★ Government Action
Trump revokes twelve Biden climate and environmental orders
The Climate RollbackThe Fossil Fuel Comeback
Filed January 2025
★ The Brief
What happened
The January 20, 2025 order revoked twelve Biden executive orders issued from 2021 to 2023, including the clean-cars target, Inflation Reduction Act energy implementation, and climate-financial-risk directives, abolished the offices they created, and shut down the American Climate Corps green-jobs program.
Who enabled it
Who benefits
Companies in this industry that have contributed to Trump
Alpha Metallurgical Resources, American Petroleum Institute, Aspect Holdings, BP America, Chevron Corp, ConocoPhillips, Continental Resources, Exxon Mobil, Iron Senergy, Javelin Global Commodities, Occidental Petroleum, Shell USA, Venture Global LNG
As part of the 'Unleashing American Energy' executive order signed January 20, 2025, President Trump revoked twelve executive orders issued by the Biden administration between January 2021 and April 2023. The revoked orders covered a broad range of climate and environmental policies, including commitments to tackle the climate crisis at home and abroad (EO 14008), climate-related financial risk (EO 14030), clean cars and trucks (EO 14037), federal sustainability (EO 14057), forest protection (EO 14072), implementation of Inflation Reduction Act energy provisions (EO 14082), and environmental justice (EO 14096), among others. All offices established by those orders were also abolished.
Further reading
- ★ Government ActionOctober 2025Interior reopens 1.56-million-acre ANWR Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing
- ★ Government ActionFebruary 2025Trump creates National Energy Dominance Council chaired by Burgum
- ★ Government ActionJanuary 2025Trump order ends EV mandates and state emissions waivers
- ★ Government ActionJanuary 2025Trump order directs agencies to rescind energy-burdening regulations
- ★ Government ActionMarch 2026Trump's Interior Department generates record $164M from Alaska oil lease sale
- ★ Government ActionJuly 2025Trump tax law lets oil drillers dodge the corporate minimum tax