Trump to Trash US Environmental Regulations

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Trump set to gut U.S. climate change policy and environmental regulations, White House official says

Posted by Corky at 08:30 AM | 28 COMMENTS | permalink

"Trump set to gut U.S. climate change policy and environmental regulations" by Matthew Daly and @seungminkim1.bsky.social for the @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/trum ...

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-- Michael E. Mann (@michaelemann.bsky.social) Feb 10, 2026 at 8:56 AM

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"The Environmental Protection Agency will issue a final rule rescinding a 2009 government declaration known as the endangerment finding.

That Obama-era policy determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare.

"This week at the White House, President Trump will be taking the most significant deregulatory actions in history to further unleash American energy dominance and drive down costs," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Tuesday.

The endangerment finding is the legal underpinning of nearly all climate regulations under the Clean Air Act for motor vehicles, power plants and other pollution sources that are heating the planet.

It is used to justify regulations, such as auto emissions standards, intended to protect against threats made increasingly severe by climate change " deadly floods, extreme heat waves, catastrophic wildfires and other natural disasters in the United States and around the world."

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Sounds like they've moved RFJ Jr from Health to Energy.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-11 05:45 PM

@#1 ... "The Environmental Protection Agency will issue a final rule rescinding a 2009 government declaration known as the endangerment finding.

That Obama-era policy determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare ...

Pres Trump, by his actions, seems to have little concern for the welfare and health of Americans, instead his actions seems to focus upon making the wealthy even wealthier.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-11 08:53 PM

@#2

Case in point? ...

Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry
www.reuters.com

...U.S. President Donald Trump is set to direct the Pentagon to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain U.S. coal-fired power plants, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a White House official.

Reuters was not immediately able to verify the report. The White House did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment outside of regular business hours, while the Pentagon deferred to the White House for comment. ...

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-11 08:55 PM

Also ...

Get more electricity from coal, Trump tells Department of Defense
www.latimes.com

... President Trump on Wednesday issued an executive order directing the Department of Defense to buy electricity from coal-fired power plants. He also announced new funding to restart and upgrade coal plants in several states.

The executive order directs Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of Energy Chris Wright to enter into long-term contracts with coal-fired plants to serve military installations and facilities. The order will "ensure military installations and critical defense facilities have uninterrupted, on-demand baseload power," the White House said.

The Department of Energy will also award $175 million for six projects to "extend the useful life of coal-fired power plants" in rural and remote communities, including West Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Ohio, the agency said. ...

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-11 08:57 PM

This is Profits Over Science (Stable Genius Fascist vs 99 percent of Climate Scientists )... and over the health and welfare of the People.

The love of money is the bottom-line in Corporations and Oligarchs (but I repeat myself). The bean counters took over decades ago, and whatever they say goes.

Other considerations like workers or the environment are not even in the game; profits are more important than either, by far, and morals or values and fairness and most of the Constitution are also not considerations.

And that will only get worse as machines replace accountants.

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-11 09:02 PM

Get more electricity from coal, Trump tells Department of Defense

The coal guys did give him a gold trophy, after all. "Undisputed Champion of Coal Award", I think it was.

#6 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-02-11 09:03 PM

These are the same men who say pollution is diluting the white race because the male sperm count is too low.

They just don't say that when it might hurt the bottom line.

#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-12 12:23 AM

Companies have to know that this isn't the last word. A new, democratic, administration will reverse this action. So, what are companies to do? It would seem that their best course of action would be to follow the science. To do otherwise would jeopardize the long term viability of their companies.

#8 | Posted by FedUpWithPols at 2026-02-12 10:29 AM

Reports are his personal hygiene is awful, with a stench in any room he's in.

He's almost 80 and never cared about what happens to the Earth or us since he'll be idiotically dancing to YMCA with Old Scratch.

#9 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-02-12 01:16 PM

Well, at least I wont have to listen to every American car at a stop light stop and starting again.
I never understood why we just dont do hybrids.

#10 | Posted by boaz at 2026-02-12 02:13 PM

Well, at least I wont have to listen to every American car at a stop light stop and starting again.
I never understood why we just dont do hybrids.

#10 | Posted by boaz

Yes I'm sure that noise really hurts your delicate little snowflake ears, that are somehow unbothered by roaring harleys and hemis.

