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Jennifer Yachnin

@yachnin.bsky.social
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Colorado-based environmental and energy journalist who posts too many pictures of my dog. Find me at jyachnin.35 on Signal.

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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Today marks the end of my run @eenews.bsky.social and @politico.com. It's been a fantastic 15 years of covering campaigns and elections to the public lands and Western water beats. And of course, all the puns that were fit to print. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: House hearing is a gas, gas, gas
<p>Let's clear the air upfront: The next few hundred words are all about fart jokes.</p>
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Today @politico.com @eenews.bsky.social announced the end of the E&E News brand. It came as a surprise to staff. @pen-guild.bsky.social reply below.
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PEN Guild @pen-guild.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Months after telling staff that the E&E News brand was not going away, POLITICO is shuttering six publications. A statement from PEN Guild's leadership: This is unacceptable.
On January 29, as we were discussing buyouts for the energy and environment teams, Joe Schatz told PEN Guild union leaders “The brands and the publications are not going away. We are looking to sharpen their missions.”


Today, he told us that E&E News as we know it is gone. Energywire, Climatewire, Greenwire, E&E News PM, E&E News Daily, PowerSwitch--six publications are being killed this summer.


This is information that management should have had, and should have told us, while our colleagues were making the decision about taking  a buyout earlier this year. PEN Guild’s Labor Management Committee has questioned POLITICO monthly since January--including Jonathan Greenberger himself--about the vision for the newly combined energy and environment teams. At no point was sunsetting the E&E News publications ever mentioned--not even at our most recent meeting on Thursday, June 4. And yet somehow Semafor had the exclusive at 9:17 a.m. today. 


This is the second time management has lied to employees  in six months--the first being when John Harris said in December there would be no layoffs at the company, only to lay off some managers a month later.


Management says that none of us should be shocked, that change is part of the news business, that they did not lie and that they only finalized this new plan last week. And yet the question remains why such ground-shattering, publication-killing plans were not part of the “new vision” management announced in January? Why were our subscribers only surveyed in May? 


