Trump revokes the limit on greenhouse gas emissions in the United States

Donald Trump has revoked the greenhouse gas emissions cap for the United States that had been established by the Barack Obama administration. The decision represents one of the hardest blows the Republican has dealt to measures to combat the climate crisis since his return to the presidency. In January of last year, one of his first decisions was to withdraw Washington from the Paris Agreement. The now-revoked cap was approved in 2009 and determined that a series of greenhouse gas pollutants constituted a threat to public health. This conclusion had become the legal basis for all other government actions to reduce emissions, especially those generated by the automotive sector. The White House called this reversal "the biggest deregulation in American history" and claimed that it will make cars cheaper, as costs for manufacturers will be reduced by $2,400 per vehicle. A step backward

Environmental groups say this measure is by far the most significant rollback on climate change ever attempted and are preparing to challenge it in court. "It was a disastrous Obama-era policy that severely damaged the American auto industry and massively increased prices for American consumers," the president declared Thursday from the Oval Office. "This radical rule became the legal foundation of the Great Green Scam, one of the biggest scams in history," he added, referring to the Democrats' climate agenda. The administration of Joe Biden, his predecessor, promoted pioneering measures to encourage the use of electric vehicles. Former President Obama, who rarely comments on the policies of sitting presidents, responded to the measure by asserting that repealing this decision will make Americans more vulnerable. "Without it, we will be less safe, have worse health, and be less able to combat climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money," he wrote in X.