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Energy/Environment/Climate reporter at The Hill | co-author of a book on 'forever chemicals' (PFAS): islandpress.org/books/poisoning-well | last name pronounced like raisin | email: rfrazin@thehill.com | Signal: rachelF.70

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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Judge halts contentious border construction in and near Texas’s Big Bend national park thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Judge halts contentious border construction in and near Texas’s Big Bend national park
A federal judge on Friday halted contentious Trump administration border construction plans in Texas’s Big Bend region.  Judge Kathleen Cardone, a George W. Bush appointee, wrote that the administr…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
European countries are expected to release spare fuel as oil, gasoline and diesel prices remain high The move follows some U.S. pressure. thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Europe to release 100M barrels of fuel amid high prices
European countries will release fuel from their stockpiles after prices have skyrocketed in recent weeks.  French President Emmanuel Macron said in a post on X Friday that leaders from the Group of…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bisparitsan senators announced a deal that they say will speed the construction of the nation’s energy and infrastructure projects while reining in electricity costs from data centers. thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6120853-permitting-reform-bipartisan-deal-infrastructure-energy-projects/
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Senators announce long-awaited permitting reform deal
Democratic and Republican senators on Wednesday announced a long-sought deal on permitting reform that they say will speed the construction of the nation’s energy and infrastructure projects while …
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dems block data center electricity bill, calling it ‘toothless’ thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Dems block data center electricity bill, calling it ‘toothless’
Senate Democrats have blocked a bill that seeks to address data center electricity costs, calling it ineffective and “toothless,” though the legislation passed the House with significan…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Read about the bipartisan permitting deal here! thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Democrats and Republicans announce long-awaited deal to speed up infrastructure, energy projects
Democratic and Republican senators have reached a long-sought deal that they say will speed the construction of the nation’s energy and infrastructure projects while reining in costs from data cent…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Senators have a permitting reform deal: The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 Read it for yourself here: www.epw.senate.gov/public/_cach...
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Alito recuses from case that could toss climate suits against oil companies w/ @zschonfeld.bsky.social thehill.com/regulation/c...
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Alito recuses from case that could toss climate suits against oil companies
Justice Samuel Alito on Monday recused from a major climate case set to be heard next week, stepping aside with no explanation after previously participating in the vote to take up the dispute. Ali…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Breaking: Trump rolls back car efficiency standards thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Trump rolls back car efficiency standards
The Trump administration has rolled back car efficiency standards designed to require automakers to ensure their products are using less fuel. While the Biden-era standards would have required vehi…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As a key Democrat says a permitting deal could pass in a few months, the Trump administration is saying it may not be willing to wait that long thehill.com/policy/energ...
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White House seeks to pressure Democrats to move faster on permitting reform deal
As a key Democratic negotiator says a deal to speed up infrastructure projects could be months away, the Trump administration is saying it may not be willing to wait that long. Sen. Sheldon Whiteho…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Court reinstates $7B ‘Solar for All’ program axed by Trump thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Court reinstates $7B ‘Solar for All’ program axed by Trump
A federal court has rebuffed the Trump administration’s effort to slash a $7 billion program that seeks to provide rooftop solar power in disadvantaged communities.  Judge Mary McElr…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As AI data centers face intense public pushback over issues including their electricity and water use, another potential environmental impact is percolating: the proliferation of forever chemicals. thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6098173-ai-data-centers-forever-chemicals-pfas-water-power/
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Data centers, drawing concerns over water and power, may have another surprise impact: Forever chemicals
As AI data centers face intense public pushback over issues including their electricity and water use, another potential environmental impact is percolating: the proliferation of forever chemicals.…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Heinrich blocked Husted’s bid to unanimously pass a bill that seeks to force states to consider making tech companies cover their data centers’ electricity price impacts. Moreno then blocked Heinrich's bid to pass his own electricity price bill thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Senate Democrat blocks House-passed bill on data center electricity costs
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) blocked Sen. Jon Husted’s (R-Ohio) Thursday effort to unanimously pass a bill that seeks to force states to consider making tech companies cover their data centers’ el…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Trump administration has further reduced protections for endangered species under the Endangered Species Act through a new internal memo thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Trump administration reduces protections for endangered species again
The Trump administration has further reduced protections for endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The law prohibits any “take” of endangered species, meaning to “h…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Read more about the Ratepayer Protection Act's passage here thehill.com/homenews/sta...
