One can only hope businesses and the public reject this intentional, destructive setback.

[petro]

The mandates added nothing but more mechanical complexity and unreliable software in vehicles, an increase in recalls across all brands, the introduction of cylinder deactivation that eats lifters.
Complex 8-10 speed transmissions that are failing across the board, the annoying start/stop feature that most hate, small underengineered twin turbo engines that are failing with spun main bearings, generate more heat and wear and also require a more stringent maintenance schedule.

All this technology adds more failure points and cost to the consumer with minimal gain in mpg.

Car manufacturers welcome the end of the mandates as well as consumers who value choice.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

CO2 levels continue to rise, so does the sea level, polar ice caps continue to melt, temperatures around the world continue to increase, storms and wildfires continue to get worse. All are evidence climate change is happening...... and accelerating.

None of that has happened. You’re on crack.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

The undisputable science and the world community is calling you a misinformed, gullible rube who has no regard for well being of future generations.

The undisputable science has been wrong on every single prediction over the past fifty years.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Mar-a-Lago faces significant long-term risks from rising sea levels, with analyses suggesting parts of the Palm Beach estate could be inundated by tidal flooding for over 200 days a year within the next 30 years.

OTOH, I wish he'd live long enough to see MAL get washed out. On the other, he'd be doing a service to the world if he didn't see the end of his term.

Wasn’t Florida supposed to be underwater fifteen years ago?

 

[berg80]

None of that has happened. You’re on crack.

I'm not sure why you think it's worth anyone's time discussing things with you if you can't bring yourself to accept reality.

 

[berg80]

With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules​

The momentous end to the federal government’s legal authority to fight climate change makes it official.

The United States will essentially have no laws on the books that enforce how efficient America’s passenger cars and trucks should be.

That’s the practical result of the Trump administration’s yearlong parade of regulatory rollbacks, capped on Thursday by its killing of the “endangerment finding,” the scientific determination that required the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases because of the threat to human health.

“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups.
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”

Transportation is the largest single source of greenhouse gases in the United States.

Car buyers could still vote with their wallets, demanding more fuel-efficient cars. California has vowed to sue to maintain stricter standards. And the Department of Transportation still regulates fuel economy under rules meant to conserve oil.

But last year, the Trump administration proposed weakening the fuel economy standards to largely irrelevant levels. The Republican-controlled Congress also set civil penalties for violations at $0, essentially making them voluntary for automakers. In addition, Congress last year blocked California’s clean-car rules.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/climate/endangerment-finding-auto-emissions-regulations.html

Given a choice between doing the responsible thing by demanding more fuel-efficient cars and saving some money I doubt most people will choose the former.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules​

The momentous end to the federal government’s legal authority to fight climate change makes it official.

The United States will essentially have no laws on the books that enforce how efficient America’s passenger cars and trucks should be.

That’s the practical result of the Trump administration’s yearlong parade of regulatory rollbacks, capped on Thursday by its killing of the “endangerment finding,” the scientific determination that required the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases because of the threat to human health.

“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups.
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”

Transportation is the largest single source of greenhouse gases in the United States.

Car buyers could still vote with their wallets, demanding more fuel-efficient cars. California has vowed to sue to maintain stricter standards. And the Department of Transportation still regulates fuel economy under rules meant to conserve oil.

But last year, the Trump administration proposed weakening the fuel economy standards to largely irrelevant levels. The Republican-controlled Congress also set civil penalties for violations at $0, essentially making them voluntary for automakers. In addition, Congress last year blocked California’s clean-car rules.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/climate/endangerment-finding-auto-emissions-regulations.html

Given a choice between doing the responsible thing by demanding more fuel-efficient cars and saving some money I doubt most people will choose the former.

The United States will essentially have no laws on the books that enforce how efficient America’s passenger cars and trucks should be.

Thank goodness.

And the Department of Transportation still regulates fuel economy under rules meant to conserve oil.

That stupid rule should also end.

Given a choice between doing the responsible thing by demanding more fuel-efficient cars and saving some money I doubt most people will choose the former.

My fuel-efficient car saves me money. And it didn't require government force.

It's called freedom, you should try it sometime.

 

[martybegan]

Democrats say Trump’s climate rollbacks ‘corruption in action’​

While Democrats have long-sought to paint Trump as corrupt, including on climate, it’s an issue that has become increasingly cross-cutting in recent weeks amid the controversy over Trump’s ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and the president’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service seeking $10 billion in taxpayer money.

In remarks on the Senate Floor Tuesday in anticipation of the endangerment finding’s repeal, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) described the action as a “corrupt giveaway to Big Oil.”

“Big Oil has worked tirelessly for decades to undermine rules that protect against emissions, and now that they have their guy in the White House, they are taking their biggest swing yet,” Schumer said.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5738260-democrats-trump-climate-big-oil-endangerment-finding/

Democrats also say women can have penises.

 

[berg80]

US threatens to quit energy agency if it doesn’t drop green transition​

PARIS — U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Tuesday threatened to pull America out of the International Energy Agency, whose work on deploying renewables conflicts with the pro-fossil fuel policy of the Trump administration.

"If a large part of data reporting agencies devote themselves to these kinds of leftist fantasies ... that can only distort their mission," Wright told a early-evening conference at the French Institute of International Relations in Paris.

Accusing the IEA of behaving like a "climate advocacy organization," Wright urged it to focus on "energy security."

US threatens to quit energy agency if it doesn’t drop green transition

Energy Secretary Chris Wright wants the IEA to stop behaving like a “climate advocacy organization” and focus on “energy security.”

www.politico.eu

Recognizing the reality of climate change is in the interests of US national security. Not doing so threatens it.

 

[Nostra]

MMGW is a scam.

Not one prediction has ever been right. None.

 

[martybegan]

US threatens to quit energy agency if it doesn’t drop green transition
PARIS — U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Tuesday threatened to pull America out of the International Energy Agency, whose work on deploying renewables conflicts with the pro-fossil fuel policy of the Trump administration.

"If a large part of data reporting agencies devote themselves to these kinds of leftist fantasies ... that can only distort their mission," Wright told a early-evening conference at the French Institute of International Relations in Paris.

Accusing the IEA of behaving like a "climate advocacy organization," Wright urged it to focus on "energy security."

US threatens to quit energy agency if it doesn’t drop green transition

Energy Secretary Chris Wright wants the IEA to stop behaving like a “climate advocacy organization” and focus on “energy security.”

www.politico.eu

Recognizing the reality of climate change is in the interests of US national security. Not doing so threatens it.

 

[Hafar1014]

CO2 levels continue to rise, so does the sea level, polar ice caps continue to melt, temperatures around the world continue to increase, storms and wildfires continue to get worse. All are evidence climate change is happening...... and accelerating.

None of that is happening. Antarctica has more ice. Temperature changes are small and within normal variations. There were zero hurricanes this year on the eats coast. It was also colder. There is no evidence humans cause climate change. We doint have enough CO2 and cant produce enough to effect climate since gren plants will increase and convert it to O2 with an exponential capcity.
Renewable energy will wreck the economy as cant meet demand and increases cost. Nuclear and fossil fiels are the solution. Europe that has 30% renewables is driving manufacturing out and they are coming here