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.
Dominion Among Utilities Allowed Exemption for Coal Emissions From Trump’s EPA
By Charles Paullin
Trump Official Visits, Touts Alabama Coal Mine With Thousands of Federal Safety Violations
By Lee Hedgepeth
Environmental Groups Sue the Trump Administration to Restore Web Tools Critical for Gauging Climate and Pollution Impacts
By Georgina Gustin
Congressional Democrats Assail Trump’s Plans for Deep Cuts to Government Science
By Marianne Lavelle
New Trump Administration Directives to Repeal Environmental Regulations En Masse Make ‘No Sense,’ Legal Experts Say
By Kiley Bense
EPA Cancels Key Science Advisory Board Meeting
By Liza Gross
As Trump Promotes ‘Clean Beautiful Coal,’ a Lit Cigarette Above a West Virginia Coal Mine Leaves a Woman Fighting for Her Life
By James Bruggers
As NOAA Cuts Continue, Ocean Researchers Worry About Monitoring Programs
By Bob Berwyn
Trump Guts Agency Critical to Worker Safety as Temperatures Rise
By Liza Gross
Amid Questions of Loyalty to Trump, a Longtime Oil and Gas Advocate Withdraws as Nominee to Lead BLM
By Jake Bolster
Will US Tariffs Make World Leaders Value the Stability of Renewables?
By Dan Gearino
Trump’s Nominee for EPA’s Top Lawyer Advances Despite Scant Legal Qualifications
By Katie Surma
New Trump Orders Aim to Keep Coal Power Alive, Despite Climate and Economic Costs
By Marianne Lavelle
Tariffs Could Spike Rates in an Already Climate-Stressed Insurance Market
By Kiley Price
As Chemical Industry Seeks Exemption From Pollution Limits, Residents See Assault on Their Lives
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Protesters Across the Country Tell Trump and Musk: ‘Hands Off’ Our Country
By Liza Gross and Christine Spolar
The Trump Administration Issues Its Next Assault on the Nation’s Public Forests
By Georgina Gustin
