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Former EPA Region 2 Administrator Lisa Garcia Considers Environmental Justice With Trump in Power

Pivotal in creating environmental justice programs at the EPA, Garcia now says ongoing cuts by President Donald Trump's administration have meant the “complete dismantling” of years of work.

By Anna Mattson

Lisa Garcia served as the Environmental Protection Agency's Region 2 administrator during the Biden administration. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call
Vice President JD Vance (left) and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speak to the press outside on recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene in Damascus, Va., in January 2025. Nonprofits in parts of Southwest Virginia devastated by the storm want a restoration of climate resiliency funding terminated by the Trump administration. Credit: Ben Curtis/AFP via Getty Images

Environmental Groups, EPA Spar In Court Over Trump’s Cancellation of Resiliency Funding

By Charles Paullin

Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous (center, in white) poses with Dr. Robert Bullard (to his left, in yellow), Pastor Timothy Williams and other members of the Shiloh community in south Alabama. Credit: Courtesy of Living on Earth

A Father of Environmental Justice Rebukes Sierra Club, Ben Jealous Over Treatment of Black Alabamians

By Lee Hedgepeth

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

Former President Joe Biden is given a ceremonial sash after singing proclamations creating the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument at the White House on Jan. 14. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Conservation Won Big Under Biden. Environmentalists and Tribal Leaders Fear Trump Will Undo Those Gains

By Wyatt Myskow

President Joe Biden speaks about his climate investments during a press conference at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on Sept. 14, 2021, in Arvada, Colo. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

‘We Needed More Time’: As Biden Leaves Office, His Climate Legacy Remains Incomplete

By Marianne Lavelle

Indigenous federal employees perform a traditional dance before President Joe Biden's visit to the White House Tribal Nations Summit on Dec. 9 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Noel Lyn Smith/Inside Climate News

Biden and Tribal Leaders Celebrate Four Years of Accomplishments on Behalf of Native Americans

By Noel Lyn Smith

Donald Trump speaks during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center early Wednesday in West Palm Beach, Fla. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Trump’s Win Casts Shadow over US Climate Progress, Global Leadership

By Marianne Lavelle

Paulina Hernández takes time to learn about her new BYD King plug-in hybrid sedan from sales rep Veronica Montoya at the BYD Santa Fe showroom in Mexico City. Credit: Natasha Pizzey

Competing Visions for U.S. Auto Industry Clash in Presidential Election, With the EV Future Pressing at the Border

By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino

President Joe Biden speaks about the Inflation Reduction Act on Sept. 5 in Westby, Wis. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Election Throws Uncertainty Onto Biden’s Signature Climate Law

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Vice President Kamala Harris walks on stage during a campaign rally at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas on Aug. 10. Credit: Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images

Harris Stirs Hope for a New Chapter in Climate Action

By Marianne Lavelle

As the Election Draws Near, Democrats Face a Climate Messaging Conundrum

By Kiley Price

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on June 22 in Philadelphia. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Trump’s Environmental Impact Endures, at Home and Around the World

By Marianne Lavelle

President Joe Biden (right) and Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump participate in the CNN Presidential Debate in Atlanta on Thursday. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Q&A: The First Presidential Debate Hardly Mentioned Environmental Issues, Despite Stark Differences Between the Candidate’s Records

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill and Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on Monday, Earth Day, at Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, Va. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Q&A: Thousands of American Climate Corps Jobs Are Now Open. What Will the New Program Look Like?

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth

Former Vice President Al Gore presents the Climate TRACE global greenhouse gases emissions database during COP28 in Dubai. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

‘Pathetic, Really, and Dangerous’: Al Gore Reflects on Fraudulent Fossil Fuel Claims, Climate Voters and Clean Energy

By Kristoffer Tigue

After they were removed from the building, Sunrise Movement members continued to demonstrate outside President Joe Biden’s campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del. on Feb. 12. Credit: Adah Crandall

‘Lead or Lose!’ Young People Arrested at Biden’s Campaign Headquarters Call for Climate Action and a Ceasefire

By Keerti Gopal

Adam Ortiz (center), EPA's Region 3 administrator, flanked by Democratic Rep. Jennifer McClellan of Virginia’s 4th district and members of the nonprofit Virginia Community Voice visited a vacant elementary school building in South Richmond, which the community group has proposed to turn into a community space. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

A Year Before Biden’s First Term Ends, Environmental Regulators Rush to Aid Disinvested Communities

By Aman Azhar

Catherine Coleman Flowers, founding director of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2020 and one of TIME’s 100 most influential people of 2023. Credit: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Q&A: Catherine Coleman Flowers Talks COP28, Rural Alabama, and the Path Toward a ‘Just Transition’

By Lee Hedgepeth

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