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.
Portland’s Urban Tree Plans May Face a Withering in Federal Funds
By Anna McNulty
Trump’s Executive Order on Forests ‘A Devastating Blow,’ Activists Say
By Kiley Bense
Trump, EPA Aim to Remove Finding That Mandates Action on Greenhouse Gas Pollution
By Marianne Lavelle
Experts Say Attempted Mass Firing of NOAA Workers May be Illegal and Threatens Public Safety
By Bob Berwyn, Lauren Dalban
Sen. Kaine Excoriates Trump for Declaring a Bogus Energy Emergency
By Charles Paullin
Federal Firings Threaten Great Lakes’ $5 Billion Fishery
By Anika Jane Beamer
EPA Would Shrink to 1970 Staffing Levels—‘When the Skies Were Dark With Smog’—Under Proposed Plan
By Marianne Lavelle
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
