Oil Execs Warn That Trump’s ‘Chaos’ Could Be ‘Disaster’ for Industry [1]
"After donating heavily to Trump’s reelection, Big Oil is just catching on that the president’s policies can hurt them too, anonymous survey of industry executives reveals."

"After donating heavily to Trump’s reelection, Big Oil is just catching on that the president’s policies can hurt them too, anonymous survey of industry executives reveals."
"
"Chevron has been ordered to pay more than $744m in damages for destroying parts of south-east Louisiana’s coastal wetlands over the years. The ruling, which came in the form of a civil jury verdict on Friday, marks the conclusion of the first trial among 42 lawsuits filed about 12 years earlier which alleged that the company’s oil and gas projects have led to the degradation of the region’s wetlands."
"Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart questions whether it’s safe for anyone to work in the industry right now. The Department of Government Efficiency, created by President Donald Trump and run by Elon Musk, has been targeting federal agencies for spending cuts. That includes terminating leases for three dozen offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the agency responsible for enforcing mine safety laws."
"When Milwaukee officials discovered in January that lead paint in school buildings had poisoned kids, they called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." "“The people who were answering our questions are just gone,” City Health Commissioner Michael Totoraitis said in an interview after the firings Tuesday at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."
"President Donald Trump’s tariff blitz has sent shock waves throughout every aspect of the global economy, including the auto sector, where multi-billion-dollar plans to electrify in the United States are especially at risk."
"After Trump administration job cuts, nearly half of National Weather Service forecast offices have 20% vacancy rates — twice that of just a decade ago — as severe weather chugs across the nation’s heartland, according to data obtained by The Associated Press."
"Rivers rose and flooding worsened Sunday across the U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already waterlogged and badly damaged by days of heavy rain and wind that killed at least 18 people."
"The Trump administration is quietly carrying out a plan that aims to kill hundreds of bans on highly toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” and other dangerous compounds in consumer goods. The bans, largely at the state level, touch most facets of daily life, prohibiting everything from bisphenol in children’s products to mercury in personal care products to PFAS in food packaging and clothing."
"Two chemical industry groups are asking President Trump for a complete exemption to free their factories from new limits on hazardous air pollution."

The Trump administration’s offensive against evidence-based research is making clear, accurate reporting on science more important than ever — because people who understand how scientific research works and what it tells us are less likely to be duped by misinformation or pseudoscience. SciLine director Matt DeRienzo on the challenges of the time and new resources to help journalists understand and explain evidence-based research.
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/oil-execs-warn-trump-s-chaos-could-be-disaster-industry
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[7] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[9] https://www.desmog.com/2025/04/04/oil-execs-warn-privately-that-trumps-chaos-could-be-disaster-for-their-industry/
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/jury-orders-chevron-pay-over-744m-destroying-louisiana-wetlands
[11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure
[15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
[19] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast
[20] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/chevron-louisiana-wetlands-damages-lawsuit
[21] https://www.sej.org/headlines/coal-country-voices-say-closures-msha-offices-will-endanger-mine-safety
[22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice
[24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health
[25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[27] https://apnews.com/article/doge-mine-safety-lease-msha-77398316612fbbefbd4de1800ecd057f
[28] https://www.sej.org/headlines/milwaukee-faces-lead-crisis-without-cdc-experts-rfk-jr-fired
[29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes
[32] https://www.eenews.net/articles/milwaukee-faces-lead-crisis-without-cdc-experts-rfk-jr-fired/
[33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-electric-vehicle-industry-collateral-damage-trump-s-trade-war
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation
[36] https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-electric-vehicles-automakers-a106cce5b6acbf5d14ad1e583e301b50
[37] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nearly-half-nws-offices-have-20-vacancy-rates-experts-say-it-s-risk
[38] https://apnews.com/article/doge-weather-cuts-tornado-dangerous-staff-warnings-aa7db3e0d0009d99c143742ab722c40a
[39] https://www.sej.org/headlines/rising-rivers-threaten-us-south-and-midwest-after-dayslong-torrent-rain
[40] https://apnews.com/article/south-midwest-flash-flooding-rain-tornadoes-00f12380cc7e7a3670847647c6abf8df
[41] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-officials-quietly-move-reverse-bans-toxic-forever-chemicals
[42] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/05/trump-pfas-toxic-forever-chemicals
[43] https://www.sej.org/headlines/chemical-industry-asks-trump-exemption-pollution-limits
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
[45] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/climate/chemical-industry-trump-pollution-exemption.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U4.-lka.1h6BPXO_hJd5&smid=url-share
[46] https://www.sej.org/publications/features/scientific-research-under-attack-journalists-must-their-game
[47] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/features
[48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[50] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81?page=265
[51] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81?page=262
[52] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81?page=263
[53] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81?page=264
[54] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81?page=267
[55] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81?page=268
[56] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81?page=269
[57] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81?page=270
[58] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81?page=4714