Trump Ends Obama Executive Order Giving the EPA the Power to Regulate Carbon Dioxide Without Any Congressional Authorization

That's clumsy. Putting it differently: Congress never authorized the EPA to treat carbon dioxide as "pollution."

Barack Obama lawlessly arrogated himself that power and declared that carbon dioxide -- a naturally occurring molecule that has always been present in our atmosphere and indeed is absolutely necessary for plant growth -- was "pollution."

And then began "regulating" it as he saw fit.

Trump just reversed that and the left is very, very bitter and sad.

US President Donald Trump has reversed a key Obama-era scientific ruling that underpins all federal actions on curbing planet-warming gases.

The so-called 2009 "endangerment finding" concluded that a range of greenhouse gases were a threat to public health. It's become the legal bedrock of federal efforts to rein in emissions, especially in vehicles.

The White House called the reversal the "largest deregulation in American history", saying it would make cars cheaper, bringing down costs for automakers by $2,400 per vehicle.

Environmental groups say the move is by far the most significant rollback on climate change yet attempted and are set to challenge it in the courts.

Speaking in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump said the 2009 ruling was "a disastrous Obama era policy that severely damaged the American auto industry and massively drove up prices for American consumers".

"This radical rule became the legal foundation for the Green New Scam, one of the greatest scams in history," added the Republican president, about the Democrats' climate agenda.

Former President Barack Obama, who infrequently comments on the policies of sitting presidents, said that repealing the finding would make Americans more vulnerable.

"Without it, we'll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change -- all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money," he wrote on X.

Lee Zeldin @epaleezeldin

21h

The Obama Admin couldn’t get the votes needed in Congress to amend the Clean Air Act and regulate greenhouse gases, so without hesitation they decided to just ignore the law and jam through trillions in regulatory costs on the American people.

The Trump Admin is proudly following the law, saving $1.3 TRILLION for the American people, lowering new car costs by over $2,400 per vehicle, and getting rid of the climate participation trophy for manufacturers to install Obama Switches that shut vehicles off at red lights and stop signs. Period.

ABC "News's" David Muir is very, very upset.

Ian Miller @ianmSC

15h

This is why CBS News producers are resigning, this is the kind of stuff they're used to putting out while claiming they're "unbiased journalists"

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:20 PM

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