Endangerment Finding’s Repeal Divides Blue, Red States Again

Feb. 13, 2026, 5:50 PM UTC

The Trump administration’s repeal of the endangerment finding is again pitting blue and red states against one another, with those led by Democrats poised to sue and some conservative states applauding the finding’s demise.

Attorneys general representing blue states, including California, Massachusetts, Washington, and Colorado, quickly slammed the Environmental Protection Agency’s Thursday repeal of the finding—or the scientific conclusion that greenhouse gas emissions hurt human health—and said they planned to sue.

Those states argue the move violates the law and ignores climate science.

A few red states, however, including West Virginia, Nebraska, Kentucky, and Alaska, applauded the ending of the ...

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