Trump Administration Dismantles US Climate Policies: EPA Revokes Endangerment Finding, Emissions Rise

The Trump administration is moving aggressively to dismantle key United States climate policies, with the Environmental Protection Agency set to revoke the 2009 endangerment finding this week, according to a White House official cited by the Los Angeles Times. This Obama-era declaration established that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare, forming the legal basis for regulations on vehicle emissions, power plants, and other sources driving planetary warming. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt described the actions as the most significant deregulatory steps in history to boost American energy dominance and lower costs. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, who has criticized past efforts to combat climate change as economically ruinous, is leading the charge, calling the original finding one of the most damaging decisions in modern history.

These moves build on a year of rollbacks since Trump's return, including Congress eliminating most tax credits for solar and wind energy last summer, as reported by Le Monde. United States greenhouse gas emissions rose 2.4 percent in 2025 after two years of decline, driven by a cold winter, surging electricity demand, and revived coal use, with power sector emissions up 3.8 percent for the second straight year, per Rhodium Group estimates. Federal approvals for coal, oil, and gas projects have accelerated while renewable permits slowed, canceling billions in clean energy investments and threatening over 100,000 jobs, according to Climate Power analysis. The Rhodium Group now projects emissions cuts of only 26 to 35 percent by 2035 from 2005 levels, far below Paris Agreement targets of 61 to 66 percent.

Adding to the retreat, the United States is withdrawing from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, effective January 20, and has ceased publishing national emissions inventories, undermining tracking efforts, Le Monde notes. Environmental groups like the Environmental Defense Fund decry this as the biggest attack on federal climate action ever, warning of more pollution, higher health and fuel costs, and preventable deaths amid intensifying disasters like floods, heat waves, and wildfires. Courts have pushed back, with federal judges in Washington and Virginia recently restarting three offshore wind farms, including one off New York by Equinor. Globally, eyes turn to upcoming events like the World Ocean Summit in Montreal on March 4 and 5, and preparations for COP31 in Antalya, Turkey, in November, highlighting a widening United States divergence from international momentum.

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