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Scott Waldman

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White House energy reporter for POLITICO swaldman@politico.com Signal: @waldman.04

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Chelsea Harvey @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW - Conservative orgs are filing records requests by the dozens at public universities, demanding documents from climate researchers. @lesleyclark.bsky.social @corbinhiar.bsky.social & I have uncovered more than 100 requests, a campaign targets/allies say is an effort to derail climate litigation
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Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers
A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.
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Corbin Hiar @corbinhiar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Policymakers in the US and EU are considering technologies that limit sunlight as a potential tool to curb global warming — even if they’re not yet willing to publicly say so. www.politico.com/news/2026/09/23/solar-geoengineering-politics-shift-01073177
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Behind closed doors, the politics of solar geoengineering are shifting
More politicians in the U.S. and around the globe are taking a look at sunlight-reflecting technologies, two experts said.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: Once exceptionally rare, illegal deportations — in defiance of court orders or due to ICE screw-ups — are now a routine part of President Trump's mass deportation push. It happened 3 times this past week and more at least 30 times in recent months. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New: Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin www.propublica.org/article/dona... w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trump says the Iran war is worth the price, but the bill keeps growing. And Trump's comments about the war not ending until after the midterms appears to be spooking energy markets, causing prices to spike. Diesel just hit $6 for the first time ever. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Trump says the Iran war is worth the price. The bill keeps growing.
The Iran war is costing the average U.S. household $1,650 — and it could get worse.
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
MAXXED OUT at $9.999!! GasBuddy data showing 5 stations in California that have hit the limit and are selling diesel at the dispensers highest possible price: $9.999/gal
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.
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West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Trump said millions of barrels of oil are escaping Hormuz every week. Energy Secretary Wright claims its 9 million barrels a day. But nonpartisan commodities tracking firms says it much less than that. So does the oil market. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
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Trump’s rosy Hormuz claims collide with tanker data
The Trump administration has said the Strait of Hormuz is open for business and oil is flowing. Market trackers suggest a less rosy picture.
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Kevin Bogardus @kevinbogardus.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
For years, conservative groups hunted for career feds they credit with frustrating Trump's policy goals One Trump-aligned think tank offered to expose EPA staff critical of the president to Zeldin, per an email I got under #FOIA #FOIA4eva More here: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
NEW: This is the untold back story of the Reflecting Pool drama and how it became a reflection of the second Trump administration's willingness to skirt laws and ignore facts. @nytimes.com @fahrenthold.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/u...
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How the Reflecting Pool Came to Mirror Trump’s Washington
A hospitality manager for the Trump Organization traveled to Las Vegas to find a solution to problems at a national landmark. This is the untold back story of the fallout.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Trump on the apparent Iranian cyberattack in MN: "I think Minnesota is behind it. You know who's behind it? Minnesota, because they're grossly incompetent. I think the governor's behind it. I don't think there was an Iranian cyber attack."
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The White House has reconstituted the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which tracks climate change and produces the National Climate Assessment. The Trump version will focus on "positive" climate effects and be used to protect fossil fuel companies from lawsuits. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
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The administration has a new climate change office. It’s headed by a climate critic.
The office that produces the National Climate Assessment has been reconstituted, after the administration gutted it last year.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The Trump has discussed charging some ships fees to transit the Strait of Hormuz, three people tell @benlefebvre.bsky.social and I. The "VIP pass" would guarantee "expedited escorted passage." www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
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‘VIP pass’: Trump administration mulling how to coax more oil tankers through Hormuz
Despite the president calling Hormuz open for business, ship owners remain wary of testing the waters.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Don't miss this killer story from Corbin, @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social and Lesley Clark on the quiet forces aligning to attack climate research.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Will this be imported to the US? It costs less than $10k and should scare US automakers as much as China's EV industry does if it's successful.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This is exact playbook the Trump administration is using to destroy federal climate research, which is inextricably linked to weather prediction. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
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A judge said the Trump administration can’t dismantle a weather research center. The damage may already be done.
The National Center for Atmospheric Research is the latest example of how the Trump administration’s efforts to chainsaw the federal government can happen too fast for the courts or Congress to counte...
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
A judge paused the Trump administration's dismantling of @ncar-ucar.bsky.social, one of the world's top climate and weather research facilities. But it's just one small part of a much larger ongoing White House effort to snuff out federal climate research. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
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A judge said the Trump administration can’t dismantle a weather research center. The damage may already be done.
The National Center for Atmospheric Research is the latest example of how the Trump administration’s efforts to chainsaw the federal government can happen too fast for the courts or Congress to counte...
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 07/05/2026
Wind and solar have now beaten fossil fuels in Great Britain for a record 15 months in a row Just a decade ago, fossil fuels were generating four times more than wind + solar Now that's flipped: Since the Iran war, wind and solar generated twice as much as fossil fuels
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Diesel prices are likely days away from breaking record high because of the Iran war. Diesel is the economic backbone of the US economy, and drives inflation while raising the cost of virtually everything. It's another hit to Republicans gearing up for midterms. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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Diesel price spike raises stakes for Trump, GOP ahead of midterms
A surge in diesel costs is set to ripple through the U.S. economy, raising prices on everything from groceries to housing and adding new political risk for Republicans.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Trump, Treasury Sec. Bessent and other admin officials are claiming Iran will soon feel such significant financial pressure that they'll cut a deal. But the worst financial pressure is months away and if Hormuz is not opened by then, the global and domestic economic pain will be substantial.
