Trump 2.0
The Reckoning
From his first moments in office, President Donald Trump declared a national energy emergency, unleashed oil and gas drilling, targeted climate enforcement, excised environmental justice protections and embarked upon mass layoffs at the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Department of the Interior and more. Some in the environmental community called it a “shock and awe” approach. Inside Climate News got to work, chronicling the rollbacks, the cutbacks, the policy revisions and, as ever, the gathering climate crisis.
Trump Takes His ‘Green Energy Scam’ Talk to the UN
The U.S. president promoted himself and criticized a wide variety of targets, including renewable energy.
By Dan Gearino
What Happens When Emergency Alerts Don’t Alert Everyone?
By Kiley Price
Senate Democrats Blame Trump’s Assault on Clean Energy for High Electricity Prices
By Marianne Lavelle
Top Fossil Fuel Producing Nations Plan to Blow Past Climate Targets
By Nicholas Kusnetz
After Trump Cut the National Science Foundation by 56 Percent, a Venerable Arctic Research Center Closes Its Doors
By Lisa Sorg
Children Plead With U.S. Lawmakers to Protect EPA’s Endangerment Finding
By Carl David Goette-Luciak
One of the First to Benefit From Trump’s Cuts to Environmental Review: a Nevada Gold Mine
By Wyatt Myskow
Nominee for Top Federal Water Role Withdraws Amid Pushback from Some Colorado River States
By Alex Hager, KUNC
Environmentalists and Local Governments Appeal Dismissal of Case Over Trump’s Cancellation of Justice Grants
By Charles Paullin
Challenge to Maryland Offshore Wind Project Stokes Concerns Among Legal Scholars
By Aman Azhar
Can Bipartisan Support in Congress Save NOAA From White House Cuts?
By Marianne Lavelle
RFK Jr. Is Making America Safe for Debilitating ‘Neglected’ Tropical Diseases
By Liza Gross
Solar Power Gave Hope to Former Prisoners in NJ. Federal Cuts Are Taking It Back
By Rambo Talabong
Trump Administration Moves to Dismantle Conservation as an Official Use of Public Lands
By Anika Jane Beamer
An Energy Department Climate Change Report ‘Completely Ignored’ Adaptation, Rutgers Professor Says
By Anna Mattson
U.S. Bans on Certain Foreign Fish Imports Could Help Conserve Marine Mammals Worldwide, Experts Say
By Kiley Price
Will NASA Kill a Pair of Critical Climate Satellites?
By Nicholas Kusnetz
The Energy Sector Has Spent Hundreds of Millions of Dollars on Lobbying This Year. Watchdogs Say That’s Only Half The Story
By Aidan Hughes
Trump Cancels Study on Health Impacts of Industrialized Hog Farms That Produce Biogas
By Lisa Sorg
House Republicans Push New Coal Bills, but Critics Say the Industry’s Decline Can’t Be Reversed
By Carl David Goette-Luciak
Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells
By Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News, and Mark Olalde, ProPublica
Activists Decry New Border Wall’s Impact on Wildlife
By Anita Snow, National Catholic Reporter
Dozens of Scientists Call DOE Climate Report ‘Fundamentally Incorrect’
By Jake Bolster
Leaving EPA Behind, Environmental Justice Pioneer Preaches Hope Amid Trump Cutbacks
By Marianne Lavelle
Despite Lack of Federal Support, US Scientists Continue Work on Key Global Climate Reports
By Bob Berwyn
The Trump Administration Is Trying to Revoke the ‘Roadless Rule.’ The Public Won’t Have Much Time to Weigh In
By Sarah Mattalian
As Trump Pushes Liquified Natural Gas Exports, Residents in Pennsylvania Towns Push Back to Stop a Proposed LNG Terminal