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House approves bill aimed at putting data center electricity costs on tech companies
The House on Tuesday passed a bill aimed at shielding Americans from increased electricity costs associated with data centers. The bill requires states to consider taking up standards that would fo…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bill to make states consider minimizing data centers' impact on electricity bills passed the House 417-3
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Court tosses EPA restrictions on highly toxic paint stripper chemical thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Court tosses EPA restrictions on highly toxic paint stripper chemical
A federal appeals court this week threw out an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that banned most uses of a highly toxic chemical used as a paint stripper.  The EPA has said that the …
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Here's what you should know about yesterday's move to slash climate regs for power plants thehill.com/homenews/sta...
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6 takeaways as Trump takes sledgehammer to power plant climate regs
The Trump administration on Monday gutted the rules governing the nation’s climate regulations for power plants.  Here’s what you should know about the final rule from the Environmental Protec…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Trump guts climate rules for coal and gas power plants thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6088870-trump-epa-climate-change-coal-gas-power-plants/
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Trump guts climate rules for coal and gas power plants
The Trump administration on Monday gutted regulations that limited planet-warming emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants.  The move allows a sector that makes up a large share of the …
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EJ Today News @ejtodaynews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Court Halts Trump Effort To Help Congress Overturn Calif. Clean Car Rules @rachelfrazin.bsky.social reports for @thehill.com thehill.com/policy/trans...
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Court halts Trump effort to help Congress overturn California clean car rules
A federal judge late Wednesday temporarily blocked a Trump administration effort to overturn California’s clean car rules through Congress. Judge Beryl Howell, an appointee of former President Obam…
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NewsNation @newsnation.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It would be particularly expected to reduce the number of waters subject to the Clean Water Act in the West. #politics
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EPA proposes to further narrow Clean Water Act protections
It would be particularly expected to reduce the number of waters subject to the Clean Water Act in the West.
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Trump administration announced Friday it was proposing to fast-track approvals for oil drilling projects in Alaska after a request from a trade group to do so. thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6071615-blm-proposes-npra-oil-approvals/
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Trump administration moves to fast-track oil drilling approvals in Alaska
The Trump administration announced Friday it was proposing to fast-track approvals for oil drilling projects in Alaska after a request from a trade group to do so. The Bureau of Land Management (BL…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Trump administration considers further narrowing the scope of the Clean Water Act thehill.com/policy/energ...
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EPA proposes to further narrow Clean Water Act protections
The Trump administration on Friday proposed further narrowing protections under the Clean Water Act. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers issued a supplemental prop…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Lutnick claims that data centers, known for water consumption, ‘don’t use water’ thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Lutnick claims that data centers, known for water consumption, ‘don’t use water’
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed Wednesday that data centers “don’t use water” despite the facilities’ significant water usage raising concerns for communities that may host them.  In an i…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Trump touts Venezuela deal, but it could take years for oil to reach the market thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Trump touts Venezuela deal, but political, logistical hurdles stand between US and oil
President Trump announced last week that the U.S. would team up with a Venezuelan company to pump oil from a large swath of the South American nation’s reserves — but actually getting that pe…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Breaking: Trump says he secured ‘majority U.S. control’ of large slice of Venezuela’s oil reserves thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Trump says he secured ‘majority U.S. control’ of large slice of Venezuela’s oil reserves
President Trump said Friday evening that there will be “majority U.S. control” of a large swath of Venezuela’s oil reserves.  “BREAKING NEWS: The United States of America has just entered into…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
As public pushback to data centers boils over, politicians on both sides of the aisle are racing to distance themselves thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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Rising data center backlash shakes up midterm races
As public pushback to data centers boils over, politicians on both sides of the aisle are racing to distance themselves from the controversial facilities.  Key swing state candidates are scram…
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Sharon Udasin @sharonudasin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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“The Hidden Crisis of Forever Chemicals with Author Sharon Udasin” | Let’s Find Out Podcast
What are PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," and why are they found in the bodies of nearly all Americans? In this episode of Let's Find Out, award-winning environmental journalist Sharon Udasin ...
