In his first few weeks, President Trump has frozen climate spending, shaken up staffing at agencies like the E.P.A. and set off a wave of legal challenges.
The acting chair, Mark Uyeda, is directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to pause its legal defense of a rule requiring companies to make climate disclosures.
Staff members search for spending on βclimate science,β βclimate crisisβ and βpollutionβ as one of the worldβs premier climate research agencies girds for cuts.
The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of Americaβs land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study βtoo important to die.β
About 80 percent of manufacturing investments spurred by a Biden-era climate law have flowed to Republican districts. Efforts to stop federal payments are already causing pain.
Emboldened by President Trump, West Virginia and other states are challenging the Climate Change Superfund Act, which makes corporate polluters pay for past emissions.