The Coming Squall

What will happen now that Trump is pulling out the linchpin of environmental overreach. If the Trump administration follows through and formally repeals the EPA’s 2009 Endangerment Finding on carbon dioxide, brace yourself. Not for climate catastrophe, mind you, but for something far more predictable: a coordinated, emotional, and increasingly shrill response from climate activists, their allied NGOs, and a subset of science organizations that long ago traded skepticism for advocacy. The reaction will unfold in stages. First will come the wailing. Press releases will read like grief counseling...

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KevinM

February 10, 2026 2:19 pm

“If the Trump administration follows through and formally repeals the EPA’s 2009 Endangerment Finding …”

Still waiting.

KevinM

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February 10, 2026 2:24 pm

What a strange AI summary to my search for the repeal:
“Earth’s highest CO2 levels occurred millions of years ago, reaching thousands of parts per million (ppm), possibly up to 4,000-9,000 ppm during the Cambrian (around 500 million years ago) and the Ordovician periods, far exceeding today’s levels (around 420 ppm) but occurring when different species dominated, whereas current levels are the highest in 3-14 million years, causing unprecedented rapid warming.”

A language model would have to understand the actual definition of “unprecedented“.

Retired_Engineer_Jim

February 10, 2026 2:36 pm

Wailing, whining, gnashing of teeth, clutching of pearls. Followed by the inevitable lawsuits.

max

February 10, 2026 3:24 pm

Adherents: “But, without American money, we’d have to get real jobs!”

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