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.
EPA Hits 40-Year Lows in Staffing After Trump Targets Its Public Health Experts
By Marianne Lavelle, Peter Aldhous
A Little-Used Maneuver Could Mean More Drilling and Mining in Southern Utah’s Redrock Country
By Georgina Gustin
How Will the War in Iran Affect Your Utility Bills?
By Kiley Bense
Big Tech Signs Trump Pledge to Pay Data-Center Power Costs. Fulfilling It Is the Hard Part.
By Rambo Talabong, Charles Paullin
Judge Rejects Trump Administration’s Plan to End NYC Congestion Pricing
By Lauren Dalban
Few Details on Trump’s Plan for Self-Powered Data Centers
By Charles Paullin
New Lawsuit Aims to Halt Expansion of a Montana Coal Mine Blamed for Drying up the Land Above It
Story and photos by Jake Bolster
Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump
By Dan Gearino, Marianne Lavelle
Without Weighing Costs to Public Health, EPA Rolls Back Air Pollution Standards for Coal Plants
By Kiley Bense
Former EPA Staff Detail Expanding Pollution Risks Under Trump
By Liza Gross
States Sue to Block Trump’s ‘Anti-Science’ Vaccine Policy
By Liza Gross
Health and Climate Consequences of EPA’s Endangerment Finding Repeal ‘Cannot Be Overstated’
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
EPA’s Clean School Bus ‘Revamp’ Means Less Support for EVs
By Marianne Lavelle
Expanded Arctic Drilling Faces a Wave of Lawsuits
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Healthcare Professionals, Scientists and Children Sue the EPA for Backtracking on Greenhouse Gas Regulation
By Anika Jane Beamer
Border Wall Closes in on Big Bend
By Martha Pskowski
Senate Democrats Say Trump’s EPA Curries Corporate Favor By Weakening Air Pollution Standards
By Lisa Sorg
