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.
Climate and Environmental Justice Programs Stalled by Trump Freeze, Despite Court Orders
By Marianne Lavelle, Dylan Baddour, Lisa Sorg, Nicholas Kusnetz
What Trump’s Evisceration of USAID Feels Like on the Ground
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
Former EPA Officials Blast Effort to Rescind Climate Funds, Calling It a Political ‘Smokescreen’
By Aman Azhar
Trump Executive Order Takes Back Funds to Help Low-Income Alabama Residents Pay Electric Bills
By Dennis Pillion
After Trump Administration Closes DOJ’s Office of Environmental Justice, Advocates Worry About Future Enforcement
By Kristoffer Tigue
Pennsylvania Climate Programs Hit by Federal Spending Cuts, Governor Says in Lawsuit vs. Trump
By Jon Hurdle
Trump Has Thrown a Wrench Into a National EV Charging Program. Can He Make It Disappear?
By Lee Hedgepeth, Aman Azhar, Jake Bolster, Lisa Sorg, Sarah Mattalian
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
