The Trump administration’s revocation of the 2009 endangerment finding is not merely a bureaucratic maneuver—it is an assault on reason itself, an ideological act that denies the evidence of a world in peril. For more than a decade, this finding, grounded in science and law, has formed the backbone of the United States’ response to climate change, regulating greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, power plants, and industrial sources. Its erasure signals a retreat into the dark age of corporate prerogative and political hubris.

President Trump, flanked by aides who serve the interests of fossil fuel conglomerates, declared the finding “one of the greatest scams in history,” dismissing decades of scientific consensus.

In doing so, he elevates ideology over evidence, profit over survival, and short-term gain over the welfare of future generations. Lee Zeldin, the EPA administrator, echoed this worldview, calling the endangerment finding the “Holy Grail of federal regulatory overreach,” revealing a contempt not only for the law but for the planet itself.

This action is not abstract. It is measured in rising seas, intensifying storms, crippling droughts, and the slow suffocation of communities that have done the least to cause the crisis. It is a betrayal of the public trust, a gift to billionaires at the expense of the most vulnerable, and a condemnation of the generations yet to come.

Environmental groups recognize the gravity of what has occurred: this is the largest assault on federal climate authority in U.S. history.

It is not simply a rollback of regulations; it is an ideological war waged against the planet and the very idea that human beings must live within ecological limits. In Trump’s America, reality is negotiable, morality optional, and the consequences of denial catastrophic.

This is not politics. This is the slow, deliberate dismantling of civilization’s last defenses against its own destruction. And those of us who witness it are left to confront a choice: acquiesce, or resist.