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Breach of Contract or Constitutional Crisis?

An appellate court will determine how to handle the Trump administration’s cancellation of hundreds of climate and environmental justice grants.

By Lisa Sorg

President Donald Trump signs a series of executive orders at the White House on Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks during a cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump and his administration at the White House on Aug. 26 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

With Latest Round of Terminations, Trump Administration Continues Dismantling EPA’s Environmental Justice Portfolio

By Aman Azhar

Inside Uranium Energy Corp.’s Irigaray Central Processing Plant located in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Credit: Uranium Energy Corp.

Uranium Company Receives Wyoming’s First Fast-Tracked Mining Permits

By Jake Bolster

Workers install solar panels for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s Eland Solar and Storage Center in the Mojave Desert of Kern County on Nov. 25, 2024. Credit: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Trump Issues Executive Order Targeting ‘Unreliable’ Clean Energy Options

By Dan Gearino

Olivia Vesovich, who lives in Missoula, Montana, is one of the 22 young plaintiffs represented by Our Children’s Trust. Credit: Tailyr Irvine/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Trump Executive Orders Violate Young People’s Rights to a Stable Climate, a Lawsuit Alleges

By Amy Green

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order related to the nuclear power industry in the Oval Office of the White House on Friday. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Trump Signs Executive Orders to Boost Nuclear Energy, Reduce Oversight

By Keerti Gopal

Marine biologist Diva Amon explores the deep sea around the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Rocks in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Brazil. Credit: Novus Select/bioGraphic

Trump’s New Executive Order Promotes Deep Sea Mining in US and International Waters While Bypassing International Law

By Teresa Tomassoni

A pipeline marker is seen at the site of Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 near the Straits of Mackinac between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Credit: Tony Webster/CC BY 2.0 via Flickr

Citing Trump Emergency Order, Army Corps Expedites Review for Line 5 Oil Pipeline in Great Lakes’ Wetlands

By Carrie Klein

President Donald Trump listens to reporters’ questions in the Oval Office at the White House on Thursday. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Trump May Target Environmental Nonprofits in Executive Orders

By Marianne Lavelle, Lee Hedgepeth

An oil pumpjack is seen in a Texas field on April 9, 2025. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

New Trump Administration Directives to Repeal Environmental Regulations En Masse Make ‘No Sense,’ Legal Experts Say

By Kiley Bense

A lumber company in Preston Hollow, N.Y. receives a delivery of timber on March 28, 2023. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Trump’s Executive Order on Forests ‘A Devastating Blow,’ Activists Say

By Kiley Bense

As Trump Administration Purges Climate Data and Web Pages, Research Groups Scramble to Save Information

By Kiley Price

The landing page for the “Environmental Justice” section of whitehouse.gov on Friday, Jan. 24.

As Trump Targets Biden’s Environmental Justice Initiatives, Activists Gear Up for Legal Fights

By Kristoffer Tigue, Keerti Gopal, Marianne Lavelle

Production workers for Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer NIO do final quality control inspections at the company’s factory on Jan. 17 in Hefei, China. Credit: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

Why Trump’s Positions on EVs Would Shoot America in the Foot

By Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth

A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm off the shores of Rhode Island. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

Executive Orders on Energy and Climate Have Advocates Across the Nation on Edge

By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Amy Green, Dylan Baddour, Jake Bolster, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz, Phil McKenna

President Donald Trump holds his signed executive order announcing the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena on Monday in Washington, D.C. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Moves Again to Exit the Paris Agreement. Here’s What That Means

By Bob Berwyn

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