{"id":141662,"date":"2026-02-14T10:50:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/?p=141662"},"modified":"2026-02-14T10:50:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:50:26","slug":"trump-drops-key-us-climate-rule-swaps-health-for-cheap-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/trump-drops-key-us-climate-rule-swaps-health-for-cheap-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump drops key US climate rule, swaps health for cheap cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"post-header post-header--conveyor\">\n<div class=\"post-header__text\">\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-CA\">In what the\u00a0<\/span>White House has described as the &#8220;largest deregulatory action in American history,&#8221;\u00a0President\u00a0<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/us-president-donald-trump-russia-ukraine-israel-gaza-tariffs-trade-war\/t-19434433\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0undone\u00a0a key scientific finding that has\u00a0been the cornerstone of\u00a0<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/united-states-of-america\/t-19065189\">United States<\/a>\u00a0efforts to fight\u00a0<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/climate-change\/t-18614374\">climate change<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0more than 16 years.<\/p>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-CA\">Speaking at the White House on Thursday<\/span>, the president officially rescinded a 2009 Obama-era government declaration known as the\u00a0<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/lee-zeldin-to-end-endangerment-finding-vital-to-clean-air-act-and-us-environment-protection\/a-73485787\">endangerment finding<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/trump-drops-key-us-climate-rule-swaps-health-for-cheap-cars\/a-75939736\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#68cf8a;border-color:#54a66f;border-radius:10px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:8px 26px;font-size:20px;line-height:30px;border-color:#96deae;border-radius:10px;text-shadow:none\"><i class=\"sui sui-sign-out\" style=\"font-size:20px;color:#FFFFFF\"><\/i>  <small style=\"padding-bottom:8px;color:#FFFFFF\">Click here for full article at DW<\/small><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In what the\u00a0White House has described as the &#8220;largest deregulatory action in American history,&#8221;\u00a0President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0has\u00a0undone\u00a0a key scientific finding that has\u00a0been the cornerstone of\u00a0United States\u00a0efforts to fight\u00a0climate change\u00a0for\u00a0more than 16 years. &hellip; 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