On Jan. 6, 2025, Congress certified the election of Donald J. Trump as president of the United States, triggering what has become a wide-ranging dismantling of the federal government’s environmental enforcement apparatus under his second administration.
On the same day, Targa Northern Delaware, LLC, a subsidiary of Targa Resources, filed a full-court-press defense against New Mexico’s Environment Department in a case over alleged air pollution violations going back years. It’s a case that troubles the department and environmental watchers like Melissa Troutman, a climate and health advocate with WildEarth Guardians.
