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.
Climate Activists Stage Mock Funeral for Landmark Climate Rule
By Liza Gross
Chemical Threats Nearby? Trump’s EPA Doesn’t Want You to Know.
By Liza Gross
Trump’s Tax Refunds Do Little to Stem the Affordability Crisis, Michigan Democrats Say
By Arcelia Martin
Who Loses in the Trump Administration’s $1 Billion ‘Deal’ to Abandon Offshore Wind?
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
Iran Energy Shock Tests Limits of Trump’s Vision of US Energy Dominance
By Marianne Lavelle
Unpacking Trump’s Use of Emergency Powers to Prop Up Coal
By Dan Gearino
Zeldin Celebrates Endangerment Finding Repeal With Climate Skeptics
By Gabriel Matias Castilho
Under Trump, the Department of Agriculture Has Ditched Conservation and Climate Efforts
By Georgina Gustin, Peter Aldhous
Trump’s Budget Proposes Massive Cuts for Climate and Environmental Programs
By Dylan Baddour
Trump Administration Targets Bison on Federal Grazing Lands
By Blaine Harden
Why Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Is Not Like the God Squads Before It
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
EPA Flags Microplastics as ‘Priority’ Water Contaminants, but the Move Doesn’t Guarantee Regulation
By Anika Jane Beamer
Forest Service Shake-Up Comes As Risky Wildfire Season Looms
By Marianne Lavelle
Feds Seek Access to Three Texas State Parks for Border Wall
By Martha Pskowski
After Chemical Industry Lobbying, EPA Considers Dropping Clean Air Protections for Plastic Waste Recycling
By James Bruggers
The Trump Administration’s New Biofuels Targets Threaten Carbon-Rich Rainforests
By Georgina Gustin
Blasting Begins For Border Wall On Cherished New Mexico Mountain
By Martha Pskowski
