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June 1, 2017, President Donald J. Trump announced his intention to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement. Originally adopted in 2015, this global agreement is aimed at limiting the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

On January 20,2020, President Joe Biden, on his first day in office, rejoined the Paris Agreement (which took effect on February 19, 2021).

On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive order, to once again withdraw from the Paris Agreement. He also signed a letter to the United Nations, which administers the pact, notifying the world body of the withdrawal. The withdrawal will become official one year after the submission of the letter.

The Republicans now control the White House and both houses of Congress.

For information on what the Biden administration accomplished between 2020-2024, go to Biden’s Climate Plan.

The LAWS AND LITIGATION section provides extensive information on what is happening within the federal government, from the Executive branch to the Legislative and Judicial branches.

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Jul 03 2026

The Guardian

Trump administration can remove history and climate info from US parks, court says

By Uwa Ede-Osifo 07/03/26

The Trump administration does not have to reinstate materials related to climate change, immigration and slavery that it has removed from national parks, a US appeals court ruled on Thursday. It’s the latest twist in…

Apr 14 2026

Bloomberg

Electric Fury: Soaring power bills threaten to swing US elections

By Josh Saul and Ari Natter 04/14/26

Kris Burek thinks about her power bill with almost every move she makes. When she turns on the air conditioning, runs a load of laundry or fires the oven in her Pennsylvania home, she tracks…

Apr 13 2026

The Washington Post

Trump administration’s rush to roll back environmental rules hits a MAHA wall

By Jake Spring and Lauren Weber 04/13/26

The Environmental Protection Agency is sitting on dozens of approvals for uses of “forever chemicals” at the direction of Administrator Lee Zeldin, over fears that it could anger Make America Healthy Again activists, according to…

Apr 08 2026

The Washington Post

EPA chief praises group for opposing government action on climate change

By Jake Spring 04/08/26

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin delivered the keynote speech at a Wednesday meeting of the Heartland Institute, a group that challenges the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change’s harmful impacts and the need to…

Jul 15 2025

the washington post

Newsom excites red-state Democrats, but some worry about a Californian

By Maeve Reston 07/15/25

Gavin Newsom played coy about his 2028 White House ambitions as he traveled to churches, community centers and coffee shops in eight of South Carolina’s rural counties this week — insisting he was here to…

Jul 09 2025

Resilience

The aftermath of floods, hurricanes and other disasters can be hardest on older rural Americans – here’s how families and neighbors can help

By Lori Hunter 07/09/25

Hurricanes, tornadoes and other extreme weather do not distinguish between urban and rural boundaries. But when a disaster strikes, there are big differences in how well people are able to respond and recover – and…

Jul 08 2025

Inside Climate News Weekly

One Big Beautiful Bill set to slash through U.S. climate and justice drive

07/08/25

In the end, President Donald Trump’s giant tax and spending plan rocketed past both fiscal hawks and social moderates in the House with no changes on Thursday.

Jul 04 2025

Carbon Brief

Chart: Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ blows US emissions goal by 7bn tonnes

By Josh Gabbatiss and Ho Woo Nam 07/04/25

Since winning office last November, he has issued a series of executive orders and is poised to sign his “big beautiful bill” that effectively terminates Biden-era climate policies.

Jul 03 2025

The Bulwark

Suddenly, Green Shoots of Dem Optimism About the Senate

By Lauren Egan 07/03/25

Democratic Party Leaders Acknowledge that their path to taking back the Senate in 2026 is incredibly steep. In my own conversations with party officials, their attitude can often venture into doomerism: a type of reluctant…

Jul 02 2025

The Washington Post

Biden’s climate law boosted red states. Their lawmakers are now gutting it.

By Toluse Olorunnipa 07/02/25

In a December speech on his economic legacy, President Joe Biden predicted that clean energy investments stemming from his signature climate law were “so deeply rooted in the nation” that it would be “politically costly…

Jul 02 2025

Bloomberg

Elon Musk Tries Pulling Tesla Out of the Sales Mess He’s Made

By Craig Trudell 07/02/25

After another quarter of falling sales and the latest change in the executive ranks at Tesla, one has to wonder whether Elon Musk could learn a little something about self-perception from a certain pop star’s…

Jul 02 2025

Heatmap

Trump Promised Deregulation. His New Law Would Regulate Energy to Death.

