In First 100 Days, Trump Launched an ‘All-Out Assault’ on the Environment

"Compared to his first term, the threat posed by Trump’s second administration is on a “new level,” environmental groups and legal experts say."

"One hundred days into the second Trump administration, many environmentalists’ worst fears about the new presidency have been realized—and surpassed.

Facing a spate of orders, pronouncements and actions that target America’s most cherished natural resources and most vulnerable communities, advocates fear the Trump agenda, unchecked, will set the country back decades.

“It is not an overstatement to say that the Trump administration has launched the worst White House assault in history on the environment and public health. Day by day and hour by hour, the administration is destroying one of the signature achievements of our time,” said Manish Bapna, the president and CEO of the environmental nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). “If this assault succeeds, it could take a generation or more to repair the damage.”"

Kiley Bense, Bob Berwyn, Dennis Pillion, Georgina Gustin, Jake Bolster, Marianne Lavelle, and Wyatt Myskow report for Inside Climate News April 30, 2025.

SEE ALSO:

"One Hundred Days Of Trump 2.0: Falsehood After Falsehood, Again And Again" (Washington Post)

"5 Ways Trump Reshaped Energy And Environment Policy In His First 100 Days" (The Hill)

"Trump Puts US In Uncharted Waters With 100 Days Of Rapid-Fire Science Policy Changes" (USA TODAY)

"In Trump's First 100 Days, US Energy Dominance Plans Roiled By Trade Uncertainty" (Reuters)

"Project 2025 Was Extreme. Trump’s First 100 Days Have Been Even More Radical." (Grist)

"Trump’s First 100 Days, By The Numbers" (E&E News)

 

Source: Inside Climate News, 05/01/2025