This is not leadership. This is unacceptable.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
We are saying goodbye to @politico.com's @eenews.bsky.social Executive Editor Cy Zaneski. If you haven't read his Editors' Picks email today, I recommend grabbing a tissue first.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Big big news on #AI from my colleagues @pen-guild.bsky.social representing @eenews.bsky.social @politico.com
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PEN Guild @pen-guild.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
NEWS: @politico.com has agreed to shut down 2 AI tools that were in violation of our collective bargaining agreement wbng.org/2026/05/22/p...
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VICTORY: POLITICO agrees to shut down both AI tools at center of landmark arbitration - Washington-Baltimore News Guild
The POLITICO and E&E News Guild (PEN Guild) members have earned a resounding final victory in one of the most significant labor-AI disputes in American journalism: following months of negotiations bet...
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Washington-Baltimore News Guild @wbng.org · 22/05/2026
🚨🚨🚨🚨 VICTORY! Following months of negotiations between @pen-guild.bsky.social leadership, WBNG, and POLITICO management, the company has agreed to shut down both AI products at the heart of last November’s landmark arbitration ruling! wbng.org/2026/05/22/p...
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VICTORY: POLITICO agrees to shut down both AI tools at center of landmark arbitration - Washington-Baltimore News Guild
The POLITICO and E&E News Guild (PEN Guild) members have earned a resounding final victory in one of the most significant labor-AI disputes in American journalism: following months of negotiations bet...
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 08/04/2026
We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Saying goodbye to some wonderful and amazing colleagues including @seanatgreenwire.bsky.social @michaeldoyle10.bsky.social @rbravender.bsky.social and Scott Streater.
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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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PEN Guild @pen-guild.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
And yet, @politico.com management still hasn’t met our main demand: Articulating the vision that allegedly precipitated these buyouts. We warned management when they announced this move that we would lose talented colleagues if they didn’t explain their reasons for doing this. 4/4
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PEN Guild @pen-guild.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Buyouts from @politico.com represent: 21 percent of the newly-unified energy team, including 25 percent of @eenews.bsky.social 33 percent of Magazine And more from the central editing desk, data, visuals, graphics and interactives teams. 3/4
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PEN Guild @pen-guild.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The losses are particularly stark on the @eenews.bsky.social POLITICO Pro #Energy teams, whose remaining staff will still collectively produce six profitable publications daily despite the losses. 2/4
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PEN Guild @pen-guild.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
At least 19 of our @eenews.bsky.social Politico Pro colleagues have decided to take the buyout and leave us this week. It's no small amount. Not everyone was offered a buyout @politico.com 1/4
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
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E&E Publishing is spending a lot of money on reporting most people won’t ever see
Seventy-five journalists and subscription prices that can stretch past $100,000: The energy and environment publisher has built a big content engine for a small community of subscribers.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
An @eenews.bsky.social EDITORS’ NOTE: For anyone who cares about #publiclands, Scott Streater’s reporting has been a must-read for 18 years. Scott, who covered the Bureau of Land Management and other @deptofinterior.bsky.social agencies with brio, will ride into the Colorado sunset next week.
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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Last week, an aerial survey team spotted endangered blue whales two days in a row in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument This is the same area the trump admin is now slashing protections for “Seeing blue #whales outside of their Canadian feeding grounds is rare," they said
A blue whale seen by the New England Aquarium’s aerial survey team over Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument on Feb. 27, 2026. (CREDIT: New England Aquarium
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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 25/02/2026
"People typically do not start their day with a cup of coffee and the latest peer-reviewed journal article. Instead, they turn to media — television, newspapers, radio, social media — to understand how science and policies could impact their everyday lives." www.colorado.edu/today/2026/0...
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Climate change media coverage fell 14% in 2025
Despite rising impacts, climate change received less attention in media around the world in 2025. CU Boulder sociologist Max Boykoff shares the reasons and
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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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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
If there's not enough love for a Colorado River deal by Valentine's Day, Arizona said it might be time to revisit the prenup. With my @politico.com counterpart Annie Snider.
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Arizona ups the ante in Colorado River fight
If no deal materializes, state officials say they are prepared to test a never-used legal provision to seize water from Upper Basin states.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
From my colleague Christa Marshall @eenews.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: Chris Wright: US will control Venezuelan oil ‘indefinitely’
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that oil released from tankers off Venezuela’s coast would be arriving in the U.S. “very soon.”
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
My colleague @mikesoraghan.bsky.social with a great explainer on why the global crude glut complicates the president's plans to "get reimbursed for everything that we spend" in Venezuela. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: Trump’s Venezuela gambit relies on oil boom for payback
A global crude glut complicates the president's plans to "get reimbursed for everything that we spend" in the South American petrostate, whose leader was captured by the U.S. on Saturday.
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Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 09/12/2025
Reuters is hiring a photojournalist for their DC desk to cover the White House, Capitol Hill, U.S. politics, and government affairs.
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Senior Photographer (Level 1 Journalist) in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America | News & Editorial Careers at Thomson Reuters
Apply for Senior Photographer (Level 1 Journalist) job with Thomson Reuters in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America. News & Editorial Careers at Thomson Reuters
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
A new look at Colorado's 2026 gubernatorial battle for @eenews.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: A Democratic clash over the environment in Colorado
Phil Weiser, Colorado’s state attorney general, and Sen. Michael Bennet are vying to succeed Gov. Jared Polis, in part leaning on their conservationist bona fides.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
"But the rabbit-cousin pikas have evolved a delicate metabolic sensibility: Above 76 degrees, their insides start to cook." coloradosun.com/2025/12/04/c...
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Chirp one out for the pika: Hot rocks from climate change are killing Rocky Mountain critters
Colorado's pika population is hurting from higher temperatures climate change brings to their talus nesting areas, a new CU Boulder study says.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Federal employees expressed relief tinged with frustration after 43 days of uncertainty as they came to work.E&E News reporters granted civil servants anonymity to speak freely. From my colleagues @eenews.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: Feds go back to work
The deal to reopen the government ensures all civil servants will be paid retroactively and reverses shutdown-tied layoffs.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