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Sharon Udasin @sharonudasin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
It was a pleasure getting to speak in-depth about Poisoning the Well and the #PFAS crisis with Mitch Jelniker at the Arapahoe Libraries Let's Find Out podcast! Link in first comment.
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Apparently the Interior Department has recently shuffled around several senior career officials, I'm told: thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6044530-interior-staffers-trump-administration/
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Interior shuffles several senior career staffers
The Interior Department has recently shuffled at least 25 senior career staffers, giving them different roles at the department that oversees the nation’s public lands, parks and other resources, a…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The feds have unveiled short-term plans for Colorado River water cuts from California, Arizona and Nevada — issuing a plan that’s largely in line with what the states themselves have proposed and sparing them from more dramatic cuts for the time being thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Interior spares California, Arizona, Nevada from most dramatic short-term Colorado River water cuts
The federal government has unveiled its short-term plans for Colorado River water cuts from California, Arizona and Nevada — issuing a plan that’s largely in line with what the states themselves ha…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Trump administration’s border construction plans inside a national park have hit a wall: resistance from community members ranging from environmental activists to county sheriffs. thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Trump’s border plans spark controversy at Texas national park
The Trump administration’s border construction plans inside a national park have hit a wall: resistance from community members ranging from environmental activists to county sheriffs.  Last ye…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Trump moves to strip protections from 44M acres of national forest thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6035538-us-forest-service-trump-administration-roadless-rule-protections-stripped-44m-acres/
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Trump moves to strip protections from 44M acres of national forest
The Trump administration on Tuesday moved to strip protections from 44 million acres of national forest. The U.S. Forest Service has proposed to rescind the 2001 “Roadless Rule,” which …
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
CBP chief halts border construction in Big Bend National Park thehill.com/policy/energ...
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CBP chief halts construction in Big Bend National Park
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott said he would halt construction activity in Big Bend National Park as efforts to erect a border barrier have met bipartisan pushback. I…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Hill is hiring a business reporter! Apply here: nexstar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/nexsta...
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Business Reporter
Business reporter The Hill, a division of Nexstar Media Group, is hiring a Business Reporter to cover the intersection of business and politics in Washington, D.C. About the role: This position will b...
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
EPA's being sued over approvals of two chemicals despite identifying potential health risks thehill.com/policy/energ...
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EPA sued for approving semiconductor chemicals that may pose health risks
Environmental and community groups sued the Trump administration on Friday over its approval of two chemicals for use in semiconductors despite posing health risks. The Environmental Protection Age…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
NOAA pulls support from Arctic climate report The lead editor of this year's report said "We are frantically working to find a way" to make it happen anyway thehill.com/policy/energ...
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NOAA pulls support from Arctic climate report
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is pulling its support from an Arctic climate and environment report it has helped with in the past. Rick Thoman, lead editor for the 2026…
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EJ Today News @ejtodaynews.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Ex-White House Official, Project 2025 Author, Picked as DOI Watchdog @rachelfrazin.bsky.social reports for @thehill.com thehill.com/newsletters/...
