What A Day ICE Warns It’s ‘Only Getting Started’
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Feb 11, 2026 
Leah Stokes, an associate professor who studies climate and clean energy policy, discusses the planned repeal of the EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding. She explains the legal role of that finding and how rolling it back challenges climate science. Conversation also covers how these rollbacks fit into broader policy shifts and the market signals they send.
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Endangerment Finding Is Legal Basis For Climate Rules
- The 2009 endangerment finding legally recognized greenhouse gases as air pollutants that endanger Americans' lives.
- That finding enabled multiple EPA regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.
Repeal Targets Science, Not Just Policy
- Repealing the endangerment finding attacks the scientific basis for climate regulation, signaling federal denial of climate risks.
- Leah Stokes says this move undermines the ability to set emissions rules and contradicts visible climate harms Americans experience.
Part Of A Broader Rollback Favoring Fossil Fuels
- The endangerment repeal fits a pattern of rolling back incentives and standards across energy, vehicles, and renewables.
- Stokes frames these rollbacks as benefiting fossil fuel interests who profit while delaying action.