A Running List of How Trump Is Changing the Environment

The Trump administration’s tumultuous presidency has brought a
flurry of changes—both realized and anticipated—to U.S.
environmental policy. Many of the actions roll back Obama-era
policies that aimed to curb climate
change^[1] and limit environmental
pollution, while others threaten to limit federal funding for
science and the environment.

It’s a lot to keep track of, so National Geographic will be
maintaining an abbreviated timeline of the Trump administration’s
environmental actions and policy changes, as well as reactions to
them. We will update this article periodically as news
develops.

Mounds of unsold coal stand above ground at ERP Compliant
Fuels’ Federal No. 2 mine near Fairview, W.Va., April 11, 2016.
With Donald Trump’s win in the race for the White House, scores of
regulations that have reshaped the contours of corporate America
over the last eight years suddenly seemed vulnerable.
Photograph by Luke Sharrett,
The New York Times/Redux