By Emily Pontecorvo 07/02/25

Trump campaigned on cutting red tape for energy development. At the start of his second term, he signed an executive order titled, “Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation,” promising to kill 10 regulations for each new one…

Environmental Voter Project

We identify inactive environmentalists and transform them into consistent voters to build the power of the environmental movement.

04/25/24

Using every election as an opportunity to change voting behavior, we track our voters’ long-term voting habits to maximize the cumulative impact of our work.

Climate Communication

Politics & Global Warming, March 2021

06/04/21

Drawing on a nationally representative survey (n = 1,037; including 922 registered voters), this report describes how Democratic, Independent, and Republican registered voters view climate and energy policies.

GAO

Managing Federal Lands and Waters

12/07/20

Multiple federal agencies manage the nation’s land and water resources. However, these agencies face challenges with protecting and managing these resources. The management of these resources is largely characterized by the struggle to balance the…

Climate Action Tracker

The Climate Action Tracker

02/28/24

The Climate Action Tracker (CAT) is an independent scientific analysis produced by three research organisations tracking climate action since 2009. We track progress towards the globally agreed aim of holding warming well below 2°C, and…

citizens climate lobby

Citizens Climate Lobby

01/19/19

Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change. By building upon shared values rather than partisan divides, and empowering our supporters to work in keeping…

Carbon Tax Center

01/19/19

The Carbon Tax Center stands at the front lines of the struggle for a sustainable climate and a habitable Earth. Our mission: to generate support to enact a transparent and equitable U.S. carbon pollution tax…

Friends Committee on National Legislation

Carbon Pricing as a Solution to Climate Change

02/14/20

FCNL believes that carbon pricing is one of many essential tools that Congress should use to address climate change and shift towards a clean energy economy. While we have not endorsed any particular bill at…

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The White House took down the nation’s top climate report. You can still find it here

By Rebecca Hersher 07/01/25

The website that hosts the most recent edition of the National Climate Assessment has gone dark. The sprawling report is the most influential source of information about how climate change affects the United States.

ExxonKnews

Supreme Court denies Exxon request to get rid of citizen lawsuits

By Emily Sanders 07/01/25

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a request from ExxonMobil to overturn a historic ruling allowing ordinary people and citizen groups to sue industrial polluters, upholding what legal experts say is a crucial mechanism to…

Heatmap

The Senate’s Harsh Compromise on Clean Energy Tax Credits, Explained

By Emily Pontecorvo 07/01/25

After more than three days of stops and starts on the Senate floor, Congress’ upper chamber finally passed its version of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act Tuesday morning, sending the tax package back to…

Utility Dive

Senate passes megabill that curbs IRA tax credits, drops wind and solar tax

By Diana Digangi 07/01/25

The Senate voted Tuesday to pass an amended version of the Republican budget megabill that significantly curtails clean energy tax credits. It does not contain a proposed excise tax on wind and solar projects that…

Climate Action Now

Collected Actions Urging Congress to Oppose the Republicans’ Catastrophic Horror Budget

06/30/25

We’re now in what is likely the final stretch for the Republican mega-budget negotiations, with the Senate actively debating the bill with a goal of passing it today or tomorrow, sending it to the House,…

Heatmap

The Megabill’s Most Bizarre Fossil Fuel Handout

By Matthew Zeitlin 06/30/25

Crammed into the Senate’s reconciliation bill alongside more attention-grabbing measures that could cripple the renewables industry in the U.S. is a new provision to amend the Inflation Reduction Act to support metallurgical coal, allowing producers…

Heated

The Senate is about to destroy clean energy to give tax cuts to billionaires

By Michael Thomas 06/30/25

Climate and clean energy advocates thought they had already seen the worst case scenario in previous versions of the Senate’s sweeping reconciliation bill. They were wrong.

