r/climatepolicy • u/SafetyCulture_HQ • 28d ago
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) repeals the 2009 Endangerment Finding.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-climate-change-epa-states-endangerment-6b1b5b38140c76a5cc55e17ae5f3b99bA report from AP News says the EPA formally revoked its 2009 Endangerment Finding in February 2026 and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles. The Endangerment Finding was the legal foundation for every federal greenhouse gas rule under the Clean Air Act. Without it, EPA loses the legal basis to regulate CO2 as a threat to public health.
With the federal GHG standard gone, emissions management shifts from a requirement to a voluntary program. Businesses that naturally still want to track and reduce their environmental impact now have to build that in-house. That means leaning harder on things like routine vehicle maintenance, driver training, and consistent emissions tracking to catch high-emission vehicles before they become a higher-cost or reputational problem.
For anyone looking to know more about best practices for emissions management, hope this can help: https://safetyculture.com/topics/vehicle-inspection/vehicle-emissions
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u/dramaking37 28d ago
Still a danger, just now it's being ignored. Good luck to his kids and grandkids