Research Guides: Climate Change: U.S.

The EPA website generally removed or buried information relating to climate change (particularly climate science) after the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2017. Although some references remained, most of the information was no longer updated. In order to view the information that existed as of January 19, 2017, users can go to the EPA Web Archive (ending June 2023) or the Jan. 19, 2017 Web Snapshot. The Biden Administration EPA restored information on climate change to the current EPA website in January 2021.The website as it was on January 19, 2021 is also archived.

Addressing Climate Change in the Water Sector
Provides links to resources and actions.
Climate Change Adaptation Plans
Provides links to the EPA adaptation plans for 2012-2014.
Climate Change Adaptation Resource Center (ARC-X)
An interactive resource that allows users to select regions of the country and find information about the risks posed by climate change, adaptation strategies, and case studies.
Climate Change Indicators
Provides links to information on GHGs, weather and climate, oceans, snow and ice, health, and ecosystems.
Climate Change Research
Provides links to research areas and topics, funding, and tools & publications.
Economics of Climate Change
Discusses economic analysis of regulatory policies as well as the economic impacts of climate change.
Greening EPA
Information on EPA efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its facilities and operations. Includes information on green building, energy & emissions, water management, and green practices.
Smart Growth and Climate Change
Provides information on mitigation and adaptation strategies and resources as well as publications.
Transportations, Air Pollution, and Climate Change
Provides links to background information, what consumers can do, accomplishments, carbon pollution, and other air pollution.

U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
Homepage for this toolkit, which operates under the auspices of the U.S. Global Change Research Program.

Brookings Deregulation Tracker
Tracks all deregulatory actions of the Trump Administration.
Climate Deregulation Tracker
Tool created and maintained by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law to track the deregulation efforts of the Trump Administration and Congress to scale back or eliminate mitigation and adaptation to climate change measures. Also includes access to a database of regulations to address climate change.
Climate Reregulation Tracker
Resource from the Sabin Center that tracks steps being taken by the Biden Administration to reinstate and expand climate mitigation and adaptation measures taken by the Trump Administration as well as new regulations in previously unregulated areas of climate change law.
Harvard Environmental and Energy Deregulation
Tracking regulatory rollbacks of the Trump Administration related to the Environment and Energy.

A partnership between the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and StateAG.org to develop a database of environmental actions taken by state attorneys general in their jurisdictions. Allows for filtering by topic, type, or jurisdiction.

State AG Environmental Actions