Taking on the EPA

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Environmental and health groups have filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency after the Trump administration moved to rescind the "endangerment finding," a 2009 determination that established that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare. That simple conclusion became the foundation for nearly ever rule limiting pollution for the last seventeen years. Former Democratic Governor of Washington Jay Inslee, a national leader on climate action, joins the show from Portland, Oregon. Also on today's show: Famed filmmaker Werner Herzog and conservation biologist Steve Boyes discuss "Ghost Elephants"; former NYT opinion columnist David Brooks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Amampur. Here's what's coming up.
0:07.0	This is a cataclysmic blow to Americans' health.
0:12.0	The truth behind Trump's repeal of a landmark climate ruling, a move that could fill the nation's skies with pollution.
0:19.0	Former Washington Governor Jay Inslee,
0:22.1	tells me why despite it all, he's still hopeful.
0:25.1	Then...
0:25.8	The largest elephant ever...
0:27.8	Does it matter if they are a dream or reality?
0:34.8	The search for a lost species.
0:36.6	I speak with acclaimed director, Wernerog and explorer Steve Boyes about their new documentary
0:44.0	Ghost Elephants, also ahead.
0:46.2	You know, when I reflect back on the Times since I joined the Times in 2003, there's been
0:51.0	just a tremendous loss of faith.
0:53.3	Time to say goodbye.
0:55.0	As his 20-year tenure at the New York Times comes to an end,
0:59.0	columnist David Brooks reflects on how America has changed during his decades at the paper. Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Paula Newton in New York, sitting in for Kristana Manpur.
1:27.2	This week, President Donald Trump delivered the longest state of the union address in history.
1:32.8	Near the top of his agenda, the devastating, deadly flooding in Texas last year.
1:37.6	A disaster so severe, the president said it was one of the worst things he'd ever seen.
1:43.2	And yet, no mention of why the nation
1:45.7	is seeing more extreme weather events. Now, a court will determine how much power the government
1:52.6	really has over climate action. Several groups have filed a lawsuit against the Environmental
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