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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 2/11
« Last post by SVPete on February 11, 2026, 02:12:40 PM »Trump EPA To Gut Legal Foundation for Electric Car Mandates
https://freebeacon.com/energy/trump-epa-to-gut-legal-foundation-for-electric-car-mandates/
Enviro-thugs hardest hit.
https://freebeacon.com/energy/trump-epa-to-gut-legal-foundation-for-electric-car-mandates/
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The Trump Environmental Protection Agency will soon repeal Obama-era rules that formed the legal basis for high-profile climate regulations like those targeting gas-powered vehicle emissions and coal plants, agency head Lee Zeldin announced.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Zeldin said the action "amounts to the largest act of deregulation in the history of the United States." The EPA is set to formally rescind the rule, known as the endangerment finding, as soon as Thursday, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
The original finding, which the Obama administration issued in 2009, determined that carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and must be regulated under the Clean Air Act passed decades earlier. Most notably, it led to a Biden-era regulation that would have forced Americans to buy more electric vehicles.
It also formed the basis for EPA rules clamping down on emissions from coal-fired power plants, methane emissions from oil, and gas field operations. And it led to strict fuel economy standards for new vehicles and government-wide green energy spending.
The EPA estimates that vehicle regulations stemming from the finding alone have cost Americans more than $1 trillion.
Enviro-thugs hardest hit.
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