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.
Shine On: Illinois Hopes to Continue Solar Boom Despite Federal Headwinds
By Douglas J. Guth
Rockaway is a New York Coastal Community Trying to Fight Erosion–and Then EPA Cancelled Funding
By Lauren Dalban
In One of the Nation’s Most Polluted Communities, Trump Terminates Funding for Air Monitoring
By Lee Hedgepeth
Canceled Climate Grants Would Have Cut Pollution While Boosting Production, Jobs at Two Alabama Ironworks
By Dennis Pillion
Trump Hastens ‘Drumbeat’ of Deferred Coal Plant Retirements
By Marianne Lavelle, Carrie Klein
What Does the ‘Big Beautiful’ Debate Tell Us About the Politics of the IRA?
By Dan Gearino
Aging Pennsylvania Power Plant to Keep Running After Trump Order on Eve of Shutdown
By Jon Hurdle
Heat Waves Are Changing Disease Dynamics in Unpredictable Ways, New Research Finds
By Liza Gross
Trump Administration Faces Legal Action Over Federal Cuts’ Impact on Manatees
By Amy Green
Trump’s Budget Wish Could Threaten Billions in Clean Energy Investment in Virginia
By Charles Paullin
U.S. Steel Is a Major Source of Pollution in Pennsylvania. Will Its Sale Lock in Emissions for Another Generation?
By Kiley Bense
Trump Executive Orders Violate Young People’s Rights to a Stable Climate, a Lawsuit Alleges
By Amy Green
Clean Energy Project Cancellations Top $14 Billion So Far in 2025
By Marianne Lavelle
A Twinkle in Trump’s Eye: A Shakeup at Alabama’s Top Utility Regulator
By Lee Hedgepeth
What Will Tariffs Do to the Energy Economy? Here Are Three Scenarios
By Dan Gearino
The True Cost of Pretending Climate Change Doesn’t Exist
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
Trump Signs Executive Orders to Boost Nuclear Energy, Reduce Oversight
By Keerti Gopal
