The good news is that climate justice movement organizers nationwide were prepared for the threats of Trump’s second term and are fighting against his administration’s regressive political agenda and for a greener future. “We are already seeing our communities on the front lines being responsive [to Trump’s attacks],” says KD Chavez, executive director of Climate Justice Alliance (CJA). That nonprofit organization has succeeded in securing penalties for polluters in predominantly Black neighborhoods in Birmingham, Alabama, and is now working with the City of Birmingham to create a climate action plan with climate justice principles at its core. The federal funding freeze also disrupted at least $19 billion in EPA funding to thousands of state and local governments and nonprofit organizations, according to Inside Climate News. She says her organization has received little guidance on which programs will continue when the federal funding freeze is lifted.