Carbon Dioxide Was Never the Threat it Was Sold to be

Carbon dioxide vindicated

Jack Dini ——Bio and Archives--April 2, 2026

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The US EPA has finally rescinded the 2009 Endangerment Finding, the Obama era EPA ruling that claimed carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ‘endanger’ human health and welfare.

The action follows an extensive review of scientific evidence, legal and constitutional principles, and 572,000 public comments.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin called it ‘the single largest deregulatory action in US history.’ Just eliminating federal GHG emission standards for vehicles (model years 2012-2027 and beyond) will save American taxpayers over $1.4 trillion, EPA estimates. Owners will no longer have to pay for measuring, reporting, certifying and complying with federal GHG vehicle emission standards. (1)

For years Washington politicians told the American people there was a carbon dioxide ‘problem’ so serious it justified rewriting our entire energy economy. They claimed CO2 was dangerous, labeled it an endangerment and used that finding as a blank check for regulation, mandates, and subsidies. Many warned that this wasn’t science, it was politics. Now, even the Environmental Protection Agency is backing away from that claim.

This bureaucratic decree masqueraded as settled science for far too long. Climate zealots claimed carbon dioxide and other........

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