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.
Questions and Confusion as Trump Pauses Key Funding for Shrinking Colorado River
By Alex Hager, KUNC
Trump Administration Restores $2.1 billion in Funding to Pennsylvania After State’s Lawsuit
By Jon Hurdle
Trump Wants the Federal Government’s Facilities Administration to Disconnect Its EV Charging Stations
By Lisa Sorg
Pennsylvania Wetlands Face New Development Threat Under Trump’s Fast-Track Order
By Jon Hurdle
Massive Cuts to a HUD Office Would Slow Disaster Aid to Hard-Hit N.C. Communities
By Lisa Sorg
Trump Reverses Course, Reinstates Some EPA Workers Fired From Chicago Office Just Days Earlier
By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times
Trump’s Friday Firings Leave EPA Chicago Office Down Dozens of Scientists, Staff
By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times
Trump Order Fast-Tracks Projects That Would Damage Wetlands, Environmental Groups Say
By Amy Green
Louisiana Gas Export Terminal Gets Key Approval to Move Ahead
By Keerti Gopal
People Brace for Impacts on Land, Water and Wildlife After Feds Fire Thousands Over Holiday Weekend
By Christine Peterson, High Country News
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act vs. Trump’s Executive Orders on Environmental Justice
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
Climate and Environmental Justice Programs Stalled by Trump Freeze, Despite Court Orders
By Marianne Lavelle, Dylan Baddour, Lisa Sorg, Nicholas Kusnetz
What Trump’s Evisceration of USAID Feels Like on the Ground
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
Former EPA Officials Blast Effort to Rescind Climate Funds, Calling It a Political ‘Smokescreen’
By Aman Azhar
Trump Executive Order Takes Back Funds to Help Low-Income Alabama Residents Pay Electric Bills
By Dennis Pillion
After Trump Administration Closes DOJ’s Office of Environmental Justice, Advocates Worry About Future Enforcement
By Kristoffer Tigue
Pennsylvania Climate Programs Hit by Federal Spending Cuts, Governor Says in Lawsuit vs. Trump
By Jon Hurdle
