Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation
Systematic Destruction of Environmental Protections — Paris Agreement, UNFCCC, and Endangerment Finding
An unprecedented withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, UNFCCC, and IPCC, combined with the rescission of the endangerment finding and rollback of 31+ environmental rules, constitutes the most comprehensive destruction of environmental protections in US history. The actions remove the world's largest historical emitter from the international climate framework while eliminating domestic regulation of greenhouse gases.