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.
Trump’s New Energy Secretary Called Germany’s Energy Transition ‘Unreliable.’ But He Missed All the Nuance
By Dan Gearino
With a Veteran Oil and Gas Lobbyist Nominated To Lead the BLM, Westerners Worry About Wildlife and Renewable Energy
By Jake Bolster
EV Charging Buildout in New York Will Proceed Despite Trump’s Lack of Support
By Lauren Dalban
Mayors Across US Urge Congress Not to Repeal Clean Energy Tax Credits
By Wyatt Myskow
Project 2025 Advisor Takes the Reins at EPA Region 6
By Martha Pskowski
Lawmakers Demand Accountability From EPA Leaders Amid Funding Freeze, Staffing Disruptions
By Aman Azhar
‘It’s Worse Every Day’: Environmental Justice Staffers at EPA Face Uncertain Future as Potential Layoffs Loom
By Aman Azhar
Directive From New Interior Secretary Weakens Public Land Protections to Push Fossil Fuels
By Lisa Sorg, Wyatt Myskow
‘Canary in a Coal Mine’: Data Scientists Restore a Climate Justice Tool Taken Down by Trump
By Anika Jane Beamer
‘America at War With Itself’: Humanitarian, Climate Aid Becomes Flashpoint in a Battle for Control of U.S. Government
By Dennis Pillion
Trump Administration Scrubs EPA Staff’s Pronouns from Their Emails and Websites Without Their Knowledge
By Liza Gross
‘Breathtakingly Ignorant and Dangerous’: Trump’s DOT Orders Sweeping Purge of Climate, Gender, Race, Environmental Justice Initiatives
By Dennis Pillion
Amid Paused Solar Funding, EPA Floats Workforce Reductions
By Jake Bolster
Watchdog Groups Anticipate ‘an All-Out War on Science and Scientists’ by the Trump Administration
By Bob Berwyn
Reset or Purge? Trump EPA Dismisses Agency Science Advisers
By Marianne Lavelle
Federal Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergency Management
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Money for the Colorado River Faces an Uncertain Fate Under Trump
By Alex Hager, KUNC
