★ Topic
Climate Policy Rollback
$163.7M documented · January 2025 – March 2026
- Actions
- 11
- People
- 6
- Orgs
- 16
- Sectors
- 15
Trump's executive actions have systematically revoked Biden-era climate commitments, abolishing offices, terminating programs, and revoking orders designed to address climate change — benefiting fossil fuel industries while reversing years of environmental policy.
Actions
Government Action
March 2026Trump's Interior Department generates record $164M from Alaska oil lease sale
$163.7M
Government Action
February 2026Trump's EPA eliminates climate endangerment finding and emission rules
Government Action
October 2025Interior reopens 1.56-million-acre ANWR Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing
Government Action
October 2025Trump approves Ambler Road across Alaska wilderness for critical-minerals access
Government Action
February 2025Trump creates National Energy Dominance Council chaired by Burgum
Government Action
January 2025Senate confirms Zeldin as EPA chief despite no climate background
Government Action
January 2025Trump restarts stalled natural gas export approvals paused by Biden
Government Action
January 2025Trump order ends EV mandates and state emissions waivers
Government Action
January 2025Trump order directs agencies to rescind energy-burdening regulations
Government Action
January 2025Trump order directs EPA to reconsider 2009 endangerment finding
Government Action
January 2025Trump revokes twelve Biden climate and environmental orders
People
Ranked by appearances across this topic's actions.
10 actionsDonald TrumpAppeared alongside Administrator Zeldin at the White House announcement, with the action tracing directly to his Day One Executive Order 14154 directing EPA to reconsider the Endangerment Finding.- 3 actionsDoug BurgumInterior Secretary who issued the public statement on the sale results, framing the $163.7 million in high bids as evidence of the National Petroleum Reserve's role in U.S. energy security.
- 2 actionsChris WrightNamed vice chair of the National Energy Dominance Council, alongside his Energy Secretary role.
2 actionsLee ZeldinAs EPA Administrator, announced and signed the final rule eliminating the 2009 Endangerment Finding and all federal vehicle GHG emission standards, characterizing it as the single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history.- 1 actionBill GroffyActing director of the Bureau of Land Management at the time of the sale; issued the public statement announcing the auction in February 2026.
- 1 actionMike DunleavyAlaska Governor; publicly advocated for reopening ANWR to drilling and praised the announcement as "historic for Alaska."
Organizations
Ranked by appearances across this topic's actions.
- 2 actionsBureau of Land ManagementConducted the March 18, 2026 NPR-A competitive lease sale under the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Offered 625 tracts across ~5.5 million acres; awarded 187 leases on 1,334,967 acres to nine companies.
2 actionsEnvironmental Protection AgencyIssued the final rule under Administrator Zeldin's direction, repealing the Endangerment Finding, associated GHG vehicle emission standards, off-cycle credits, and compliance programs covering model years 2012–2027 and beyond.- 1 actionAlaska Industrial Development and Export AuthorityRecovered seven Coastal Plain oil and gas leases originally granted in 2021 and cancelled by the Biden administration in 2023; AIDEA was among the few bidders at the first ANWR lease auction.
- 1 actionArmstrong Oil and GasDenver-based independent oil and gas company; bid through its subsidiary North Slope Exploration LLC and won leases at the March 2026 NPR-A sale.
- 1 actionCheniere EnergyDeveloper of the Sabine Pass LNG expansion in Louisiana, whose pending federal export authorization for additional capacity was unfrozen by Section 8(a).
- 1 actionCommonwealth LNGDeveloper of the 9.5 MTPA Commonwealth LNG export terminal in Louisiana, whose pending non-FTA export authorization had been blocked the longest of any project under the Biden pause. Approved by DOE first after the EO.
1 actionConocoPhillipsLargest winner of the March 2026 NPR-A sale; high bidder on 30 tracts — the most of any company. Already the dominant operator in the NPR-A through its Willow project area.- 1 actionDepartment of the InteriorIssued the policy announcement reopening the ANWR Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing and restoring the seven AIDEA leases that the prior administration had cancelled.
- 1 actionEnergy TransferDeveloper of the Lake Charles LNG export terminal in Louisiana, whose pending federal export authorization was unfrozen by Section 8(a).
- 1 actionEpoch Oil and GasDenver-based oil and gas company; submitted the single highest bid of the March 2026 NPR-A sale at $3.7 million for one tract.
1 actionExxon MobilCommitted more than $7 million across approximately 138,000 acres, returning to Alaska North Slope leasing in a move described as a "particularly big surprise" by the Anchorage Daily News.- 1 actionRepsolSpanish integrated oil major; bid in partnership with Shell Frontier Oil and Gas, a Shell USA subsidiary. Several of the Repsol-Shell winning bids exceeded $2 million per tract.
- 1 actionSantos Ltd.Australian-headquartered oil and gas producer; a winning bidder at the March 2026 NPR-A sale. Specific tract count and bid amount not yet reported.
- 1 actionSempraDeveloper of the Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 export project in Texas, whose pending federal export authorization was unfrozen by Section 8(a).
1 actionShell USAThrough its Shell Frontier Oil and Gas Inc. subsidiary, partnered with Repsol on winning bids in the NPR-A sale; several joint bids exceeded $2 million per tract.- 1 actionVenture Global LNGDeveloper of the CP2 export terminal in Louisiana, one of the high-capacity projects whose pending export authorization was unfrozen by Section 8(a).
Sectors involved
Derived from the organizations and individuals involved.
- Consumer Goods & Hospitality
- Cryptocurrency
- Defense & Aerospace
- Energy & Environment
- Federal Government
- Financial Services
- Fossil Fuels
- Liquefied Natural Gas
- Media & Entertainment
- Political Committees & Political Money
- Private Foundations & Donor Networks
- State Government
- Technology & AI
- Telecommunications
- Trump Family Business