February 12, 2026
Phoenix, AZ – Today, in a brazen assault on the health and welfare of people throughout the country, the Trump administration finalized decisions that severely gut decades of environmental progress.
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February 12, 2026
NASHVILLE – In a brazen assault on the health and welfare of the American public, the Trump administration finalized its rule revoking the Environmental Protection Agency’s longstanding greenhouse gas endangerment finding under the federal Clean Air Act. With the stroke of a pen, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has now formalized climate denialism as official government policy and moved to eliminate EPA’s ability to directly fight the climate crisis.
February 11, 2026
ATLANTA – In a brazen assault on the health and welfare of the American public, the Trump administration finalized its rule revoking the Environmental Protection Agency’s longstanding greenhouse gas endangerment finding under the federal Clean Air Act. With the stroke of a pen, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has now formalized climate denialism as official government policy and moved to eliminate EPA’s ability to directly fight the climate crisis.
February 11, 2026
Fayetteville, Ark. – This Thursday, the Trump Administration is expected to finalize three decisions that will significantly increase climate-warming and health-harming pollution across America.
February 11, 2026
AUSTIN, Texas – This Thursday, the Trump Administration is expected to finalize three decisions that will significantly increase climate-warming and health-harming pollution across America, especially in the state of Texas.
January 28, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Today, the Trump administration released yet another coal industry handout by proposing to undo the Environmental Protection Agency’s previous disapproval of State Implementation Plans from states failing to meet their Clean Air Act obligations under the federal ozone air quality standard. Previously in 2023 the EPA had determined that most of these states had failed to meet their obligation to protect downwind states from significant smog-causing pollution, and had in 2024 proposed making the same determination for the others.
January 13, 2026
Today, the Trump administration announced a plan to limit the authority of states and tribes to protect clean water from pollution resulting from pipelines and other major infrastructure projects during the permitting process.
January 12, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Today, the New York Times reported that the Environmental Protection Agency would cease to calculate the negative health impacts of air pollution in its future rulemaking process and only consider industry costs.
December 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – Calls for EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to step down or be fired have grown across the political and ideological spectrum in recent days, with conservative activists in the Trump-aligned “Make America Healthy Again” movement circulating a petition calling for his resignation and the clean air advocacy organization Moms Clean Air Force sending a
December 2, 2025
Organizations Submit Letter During Comment Period on Proposed Restructuring of Rule
October 16, 2025
Washington, DC – As the Trump administration continues to undo federal regulations that protect our air and water, including proposals to eliminate standards for vehicle emissions and revoke the 2009 endangerment finding, the Sierra Club today released 952 pages of emails between EPA officials and external organizations provided in response to the environmental organization’s Freedom of Information Act request.
July 29, 2025
Washington, DC – Today, in its most direct assault thus far on the movement to mitigate the climate crisis, the Trump administration will formally propose a plan to rescind the Environmental Protection Agency’s longstanding greenhouse gas endangerment finding. If finalized, this action will devastate the EPA’s ability to carry out its primary authority to limit climate pollution under the federal Clean Air Act.