#11 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-02-12 02:50 PM

at least I wont have to listen to every American car at a stop light stop and starting again.

What a ------- ------.

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-12 04:07 PM

"Eighty international scientific societies have endorsed the concept of a primarily human-caused climate crisis that is already starting to threaten the health and well-being of millions, and soon to be billions, of people in the next few decades. The total number of scientific organizations that dispute this is zero. If you were watching a basketball game where the score was 80 to 0, with one minute left in the fourth quarter, and you decided to bet your entire nest egg on that losing team, no one would argue that you were not severely delusional. ... Inability to discern reality is the hallmark of schizophrenia."

Dr Brian Moench

#13 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2026-02-12 04:51 PM

I didn't see this threat before I posted similar. So I'll repeat my comment...

Wonderful! If the US Government's official position is that climate change isn't happening, how about some regulation on the insurance industry that is increasing property insurance rates substantially, on the basis that climate change is increasing the cost of natural disasters? I'm sure the consumers, especially those in excessive drought regions where wildfires are becoming more prevalent, and places supposedly prone to worse hurricanes, would really enjoy some relief!

#14 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-02-12 05:12 PM

Meme from the wild...

"Don't believe in climate change?
Your insurance company does."

#15 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-02-12 05:14 PM

Barack Obama
@BarackObama

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules.

Without it, we'll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change - all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

#16 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-12 05:16 PM

Without it, we'll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change - all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

#16 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-12 05:16 PM | Reply | Flag

LMAO... Obama stepped up fracking like a MF.

#17 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-02-12 07:51 PM

The putrid------------------- is pro-PFAS.

kffhealthnews.org

#18 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-12 08:23 PM

Obama stepped up fracking like a MF.
#17 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS

Which is good?

I feel like in most cases you're pro fracking.

But maybe not in this case because Obama did it.

You cultists are pretty consistent.

#19 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-12 08:44 PM

Obama stepped up fracking like a MF.
#17 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS

All the natural gas we burn ins't nearly as polluting as turning oil into gasoline and burning it in cars.

#20 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-12 08:47 PM

The worse for humanity, the better for the Dow Jones

#21 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-02-13 07:43 AM

It's amazing how this country survived prior to 2009 when Obama's EPA WAY over-stepped its mandate.

#22 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-02-13 02:18 PM

It's amazing how this country survived prior to 2009 when Obama's EPA WAY over-stepped its mandate.

#22 | Posted by BellRinger

Yes how dare the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY try to PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.

Their job is to approve requests from billionaires to increase pollution for profit.

#23 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-02-13 04:06 PM

It's amazing how this country survived prior to 2009 when Obama's EPA WAY over-stepped its mandate.
#22 | POSTED BY BULLBRINGER

Making thing more efficient and safer for the environment really hurts your neanderthal brain.

It's called progress.

I realize change hurts billionaire oil execs.

I realize people like you fear change.

The world was just fine when you were born, why did we need the industrial revolution?

#24 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-13 04:15 PM

Re 24

Was gonna say wait until AI takes his job. That dudes going "postal" for sure!

But then I remembered that it will probably be a little while longer yet before the ditch diggers jobs are taken by AI.

#25 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-13 04:24 PM

Which is good?

I feel like in most cases you're pro fracking.

But maybe not in this case because Obama did it.

You cultists are pretty consistent.

#19 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-12 08:44 PM | Reply | Flag:

I was absolutely fine with it. My comment was for the ones who are bitching about what Trump is doing.

#26 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-02-13 06:36 PM

I realize people like you fear change.

#24 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-13 04:15 PM | Reply | Flag:

Change is nothing to fear unless a presidential administration tries to strong-arm everyone into purchasing an EV when there's literally no infrastructure to manage the charging, the charging takes too long and the battery replacement would force average Americans to take out a second on the house.

#27 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-02-13 06:39 PM

OH hell, just replace the word "Trump" with the word "Putin" in any headline today, and one can see just how screwed we are to have a clear fascist running things and one who is, as the President of Portugal said, 'objectively, a Russian Asset'.
If Putin were in the White House he couldn't screw up America more than Trump.

#28 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-02-14 07:46 AM

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