Trump Ends Contrived Obama-Era EPA Climate Policy
By Larry BellThursday, 26 February 2026 10:54 AM ESTCurrent | Bio | Archive
On Feb. 12 the Trump administration repealed the Obama EPA's politically contrived, scientifically vacuous, economically destructive 2009 "Endangerment Finding" that six greenhouse gases with leafy plant-nourishing CO2 serving as de facto public enemy number one by "polluting the climate."
This claim served as a political premise for imposing regulatory restrictions on internal combustion vehicles including vehicle emission standards, a "Clean Power Plan," and other limits on methane, oil and natural gas.
Even some of EPA's scientific staff disputed the finding.
In March 2009, EPA withheld release of a 98-page study conducted by their senior scientist and 38-year veteran Dr. Alan Carlin that severely criticized the agency's scientific basis for claiming endangerment under the Clean Air Act. Dr. Carlin said, "Federal law requires that regulations be based on scientific information that is 'accurate, clear and unbiased'; the most recent available; and collected by the 'best available methods.'"
Carlin's report concluded that "The EPA's TSD [technical support document] on carbon emissions violates all of these requirements."
A blistering series of emails to Dr. Carlin from EPA's National Center for Environmental Economics director Al McGartland stated not only that his study would not be disclosed, but also that he was to stop working on global warming issues because criticizing EPA's position caused trouble.
https://www.newsmax.com/larrybell/epa-obama-zeldin/2026/02/26/id/1247520/
