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On February 12, 2026, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin signed a final rule scrapping the Obama-era 2009 “endangerment finding” that treated carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as a direct threat to public health and welfare — a foundational rationale for federal climate rules. This move, announced alongside the White House, reverses the legal underpinnings that allowed decades of expansive vehicle and related greenhouse-gas regulations. Conservatives should recognize this as a deliberate rollback of regulatory overreach that has pinned higher costs on families and manufacturers for years.
The administration and Zeldin called the action the largest deregulatory salvo in modern history and said it will relieve American households of roughly $1.3 trillion in regulatory burdens, restore consumer choice, and revive domestic manufacturing choked by costly mandates. This isn’t radicalism — it’s common-sense governance: if an agency is stretching law into legislation, it’s Congress’s job to set policy, not unelected bureaucrats imposing trillion-dollar edicts. For hardworking Americans tired of bureaucratic micromanagement, this decision promises tangible relief in the price of vehicles and the cost of living.
Practically speaking, the repeal immediately affects greenhouse-gas standards tied to motor vehicles and engines, and the EPA has already moved to unwind specific regulatory credits and technical mandates that frustrated consumers and automakers alike. Administrator Zeldin has targeted rules like automatic start-stop credits and other technical patches the previous administrations used to force compliance with their climate agenda. Stripping these mandates frees automakers to prioritize reliability, safety, and consumer preference over political engineering of product lines.
Let’s be blunt: Washington’s climate panic has been used for a generation to justify central planning, corporate cronyism, and wealth transfers in the name of saving the planet. Conservatives applauding Zeldin’s move are defending the principle that policy with massive economic consequences belongs in the hands of elected representatives and the American people, not faceless regulators. Reining in bureaucratic lawmaking restores accountability and re-centers policy on real-world tradeoffs instead of headlines and fear.
Of course the left erupted in predictable hysteria, promising lawsuits and shouting “catastrophe” while ignoring how their rules bankrupted communities and outsourced jobs abroad. Legal challenges are inevitable, and courts will sort the competing legal theories — but so long as Republicans control the levers of power, we should expect a sustained fight for common-sense rulemaking and pro-worker energy policy. The bureaucrats and activists can sue; the rest of us will keep rebuilding American industry.
This rollback is about far more than ideology — it’s about family budgets, grid reliability, and the liberty to choose affordable energy and transportation without being punished at the pump or at the dealership. Zeldin’s message — that the agency will use “2025 facts rather than 2009 bad assumptions” — is a welcome correction after years of alarmist forecasts that never delivered on their apocalyptic promises. If you believe in American energy, jobs, and the dignity of honest work, you should be cheering for an EPA that respects the rule of law.
Conservative Americans should celebrate this courageous step while staying vigilant: the Left will use every legal and media trick to reverse it, and we must be ready to defend the policy wins that restore economic freedom. This is a moment to demand clarity from Congress, support leaders who will keep rolling back regulatory malpractice, and hold accountable anyone who would weaponize science for political ends. Stand with Zeldin and stand for the families who will breathe easier at the checkout line and sleep better knowing their government is finally putting citizens ahead of ideology.
