What to know about EPA decision to revoke a scientific finding that helped fight climate change
(12 Feb 2026) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER:4637212 RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ++MUSIC CLEARED FOR EDITORIAL USE++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington - 10 February 2026 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Matthew Daly, The Associated Press: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin have revoked the 2009 "endangerment finding", which is a regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency that says that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger human health and the environment." ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Cincinnati - 14 February 2023 2. Close of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sign outside a lab ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Newburgh, Indiana - 8 April 2025 3. Various of the Warrick Power Plant operating 4. Aerial of the Warrick Power Plant ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington - 10 February 2026 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Matthew Daly, The Associated Press: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "It's become a huge source of controversy because environmental groups and public health advocates say that this is something that is crucial to protecting human health and the environment." ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Los Angeles – 8 January 2025 6. Wide of firefighters spraying water from a truck 7. Various of a home burning from wildfires ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington - 10 February 2026 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Matthew Daly, The Associated Press: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "All of the increasing disasters we've seen since then, wildfires, floods, hurricanes, are made worse and exacerbated by climate change. And the fact that they're trying to deny that, shows that the Trump administration is abandoning its core responsibilities." ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Asheville, North Carolina - 27 September 2024 9. Mid of a street in Asheville under heavy floodwaters due to Hurricane Helene ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Kingston, Jamaica - 28 October 2025 10. Wide of a palm tree swaying heavily in winds caused by Hurricane Melissa 11. Wide of trees fallen and damaged houses ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Princeton, Indiana - 10 April 2025 12. Various aerial shots of a coal pit and bulldozer operating ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington - 10 February 2026 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Matthew Daly, The Associated Press: ++COVERED++ "Conservatives and Republicans say that it has caused more regulations that are necessary that can affect the auto industry, that can affect the oil and gas industry, that can affect power plants, all sorts of industries." ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Louisville, Kentucky - 30 April 2025 14. Wide of a Ford assembly line in Kentucky under an American flag 15. Close of a worker working in an assembly line in a Ford plant ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Permian Basin, Texas – 11 October 2021 16. Wide of various oil wells ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Cheshire, Ohio - 14 April 2025 17. Aerial of the Gavin Power Plant ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington - 10 February 2026 18. SOUNDBITE (English) Matthew Daly, The Associated Press: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "This is almost certainly going to end up in court. And probably will end up in the Supreme Court because it's such a high profile issue." ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Washington - 21 January 2026 19. Various of the outside of the Supreme Court building STORYLINE: The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday revoked its own 2009 “endangerment finding,” a scientific conclusion that for 16 years has been the central basis for regulating planet-warming emissions from power plants, vehicles and other sources. AP Video by Nathan Ellgren ___ Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
