Overview
- President Trump announced on Feb. 12 the formal repeal of the EPA’s endangerment finding and the abolition of federal greenhouse-gas standards for automobiles.
- Trump argued the move would ease burdens on U.S. automakers and lower new car prices, criticizing the prior policy as harmful to the industry.
- Environmental groups said they will challenge the rollback in court, warning it undercuts future efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
- The administration leaned on a 2025 DOE working-group report that critics, including mainstream climate scientists and WRI, say cherry-picked evidence, and a Massachusetts federal court flagged procedural illegality in that process.
- The decision follows the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement in January, and AP described the repeal as the administration’s most aggressive step yet against greenhouse-gas regulations.