Obama says US 'less safe' after Trump erases power to fight climate change

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Source: USA Today

Feb. 12, 2026, 6:08 p.m. ET


WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama slammed the Trump administration's repeal of a landmark climate finding from the Democrat's presidency, saying the United States is "less safe" after President Donald Trump eliminated the legal basis for federal regulations targeting greenhouse gases.

In a major blow to federal efforts to combat climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency, at Trump's direction, rescinded the EPA's "endangerment finding" on Feb. 12, which was signed during the Obama administration in 2019.

The finding stated that greenhouse gases in the atmosphere "threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations," providing the legal underpinning for EPA actions during the Obama and Biden administrations to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. But with its elimination, greenhouse gases emitted from tailpipes on vehicles and factories are no longer subject to regulations from the federal government.

"Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules," Obama said in a statement on X. "Without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."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/12/obama-trump-endangerment-finding-climate-change/88650178007/

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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. 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.

— Barack Obama (@barackobama.bsky.social) 2026-02-12T19:46:12.277Z

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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. 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.

2:46 PM · Feb 12, 2026

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[samnsara]

1. trump wont be here forever....

..we can undo all his shit even if it means i have to fill in the damn ball room hole myself. Its Rosie the Riveter time and we can roll up our sleeves and go all 1940s USA AMERICA RAH RAH RAH...without the racism/sexism this time.

and which companies are gonna spend all the money to revert back to their dirty deeds only to have it reversed again in 2 years?

[mdbl]

2. We live in the dumbest country on the planet

Other countries have some excuses for their trouble. Ours has none but our own stupidity.

[thought crime]

3. Looks like they are rolling out Plan 2026 - US Policy is now full tilt Climate Denialism

Lee Zeldin straight up Lied in his confirmation hearings, in which he acknowledged climate change. Now he says the EPA is “driving a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion.”

Both Zeldin and Wright at the DOE have found contrarian climate denialist "scientists" to prop up their war on climate regulation. This is a wrecking ball aimed squarely at the planet. And of course, we knew this would happen if Trump was elected.

Just a little reminder that very little was said about climate change during the 2024 presidential campaign because we didn't want to upset those undecided voters or this group or that group. Don't look up, don't talk about it and here we are.

[Bayard]

4. We are so starved for presidential sanity....