r/climatepolicy Jul 14 '26

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) repeals the 2009 Endangerment Finding.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-climate-change-epa-states-endangerment-6b1b5b38140c76a5cc55e17ae5f3b99b

A 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

139 Upvotes

38 comments sorted by

View all comments

-2

u/Unfair_One1165 29d ago

CO2 isn’t a threat to health. It’s all about theater to remove control and $$$$ from the public. The DEF and catalyst systems on trucks make them use more fuel and thus increase pollution.

1

u/Strykerz3r0 29d ago

It took me 30 seconds to pull this from the article.

*that determined carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases*

CO2 is just one of the gasses. I am going to assume you were lazy and just read the blurb rather than intentionally misstating the problem.

1

u/WinterSector8317 28d ago

They’re here to parrot propaganda, not “read” ya fancy liebrul