Washington, 13 February (H.S.): Former President Barack Obama on Thursday vehemently condemned President Donald Trump's decision to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency's seminal 2009 endangerment finding—a cornerstone scientific determination under his administration that classified greenhouse gases as threats to public health and welfare through climate change.

In a stark X post, Obama cautioned that without this regulatory bedrock, Americans will be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money, directly challenging Trump's move to dismantle Clean Air Act authority over emissions from power plants, vehicles, and industry.

The finding enabled Obama-era policies like the Clean Power Plan; environmental groups swiftly vowed court battles, arguing the reversal ignores peer-reviewed science linking emissions to extreme weather, wildfires, and health crises amid escalating fossil fuel deregulation.

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