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.

Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard

By Peter Aldhous, Marianne Lavelle

U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, an industrial plant that emits benzene, particulate matter and other pollutants, in Clairton, Pennsylvania, on an early morning in October when atmospheric conditions trapped air pollution close to the ground.

The EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution Levels. The Real Emissions Are Far Worse.

By Lisa Song, photography by Annie Flanagan for ProPublica

‘Burning Money’: Dept. of Energy Directs $100 Million to Modernize Declining Coal Plants

By Anika Jane Beamer

Western States Brace for a Uranium Boom as the Nation Looks to Recharge its Nuclear Power Industry

By Jake Bolster, Dylan Baddour, Wyatt Myskow

Texas Grid Increasingly Meets Growing Demand With Renewables

By Arcelia Martin

Trump’s Order to Keep Michigan Coal Plant Running Has Cost $80 Million So Far

By Marianne Lavelle

Trump Administration Suggests Listing Florida’s Elusive Ghost Orchid as Endangered

By Amy Green

In a ‘Disheartening’ Era, the Nation’s Former Top Mining Regulator Speaks Out

By Lee Hedgepeth

An aerial view of a partially collapsed home in St. Johnsbury, Vt., on July 30, 2024, after flash floods hit the area. Vermont, along with New York, passed climate superfund laws last year, and similar legislation is pending in a handful of other states. Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Trump and Republicans Join Big Oil’s All-Out Push to Shut Down Climate Liability Efforts

By Dana Drugmand

Trump Administration Seeks to Speed Data Center Grid Connections and Expand Federal Control of Power System

By Dan Gearino

Breach of Contract or Constitutional Crisis?

By Lisa Sorg

Federal Appeals Court Pauses Litigation Over Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz

By Amy Green

Gulf South Residents and Green Groups Sue Trump and EPA Over Toxic Air Pollution Exemptions

By Keerti Gopal

Close Friend of JD Vance Skirts Normal Channels to Take Over NIH Environmental Health Institute

By Liza Gross

Trump Targets Federal Employees Working on Conservation and Environmental Protection

By Katie Surma

As EPA Stalls, States Are Left to Handle Solar Panel Waste

By Rambo Talabong

Eva Lighthiser (center), lead plaintiff in the Lighthiser v. Trump case, walks with attorney Mat dos Santos as they arrive at the Russell Smith Courthouse in Missoula, Montana, on Sept. 16. Credit: Issam Ahmed/AFP via Getty Images

Montana Court Dismisses Youth-led Lawsuit Challenging Trump Executive Orders Boosting Fossil Fuels

By Dana Drugmand

Task Force Urges World Bank and International Monetary Fund to Prioritize Climate, Restructure Lending Policies

By Martha Pskowski, Aman Azhar

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