Jeff Brady
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We've had, in 2025, generally colder winters across the country.
That's leading to more use of natural gas and fuel oil for heating in the building sectors.
King says climate pollution from transportation was flat, even though people traveled more.
That's because there are more electric vehicles and hybrids on the road.
Trump policies to boost fossil fuels and hurt renewable energy had little effect on the estimates.
Those policy changes could show up in future years.
The Trump administration wants to eliminate the endangerment finding.
In 2009, during the Obama administration, the EPA found that greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels are warming the climate and endangering public health and welfare.
Trump has called climate change a con job.
and sought to reverse President Biden's climate agenda.
The endangerment finding is the basis for regulating human-caused climate pollution from power plants, cars, and the oil and gas industry.
EPA Press Secretary Bridget Hirsch says the 43-day government shutdown this fall delayed work on rescinding the finding.
While the rulemaking was expected to wrap up by the end of the year, that likely will come in the new year now.
In a wide-ranging interview with Politico, Trump denigrated the Western European democracies that until now have been the United States' staunchest allies.
Trump said Europe doesn't know what to do.
He blamed European leaders for failing to control immigration or stopping the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Trump is pushing Ukraine's president, Vladimir Zelensky, to accept his latest peace plan, which includes several core Russian demands.
It would force Ukraine to give up territory to Russia, put limits on Ukraine's military, and restrict the country's sovereignty.