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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Anthony Constantino's campaign hired a "support agent" to help with the candidate's communications; a simple Google search would have revealed that Alec Flores was (and is) facing a murder charge for allegedly slashing or stabbing a man to death in June 2023.
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Constantino campaign hired man facing murder charge in Nevada
Anthony Constantino's campaign hired someone to help manage his online presence. The person they hired had been arrested on open murder charges the year before, with the case still ongoing.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
"There's a day of reckoning coming." Energy analysts believe Trump's jawboning of the oil market is artificially keeping prices too low when they should be higher to reflect the reality caused by the Iran war. A correction is coming. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
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‘There’s a day of reckoning coming’: Energy experts expect another spike at the pump
Trump's jawboning of the markets is sending the wrong signals to oil producers by keeping crude prices artificially low.
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Chelsea Harvey @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Artemis is "an echo of what America could still be, but is not today, because of the attacks on science," Rep. Whitesides told me. The mission has captured imaginations worldwide—but also casts Trump's deep proposed cuts to federal research into sharp relief. My story: www.eenews.net/articles/art...
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Artemis II: Beleaguered federal scientists take a victory lap
As the NASA astronauts return to Earth, President Donald Trump is promoting deep cuts in research funding for the second year in a row.
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Zack Colman @zcolman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Addressing a climate science deniers conference, EPA chief Lee Zeldin acknowledged his presence meant the "walls have collapsed" between federal government and a fringe group of contrarians that other administrations kept at arm's length. w/ @chemnick.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
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Zeldin stars at climate denial conference
The EPA administrator became the first agency chief to speak at the Heartland Institute's annual gathering of people who say climate change benefits humanity.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Iran has inflicted real political and economic pain on Trump by closing the Strait of Hormuz. Here are four of the widely varying and contradictory accounts Trump has given for how Hormuz will reopen, ahead of his pledge that a "whole civilization will die tonight." www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
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4 ways Trump has suggested the Strait of Hormuz could be reopened — and why they're a tough lift
President Donald Trump has floated several — at times contradictory — ways for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, even as Iran’s blockade is already driving up prices and squeezing economies amid an un...
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The Trump White House is now discussing the possibility of $150 a barrel oil. It comes as a supply shock makes it way through Asia, then Europe, then the US. “This is going to be effectively a massive tax that will sap excess disposable income." www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
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With gas prices on the rise, Trump officials discuss feared $150 oil
White House braces for a potential oil spike to $150 or higher as the Iran war chokes supply
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
NEW: NEW: A Houthi-affiliated group tells me they are not planning to close the Bab el-Mandeb strait right now and will continue to let ships pass through. After Hormuz, it's the second major oil and gas shipping route in the Middle East. www.eenews.net/articles/hou...
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Houthis pledge to keep open Middle East strait, for now
There is no current plan to shutter the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb, a Houthi group told POLITICO’s E&E News.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
If Trump escalates, Iran will likely close a second strait in the Middle East, which will cause another oil price shock. As one expert told me: “We are not in a situation where the Iranians are capitulating as Trump is also desperate for negotiation."
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
It's much easier for Republican-controlled states to get disaster aid from the Trump administration. Trump is rejected disaster aid to Democratic states at the highest rate in FEMA's history. Republican states also get the aid faster, my colleague Tom Frank reports. www.eenews.net/articles/its...
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It's three times harder for blue states to get disaster funding under Trump
The president has approved just 23 percent of blue state requests for disaster aid, compared to 89 percent for red states.
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Politico @politico.com · 20/03/2026
Gas prices are up in every state and the biggest increases are hitting key political battlegrounds. States with competitive races like Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin and Michigan have seen price jumps of at least $1 per gallon. How it's impacting midterms: politi.co/3PmAxDp
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Corbin Hiar @corbinhiar.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Lots of E&E News greats are walking out the door today. A true tragedy.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Israel's strike on an Iranian gas field is a new phase of the war, one that might take a long time to come back from if it escalates. An all-out war on Middle Eastern energy infrastructure means it could take months or years to return to normal. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
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Strike on key Iranian gas field is a new phase of the war. Trump blames Israel.
Israel’s targeting of the South Pars gas field is a major escalation in the war that energy watchers feared could turbocharge the economic disruption.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Trump is poised to take Iran's Kharg Island and its oil-exporting facility. It's a very risky move that could put more US troops directly in harm's way and possibly create lasting economic challenges that will dog him and the GOP for the rest of his tenure. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
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Trump is poised to take Iran’s Kharg Island. Here’s what could unfold next.
