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.

Companies Tell Congressional Committee That Renewable Energy Is Needed to Keep Up With Demand

By Katie Surma

Trump Administration Intends to Terminate Lease for Army Corps’ Florida Headquarters

By Amy Green

Sprinklers water crops on a farm near Coachella, Calif. during a long-duration heat wave and drought on July 3, 2024. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

USDA’s Purge of Climate Data is Illegal and Reckless, Doing Immediate Harm to Farmers, Lawsuit Alleges

By Miranda Lipton

Woodland firefighting bootcamps geared toward women have offered a less intimidating entry point into the male-dominated field, where approximately 13 percent of firefighters are women. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

‘It’s All Been Scrapped’: Women in Wildland Firefighting Bootcamps Canceled After DEI Cuts

By Jessica Kutz, The 19th

Volunteers with Friends of Trees, which has operated in Portland since 1989, help to expand the city’s urban tree canopy. Credit: Courtesy of Friends of Trees

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

The Colorado River flows out of Lake Mead, the nation's largest reservoir, on Dec. 16, 2021. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

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

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