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
Lawmakers Press EPA for $3B in Stalled Lead Pipe Replacement Funds
By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
An Oil Company Running Into Rough Waters off the California Coast Is Looking to Trump for Help
By Blanca Begert
One Year After Trump’s Election, This Group Is Celebrating Their Sway Over U.S. Energy Policy
By Aidan Hughes
Trump Names More Priority Minerals for U.S. Mining Revival
By Dylan Baddour
States and Nonprofits Are Helping National Parks Run During the Shutdown. Could Their Efforts Backfire?
By Jake Bolster
Conservation Groups Blast Trump’s Latest Choice to Head Up the Bureau of Land Management
By Kiley Price
Federal Courts Divided, So Far, on Trump’s Environmental Retreat
By Marianne Lavelle
The EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution Levels. The Real Emissions Are Far Worse.
By Lisa Song, photography by Annie Flanagan for ProPublica
‘Burning Money’: Dept. of Energy Directs $100 Million to Modernize Declining Coal Plants
By Anika Jane Beamer
Western States Brace for a Uranium Boom as the Nation Looks to Recharge its Nuclear Power Industry
By Jake Bolster, Dylan Baddour, Wyatt Myskow
Texas Grid Increasingly Meets Growing Demand With Renewables
By Arcelia Martin
Trump’s Order to Keep Michigan Coal Plant Running Has Cost $80 Million So Far
By Marianne Lavelle
Trump Administration Suggests Listing Florida’s Elusive Ghost Orchid as Endangered
By Amy Green
In a ‘Disheartening’ Era, the Nation’s Former Top Mining Regulator Speaks Out
By Lee Hedgepeth
Trump and Republicans Join Big Oil’s All-Out Push to Shut Down Climate Liability Efforts
By Dana Drugmand
Trump Administration Seeks to Speed Data Center Grid Connections and Expand Federal Control of Power System
By Dan Gearino
Breach of Contract or Constitutional Crisis?
By Lisa Sorg
Federal Appeals Court Pauses Litigation Over Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz
By Amy Green
Gulf South Residents and Green Groups Sue Trump and EPA Over Toxic Air Pollution Exemptions
By Keerti Gopal
Close Friend of JD Vance Skirts Normal Channels to Take Over NIH Environmental Health Institute
By Liza Gross
Trump Targets Federal Employees Working on Conservation and Environmental Protection
By Katie Surma
As EPA Stalls, States Are Left to Handle Solar Panel Waste
By Rambo Talabong
Montana Court Dismisses Youth-led Lawsuit Challenging Trump Executive Orders Boosting Fossil Fuels
By Dana Drugmand
Task Force Urges World Bank and International Monetary Fund to Prioritize Climate, Restructure Lending Policies
By Martha Pskowski, Aman Azhar
Federal Actions Make New York’s Energy Future More Uncertain
By Lauren Dalban
Coal Miners and Advocates Plead With Trump to Enforce Black Lung Rule
By Aidan Hughes
The US-Mexico Border Wall May Pose Perils to Pollinators
By Tina Deines
EPA’s ‘Comeback’ a Sham Fueled by Trump’s Authoritarian Power Grab, Critics Charge
By Liza Gross
Federal Shutdown Hampers Chesapeake Bay Agreement Talks
By Aman Azhar
The Trump Administration Is Cutting Billions in Clean Energy Investments—But the Savings Are Overstated
By Aidan Hughes, Kiley Bense, Peter Aldhous
What’s Ahead for the US Electric Vehicle Industry After Hitting a Massive Speed Bump?
By Dan Gearino
Global Renewable Power Capacity Expected to More than Double by 2030
By Kiley Bense
EPA Drops Planned Delay in Compliance With Fenceline Monitoring at Coke Plants
By Jon Hurdle
Natural Disasters Are a Rising Burden for the National Guard
By Marianne Lavelle
Amid Rollbacks on Environmental Protections, the EPA Goes the Other Way on Delaware River Water Quality
By Jon Hurdle
New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires
By Aidan Hughes, Martha Pskowski
The Sage Grouse Could Face More Development in Its Critical Habitat Under Trump
By Jake Bolster
Proposal to Undo Roadless Rule Would Open Some of Southern California’s Last Wild Forests to Development
By Wyatt Myskow
EPA Moves to Prioritize Review of New Chemicals for Data Centers
By Tom Perkins
National Parks Are Staying Open During the Government Shutdown, Putting Visitors and Resources at Risk
By Wyatt Myskow
Despite the Trump Administration’s Best Efforts to Suppress It, Climate Science Is Alive and Well Online
By Bob Berwyn
Government Shutdown Threatens Further Destruction of Environment and Science Agencies, Advocates Warn
By Dylan Baddour, Marianne Lavelle
Citing ‘AI Arms Race,’ Trump Administration Announces Efforts to Rekindle US Coal Industry
By Jake Bolster
With Federal Support for Wind and Solar Waning, States Are Trying to Push Policy Through on Their Own
By Aidan Hughes
Unpacking Trump’s ‘Con Job’ Comments About Climate Change to the UN
By Jenni Doering and Aynsley O’Neill
Disinformation on Steroids: Climate Science Takes It on the Chin
ICN Sunday Morning
Bureau of Land Management to Sell Off Federal Coal Reserve Leases in Wyoming
By Arcelia Martin, Jake Bolster
A Tumultuous Moment for Public Lands and All Who Rely on Them
ICN Sunday Morning
Trump Raised $8 Million for Hurricane Helene Survivors. Where Did It All Go?
By Katie Myers, Grist
Trump Takes His ‘Green Energy Scam’ Talk to the UN
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
