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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!
Latest Trump 2.0 EJWatch Stories
TipSheets
- Citizen Pollution Monitors Face Industry Pushback, Legal Threats
- Will Your Town Pass the Electric School Bus Acid Test?
- Coal Ash Is an Issue That Just Won’t Stay Buried
- The Time To Make Local Stories With GHG Inventory Data Is Now
- Lapses in Enforcement by Trump's EPA May Yield Local Environment Stories
- National Park Story No Walk in the Park, Post-Budget Cuts
- Mapping Out Local PFAS Risk, As Federal Rules Waver
- 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
Toolboxes
- Find Environmental Justice Stories With Grants Data
- Trump Administration Icing Out NSIDC Data
- EPA Open Data Plan Is Worth Putting Into Action
- Will DOGE Evaporate Crucial Water Data?
- 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
Backgrounders
- DOE Climate ‘Endangerment’ Report Sparks Stormy Retort
- Analysis: Trump Administration Attacks Science, As Environment Suffers
- 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
- Why Media Consolidation Threatens Press Freedom, Democracy
- Trump Climate Science Denial Hinges on … Not Saying the Word
- RFK Jr. Attacks Some Unwelcome Truth-Telling
- Public Broadcasting Cuts Would Harm Free Press
- 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
Voices of Environmental Justice
Feature
- Targets on Their Backs … and Ours? Reporting on Immigrant Farmworkers
- With Scientific Research Under Attack, Journalists Must Up Their Game
Special Analysis
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











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