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.
New BLM Grazing Rules Eliminate Tribal Buffalo From Public Lands
By Blaine Harden
Biden’s Clean Drinking Water Plan Is Being Rebranded as MAHA
Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Grist
Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal of Youth Climate Case Against Trump
By Dana Drugmand
Supreme Court’s Limitation on Wetlands Protection Will Make Flooding Worse
By Lisa Sorg
Alligator Alcatraz Emissions Threaten Human Health, Violate Clean Air Act, Lawsuit Claims
By Amy Green
DOE Restarts Home Efficiency Rebates, and Electrification Is the Biggest Loser
By Dan Gearino
Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s Fire Season
By Peter Aldhous
EPA Rollbacks Could Raise AC, Refrigeration Costs Despite Promise of Lower Prices
By Phil McKenna
Environmentalists Turn Out in Force to Oppose Trump Coal Ash Rollbacks
By Arcelia Martin
In Venezuela, Anxiety About Ramping Up Oil Production in the Heavily Polluted Lake Maracaibo Region
By Avril Silva
USDA Extends Pause on Loans for Controversial Digesters That Turn Manure Into Biogas
By Steven Rodas, Lisa Sorg
Community Leaders in Florida Say Trump’s FEMA Pullback Leaves Them Struggling to Fill the Void
By Amy Green, Charles Paullin
Trump Officials, Billionaires and the Quiet Reshaping of America’s Public Lands
By Evan Simon and Ames Alexander, Floodlight
EPA Claims ‘Overwhelming Rejection’ of EVs as It Moves to Loosen Air Pollution Rules
By Anika Jane Beamer
World Health Organization Must Prioritize Workers, Experts Say
By Liza Gross
What the US Would Lose If It Eliminates the National Center for Atmospheric Research
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
What Is an Energy Emergency? The Trump Administration Says It Alone Decides.
By Marianne Lavelle
