{"id":200297,"date":"2026-02-13T21:05:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-white-house-rejects-climate-science-and-opens-door-to-more-pollution-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T21:05:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:05:05","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-white-house-rejects-climate-science-and-opens-door-to-more-pollution-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-white-house-rejects-climate-science-and-opens-door-to-more-pollution-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: White House rejects climate science and opens door to more pollution – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Administration revokes bedrock scientific determination that removes government\u2019s ability to limit pollution from cars and trucks \u2013 key US politics stories from 12 February
The Trump administration<\/a> has revoked the bedrock scientific determination that gives the government the ability to regulate climate-heating pollution. The move was described as a gift to \u201cbillionaire polluters\u201d at the expense of Americans\u2019 health.
The endangerment finding, which states that the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere endangers public health and welfare, has since 2009 allowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to limit heat-trapping pollution from vehicles, power plants and other industrial sources.
Thursday\u2019s decision removes the government\u2019s ability to impose requirements to track, report and limit climate-heating pollution from cars and trucks. Transportation is the largest source of climate pollution in the US.
The move comes as part of Trump\u2019s bigger anti-environment push, which has seen him roll back pollution rules and boost oil and gas.
Environmental advocates have condemned the move as illegal. A slew of green groups have promised to take the EPA to court over the rollback, as has the state of California<\/a>.
\u201cIf this reckless decision survives legal challenges, it will lead to more deadly wildfires, more extreme heat deaths, more climate-driven floods and droughts, and greater threats to communities nationwide \u2013 all while the EPA dismisses the overwhelming science that has protected public health for decades,\u201d Gavin Newsom, the California governor, said in a statement.
The rollback comes one month after the Trump administration<\/a> announced it will pull the US from the foundational UN agreement to address the climate crisis, as well as the world\u2019s leading body of climate scientists. Over the past year, the EPA administrator, Lee Zeldin, has also launched an all-out assault on climate, air, water and chemical protections. The EPA has also removed crucial climate-focused science and data from its webpages.
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Donald Trump\u2019s border czar, Tom Homan, has claimed the adminstration is drawing down its immigration crackdown in Minnesota<\/a> that led to the death of two US citizens, mass detentions and widespread protests.
\u201cI have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude,\u201d Homan said, claiming that \u201ca significant drawdown\u201d had already been under way this week and would continue.
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Thursday\u2019s vote means that the department is almost certain to shut down at midnight on Friday evening, affecting a range of services yet largely leaving the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE<\/a>) \u2013 the target of Democrats\u2019 ire \u2013 unaffected because it is already the recipient of lavish federal funding.
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A US judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon<\/a> from reducing Senator Mark Kelly\u2019s retired military rank and pension pay because he urged troops to reject unlawful orders.
The preliminary ruling by Richard Leon, a George W Bush appointee, is the latest setback for Donald Trump in his campaign of vengeance against perceived political enemies, which has drawn opposition from judges across the ideological spectrum.
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Members of Congress<\/a> are calling for investigations after discovering the Department of Justice created records of their research activities while they dig into files connected to Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.
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Jeremy Carl, Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s pick for a top diplomatic post, has championed \u201cwhite supremacist, racist, antisemitic and homophobic views\u201d, a former US state department official has warned.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Exclusive: Gail Slater, the head of the US justice department\u2019s antitrust division, was forced out of the Trump administration<\/a><\/strong> on Thursday after a turbulent tenure and months of simmering tensions with senior cabinet officials, according to two people directly familiar with the matter.
The Pentagon\u2019s policy chief, Elbridge Colby, has told European Nato defence ministers in Brussels that they need to step up their combat capabilities<\/a><\/strong> and take the lead in protecting their continent from the Russian threat.
Donald Trump has nominated the hospitality executive Scott Socha<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 whose company once sued to claim trademark rights<\/a> to the name \u201cYosemite National Park\u201d \u2013 to lead the National Park Service.
A federal immigration supervisor who allegedly lived with his undocumented girlfriend has been charged<\/a><\/strong> with harboring an undocumented person, Texas federal prosecutors said on Wednesday<\/a>.
New Jersey\u2019s governor, Mikie Sherrill, has banned immigration agents from some state property<\/a><\/strong> and launched an online portal for residents to share videos and photos of enforcement activity.
Labor unions are fundraising for workers affected by the surge of immigration enforcement across the US<\/a><\/strong>, providing legal and financial support to members affected by the brutal crackdown.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 11 February 2026<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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