US climate body responds to EPA’s volte-face on GHGs

WASHINGTON, D.C., United States, 11 February 2026: The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) issued a statement from its President, Nathaniel Keohane, responding to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) forthcoming repeal of the Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and Vehicle Standards.

Keohane said: “America needs leadership that will protect communities from the worsening impacts of climate change and seize the economic opportunities created by growing energy demand. This action fails on both counts. Instead, the EPA is piling on new problems by distorting the scientific record and turning its back on settled law, going well beyond reasonable partisan differences. It is an ideologically driven crusade that will threaten the health of our communities and undermine the economic wellbeing of our nation.

“EPA’s repeal of the Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and climate pollution standards for cars and trucks will leave climate change unchecked in the largest polluting sector of our economy. While these protective guardrails may be gone, the reality of climate change remains. Climate-fueled extreme weather events are increasingly taking lives and wreaking economic havoc in cities and towns across the nation today, and that concern will only grow in the coming years.

“Stripping away the well-designed policy framework put in place over decades will not change that reality. What will change is the willingness of businesses to invest in America. No business asked for this; they see the rest of the world is racing toward the vast opportunity of the clean energy economy.

“A thriving, more prosperous future is possible: One in which abundant, affordable clean energy powers our economy, improves everyday lives and dramatically reduces climate pollution. The EPA has chosen a less prosperous path for Americans, making that reality far more difficult for families to achieve.”