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.

Citing ‘AI Arms Race,’ Trump Administration Announces Efforts to Rekindle US Coal Industry

By Jake Bolster

With Federal Support for Wind and Solar Waning, States Are Trying to Push Policy Through on Their Own

By Aidan Hughes

President Donald Trump speaks during the 80th session of the U.N. General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on Sept. 23 in New York City. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Unpacking Trump’s ‘Con Job’ Comments About Climate Change to the UN

By Jenni Doering and Aynsley O’Neill

Disinformation on Steroids: Climate Science Takes It on the Chin

ICN Sunday Morning

Bureau of Land Management to Sell Off Federal Coal Reserve Leases in Wyoming

By Arcelia Martin, Jake Bolster

A Tumultuous Moment for Public Lands and All Who Rely on Them

ICN Sunday Morning

Donald Trump is prayed over by a local business owner in Swannanoa, N.C., during a visit to see the devastation of Hurricane Helene on Oct. 21, 2024. Credit: The Washington Post via Getty Images/Grist

Trump Raised $8 Million for Hurricane Helene Survivors. Where Did It All Go?

By Katie Myers, Grist

Trump Takes His ‘Green Energy Scam’ Talk to the UN

By Dan Gearino

What Happens When Emergency Alerts Don’t Alert Everyone?

By Kiley Price

Senate Democrats Blame Trump’s Assault on Clean Energy for High Electricity Prices

By Marianne Lavelle

Top Fossil Fuel Producing Nations Plan to Blow Past Climate Targets

By Nicholas Kusnetz

After Trump Cut the National Science Foundation by 56 Percent, a Venerable Arctic Research Center Closes Its Doors

By Lisa Sorg

Children Plead With U.S. Lawmakers to Protect EPA’s Endangerment Finding

By Carl David Goette-Luciak

One of the First to Benefit From Trump’s Cuts to Environmental Review: a Nevada Gold Mine

By Wyatt Myskow

Water levels sit low in Lake Powell near Bullfrog, Utah, on Sept. 15. Negotiations to manage the shrinking reservoir and the rest of the Colorado River system may be more difficult without federal leadership. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Nominee for Top Federal Water Role Withdraws Amid Pushback from Some Colorado River States

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Environmentalists and Local Governments Appeal Dismissal of Case Over Trump’s Cancellation of Justice Grants

By Charles Paullin

Challenge to Maryland Offshore Wind Project Stokes Concerns Among Legal Scholars

By Aman Azhar

Can Bipartisan Support in Congress Save NOAA From White House Cuts?

By Marianne Lavelle

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