The Conversation

Hurricane Helene set up future disasters, from landslides to flooding – cascading hazards like these are now upending risk models

By Brian J. Yanites 06/26/25

Hurricane Helene lasted only a few days in September 2024, but it altered the landscape of the Southeastern U.S. in profound ways that will affect the hazards local residents face far into the future.

Heatmap

Biden’s Long Game on Climate

By Robinson Meyer 05/24/25

Here’s the problem with President Joe Biden’s climate policy: From a certain point of view, it makes no sense.

ExxonKnews

Exxon resorts to “intimidation” in legal battle over plastics recycling

By Emily Sanders 01/09/25

Months after California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a group of nonprofits separately sued ExxonMobil for a “decades-long campaign of deception” about the viability of plastic recycling, Exxon is suing them back, accusing Bonta and…

Heatmap NEWS

Tim Walz Supercharges Kamala Harris’ Climate Cred

By Jeva Lange 08/06/24

On Tuesday morning, after days of frenzied speculation that floated names including Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, and Governor Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Kamala Harris announced that Walz’s name will be…

The New York Times

Tim Walz’s big climate ambitions

By Manuela Andreoni 08/06/24

Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, a former schoolteacher who was first elected to Congress in 2006, will be Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, she announced this morning, ending several days of speculation.

The Bulwark

Harris Chose Walz. Here’s What She Should Do Next.

By Sam Stein 08/06/24

In choosing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, Kamala Harris has done something superficially similar to Donald Trump: She has supplemented her ticket by picking the contender preferred by her core base.

The Atlantic

Tim Walz Joins the Anti-weirdness Ticket

By Tom Nichols 08/06/24

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will be the Democratic nominee for vice president. He’s likely been tapped not for his liberal policies but for his amiability and optimism, in a bid to attract voters tiring of…

The Hill

Manchin, Barrasso announce permitting reform deal, breaking lengthy impasse

By Rachel Frazin 07/22/24

Sens. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) have reached an agreement on a bill to speed up the nation’s energy and infrastructure projects after about two years of trying to reach a deal.

The Guardian

Biden attacks Republican climate deniers as he unveils extreme-heat rules

By Dharna Noor 07/02/24

President Biden on Tuesday trumpeted new rules from his administration that aim to protect Americans from extreme heat. “Extreme heat is the No 1 weather-related killer in the United States,” he said at the Washington…

The New York Times

Biden Calls Climate Denial ‘Dumb,’ Announces New Heat Protections for Workers

By Lisa Friedman and Noah Weiland 07/02/24

President Biden on Tuesday called denying the effects of climate change “really, really dumb” and said that extreme heat and other weather disasters fueled by rising global temperatures have cost billions of dollars and thousands…

BLOOMBERG

American Support for EVs, Solar and Wind Energy Wanes, Pew Says

By Rafaela Jinich 06/27/24

American support for renewable energy and electric vehicles is fading with Republicans leading the decline, deepening a partisan divide on clean energy initiatives ahead of November’s US election, according to Pew Research Center.

The Crucial Years

Memo to Joe: Fight a Climate Election

By Bill McKibben 05/23/24

It seems entirely possible that the upcoming presidential election will be decided mostly on feelings, or what we now call vibes. In a poll released this week, for instance, almost exactly half of voters said…

The New York Times

Five Major Climate Policies Trump Would Probably Reverse if Elected

By Lisa Friedman 04/26/24

Former President Donald J. Trump has vowed to “cancel” President Biden’s policies for cutting pollution from fossil-fuel-burning power plants, “terminate” efforts to encourage electric vehicles, and “develop the liquid gold that is right under our…

The Washington Post

Trump rails against wind energy in fundraising pitch to oil executives

By Maxine Joselow and Josh Dawsey 04/17/24

Former president Donald Trump repeatedly ranted about wind power during a fundraising dinner with oil and gas industry executives last week, claiming that the renewable-energy source is unreliable, unattractive and bad for the environment.

energy news network

Environmental justice groups ask feds to resist weakening rules on clean hydrogen tax credit

By Kari Lydersen 02/08/24

Almost 50 environmental justice groups on Tuesday sent a letter to leaders of the federally-funded Midwestern hydrogen hub, imploring them not to try to loosen requirements for tax incentives for hydrogen produced with clean energy.