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E&E News: Deadline for Colorado River decision shifts to February
The clock is ticking on short-term interstate deals on water use. A long-term operating plan must be in place by Oct. 1, 2026.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
My colleagues @timothycama.bsky.social and @corbinhiar.bsky.social spent some time on the (virtual) rooftops of 112 members of Congress: every Senate Republican and 59 House GOP lawmakers who are in leadership or facing tough reelection races. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: Meet the Republicans who killed solar subsidies — after using them
POLITICO’s E&E News examined satellite imagery of more than 100 homes owned by Republican lawmakers to see if they have solar panels. Seven had rooftop arrays.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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E&E News: Colorado River negotiations blow past deadline
The Trump administration will grant states more time to work on a deal for reducing water use.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
And in the meantime, the clock ticks down on the Colorado River negotiations. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: On eve of Trump deadline, Colorado River talks still going
It is unclear whether negotiators will come up with even the broad outline of a deal by Tuesday, which the Trump administration set as the cutoff for an initial agreement.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Mass layoffs on hold for now @deptofinterior.bsky.social, if shutdown deal moves. From @michaeldoyle10.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: Shutdown deal puts RIF sword back into scabbard, for now
The Interior Department has indicated officials were working on layoffs that would include more than 2,000 employees.
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KUER @kuer.org · 06/11/2025
Look to the beavers. These fat, fluffy, flat-tailed rodents can tell you a lot.
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Busy beavers are building back as Lake Powell retreats
Drought and steady demand along the Colorado River are draining the nation's second-largest reservoir. Land that was once submerged is now full of beavers and thriving ecosystems.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
An update on planned RIFs at Interior subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: Interior halts layoff plans during government shutdown
Other federal agencies spelled out how many employees are protected by a judge's injunction temporarily blocking many layoffs.
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PEN Guild @pen-guild.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
We stand together with InsiderUnion and BIUK_Union for journalistic integrity and job security. Join us in telling @axelspringer.bsky.social NO SLOP IN OUR SHOP!
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Chelsea Harvey @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
The shutdown has left NOAA's network of cooperative research institutes locked out of federal labs and cut off from federal collaborators. In some cases, it's affecting research aimed at public safety—like toxic algae monitoring in the Great Lakes. My story 🔏 & quick 🧵 www.eenews.net/articles/shu...
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Shutdown disrupts research into Great Lakes’ toxic algae
At risk is the ability for researchers to forecast dangerous blooms weeks in advance.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
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E&E News: ‘Very undesirable’: Interior could decide Colorado River’s future
After almost two years of talks, the seven states that depend on the river are perilously close to a deadline to reach a deal on water use cuts.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
From @timothycama.bsky.social on who is funding the White House East Wing demolition: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: Harold Hamm, NextEra among Trump’s ballroom donors
A sugar magnate and a major railroad company are also on the list of people and companies funding the White House revamp.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
New details on looming RIFs at Interior, with my colleagues Scott Streater and @kevinbogardus.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: Interior divulges more details on layoff plans
Newly filed court documents reveal anticipated cuts at the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Geological Survey and elsewhere across the Interior Department.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
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E&E News: Judge expands order banning RIFs during shutdown
"During this time, these agencies should not be doing RIFs of the protected folks that we're talking about," Judge Susan Illston said.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Updated with details on tomorrow's hearing. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: Interior planning layoffs despite court order, unions say
In a court filing, lawyers for federal unions say they have received information about plans for potentially thousands of employees to be laid off Monday.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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E&E News: Unions say Interior planning layoffs despite court order
In a court filing, lawyers for federal unions say they have received information about plans for potentially thousands of employees to be laid off Monday.
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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 16/10/2025
Media is worse, journalism is worse, and the stories we tell are worse when we limit the access to telling them to people who can afford to live in the two or three biggest cities in the country.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2025
NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.
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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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E&E News: ‘Treading water in the dark’ as Interior shutters
Wildland firefighters, staffers working on administration energy priorities and some park rangers will keep working during the shutdown.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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E&E News: What to know about the government shutdown
Parks are mostly open. EPA staff is still working. Feds are freaked out.
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Marcia Brown @marciabrown.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
The federal government has shut down. Here's what that means for government services in transportation, food safety, housing, defense and more. Comprehensive breakdown from team @politico.com: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Government shutdown 2025: A guide to what’s still open, what’s closed and what’s fuzzy
While Social Security checks, mail and student loan bills will still be delivered, millions of workers are still set to suffer financial hardship.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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E&E News: OPM issues layoff guidelines for government shutdown
The Trump administration has indicated it could lay off federal employees if the government shuts down.
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Chelsea Harvey @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
"Weather" a govt shutdown, see what we did there? As Tom Frank and I report, forecasting & disaster operations generally continue through shutdowns. (There's even precedent for extreme weather during a lengthy shutdown e.g. TS Karen in 2013.) The bigger issue... 1/2 www.eenews.net/articles/how...
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How FEMA and NWS would weather a government shutdown
The threat of a federal funding lapse comes as Tropical Storm Imelda approaches the East Coast.
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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Trump's climate denial tirade at the UN is part of an administration-wide effort to pressure other countries to drop their climate policies and clean energy reliance. Aside from some commitments to buy LNG to avoid tariffs, the pressure campaign is largely ineffective. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
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Trump urges the world to abandon climate fight
Through his rhetoric and promotion of U.S. fossil fuels, the president is trying to undermine global climate efforts.
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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E&E News: Colorado River negotiations teeter over future water use
“They’re asking me to give up the future we were promised and to make promises that I can’t keep,” a Wyoming official said.
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