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.
Looking for Oil in Alaska, No Environmental Strings Attached
By Anika Jane Beamer
Federal Judge Slams the Brakes on Big Bend Border Wall Construction
By Martha Pskowski
21 States Sue EPA to Reinstate Climate Pollution Rules for Power Plants
By Lisa Sorg
Chesapeake Bay Restoration Obstructed by Federal Policy Shift, Tribal Withdrawal
By Aman Azhar
Environmentalists Sue Federal Agencies Over Nation’s First Fast-Tracked Critical Minerals Mine
By Wyatt Myskow
Trump Slashes Fuel-Economy Standards in Blow to Climate, Health, EV Market
By Dennis Pillion
The Trump Administration’s Critical Minerals Agenda Comes for America’s ‘Forgotten Wildlife Corridor’
By Wyatt Myskow, Carla Samon Ros, Johanna Hansel
Why Germany Is Building an Ark for U.S. Climate Data
By Christian Schwägerl, Yale Environment 360
AI’s Meet-Cute With Climate Denial
By Dan Gearino
Competing Climate Visions Clash at UN General Assembly
By Aman Azhar
Federal Judge Rules Against Trump Administration Over Canceled Clean Energy Grants
By Amy Green
Whitehouse: Call Out the Corruption Propelling the US Climate Retreat
By Marianne Lavelle
Environmental and Public Health Groups Sue Over the Trump EPA’s Latest Attempt to Bolster Fossil Fuels
By Keerti Gopal
Trump Targets Big Bad Wolves, but Ranchers Say Other Administration Actions Drive Their Woes
By Jake Bolster, Peter Aldhous
A New Bill Could Help Obstruct Future Energy Efficiency Standards for Home Appliances—and Repeal Old Ones
By Lauren Dalban
How the End of USAID Eroded Global Environmental Goals
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Latino Conservation Week Kicks Off at Threatened Arizona National Monument
By Wyatt Myskow