The Washington Post

Senate confirms head of EPA’s air office, key to Biden climate rules

By Maxine Joselow 01/31/24

The Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Joseph Goffman to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s air office, which is racing to finalize some of President Biden’s most consequential climate rules before the end of his…

Utility Dive

House GOP says SEC is overstepping authority, cannot demand climate disclosures

By Lamar Johnson 01/23/24

Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee argued Thursday that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s upcoming rule requiring businesses to submit climate-related disclosures oversteps its authority, in light of recent U.S. Supreme Court and federal…

Financial Times

John Kerry to retire as top US climate negotiator

By Aime Williams 01/14/24

John Kerry, the top US climate diplomat and former presidential candidate, will retire in coming months, shortly ahead of a US election in ...

Axios

Scoop: John Kerry to leave Biden administration, help campaign

By Mike Allen and Andrew Freedman 01/13/24

John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, will leave the administration later this winter, and plans to help President Biden's campaign, Axios has learned.

energy news network

Burgeoning hydrogen industry draws $41 million in federal lobbying from fossil fuel companies

By Jimmy Cloutier 12/12/23

The number of companies and organizations lobbying the federal government on issues related to hydrogen increased nearly tenfold since President Joe Biden took office — from about two dozen at the end of 2020 to…

the Washington Post

The intractability of Republican climate politics

By Philip Bump 08/07/23

It largely doesn’t matter what Mike Pence’s plans for the presidency are, given that his odds of being elected to that position next year are just a bit better than your odds of winning Powerball.…

Bloomberg

Summer of Heat and Fire Doesn’t Sway Republicans on Climate

By Ari Natter 08/05/23

Record-setting wildfires and deadly heat waves across the globe are providing the most tangible evidence of climate change yet. In fact, 2023 is likely to be the globe’s hottest year ever, according to the non-profit…

PBS

GOP presidential candidates avoid discussing climate change on campaign trail

By Amna Nawaz and Saher Khan 08/04/23

The 2024 Republican presidential campaign season is in full swing and candidates are stumping on a host of key issues. But one topic that’s missing from their agenda is climate change. Despite a summer of…

the hill

As the planet bakes, political agendas stall progress on climate change

By Stuart P.m. Mackintosh 07/20/23

For most citizens and voters in, America I hope we are at a climate change opinion tipping point. These last few weeks have been a planetary alarm bell. We are endangering our very survival.

TNR

Republicans’ Deadly Plan to Block Biden From Declaring a Climate Emergency

By Prem Thakker 07/19/23

Wednesday marks the twentieth day in a row that Phoenix eclipses 110 degrees Fahrenheit—and the next seven days are projected to maintain the record-breaking horror. Thousands of Texans have been going to the emergency room…

pbs

House Republicans propose ambitious reforestation plan in response to climate change

By Stephen Groves 07/18/23

As Speaker Kevin McCarthy visited a natural gas drilling site in northeast Ohio to promote House Republicans’ plan to sharply increase domestic production of energy from fossil fuels last month, the signs of rising global…

USA Today

Climate change isn’t a top issue for Democrats or Republicans. Record heat should change that.

