With the second Trump administration and the 119th Congress now in power, the Center for Progressive Reform is defending our safeguards and standing up for our democracy. We’re also driving, supporting, and showcasing progress and positive developments on climate justice, environmental justice, a just energy transition, and more when and where they occur in the states.
As a candidate for president, Donald Trump repeatedly denied any knowledge of or full support for the Project 2025 agenda. As president, however, Trump and his team are now warmly embracing its recommendations and including them in early executive orders.
Trump has also nominated several Project 2025 contributors to key positions in his administration, including key architect Russell Vought. Vought leads the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), a role he played during Trump 1.0.
We’ve coordinated with Governing for Impact to track the Trump administration’s implementation of Project 2025 recommendations. Visit our tracker page to explore the databases we’ve compiled.
We’ve also offered a constructive alternative to Project 2025, and while we don’t expect the second Trump administration to take it up, it can serve as an outline for future administrations focused on the public interest.
Related op-ed: The Regulatory Review, “The Administrative State in a Project 2025 World”
While the Trump administration thinks it has a “mandate” to tear down environmental, climate, and energy justice policies, that’s not the reality on the state and local level. One case in point: ongoing coalition and organizing efforts to build out clean energy and decarbonize the economy in North Carolina in a just, equitable way. This work is happening through the Campaign for Energy Justice, various partnerships and coalitions on the ground, and convenings like a December gathering of residents, experts, and policymakers in rural North Carolina.
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