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.
How the Trump Administration’s Interpretation of One Word—‘Harm’—Could Gut Habitat Protections for Endangered Species
By Kiley Price, Wyatt Myskow
EV Sales Are Up in the US, But Tariffs Are a Storm Cloud for an Industry That Craves Stability
By Dan Gearino
Sen. Bernie Sanders Brings His Fighting Oligarchy Tour to Conservative Rural California Districts
By Liza Gross
More Than 60 Power Plants Exempted From Federal Mercury Limits
By Dan Gearino
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
