EPA Rescinds the Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding — What It Means for Your Business

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has eliminated the legal foundation supporting sixteen years of federal climate regulation. On February 18, 2026, the Agency finalized the rescission of the 2009 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Endangerment Finding—the legal predicate that enabled every major federal greenhouse gas rule since the Obama Administration (Final Rule). Administrator Lee Zeldin has characterized this as "the single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history," with claimed savings of... By: Adams & Reese