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.
Congress Is Searching for Trillions of Dollars in Cuts. Will the Oil Industry’s Tax Breaks Skate By?
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Can Colorado Keep Its Momentum on Climate Action as the Trump Administration Pulls Back Federal Support?
By Wyatt Myskow
What Gutting Environmental Justice Means for the Future of the EPA
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
UC Berkeley Faculty Organize Rally to Protest Trump’s Attacks on Academic Freedom
By Liza Gross
What Does Tesla’s Slide Mean for the US Electric Vehicle Market?
By Dan Gearino
EPA Deregulation Would Be a ‘Tragedy’ for Health, Experts Say
By Keerti Gopal
The Soybean Innovation Lab Is Set to Close in April After Trump Cuts
By Susan Cosier
Former Top EPA Official Warns of Dire Consequences of Planned Purge at the Agency’s Science Office
By Aman Azhar
As Americans Protest Attacks on Public Lands, Trump Signals National Monuments May be Shrunk or Eliminated
By Wyatt Myskow
Severe Weather Warnings Persist After a Deadly Weekend of Tornadoes, Dust Storms and Fires
By Keerti Gopal, Lee Hedgepeth
Some US Scientists Stick with the IPCC Despite the Administration Pulling Out of International Climate Work
By Bob Berwyn
Christine Todd Whitman Thinks the EPA Is Going the Wrong Direction
Interview by Steve Curwood and Paloma Beltran
In Providence, Trump’s EPA Freeze Leaves People’s Port Authority in Limbo
By Julia Vaz
Trump Administration Launches All-Out Assault on Environmental Protection
By Marianne Lavelle, Phil McKenna
Future of Funding for Military’s Climate Change Plans Caught Up in Fury of Trump Cuts
By Charles Paullin
Some Republicans Defend Clean Energy Tax Credits from Trump Administration Cuts
By Dylan Baddour, Marianne Lavelle
Rollbacks Gut Environmental Justice Gains, Former EPA Official Says
By Aman Azhar