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Ex-White House official nominated as DOI watchdog
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story  Ex-White House official nominated as DOI watchdogPresident Trump has nominated a former White House official…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Senate confirms Cameron Hamilton to lead FEMA Nomination was part of a larger bloc of 74 noms that passed 51-47 thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6017458-fema-administrator-cameron-hamilton/
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Senate confirms FEMA leader
The Senate has confirmed President Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which has faced significant scrutiny for its handling of disasters and funding under the Trum…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Trump nominates Project 2025 author to be the head watchdog of the Interior Department The former IG tells me this could compromise investigations and whistleblowers thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Trump nominates Project 2025 author to be Interior Department watchdog
President Trump has nominated a former White House official and Project 2025 author to be the Interior Department’s internal watchdog, a move that critics say could hurt the integrity of the office…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
President Trump has nominated a former White House official and Project 2025 author to be the Interior Department’s internal watchdog -- a move that critics say could hurt the integrity of the office’s investigations. thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Trump nominates Project 2025 author to be Interior Department watchdog
President Trump has nominated a former White House official and Project 2025 author to be the Interior Department’s internal watchdog, a move that critics say could hurt the integrity of the office…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Breaking: Trump nominates Project 2025 author to be the head watchdog of the Interior Department
Dennis Kirk is nominated to be the Interior Department inspector general
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Looks like there's a new political appointee (and Project 2025 author) at the Interior Department's inspector general's office the former IG says that's a problem that could compromise investigations and whistleblower identities thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Trump administration installs Project 2025 author at Interior’s internal watchdog, Democrat alleges
The Trump administration has installed a former White House official and author of the Project 2025 Republican policy playbook at what is supposed to be an independent internal watchdog at the Inte…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Looks like there's a new political appointee (and Project 2025 author) at the Interior Department's inspector general's office the former IG says that's a problem that could compromise investigations and whistleblower identities thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Trump administration installs Project 2025 author at Interior’s internal watchdog, Democrat alleges
The Trump administration has installed a former White House official and author of the Project 2025 Republican policy playbook at what is supposed to be an independent internal watchdog at the Inte…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Democrats refer Wright to DOJ for prosecution, accusing him of lying to Congress thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Democrats refer Wright to DOJ for prosecution, accusing him of lying to Congress
Two House Democrats have formally referred Energy Secretary Chris Wright to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for potential prosecution, accusing him of lying to Congress about whether green grants w…
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Sharon Udasin @sharonudasin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Part 2 in a series of timely #PFAS explainers: this one exploring the toxic legacy of AFFF, a foam long used to fight jet fuel-based fires. Great working with Andrea Gerlak of the @uarizona.bsky.social's Udall Center! earth.org/decades-of-u...
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How PFAS-Based Firefighting Foam Left Behind a Toxic Legacy | Earth.Org
As states ban toxic AFFF firefighting foams, federal delays and lingering contamination leave local communities waiting years for a fix.
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
FEMA risks having ‘critically low’ staffing levels this hurricane season: GAO thehill.com/policy/energ...
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FEMA risks having ‘critically low’ staffing levels this hurricane season: GAO
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is at risk of having “critically low” staffing levels if there’s a major disaster, according to a nonpartisan congressional watchdog. The Government A…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Appeals court once again reinstates injunction blocking Trump EPA from rescinding green bank funds thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Appeals court blocks Trump from rescinding green bank funds
In a reversal, a federal appeals court has once again blocked the Trump administration from rescinding billions in climate funds issued under the Biden administration’s signature Inflation Reductio…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The federal government is proposing potentially steep cuts to AZ, CA and NV water use Arizona says the maximum cuts could "devastate" its economy thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Federal government proposes Colorado River water use cuts for California, Arizona and Nevada
The federal government is proposing potentially steep cuts to water used by California, Arizona and Nevada, a major step toward figuring out the management of the dwindling Colorado River. The rive…
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Rachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
EPA exempts data center power plants from pollution limits seeking to prevent acid rain thehill.com/policy/energ...
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EPA exempts data center power plants from pollution limits seeking to prevent acid rain
The Trump administration announced Monday that it is exempting power plants that only serve data centers and do not connect to the broader grid from pollution limits that seek to prevent acid rain.…
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
happiness is a good look on us. ❤️ u @rachelfrazin.bsky.social
Jae and Rachel at a record store
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