Gavin Newsom vows to sue Trump govt over decision to revoke EPA findings: ‘Breaking the law to grovel to oil industry’

California Governor Gavin Newsom has vowed to take legal action against the federal government after President Donald Trump’s administration, on February 12, decided to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s landmark climate findings. According to critics, the decision may seriously weaken environmental protection by scrapping the EPA’s “endangerment finding”, which has been the legal foundation…

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US climate policy shift: Trump calls Obama-era greenhouse gas endangerment finding ‘baseless’

The Trump administration on Thursday (February 12) revoked a long-standing scientific determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare, dismantling a foundational pillar of US climate policy. President Donald Trump announced the decision at the White House, calling into question the scientific basis of the original finding. “This determination had no basis in fact…

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