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Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Thursday, February 12, 2026

The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressive move by the president to roll back climate regulations. The rule finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency rescinds a 2009 government declaration known as the endangerment finding that determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. The endangerment finding by the Obama administration 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.

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Wonderful! If the US Governments 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!

#1 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-02-12 03:59 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Has anyone told climate change this?

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-02-12 05:25 PM | Reply

Seems like this could be used at the state level to block insurance rate hikes.

Eberly, is that a thing? Would an insurer have a hard time raising rates to cover increasing chances of adverse weather events, when the Federal Government position is climate change is not happening?

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-12 06:01 PM | Reply

Ask a farmer

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-12 06:06 PM | Reply

Ten people sit on an enclosed room.

"Let's stop smoking. Since it'll take time to wean off cigarettes, we'll gradually reduce smoking."

Two stopped cold turkey.

Four reduced smoking from ten cigarettes a day to five.

Three reduced smoking from ten to three.

The room was smokier than before. In fact, it was worse than ever.

That tenth person went from ten to twenty.

Not sure why nine people find their effort sabotaged.

#5 | Posted by Petrous at 2026-02-12 08:36 PM | Reply

The other nine kick the shit out of the tenth person.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-12 08:39 PM | Reply

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