Trump's E.P.A. Officially QUITS on Climate Change - REPEALS 2009 Finding on Greenhouse Gases

Welcome back to The Josh Lafazan Show, where facts still matter and the future of our planet is not up for sale. Today’s episode is nothing short of urgent: Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to revoke the 2009 "endangerment finding"—a bedrock scientific conclusion that greenhouse gases pose a threat to human health and the environment.

This landmark finding was the foundation for nearly all major U.S. climate protections over the past 15 years. Revoking it? That’s not just reckless. That’s catastrophic. It’s a direct assault on the climate, science, and your children’s future.

Let’s break it all down.

🌎 Segment 1 – The EPA Turns Its Back on Science

In 2009, under President Obama, the EPA officially recognized that greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane endanger public health. That decision launched efforts to regulate vehicle emissions, hold polluters accountable, and push the country toward renewable energy.

Now, the Trump EPA wants to erase all of it. If this revocation goes through, it will eliminate the legal foundation for federal climate regulations, giving fossil fuel giants the green light to pollute freely. It’s deregulation at the expense of human life—and it shreds decades of bipartisan environmental progress.

🧨 Segment 2 – The Move is INSANE

Let’s be blunt: the EPA exists to protect the environment and public health—not to enable corporate polluters. This isn’t just bureaucratic reshuffling. This is a declaration that climate change doesn't matter. That science doesn’t matter.

The data is overwhelming. Climate change isn’t a theory—it’s already here. This rollback is a betrayal of truth and a refusal to protect the public from disasters we can still prevent if we act now.

📊 Segment 3 – The Science is CLEAR

Here are the undeniable facts:

🌡️ Global Temperatures Are Rising: The Earth has warmed over 2°F since the 19th century. The last 5 years? The hottest ever recorded.

🌊 Sea Levels Are Rising: Oceans have risen 8–9 inches in the past century. Coastal cities like Miami and New York are already flooding.

🌪️ Extreme Weather Is Increasing: Hurricanes, wildfires, and heatwaves are more frequent and severe. Hurricane Harvey dropped 60 inches of rain on Texas in 2017 alone.

🐠 Oceans Are Acidifying: Absorbing CO₂ is destroying coral reefs and marine life critical to global ecosystems.

👨‍🔬 97% of Scientists Agree: NASA, NOAA, and the IPCC have all confirmed that climate change is real and caused by humans.

This is not hypothetical. It’s now.

💰 Segment 4 – Why Trump is Doing This

The answer, as always: money and power.

Trump has long called climate change a “hoax,” and this policy serves his fossil fuel donors perfectly. Deregulating carbon emissions helps big oil companies and coal magnates—many of whom fund Trump’s political machine.

But this isn’t just about donors. It’s also about red meat for Trump’s base, which has been fed a steady diet of climate denialism and anti-science rhetoric. Even though clean energy is now one of the fastest-growing job sectors, Trump’s narrative pits climate action against economic prosperity—a false choice that’s harming us all.

🧱 Segment 5 – Republicans Must Wake Up

This isn’t just a "blue state" issue. Climate change is devastating red states too—from floods in Florida to droughts in Texas.

Republicans in Congress must stop pretending this is a liberal fantasy. Their own constituents are watching their homes wash away, their crops dry up, and their insurance premiums skyrocket. It’s time to put country over party and protect the people they serve.

🌿 Segment 6 – What Democrats Must Do in 2026

If Democrats win back the House in 2026, climate must be priority number one.

Here’s what they must do:

✅ Reinstate the 2009 endangerment finding

✅ Rejoin and lead international climate agreements

✅ Pass a Green New Deal or equivalent to transition to clean energy

✅ Invest in infrastructure to defend against rising seas and wildfires

✅ Hold fossil fuel companies accountable for decades of denial

Democrats must lead, not just with policy, but with urgency and vision. This is a once-in-a-generation moment to reverse course and save what’s left of our climate system.

🧭 Conclusion – This Is the Fight of Our Time

Let’s be absolutely clear: revoking the endangerment finding is an act of climate sabotage. It’s a death sentence for future generations. And it cannot stand.

This is not a political issue. It’s a survival issue.

If we allow Trump and his fossil-fueled allies to dismantle our climate safeguards, the world we hand to our children will be hotter, more violent, less stable, and deeply unjust.

We can’t let that happen.

⚠️ The time to act is NOW.
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