Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding Repeal Amid Climate Crisis

Environmental groups filed a major lawsuit against the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency on February 18 over its repeal of the landmark 2009 endangerment finding, a scientific determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare, according to The Guardian and the Clean Air Task Force. Seventeen organizations, including the Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, and American Lung Association, argue the repeal unlawfully strips federal authority to regulate emissions under the Clean Air Act, ignoring overwhelming evidence of climate harms like rising temperatures, wildfires, droughts, and floods across the United States.

The EPA's action on February 12, as reported by Mongabay, rolls back the foundation for vehicle emissions standards and other protections, drawing sharp criticism from experts. Katie Huffling of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environment called it climate denialism that abandons the agency's duty amid record heat and toxic wildfire smoke in places like Wisconsin. Tricia Cortez of the Rio Grande International Study Center highlighted real impacts in South Texas, including declining rainfall, extreme heat, and fragile ecosystems along the Rio Grande. Inland Valley communities in California decry risks of more pollution and dangerous heat threatening health and economies.

This legal challenge emerges as climate patterns intensify nationwide, with heat-trapping emissions from fossil fuels driving economic tolls through deadly weather events. NRDC's Meredith Hankins described the EPA's arguments as a joke that undercuts action on the largest pollution source. Public Citizen's Adina Rosenbaum warned of devastating public health impacts if upheld. Earthjustice's Hana Vizcarra accused the agency of flipping its mission to favor polluters.

Meanwhile, recovery efforts underscore adaptation needs. In Altadena, California, Los Angeles Times reports progress on rebuilding Charles White County Park after the Eaton and Hughes Fires, funded by five million dollars from the Walt Disney Company and five point five million from California State Parks, toward two hundred fifty million needed for affected communities.

Worldwide, the Climate and Cryosphere Open Science Conference wrapped up February 9 to 12 in Wellington, New Zealand, focusing on changing ice dynamics, polar amplification, and adaptation strategies, per the event organizers. These developments reveal a stark U.S. policy reversal amid escalating global cryosphere changes and lawsuits aiming to restore science-based safeguards.

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