2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #08

Posted on 22 February 2026 by BaerbelW, John Hartz, Doug Bostrom

A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, February 15, 2026 thru Sat, February 21, 2026.

Stories we promoted this week, by category:

Climate Policy and Politics (17 articles)

• Democratic senators launch inquiry into EPA’s repeal of key air pollution enforcement measure “Senators said repeal was ‘particularly troubling’ and was counter to EPA’s mandate to protect human health” The Guardian, Marina Dunbar, Feb 10, 2026.
• What repealing the ‘endangerment finding’ means for public health “The EPA has scrapped a rule stating that climate change harms human health. Here’s what that could mean” Scientific American, Andrea Thompson, Feb 12, 2026.
• Trump Administration Dropped Controversial Climate Report From Its Decision to Rescind EPA Endangerment Finding “The final EPA rule explicitly omitted the report commissioned last year to justify revoking the endangerment finding, citing ‘concerns raised by some commenters’.” Inside Climage News, Dennis Pillion, Feb 13, 2026.
• The First Casualty of Trump’s Climate Action Repeal: The U.S. EV Transition “Tailpipe standards meant to hasten adoption of electric vehicles were slashed alongside the scientific basis for regulating greenhouse gas emissions. That will come at a cost.” Inside Climate News, Marianne Lavelle & Dan Gearino, Feb 13, 2026.
• Six possible effects of Trump’s climate policy change BBC News, Michael Sheils McNamee, Feb 13, 2026.
• Trump Tracker: Why we’re keeping count of every climate attack the POTUS unleashes in 2026 “Euronews Green is holding the world’s most powerful man to account, by documenting all the ways he’s sabotaging climate progress this year.” AP/Euronews, Liam Gilliver , Feb 13, 2026.
• Opinion: Why Aren’t We More Alarmed by the Coming Climate Crisis? Vanguard News, Opinion by David Greenwald, Feb 14, 2026.
• Trump touts climate savings but new rule set to push up US prices “Critics accuse administration of ‘cooking the books’ by claiming US would save $1.3tn from climate finding reversal” The Guardian, Analysis by Dharna Noor, Feb 15, 2026.
• Q&A: What does Trump’s repeal of US ‘endangerment finding’ mean for climate action? Carbon Brief, Multiple Authors, Feb 16, 2026.
• After a major blow to U.S. climate regulations, what comes next? “Dana Nuccitelli explains in two minutes and 22 seconds.” Yale Climate Connections, Dana Nuccitelli, Feb 16, 2026.
• Big Tech’s ‘AI Climate Hoax’: Study Shows 74% of Industry’s Claims Unproven “Tech companies are using vagueness about what happens within energy-hogging data centers to greenwash a planet-wrecking expansion.” Common Dreams, Brad Reed, Feb 17, 2026.
• Public health and green groups sue EPA over repeal of rule supporting climate protections AP News, Matthew Daly, Feb 18, 2026.
• E.P.A. Faces First Lawsuit Over Its Killing of Major Climate Rule “Environmental and health groups sued the E.P.A. over its elimination of the endangerment finding. The matter is likely to end up before the Supreme Court.” The New York Times, By Karen Zraick, Feb 18, 2026.
• Environmental protest group says FBI is investigating it for terrorism “Extinction Rebellion says some members have been visited by agents claiming to be FBI amid Trump’s threats toward liberal groups” The Guardian, Reuters, Feb 18, 2026.
• US succeeds in erasing climate from global energy body’s priorities “Trump’s energy chief had threatened to leave the International Energy Agency if it continued to focus on climate.” Politico, Elena Giordano, Feb 19, 2026.
• Trump’s Move to Demolish Demolish Greenhouse Gas Standards Is Based on a Lie Slate, Richard L. Revesz, Feb 20, 2026.
• The Climate Won’t Bend To Trump’s Will To Power “The danger of cancelling the ‘endangerment’ finding.”https://www.noemamag.com/the-climate-wont-bend-to-trumps-will-to-power/ Noema Magazine, Nathan Gardels, Feb 20, 2026.