Policy
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How the Big Beautiful Bill Reshapes EV Trajectory
Author: Arjun Rajan Editors: Victoria Maza and Clara Conry The One Big Beautiful Bill is slamming the brakes on America’s electric vehicle boom. As of October 2025, the federal government has been eliminating major tax credits for EVs. The One Big Beautiful Bill ends up to $7,500 in tax credits for new EVs and over…
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The Trump Administration Rolled Back NEPA Implementation Following Federal Orders. This Will Change the Landscape for Federal Energy Permitting.
Author: Tula Larsen Editors: Clara Conry and Darby Osborne Increasing the manufacturing and speed of permitting non-clean and non-renewable energy sources increases our reliance on resources with a greater carbon footprint, incentivizing the use of non-fossil fuel energy sources. Due to the Trump Administration’s goals to “Unleash American Energy” and increase American energy competitiveness, targeting…
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Clean Energy Policy in 2025: A Rundown on Recent Federal Policy Shifts
Author: Jessie Satovsky Editors: Victoria Maza and Maria Mendoza The second Trump administration has been running an offensive against the U.S. energy sector, taking aim at clean energy like wind and solar and promoting coal, oil, and natural gas. These actions are in line with the administration’s stance against clean energy, but these developments are…
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Far From Home: Climate Displacement and Immigration in the Trump Era
Author: Anissa Patel Editor: Clara Conry Our federal and state governments must recognize the reality of climate displacement and acknowledge the need for improved immigration systems that cater specifically to CDPs. Many of the immigrants to the United States arrive fleeing persecution or dangerous conditions in their home countries. While these conditions are typically pressing,…
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Federally Mandated Erasure: Where is EJScreen?
Author: Sonya Doubledee Editor: Victoria Maza “Attempting to delete the data is an explicit attempt to erase the most recent scientific data on environmental health outcomes and suppress public understanding of how manufacturing and production put human health at risk.” – Anonymous As of early February, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) EJScreen Tool (Environmental Justice Mapping…
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Trump’s National Energy Emergency: Executive Overreach in The Name of Oil
Author: Clara Conry Editor: Sonya Doubledee When Trump claimed he would end birthright citizenship, implement 25% tariffs on China and Canada, and end the war in Ukraine on the first day he was in office, many thought he was bluffing. When he signed over 20 executive orders (EOs) on “day one,” cries that he was…
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Trump, the Court, and Climate
Author: Darby Osborne Editor: Natalia Freeze Trump and the conservative movement have identified the Supreme Court as a necessary instrument to achieve their vision of a weakened federal government with fewer regulatory powers. Following last term’s overturning of the Chevron doctrine, the landscape of environmental regulation has been fundamentally altered. To understand the gravity of…
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Fueling the Crisis: Trump Guts Green Policies in the Name of Inflation Relief
Author: Natalia Freeze Editor: Clara Conry What is clear is that these rollbacks will have a disastrous impact on climate change, which will hurt the cost-of-living for American families. Since taking office in January, President Trump has issued a staggering number of executive orders. His directives targeting renewable energy, environmental justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion…
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Putting People over Politics: The Glaring Holes in Trump’s New SoCal Executive Order
Author: Jessie Satovsky Editor: Clara Conry and Sonya Doubledee President Trump’s second term in office began with a bang. He signed 26 executive orders (EO) on Inauguration Day, on issues including immigration, government structure changes, and the environment. While many of these orders were related to the President’s campaign promises, this ambitious start raises many…
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Regulatory Hypothermia: The Trump Administration’s Federal Freeze
Author: Sonya Doubledee Editor: Natalia Freeze While this memorandum alone may not be the government’s final straw, the atmosphere of stagnation only adds to the confusion, as Trump releases a litany of executive orders. Governmental institutions are preparing to go into hibernation under the Trump Administration’s “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review.” Law firms are fervently releasing briefs…
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