Climate

EPA reconsiders 2009 Endangerment Finding underlying all climate regulations

| Importance: 7/10

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced formal reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding on July 29, calling repeal “largest deregulatory action in history of America.” Finding declared CO2 and 5 other GHGs endanger public health. Repeal would eliminate legal basis for all climate …

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U.S. Global Change Research Program dismantled with staff removed

| Importance: 6/10

Trump administration dismantled 35-year-old U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) end of January 2025. Federal employees removed Tuesday, ICF International contract severed. Nearly 400 scientists informed Monday their services no longer needed for National Climate Assessment. Project …

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Trump signs 37 executive orders on first day, implementing Project 2025 priorities

| Importance: 6/10

President Trump signed numerous executive orders, memorandums and proclamations on inauguration day January 20, 2025, including withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement and WHO, establishing DOGE led by Elon Musk, and rescinding 78 Biden-era executive actions. The DOGE order temporarily renamed the …

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