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.
Disaster Survivors Denounce Proposed FEMA Downsizing
By Anika Jane Beamer
Virginia Regulators Weigh Expanded Use of Data Center’s Polluting Generators
By Charles Paullin
White House Abruptly Cancels Meeting on FEMA’s Future After Leaked Report Revealed Plan to Gut the Agency
By Carl David Goette-Luciak
A New Report Describes Deep Environmental Cuts, State by State
By Lisa Sorg
As NOAA Funding Lags, a Critical Ocean Weather System Nears a Breaking Point
By Ryan Krugman
The Big Bet to Fix the Rio Grande Sewage Problem
By Martha Pskowski, photos by Brenda Bazán
Global Scientists Anticipate Less Reliance on the US in Future Carbon Monitoring
By Marianne Lavelle
Trump Administration’s Threats to Shrink or Eliminate National Monuments Could Endanger Drinking Water for Millions
By Wyatt Myskow
EV Sales Are in the Tank. So What Happens Next?
By Dan Gearino
Trump Administration Terminates Fuel Economy Standards
By Arcelia Martin
Rare Win for Renewable Energy: Trump Administration Funds Geothermal Network Expansion
By Phil McKenna
A Hurricane Season That Surprised With Record Storms and Notable Lulls
By Amy Green
New Analysis Provides More Evidence That Heat Standards Save Lives
By Liza Gross
‘Renewable’ No More: The Trump Administration Renames the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
By Dan Gearino
ICE Raids in Chicago Spotlight the Link Between Immigrant Rights and Environmental Justice
By Susan Cosier
New US National Parks Fees For International Visitors Draw Scrutiny
By Jake Bolster
N.C. Regulators Say Trump’s Proposed Repeal of the Endangerment Finding Would Increase ‘Criteria’ Air Pollutants
By Lisa Sorg
