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Trump revokes EPA climate finding

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President Donald Trump on Feb. 12 revoked the EPA’s 2009 "Endangerment Finding" that classified greenhouse gases as pollutants, removing the federal basis for US climate rules and drawing sharp criticism.

The Guardian
Top House Democrat says Republicans’ latest offer to fund DHS is ‘unserious’ as shutdown looms – live

Hakeem Jeffries says offer ‘clearly omits things that need to happen’ US homeland security department on track for shutdown after funding bill fails in Senate The annual rate of US inflation eased in January, according to the latest data consumer price index report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Over the last 12 months, the cost of goods has increased by 2. 4% - down from 2. 7% in last month’s report. Lawmakers in the House and Senate left Washington on Thursday as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) heads for another shutdown, when stopgap funding lapses tonight. Nearly all Democrats blocked a second attempt to pass the annual DHS appropriations bill as negotiations for guardrails on federal immigration enforcement have stalled. Senator John Fetterman was the only lawmaker to break ranks with the party. Continue reading. . .

Top House Democrat says Republicans’ latest offer to fund DHS is ‘unserious’ as shutdown looms – live
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Der Spiegel
Central climate regulation in the US scrapped: The biggest victory for climate-change deniers

CO2 is officially no longer considered a pollutant in the United States. That effectively means the nationwide climate rules of the country are being scrapped. Ideological hardliners reap the fruits of years of lobbying.

Central climate regulation in the US scrapped: The biggest victory for climate-change deniers
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Le Monde
Donald Trump dismantles federal greenhouse gas emissions regulations in the United States

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency scrapped on Thursday, February 12, a key rule that would have imposed emissions standards for internal combustion engine vehicles and power plants. The American president thus denies the risks climate change poses to his fellow citizens.

Donald Trump dismantles federal greenhouse gas emissions regulations in the United States
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Der Spiegel
Greenhouse Gases: Carsten Schneider criticizes US move to loosen climate protections

Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider says the US plans to loosen climate rules are ideologically motivated. Europe will continue to base decisions on a 'scientific basis'

Greenhouse Gases: Carsten Schneider criticizes US move to loosen climate protections
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El Pais
Trump has accumulated more than 300 measures to undermine U.S. climate policy and boost fossil fuels

Trump has already accumulated more than 300 measures to dismantle U.S. climate policy and promote fossil fuels. The White House yesterday ended the cap on greenhouse gas emissions. Attacks on renewables, science, and the global fight against warming mark the president's first year.

Trump has accumulated more than 300 measures to undermine U.S. climate policy and boost fossil fuels
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The Independent
Obama hits back after Trump scraps climate change regulation: ‘We will be less safe’

Climate experts say that reversing the 2009 Endangerment Finding is tantamount to denying the existence of global warming

Obama hits back after Trump scraps climate change regulation: ‘We will be less safe’
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VRT NWS
How Donald Trump Fights Every Form of Climate Policy and 'the Green Lie'

The American president Donald Trump has scrapped a government decision that acknowledges the danger of certain greenhouse gases to the health and prosperity of Americans. A far-reaching decision with major consequences, but not the first time Donald Trump has clashed with the climate policies of his predecessors.

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Der Standard
Trump overturns central U.S. climate protection target

In 2007 the U.S. Supreme Court classified greenhouse gases as pollutants. President Donald Trump has now overturned that classification, with potentially far-reaching consequences.

Trump overturns central U.S. climate protection target
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de Volkskrant
Smiling, Trump undermines nearly twenty years of American climate policy

Smiling, Trump undermines nearly twenty years of American climate policy.

Smiling, Trump undermines nearly twenty years of American climate policy
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Tages-Anzeiger
Attack on climate policy: Donald Trump drags his industry into the museum

The US president strips away the basis for national climate protection, thereby harming companies in his country.

Attack on climate policy: Donald Trump drags his industry into the museum
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Der Spiegel
Climate protection: the USA officially deem greenhouse gases not harmful

Donald Trump denies climate change. Now his administration has handed over the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions and celebrated the move.

Climate protection: the USA officially deem greenhouse gases not harmful
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Süddeutsche Zeitung
Climate: Trump removes the basis of US climate protection

To advance national climate protection, the Obama administration used a Clean Air Act. Donald Trump is now undoing that path. The consequences could be immense.

Climate: Trump removes the basis of US climate protection
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Süddeutsche Zeitung
Federal Politics: Environment Minister Calls Trump's Greenhouse Gas Decision 'Ideologically Motivated'

Schneider criticizes the rollback of national climate rules in the U.S.; Washington is mainly about oil and gas deals. Europe, by contrast, stands for climate protection, says the German Environment Minister.

Federal Politics: Environment Minister Calls Trump's Greenhouse Gas Decision 'Ideologically Motivated'
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Die Zeit
U.S. President: Federal Environment Minister criticizes Donald Trump's climate decision

The abolition of a central climate protection target in the USA is drawing international criticism. Carsten Schneider accuses Donald Trump of ideological motivation.

U.S. President: Federal Environment Minister criticizes Donald Trump's climate decision
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Der Spiegel
Donald Trump's rollback of climate policy: the biggest victory for climate-change deniers

CO2 is officially no longer considered a pollutant in the United States. This effectively means the abolition of the country's nationwide climate regulations. Ideological hardliners reap the rewards of years of lobbying.

Donald Trump's rollback of climate policy: the biggest victory for climate-change deniers
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Die Zeit
The US morning briefing: Trump repeals greenhouse gas decree, closes tariff deal with Taiwan

US President Donald Trump has invalidated a central climate protection directive. Taiwan says it is prepared to remove almost all tariffs. The US morning briefing

The US morning briefing: Trump repeals greenhouse gas decree, closes tariff deal with Taiwan
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Der Standard
Trump overturns central U.S. climate protection directive

Trump declared the 2009 endangerment finding invalid, which held that greenhouse gases are harmful to health.

Trump overturns central U.S. climate protection directive
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung
COMMENTARY - The radical turn in the United States shows climate policy needs broad democratic consensus

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may no longer issue rules to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. That is bad for the global climate, but good for democracy.

COMMENTARY - The radical turn in the United States shows climate policy needs broad democratic consensus
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Svenska Dagbladet
Trump scraps emissions rules: "Great risk"

Donald Trump has rolled back a regulation that classified greenhouse gases as a risk to public health. It is a troubling decision, according to climate policy researcher Mathias Fridahl. "This is quite a substantial change," he says.

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Der Standard
Attacks on climate policy come too late – but can still cause enormous damage

The transformation cannot be stopped, only delayed. Even that could be enough to tip the global climate over the edge.

Attacks on climate policy come too late – but can still cause enormous damage
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