Trump Scraps Key Climate Rule: Major Health Risks for Americans Ignored

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Firstpost•13-02-2026, 16:47
Trump Scraps Key Climate Rule: Major Health Risks for Americans Ignored
- •The Trump administration rescinded the 2009 endangerment finding, dismissing climate change's health risks.
- •Physicians and scientists warn that this move is factually wrong and dangerous, citing growing evidence of climate change's harm to health.
- •Climate change leads to extreme heat, increasing heat-related deaths and threatening survival in major US cities.
- •Extreme weather events like floods, droughts, and wildfires worsen air quality, spread infectious diseases, and impact mental health.
- •Experts argue that reducing climate change causes improves public health through cleaner air, increased physical activity, and a transition to clean energy.
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