By Nina Sablan
With Latest Round of Terminations, Trump Administration Continues Dismantling EPA’s Environmental Justice Portfolio
By Aman Azhar
How Trump’s Anti-Environment Crusade Enriches Drug Traffickers
By Katie Surma
Environmental Laws Waived to Build Border Wall in Texas Wildlife Refuge
By Martha Pskowski
Trump Administration Issues Stop Work Order for Offshore Wind Project, Citing National Security Concerns
By Aidan Hughes
The Trump Administration Dismisses the Endangered Species List as ‘Hotel California.’ But There’s Far More to the Story
By Kiley Price
Citing Environmental Concerns, Judge Orders Alligator Alcatraz to Wind Down Operations
By Amy Green
Amid Ongoing Pollution From Steel Plants, Trump EPA Urged to Drop Delay in Fenceline Monitoring Requirements
By Jon Hurdle
Commenters Decry Proposed Repeal of Endangerment Finding in First Day of Public Hearings
By Aidan Hughes
The US Department of Agriculture Bans Support for Renewables, a Lifeline for Farmers
By Georgina Gustin
‘Make Billionaires Pay’ March Will Bring Together Climate and Social Justice Movements
By Ryan Krugman
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on Democrats’ Failures—and Opportunities for a Climate Comeback
By Aidan Hughes
Tribal Solar Projects Meet Different Fates in Wyoming After Trump Administration Kills Funding
By Jake Bolster
Treasury Tightens Rules for Wind and Solar Tax Credits, But Offers Leeway
By Marianne Lavelle, Aidan Hughes
Delaying Even More Coal, Gas Plant Closures Could Cost Ratepayers Billions
By Carrie Klein
Plastic Pollution Talks in Geneva End Without Treaty
By Bob Berwyn
US Guts Criticism of Indigenous Rights Abuses, Mentions of Climate Change From Annual Human Rights Reports
By Katie Surma, Peter Aldhous
Department of Energy Announces the Selection of 11 Projects for New Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program
By Lauren Dalban
Will Endangerment Finding Repeal Trigger New State Actions on Climate?
By Marianne Lavelle
The Trump Administration’s Concerted Attacks on Wind Threaten the Industry’s Future
By Kiley Price
Federal Judge Halts New Construction at Alligator Alcatraz
By Amy Green
N.C.’s Democratic Congressional Delegation Condemns EPA Cancellation of Solar for All
By Lisa Sorg
National Academies Will Review Endangerment Finding Science
By Marianne Lavelle
Trump Dismisses Civil Rights, Fair Housing Cases in Chicago To Focus on ‘Real Concerns’
By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times
Federal Rooftop Solar Grants Are on the Chopping Block. Here’s Who Would Get Hurt
By Dan Gearino
To Florida’s Miccosukee Tribe, the Lands Around Alligator Alcatraz Are Sacred, Pythons and All
By Amy Green
Environmental Groups, EPA Spar In Court Over Trump’s Cancellation of Resiliency Funding
By Charles Paullin
Uranium Company Receives Wyoming’s First Fast-Tracked Mining Permits
By Jake Bolster
Copper Mines Close in on Western Apache Sacred Site, and the Forest Protected to Mitigate The Damage
By Wyatt Myskow
BLM Calls New Oil and Gas Rules ‘Noncontroversial,’ Exempts Them From Public Comment
By Jake Bolster
Private Companies Step up to Gather Weather Data for NOAA as Staffing Cuts Hobble Agency Forecasting
By Meg Wilcox
EPA Delays Compliance with Methane Rule, Fulfilling Oil and Gas Industry’s Request
By Aidan Hughes
Solar and Batteries Lead US Power Plant Additions by a Lot. How Does This Square With the Trump Administration’s Agenda?
