f97c9Simplified: Endangerment finding is 2009 scientific conclusion greenhouse gas emissions pose danger to Americans' health welfare
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π€ The group π News Article π·οΈ Health , Statistics π a1163618-404b-4892-abc9-9b57a2214903Simplified: Added pollution could lead to 58000 premature deaths increase of 37 million asthma attacks between now and 2055
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π€ Doug Burgum π News Article π·οΈ Environment , Science π a1163618-8202-4a60-ba98-29d8656414e3Simplified: He said CO2 was never pollutant
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π€ Scientists π News Article π·οΈ Science , Environment π a1163619-2237-4ad8-ba75-cf9059cc6241Simplified: High levels of carbon dioxide in atmosphere are overwhelming natural processes increasing frequency severity of drought heat waves
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π€ President Barack Obama π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Health , Environment π a1163619-4d92-4d80-b985-6d25406bf898Simplified: Repeal of endangerment finding means we will be less safe less healthy less able to fight climate change
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π€ Gov. Gavin Newsom π News Article π·οΈ Environment , Health π a1163619-c2aa-4bc9-8e2e-7e69083f5877Simplified: Reckless decision will lead to more deadly wildfires extreme heat deaths climate-driven floods droughts greater threats to communities
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π€ Gov. Gavin Newsom π News Article π·οΈ Legal , Environment π a116361a-2fc1-4110-9f7f-1c20dec4a11bSimplified: California will sue to challenge illegal action will continue to regulate greenhouse gases
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π€ Manish Bapna π News Article π·οΈ Environment , Politics π a1162b6a-bf74-495d-8cd6-cff233d1e6aeSimplified: Manish Bapna said the 19th century wants its fuel source back
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Science , Environment π a116361b-07aa-4df7-ac95-319980124ee4Simplified: Greenhouse gases collect in atmosphere form blanket around Earth trapping heat from sun
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Environment , Climate Change π a116361b-3a71-42c1-907e-a9aae4560c6bSimplified: That is altering Earth's climate intensifying heat waves drought hurricanes floods melting glaciers causing sea levels to rise
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Science , Climate Change π a116361b-6ccf-449d-8840-06a62dbb8b5bSimplified: Planet has warmed on average by about 14 degrees Celsius or 25 degrees Fahrenheit since Industrial Age
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Environment , United States π a116361b-f333-4743-831b-37e4eaf42842Simplified: Transportation is largest single source of greenhouse gases in United States
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Regulation , Environment , Automobiles π a116361c-eff6-48e5-9512-7249bcb4de1eSimplified: Biden administration sought to tighten limits on tailpipe emissions to encourage automakers to sell more nonpolluting electric vehicles
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Regulation , Environment , Automobiles π a116361d-123e-4a08-bef1-186ceecdb5d6Simplified: Restrictions on other pollutants from automobiles such as nitrogen oxides and benzene are still in place
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Environment , United States π a116361d-406d-463b-9a62-8c707661a1eeSimplified: United States is world's second-largest climate polluter after China
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Environment , Climate Change π a116361d-6f3a-4b6c-9e7b-65c4e8a09261Simplified: Past emissions of long-lived greenhouse gases significantly contribute to current warming
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Health , Environment , United States π a116361d-9f45-4dec-9abd-310a9711da16Simplified: Exposure to wildfire smoke would kill estimated 70000 Americans each year by 2050 if planet continues to warm at current rate
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Health , United States π a116361d-bb05-4cdf-b6f2-44ae8f14e210Simplified: Deaths from extreme heat in United States have more than doubled in recent decades
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Health , Environment π a116361d-d691-4b9c-9ae4-db628caa43f4Simplified: Disease is spreading as weather globally gets warmer and wetter
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Health , United States π a116361d-f2ba-4263-9b5a-23721224e71cSimplified: 4947 travelers from United States contracted dengue last year a 30 percent increase over previous year
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Environment , Regulation π a116361e-0db9-44a9-abf2-5445d99d8905Simplified: Nearly all nations agreed to try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit above pre...
