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 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
Tracking federal lawsuits on climate and environmental actions and policies in which the Trump administration is a party.
By Peter Aldhous, Marianne Lavelle
As America Celebrates 250th, Murkiness Surrounds Trump-Backed Planning Fund
By Amy Green
Chemical Accidents Rise as Trump Administration Proposes Weakening Safety Rules
By Liza Gross
Three Wildland Firefighters Killed in Colorado Blaze
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Federal Officials Say an Endangered Wetland Plant Is Recovering. Not Everyone Agrees.
By Madeline Shaw
Trump’s ‘Unprecedented’ Regulatory Rollbacks Fuel Surge in Protective Climate Lawsuits
By Anika Jane Beamer
Interim Fish and Wildlife Assistant Secretary’s Lack of Experience Concerns Senators at Confirmation Hearings
By Gabriel Matias Castilho
Trump’s ‘Short-Sighted’ Cuts Jeopardize Philadelphia’s Clean Energy Future
By Daniel Perrin
Federal Regulators Tell Electric Grid Operators to Fix Their Rules on Data Centers
By Lisa Sorg, Charles Paullin
United Nations Climate Talks in Bonn Marked by ‘Sidestepping and Stalling’
By Bob Berwyn
Detainees Moved Out of Alligator Alcatraz, ICE Confirms
By Amy Green
Trump Administration’s Coal Investments Breathe New Life Into Plants With Repeated Violations
By Ajani Stella
Utah National Monument Survives Attempt to Rescind its Management Plan
By Wyatt Myskow
Trump Administration Abandons Fight Against Wind Energy as Clean Energy Output Surges
By Aman Azhar
Trump’s EPA Unlawfully Cancelled Environmental Justice Grants, Judge Rules
By Lauren Dalban
America Is Policing Foreign Waters, but Gutting Domestic Protections
By Johnny Sturgeon
Trump Administration Emergency Order to Keep Florida Coal Plant Running
By Amy Green
Trump Funds Two New Coal Plants and Extends Another Dozen, Citing ‘Energy Dominance’
By Steven Rodas