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.
Amid National Call to Make Polluters Pay, Illinois Lawmakers Are Prepping a Climate Change Superfund Bill
By Keerti Gopal
As an Oil Rig Topples in the Alaskan Arctic and Ignites a Fire, Exploration There Continues
By Nicholas Kusnetz
A Winter Storm Fueled by Global Warming Tests U.S. Disaster Response
By Kiley Bense, Bob Berwyn, Keerti Gopal, Lee Hedgepeth, Lisa Sorg
What’s Killing Onshore Wind Power?
By Dan Gearino, Anika Jane Beamer
‘Unbelievably Vulnerable’: The Climate Challenges Facing Mamdani’s New York City
By Lauren Dalban
Clean Energy Advocates Criticize ‘Glaring’ Omission in White House Plan to Fuel Data Centers in PJM Region
By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense
Trump’s Push for Coal in Colorado Could Bring ‘Massive’ Harm to Public Lands and Rural Communities, Advocates Say
By Jake Bolster
Will Trump’s Push to Drill on California Public Lands be More Successful This Time Around?
By Blanca Begert
New York Offshore Wind Project Allowed to Restart Construction—for Now
By Lauren Dalban
New EPA Proposal Would Strip States’ and Tribes’ Authority to Block Oil and Gas Pipelines, Other Infrastructure Projects
By Teresa Tomassoni
Fight Over Venezuelan Oil Highlights Shadowy International Legal System
By Nicholas Kusnetz
States Say They Need More Help Replacing Lead Pipes. Congress May Cut the Funding Instead.
By Keerti Gopal
Trump Wants to Accelerate Extraction in Venezuela. So Do Drug Trafficking Organizations.
By Katie Surma
Climate Cooperation Will Suffer as the U.S. Disengages From International Commitments
By Bob Berwyn
Oil Executives Non-Committal to Trump’s Venezuela Pitch at the White House
By Dennis Pillion
As the Trump Administration Withdraws From Climate Treaties, Legal Scholars Debate Whether—and How—It Can Do So
By Georgina Gustin
Reversing Years of Dietary Advice, the Trump Administration Tells Consumers to Eat More Red Meat
By Georgina Gustin
