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The Department of Energy, Forest Service and Office of Personnel Management are among agencies that have begun firing staffers

President Trump ordered EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to decide by next week whether the agency could abandon its authority to regulate climate pollution under the Clean Air Act

Billions of dollars for rural electric cooperatives are stuck in limbo as the Department of Agriculture continues the Trump administration’s funding freeze, despite federal court orders

Mass layoffs at the U.S. climate and weather agency would have a ripple effect across the economy, say former NOAA officials

The Trump administration has halted funding for a $5-billion program that Congress created to help states build out their electric vehicle charging network

President Donald Trump’s purge of diversity initiatives has affected both federal agencies and the institutions they fund, including those that work with Indigenous communities

A climate office at the Department of Health and Human Services has been shuttered, and its staff was placed on administrative leave

Two judges have ordered the Trump administration to lift a freeze on spending, including at the Environmental Protection Agency. But nonprofits and states still can’t get money for contracts that are backed by the Inflation Reduction Act

President Trump’s new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China could hit the electric vehicle, solar, battery and wind industries particularly hard

Chris Rocheleau, Trump’s pick for acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration, has been a longtime agency official and has acknowledged the need to address global warming

President Donald Trump’s sudden move to freeze federal grants is hitting states where people are struggling to recover from wildfires and hurricanes

The Trump administration has ordered a halt to “all federal financial assistance,” covering areas from domestic infrastructure and energy projects to foreign aid

Drivers for ride-hailing apps helped evacuate people during the recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area. But by classifying such workers as contractors, California’s Proposition 22 excludes them from state rules that require companies to protect employees from workplace exposure to smoke

Climate disasters such as the recent Los Angeles–area fires are making it harder to prepare for more climate disasters

President Trump has revoked a 1994 directive that required agencies to protect minority or low-income areas from pollution and health hazards

Tech giants are backing a massive effort, announced by President Trump and dubbed the Stargate Project, to add data centers across the U.S.

Though largely symbolic, President Trump’s declaration of an “energy emergency” could throw a wrench in renewable energy development and will cut into the Endangered Species Act

There are 50 to 100 expected executive orders on Trump’s first day in office. Many will focus on boosting fossil fuels and reversing climate policy

In his farewell address, President Biden warned that a powerful “oligarchy” could undo four years of progress on climate policy

President Biden issued an executive order to permit data centers on federal lands in a move aimed at bolstering clean energy and protecting national security during a boom in artificial intelligence

Two open letters from scientists and science advocacy groups reflect a growing anxiety about the future of federal science under President-elect Trump

Wildfires are storming into urban areas more frequently, and toxins in homes and cars are increasing cancer risk for firefighters

President-elect Trump has incorrectly blamed California water management for the destruction from the recent fires in the Los Angeles area

Damages from the recent fires in the Los Angeles area could overwhelm California’s already stressed insurer of last resort