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.
As Trump Shrinks FEMA, State and Local Emergency Managers Say They’re Barely Getting By
By Kiley Bense
Clean Energy Brought Data Centers to Iowa. The Big Beautiful Bill Could Change That
By Anika Jane Beamer
How the Trump Budget Cuts Are Playing Out at Oregon’s Crater Lake National Park
Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth
EPA Plan to End Greenhouse Gas Regulations, Expected Imminently, Will Harm Human Health, Experts Say
By Amy Green
Trump’s AI Action Plan Waives Federal Environmental Rules in the Development of Data Centers
By Arcelia Martin
Dismantling of EPA’s Scientific Research Arm Fulfills Key Chemical Industry Goal
By Marianne Lavelle
EPA Extends Leave and Demands Answers From Employees Who Signed a ‘Declaration of Dissent’
By Lisa Sorg
What Trump’s Budget Cuts Mean for Disaster Preparedness
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
Former BP Spokesperson Is Now EPA Region 6 Chief of Staff
By Martha Pskowski
EPA Tries to Stop Closure of Colorado Coal Plants After Meeting With Colorado Springs Utilities
By Jake Bolster
Bipartisan Cryptocurrency Legislation Will Fuel Further Environmental Destruction, Environmental Advocates Say
By Phil McKenna
OSHA Just Reduced the Value of a Worker’s Life
By Liza Gross
US Department of Energy Grid Reliability Report Is Unreliable, Virginia Renewable Advocates Say
By Charles Paullin
Before Tropical Depression Chantal Swamped Hillsborough, the Town Had Been Counting on FEMA
By Lisa Sorg
Trump Hails $90 Billion in Corporate Investment to Make Pennsylvania an AI Hub, Fueled by Natural Gas
By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense
NASA Pulls Back From Promise to Host Major Climate Change Reports, Citing Legal Loophole
By Finya Swai
Michigan Environmental Groups Argue Line 5 Tunnel Project Lacks Key Climate Considerations
By Sarah Mattalian
