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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dharna Noor and Oliver Milman

Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation

Search and rescue workers prepare a raft on a flooded river
Mainstream climate scientists stress that extreme weather like the July 2025 Texas floods are being fueled by a warming planet. Photograph: Eric Vryn/Getty Images

A new Trump administration report which attempts to justify a mass rollback of environmental regulations is chock-full of climate misinformation, experts say.

On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal to undo the 2009 “endangerment finding”, which allows the agency to limit planet-heating pollution from cars and trucks, power plants and other industrial sources. Hours later, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a 150-page report defending the proposal, claiming scientific concern about the climate crisis is overblown.

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