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Environment , Climate Change π a116361e-2a2f-4c43-afbc-1e07aa146871Simplified: Goal has been seen as crucial to avoiding worst effects of climate change
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Political , United States π a116361e-54a5-49e8-8594-1f9920e456bdSimplified: Trump has withdrawn United States from Paris Agreement making it only nation among nearly 200 to do so
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Political , Environment π a116361e-72de-4e03-8058-30e51e3e2890Simplified: Trump also pulled country out of underlying United Nations climate treaty and Nobel Prize-winning group
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π€ Senator Chuck Schumer of New York and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island π News Article π·οΈ Health , Environment , Political π a116361e-8e6b-4048-b06b-90e62d37af00Simplified: EPA had abandoned its responsibility to protect public health and environment
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π€ Senator Shelley Moore Capito π News Article π·οΈ Political , Economic , West Virginia π a116361e-e212-4227-9137-4ea186f6adb1Simplified: Repeal will have transformational impact on West Virginia as efforts reverse harmful Democrat attacks on affordable gas-powered vehicles
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Political , Finance , Environment π a116361f-026d-44cb-9a6a-698bfe7347a7Simplified: Trump's 2024 campaign got boost of as much as $450 million from oil and gas industry has worked to make it cheaper and easier to keep burning fossil f...
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Regulation , Environment π a116361f-3af0-43e7-9a1e-262e17364ec0Simplified: Repeal upheld in court could prevent future administrations from restoring regulations to curb greenhouse gases
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π€ Mr. Zeldin and other administration officials π News Article π·οΈ Economic , Regulation π a116361f-653d-4204-99c9-97f4ade6523eSimplified: Endangerment finding had been drag on economy
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π€ Mr. Zeldin and other administration officials π News Article π·οΈ Regulation , Automobiles , Economic π a116361f-7f5a-446c-a270-52bcf8ec7422Simplified: Requiring EPA to tackle climate change harmed consumer choice by limiting types of automobiles available to purchase
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Simplified: Some business groups supported administration's actions but others were silent or muted in their response
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Environment , Science π a116361f-9b96-4411-bb73-6d469424f2acSimplified: Trade groups that once opposed endangerment finding have in recent years acknowledged scientific reality of climate change
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π€ Other industry officials π News Article π·οΈ Regulation , Automobiles , Economic π a116361f-c885-4cdb-a237-0456d1f465d8Simplified: EPA move would hurt electric vehicle manufacturing
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Simplified: Rescinding endangerment finding pulls rug out from companies that have invested in manufacturing next-gen vehicles across United States
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π€ Albert Gore π News Article π·οΈ Economic , Automobiles π a116361f-f636-48ff-bda6-6a5a2849a7e9Simplified: This takes place following record year of global sales of these vehicles shows clear disconnect between Washington and market
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Regulation , Economic π a1163620-149b-424d-b4c9-a60f1bbe50b5Simplified: Several business trade groups told EPA they were concerned about legal implications of agency's proposal
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Regulation , Environment π a1163620-3299-4c63-b5b1-e9febf39c3c9Simplified: They worried some states would enact stricter greenhouse gas policies forcing companies to respond to patchwork of laws in different parts of country
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Simplified: Mr Zeldin is reversing positions he took as member of Congress from Long Island from 2019 to 2023
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Climate Change π a1163620-8b74-4c0f-b2ff-9729c4258006Simplified: He voted several times to address climate change including a vote against an amendment to a spending bill that would have prohibited the E.P.A. from a...
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Climate Change π a1163620-a771-481c-9398-6989de229f93Simplified: He joined the Climate Solutions Caucus a bipartisan group of House members
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Climate Change , Environment π a1163620-e9f5-4154-96cc-4b0768b3498bSimplified: After becoming Mr Trumpβs E.P.A. administrator Mr Zeldin ridiculed climate change and said he hoped to drive a dagger through it by repealing the enda...