By Clifford Young 07/15/23

Extreme weather events are on the rise. States across the south-central and western U.S. are roasting. New York to New England is dealing with catastrophic floods. After years of drought, California went the opposite way…

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy, Spring 2023

By Anthony Leiserowitz and others 06/28/23

More than half of registered voters (54%) think global warming should be a high or very high priority for the president and Congress (refer to data tables, p. 30). This includes a large majority of…

E&E News

Progressive campaign strategy: Make Manchin irrelevant

By Timothy Cama 07/19/22

Progressive climate change advocates are increasingly coalescing around a midterm election strategy aimed at making Sen. Joe Manchin’s opposition to President Joe Biden’s environmental agenda irrelevant. In the days since the West Virginia Democrat shut…

The New York Times

An American Climate Failure

By Somini Sengupta 07/15/22

As millions of people on three continents baked in heat waves supercharged by climate change this week, one American politician, an ardent champion of the fossil fuel industry, doused any hopes of immediate climate action…

climatechange News

Convince Republicans or revolt? No easy path to US climate action

By Joe Lo 07/07/22

In one, lobbyists and lawyers from big green NGOs played down the significance of the ruling, stressing that president Joe Biden and his EPA still have powers they can use. “It’s not as bad as…

The New York Times

Republican drive to tilt courts against climate action reaches a crucial moment

By Coral Davenport 06/19/22

A Supreme Court environmental case being decided this month is the product of a coordinated, multiyear strategy by Republican attorneys general and conservative allies.

The Washington Post

Biden’s ‘energy whisperer’ balances climate agenda, rising gas prices

By Maxine Joselow 06/19/22

When President Biden vowed to “intensify” relations with the Caribbean at the Summit of the Americas, he told leaders of more than a dozen Caribbean countries that they could meet with one of his top…

Resilience

Climate Policy in a Republican World

By Joel Stronberg 06/16/22

In recent days Republicans in the US House of Representatives released the first of what will be a six-part policy platform on energy, climate, and conservation. The strategy was the work of the Energy, Climate,…

The New York Times

E.P.A., Reversing Trump, Will Restore States’ Power to Block Pipelines

By Lisa Friedman 06/02/22

The Biden administration on Thursday will move to restore authority to states and tribes to veto gas pipelines, coal terminals and other energy projects if they would pollute local rivers and streams, reversing a Trump-era…

The Washington Post

The latest in the Joe Manchin party-switch saga

By Aaron Blake 04/28/22

The latest entry in the saga comes via a new book from the New York Times’s Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin. The two report that Manchin had dinner with some Senate Republicans in early 2021…

Carbon Brief

‘One quarter’ of US emissions since 2005 come from fossil fuels on public lands

By Josh Gabbatiss 04/21/22

Emissions equivalent to nearly a quarter of the US total since 2005 have come from fossil fuels extracted on the nation’s public lands and waters, according to recent analysis.

The Hill

Forget Manchin — go around him to pass a climate bill

By Andreas Karelas 04/12/22

Last year, “Political Climate,” podcast co-host Brandon Hurlbut asked, “Do you think there’s an opportunity now to pick off some of those Republican senators like Lisa Murkowski, like Rob Portman, like Susan Collins or Mitt…

Yale Climate Connections

New IPCC report: Only political will stands in way of meeting the Paris targets

By Dana Nuccitelli 04/06/22

In the just-released third installment of its Sixth Assessment Report (the first two volumes covered climate change causes and impacts), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) summarizes the latest scientific research on efforts to…

billmckibben.substack.com

The Man Who Gobbed Up Earth

By Bill McKibben 03/29/22

Just as the Oscars were getting underway last night, the New York Times published a truly remarkable exposé that helps us understand the end of our planet’s climate system in helpful detail. Receipt-laden, it shows…

The Washington Post

Two stark reminders about the political challenge of tackling climate change

By Philip Bump 03/28/22

There was an unappreciated irony to the placard that graced the lectern from which former president Donald Trump spoke over the weekend. “Save America,” it said, reflecting Trump’s preferred descriptor for the threat the country…

The Washington Post

Sen. Jon Tester, one of the Senate’s only farmers, is an unlikely champion for climate action

By Maxine Joselow 03/24/22

President Biden and European leaders are expected to announce a major initiative to direct shipments of liquefied natural gas to Europe, our colleagues scooped last night. More on that below. But first:

The New York Times

How an Electric Truck Factory Became a Lightning Rod in Georgia

By David Gelles 03/14/22

It is billed as the largest economic development project in the history of Georgia, an electric vehicle factory that could grow to be five times as large as the Pentagon and produce as many as…

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