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.
Michigan Researcher’s Work on Air Pollution and Racial Inequities Caught in Funding Freeze at National Science Foundation
By Siri Chilukuri
Proposed Cuts to Energy and Environment Programs in Trump’s Budget Worry Advocates and Elected Officials
By Dan Gearino
How Massive Cuts to NOAA Could Impact Everything From Weather Apps to Agriculture to National Security
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
Ignoring Federal Law, House GOP Targets California’s Nation-Leading Vehicle Pollution Rules
By Liza Gross
EPA Funding Cuts Target Disadvantaged Communities, Analysis Shows
By Marianne Lavelle, Peter Aldhous
Will Tariffs on Solar Cell Imports Invigorate the U.S. Manufacturing Market?
By Arcelia Martin
Sen. Susan Collins Blasts Trump for Cuts to Scientific Research
By Arcelia Martin
In His First 100 Days, Trump Launched an ‘All-Out Assault’ on the Environment
By Kiley Bense, Bob Berwyn, Dennis Pillion, Georgina Gustin, Jake Bolster, Marianne Lavelle, Wyatt Myskow
USGS Water Data Centers May Soon Close, Threatening States’ Water Management
By Wyatt Myskow
Citing Trump Emergency Order, Army Corps Expedites Review for Line 5 Oil Pipeline in Great Lakes’ Wetlands
By Carrie Klein
EPA Says It Will Act on PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals.’ Advocates Raise Red Flags
By Keerti Gopal
As US Dismantles Its Climate Policy, Other World Leaders Seek Solidarity
By Bob Berwyn
How Will Trump’s Effort to Revitalize Coal Play Out in the Nation’s Most Productive Coal Fields?
By Jake Bolster
Trump’s Latest USDA Cuts Undermine His Plan to ‘Make America Healthy Again’
By Ayurella Horn-Muller, Grist
Judge Asks Trump Administration for More Evidence That Funding Freeze Is Constitutional
By Amy Green
Nearly Half of Americans Are Breathing Unhealthy Air as Pollution Exposure Numbers Reach Decade High
By Keerti Gopal
EPA Continues to Dismantle Environmental Justice Office, Announces Plans to Terminate Nearly 300 Employees
By Georgina Gustin
