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 Claims Indian Investment Will Make Long-Standing Plans for Brownsville Refinery a Reality
By Martha Pskowski
One Year After Green Bank’s Demise, Court Mulls Future of Grant-Based Climate Policy
By Marianne Lavelle
Trump’s EPA Claims Strong Enforcement. But the Data Tells a Different Story.
By Wyatt Myskow, Lisa Sorg
Amid Cuts to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Species Like the Florida Panther Languish
By Amy Green
Is the FBI Investigating Environmental Activists?
By Nicholas Kusnetz
‘Sound Science’ Bills Limiting State Environmental Regulations Set ‘Insurmountable Burden of Proof,’ Scientists Say
By Dennis Pillion
Documents Raise New Concerns Over Alligator Alcatraz’s Air and Climate Pollution
By Amy Green
EPA Hits 40-Year Lows in Staffing After Trump Targets Its Public Health Experts
By Marianne Lavelle, Peter Aldhous
A Little-Used Maneuver Could Mean More Drilling and Mining in Southern Utah’s Redrock Country
By Georgina Gustin
How Will the War in Iran Affect Your Utility Bills?
By Kiley Bense
Big Tech Signs Trump Pledge to Pay Data-Center Power Costs. Fulfilling It Is the Hard Part.
By Rambo Talabong, Charles Paullin
Judge Rejects Trump Administration’s Plan to End NYC Congestion Pricing
By Lauren Dalban
Few Details on Trump’s Plan for Self-Powered Data Centers
By Charles Paullin
New Lawsuit Aims to Halt Expansion of a Montana Coal Mine Blamed for Drying up the Land Above It
Story and photos by Jake Bolster
Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump
By Dan Gearino, Marianne Lavelle
Without Weighing Costs to Public Health, EPA Rolls Back Air Pollution Standards for Coal Plants
By Kiley Bense
Former EPA Staff Detail Expanding Pollution Risks Under Trump
By Liza Gross
