Trump 2.0 EJWatch

 

Trump 2.0 EJWatch is a special section spotlighting SEJournal stories and EJToday headlines that track the impact of the new Trump administration on the environment, energy and journalism. Launched in February 2025, Trump 2.0 EJWatch takes the baton from Environmental Journalism TransitionWatch, a limited-run weekly report published following Election Day 2024 until shortly after Trump’s inauguration.

Below, you’ll find our latest Trump 2.0 EJWatch-branded stories, a catalog of the ten TransitionWatch reports and the latest Trump-related environment and energy headlines. Check back for updates regularly!

Trump 2.0 EJWatch stories

Trump-related headlines

EJ TransitionWatch stories

Trump look-ahead coverage

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Latest Trump 2.0 EJWatch Stories

TipSheets

• Environmental Justice Grants Disappear. Environmental Injustice Does Not
• Dam Safety Firings Leave Downstream Residents at Risk
• Hazardous Risk Reporting Resource at Risk of Trump Blackout
• Open Door to Industry for Trump Environmental Agency Appointee

Backgrounders

• Environmentalists Will Be Seeing Trump Forces in Court — Often
• Trump Tariffs Blow Up Long U.S.-Canada Environmental Partnership
• U.S. Fuel Exports To Profit Industry, Slam Consumers
• Will Science Be Stifled at the EPA?

WatchDogs

• Trump Pursues Broad Attack on Press Freedom
• Trump 2.0 Cuts Hit FOIA Offices at Federal Agencies
• Trump Pick To Head Secretive Agency Adept at Stifling Info, Regs
• Press Freedom Issues Come to Fore As Trump 2.0 Launches

Feature

• With Scientific Research Under Attack, Journalists Must Up Their Game

Toolboxes

• Green Geeks Liberate Environmental Data
• As One Door Shuts on Climate Risk Data, News Outlet Opens Another
• Tracking the Trackers in the Trump 2.0 Onslaught

Special Analysis

• ‘They’re Back’ — Veteran Journalists on Braving the Specter of Trump’s Return

 

EJTransitionWatch Stories

• Energy-Dominance Exponent Coasts Into Interior
• EPA Nominee Heads for Approval, Despite Inexperience
• ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ Could Undo Biden’s Climate Progress
• What Biden Rules Could Congress Unplug With Review Act?
• What Will a Second Trump Term Mean for Environmental Justice?
• Climate Action Looks First To Go Under New Administration
• Trump’s Public Health Agency Picks, Looking Peaked?
• EPA Science Integrity Threatened by House Republicans
• Will Trump ‘Disappear’ Environment, Climate Data?
• Is Fluoride Facing Phaseout in Your Community’s Drinking Water?

 

Pre-Trump look-ahead coverage

• Issue Backgrounder: What Would Trump 2.0 Mean for the Environment?
• Voices of Environmental Justice: Future of Justice40 Program Hangs in Balance
• WatchDog Opinion: Should Weather Data Really Be Withheld From the Public?
• WatchDog Opinion: What Would a Second Trump Reign Mean for Press Freedom?
• WatchDog Opinion: Will Journalism Be a Crime in a Second Trump Administration?

Plus,

• SEJ President’s Report: Onward Together: Supporting You, Your Work in a Changing World