By Dan Gearino
Climate Scientists Look to Fight Back Against DOE’s ‘Antiscientific,’ ‘Deceptive’ Climate Report
By Dennis Pillion
EPA Rescinds Finding That Greenhouse Gas Emissions Harm Human Health, Hobbling U.S. Climate Action
By Wyatt Myskow
Trump Promised a Drilling Boom. The New Rigs Haven’t Showed Up Yet
By Deep Vakil
As Trump Shrinks FEMA, State and Local Emergency Managers Say They’re Barely Getting By
By Kiley Bense
Clean Energy Brought Data Centers to Iowa. The Big Beautiful Bill Could Change That
By Anika Jane Beamer
How the Trump Budget Cuts Are Playing Out at Oregon’s Crater Lake National Park
Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth
EPA Plan to End Greenhouse Gas Regulations, Expected Imminently, Will Harm Human Health, Experts Say
By Amy Green
Trump’s AI Action Plan Waives Federal Environmental Rules in the Development of Data Centers
By Arcelia Martin
Dismantling of EPA’s Scientific Research Arm Fulfills Key Chemical Industry Goal
By Marianne Lavelle
EPA Extends Leave and Demands Answers From Employees Who Signed a ‘Declaration of Dissent’
By Lisa Sorg
What Trump’s Budget Cuts Mean for Disaster Preparedness
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
Former BP Spokesperson Is Now EPA Region 6 Chief of Staff
By Martha Pskowski
EPA Tries to Stop Closure of Colorado Coal Plants After Meeting With Colorado Springs Utilities
By Jake Bolster
Bipartisan Cryptocurrency Legislation Will Fuel Further Environmental Destruction, Environmental Advocates Say
By Phil McKenna
OSHA Just Reduced the Value of a Worker’s Life
By Liza Gross
US Department of Energy Grid Reliability Report Is Unreliable, Virginia Renewable Advocates Say
By Charles Paullin
Before Tropical Depression Chantal Swamped Hillsborough, the Town Had Been Counting on FEMA
By Lisa Sorg
Trump Hails $90 Billion in Corporate Investment to Make Pennsylvania an AI Hub, Fueled by Natural Gas
By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense
NASA Pulls Back From Promise to Host Major Climate Change Reports, Citing Legal Loophole
By Finya Swai
Michigan Environmental Groups Argue Line 5 Tunnel Project Lacks Key Climate Considerations
By Sarah Mattalian
It Just Got Easier to Build Nuclear Power Plants in Wisconsin
By Carrie Klein
Trump’s Pick to Head NOAA Faces Senators in the Wake of Multiple Weather-Stoked Disasters
By Georgina Gustin
Trump Move to Increase Coal Mining in the Powder River Basin Will Worsen Climate Change, Experts Warn
By Jake Bolster
Trump Issues Executive Order Targeting ‘Unreliable’ Clean Energy Options
By Dan Gearino
Trump Pollution Exemptions Would Shield Lawbreakers, Endanger Millions
By Shelby Jouppi
New Handbook Aims to Protect Scientists From Autocratic Threats
By Bob Berwyn
‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Set to Slash Through U.S. Climate and Justice Drive
By Marianne Lavelle, Aidan Hughes, Amy Green, Arcelia Martin, Dan Gearino, Georgina Gustin, Jake Bolster, Wyatt Myskow
Trump’s Legislation Will Constrict the Growth of Texas’ Clean Energy Industry and its Power Grid
By Arcelia Martin
Will the Trump Administration Save Workers from Preventable Overheating Deaths?
By Liza Gross
EPA Employees Called on the Agency to Stop Undermining Public Health. The Trump Administration Put Them on Leave
By Lisa Sorg, Aman Azhar
Violating California Residents’ Right to Water
By Liza Gross
In Florida’s Fragile Everglades, Trump Praises ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
By Amy Green
Trump Administration Acts to ‘Severely Weaken’ a Key Environmental Law
By Kiley Bense, Wyatt Myskow
On Senate Floor, Tillis Offered Inside Look Into the Lobbying Against Clean Energy
By Marianne Lavelle
In Trump’s Megabill, a Clean Energy Phase Out and a Big, Beautiful Tax Break for Met Coal Exporters
By Lee Hedgepeth, Marianne Lavelle
Border Wall Plans at New Mexico’s Mount Cristo Rey Raise Environmental Concerns
By Martha Pskowski
An Important Archive of Congressionally-Mandated Climate Change Reports Just Went Dark
By Lauren Dalban
National Science Foundation to Leave Virginia Headquarters as HUD Moves Out of DC
By Charles Paullin
Latest GOP Provisions in Budget Bill Seek to Crush Renewable Energy
By Bob Berwyn
A Class-Action Lawsuit Aims to Restore Climate and Environmental Grants
By Amy Green