The president’s attacks on Iran’s oil infrastructure could determine the course of the war — and its domestic political fallout.
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Jean Chemnick @chemnick.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
EPA's endangerment finding and car rules repeal suggested that oil prices fall because of Trump policies. Lower future prices at the pump would mean consumers pay less for policies that keep demand high. But then came Trump's war... www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
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EPA tied its climate rollback to low oil prices. Then came the Iran war.
The Trump administration relied on rosy price estimates to argue that repealing emissions limits for cars would save consumers money.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
It's not just oil. The Strait of Hormuz is also a primary shipping route for helium, which is essential to the manufacturing of semiconductors, the backbone of modern life. It's also used in MRIs, welding and party balloons. Price inflation could soon follow. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
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It's not just oil. Here comes Hormuz inflation.
Garden supplies, birthday balloons and semiconductors could get hit by price inflation or shortages.
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Corbin Hiar @corbinhiar.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
"Last year, $239 million was traded on Kalshi’s climate markets — the fifth-most of any prediction category, according to data provided by the company. The volume of trading on its climate markets is on pace to grow to more than $1.2 billion." www.eenews.net/articles/you...
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You can bet on climate disasters. Business is booming
Traders are placing wagers on the likelihood of disasters, activists being jailed and oil depots exploding.
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Tom Toro @tbtoro.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
My latest for @climateconnections.bsky.social
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Even if the Iran war ended today, it would take months for energy markets to go back to normal, experts tell me. And the longer the fighting continues, the higher the risks for "the worst recession that anyone has seen since the 1930s." www.eenews.net/articles/why...
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Why high oil prices may outlast Trump’s Iran war
Tanker backlogs, damaged energy infrastructure and threats in the Strait of Hormuz could keep gasoline prices elevated.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
“I don’t want to brag, but no other president can do the shit I’m doing," Trump told GOP members of Congress just now.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
And the war on energy infrastructure in the Gulf region has just begun. How quickly could it hit $4 a gallon? www.eenews.net/articles/nig...
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‘Nightmare scenarios’: Iran hits oil targets, testing Trump’s Teflon
The regime’s attacks on tankers and refineries could reverberate through the U.S. economy ahead of midterms.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Iran is widening attacks on energy infrastructure in Gulf region, which could cause maximal pain to Trump's political fortunes at home when gas prices head for the stratosphere. "The mother of all nightmare scenarios for the global oil market was this." www.eenews.net/articles/nig...
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‘Nightmare scenarios’: Iran hits oil targets, testing Trump’s Teflon
The regime’s attacks on tankers and refineries could reverberate through the U.S. economy ahead of midterms.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
A tiny island inhabited by gazelles is the key to Iran's entire economy and funding for the brutal war machine of the regime. It's so sensitive that both Israel and U.S. forces have avoided destroying it for decades. www.eenews.net/articles/the...
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The oil island that could break Iran
President Donald Trump’s allies are urging him to take control of a small spit in the Persian Gulf that controls nearly all of Iran’s oil exports.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I was at this incredible show as was director Jim Jarmusch, who filmed the whole thing. Then we all hustled up to Cleveland, where Waits played a second show that started at 1 a.m. and had an entirely different set list. One of America's greatest living songwriters, who rarely plays shows.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Climate denialists claimed victory when the Trump administration published an unprecedented report reliant on decades of debunked claims. The administration just proved it has no confidence their work could withstand scrutiny in a legal fight over climate regulations www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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Trump sidelines climate contrarians in science rollback
The president has mocked global warming as a “hoax,” but his administration avoided testing that claim in court as it targeted the endangerment finding.
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Kevin Bogardus @kevinbogardus.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Here are my stories about how the last Trump EPA didn't end but *saved* the endangerment finding I cite lots of #FOIA docs www.eenews.net/articles/tru... www.eenews.net/articles/ins... Of course, many of these people are now serving in this Trump admin — which just axed the finding #FOIA4eva
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Trump EPA took eleventh-hour look at endangerment finding
With just days remaining for the Trump administration, EPA reviewed the agency's foundational ruling underpinning its climate change rules. But in a
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Bob King @bkingdc.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Greenhouse gases stopped being harmful at 1:30 pm EST on Thursday, February 12, 2026. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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EPA repeals endangerment finding
The move discards a scientific determination that empowered the government to limit climate pollution.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Trump claims people are "dying" because of the endangerment finding and the way it restricted air conditioning and fossil fuels. Which, of course, is not reality.
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Jean Chemnick @chemnick.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I'm told that the endangerment finding repeal package lands next week. I look at what that could mean for other climate rules, state action, and the future of U.S. climate policy. And on Signal at jchemnick.01, for any tips on when, where, etc.! www.eenews.net/articles/Her....
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Here’s what could happen when the endangerment finding dies
States, courts and Congress could be forced to fill the climate policy vacuum.
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Chelsea Harvey @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Months ago, during the first government shutdown, a source suggested I take a look at how small federal contractors were being affected. I started making calls and quickly realized that this story went beyond the shutdown — some of these folks had been losing money all year. 1/
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