The EPA's major climate policy rollback
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🗓️ 10 February 2026
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Reuters reports that the Environmental Protection Agency will roll back its "endangerment finding" determination, which had been at the core of its regulation of gases linked to climate change and recognized greenhouse gases as a public health threat. Opponents of the rollback say it could encourage states to write new rules on emissions and allow for more pollution. Then, we'll learn how some states are choosing to conform to federal tax changes (or not) made in last summer's huge spending and tax law.
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| 0:00.0 | As the feds overhaul what we pay in taxes, is your state along for the ride? |
| 0:06.9 | I'm David Brancaccio in Los Angeles. First, the news agency Reuters says the Environmental Protection Agency under President Trump will switch course on a major scientific finding that had been at the core of its regulation of gases linked to climate change. |
| 0:21.6 | Reports suggest the final rule on the rollback will come this week. |
| 0:25.9 | Marketplaces Nancy Marshall-Genser has more. |
| 0:28.3 | This scientific determination that Trump administration is expected to revoke is called the endangerment finding. |
| 0:34.4 | It dates back to the Obama administration, and it says that greenhouse gases |
| 0:38.9 | are a threat to public health. It's the foundation of the Environmental Protection Agency's climate |
| 0:44.1 | rules which limit emissions of greenhouse gases from vehicles and power plants. The Trump administration's |
| 0:50.4 | plan to kill the endangerment finding with a final rule this week was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:56.7 | The journal says the final rule would wipe away reporting, measuring, and compliance requirements for greenhouse gas emissions of vehicles. |
| 1:04.4 | The paper says it wouldn't affect the regulations and emissions from power plants for now. |
| 1:09.3 | The rollback of the endangerment finding is expected to be |
| 1:12.1 | challenged by environmental groups in court, and it could encourage states to write new rules on |
| 1:17.8 | emissions. The Environmental Defense Fund says the repeal of the finding will allow more climate pollution |
| 1:23.5 | leading to, quote, deadly and costly extreme weather. |
| 1:30.0 | I'm Nancy Marshall Genser for Marketplace. |
| 1:36.3 | President Trump has threatened to block the opening of a new multi-billion dollar bridge linking Canada in the U.S. |
| 1:38.9 | The BBC's Gabrielle Sungalate has more. In a lengthy social media post, Mr. Trump accused Canada of taking advantage of America. The bridge, which |
| 1:45.8 | will connect Ontario and Michigan, has been entirely funded by the Canadian government. But Mr. Trump |
| 1:51.4 | said he wouldn't allow it to open until, in his words, the US had been fully compensated for everything |
| 1:57.1 | Washington had given to Canada. It isn't clear what that means. |
| 2:04.0 | The president criticized a range of Canadian trading practices as well as Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent trip to Beijing. |
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