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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

EPA's recent rollback of climate pollution limits ignores health impacts, will lead to significantly more coal generation, and seeks to limit any future efforts to regulate climate emissions from the power sector: zealan.substack.com/p/five-thing...

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Five Things to Know About EPA’s Power Plant Repeal

The numbers behind the administration’s rollback of carbon standards

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Every President has a moment when they learn -- painfully -- that there is very little they can do quickly to bring down gasoline prices. @politico.com

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Nearly 20% of the world’s oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz. A sustained conflict could significantly impact U.S. energy prices, AI data center economics, and the pace of the clean energy transition. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/zealan/p...

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Epic Fury in Global Energy Markets

What closure of the Strait of Hormuz could mean for the domestic energy prices, AI data centers, and the transition to renewables.

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

The Bolt is back! Great to see a domestic EV with over 250 miles of range at <$30,000. www.caranddriver.com/news/a689884...

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

The murder of Charlie Kirk — and the rhetoric that’s followed — has me more concerned than ever about America’s direction. I wrote my thesis on conflict in Northern Ireland. What I see here feels eerily familiar to that violent conflict between Catholics & Protestants. 🧵

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. —Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Now is not the time to be throttling cheap wind and solar. Electricity prices are up 6.5% in the past year with major jumps in places as diverse as Maine (+36%), Utah (+15%), and Louisiana (+14%). See here: www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Republican's proposed tax provisions that dropped today are as bad as they could be.

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Every article and post on immigration should come with a disclaimer that over 95% of Americans are immigrants or descendants of immigrants.

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Now is a good time to stockpile a year’s worth of bananas. Follow me for more tariff advice.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

A quick 🧵of the incredible sights in cities across the USA right now. Millions are on the street speaking out against Trump & Musk trampling the Constitution. Let’s start here with Salt Lake City 😳👏 #HandsOff #HandsOff2025 #FiftyFiftyOne (📸Nate Blouin)

Thousands are seen spread out for hundreds of metres towards buildings in the distance. The mountains are seen on the horizon.

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

@charliesavage.bsky.social captures the current state of play as agencies continue to avoid clear judicial orders

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

New York City's congestion pricing has been a slam dunk policy. Today's effort by DOT to pull the plug just means more traffic, more crime, and more pollution. content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USD...

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U.S. Department of Transportation Terminates Tolling Approval for New York City’s Cordon Pricing Program

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Here's my explainer on why $20 billion to finance clean energy was deployed through Citibank. It's far less salacious and far more rigorous than Lee Zeldin implies. Read more: zealan.substack.com/p/epa-citiba... www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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EPA chief says Biden was ‘irresponsibly shoveling boatloads of cash,’ vows to get back $20 billion

Lee Zeldin’s move escalates President Donald Trump’s efforts to freeze federal money for climate projects.

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

If Republicans are the party of no government, Democrats cannot be the party of slow and cumbersome government. Inability to build housing pushes families out of cities. Slow renewables and transmission buildout leads to higher energy bills. Expensive, delayed projects sap support…

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

It's incredibly sad to hear hundreds of EPA staff are being fired today without cause, without due process, and with disregard to the impacts for public health and the environment. It's too early to know the specifics but a random walk through EPA press releases shows the important work at stake:

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

As we end week 3 of the #FundingFreeze here is the latest at EPA: +2,000+ grants to all 50 states +$20 billion in frozen $$$ +Grants to states, local governments, Tribes & nonprofits to reduce energy prices & fight pollution +No communication from EPA to its grantees docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

As thousands of dedicated public servants are fired tonight, remember that payroll is only 4% of the federal budget. This will not change the federal fiscal position. It will imperil public health and safety, and degrade public services. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

DOGE allegations of fraud are a smokescreen to cut programs they don’t like but don’t have the votes to cut in Congress. Don’t fall for it.

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

It's an apropos time to recommend The Gulf - Jack Davis' incredible environmental history that won a 2018 Pulitzer. A page-turning, tragic account of environmental degradation over centuries and the importance of robust regulations for the common good. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea

The Making of an American Sea

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

The intersection of climate action, affordable housing, and human-centered transit is the most exciting policy can get. I hope more cities follow Cambridge's lead!

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Monday #FundingFreeze Status: Clear as mud. At the end of last week, some grantees started to have access to their accounts restored. Then, on Friday evening EPA sent an internal communication directing a "program review pause." Some of those same grantees had their funding turned back off today.

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

@bikeshare.bsky.social continues to crush it with 6.1 million rides in the DC metro last year and hundreds of thousands even in the dead of winter. By far the region's single best climate initiative. H/t to @ggwash.org for the great graphics and coverage: ggwash.org/view/98229/b...

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

In a positive update on Friday afternoon, EPA's acting deputy administrator has issued a directive to release "any disbursements on open grant awards that were paused." It appears that a growing number of IRA grants are regaining access to their accounts after two weeks of chaos and disruption.

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Search EPA's frozen grants here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

It's been two weeks since the Trump Administration froze $20+ billion for EPA's climate and environmental justice programs. Projects across the country are now either paying out-of-pocket to float the federal government or shutting down operations. #FundingFreeze

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Administrator Regan created the EJ Office to bring together disparate functions across EPA and ensure the Agency was working effectively to help ALL communities facing disproportionate adverse health and environmental impacts. Most, if not all, staff are now on Admin Leave and their future is TBD.

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Evening Update on the #FundingFreeze: Over $20 billion remains frozen at in spite of multiple judicial orders. The Departments of Energy, Agriculture, and others also have funds frozen -- predominantly funds for clean energy and environmental justice programs. #GreenSky #EnergySky

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Powerful, well-sourced stories of the #FundingFreeze in this article. But let's be clear: tens of billions of dollars are still frozen in spite of clear judicial orders to the contrary.

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

There’s a new “DEIAwatchlist.com” and apparently regulating tobacco is woke now?

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

It’s been a rough week but on the bright side, I just switched to a heat pump hot water heater as our #electrifyeverything journey continues! I have lots of thoughts for #EnergyTwitter once current events slows down — the customer experience for install is still pretty terrible

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

EPA staff have begun communicating to at least some grantees that access to their financial accounts will be restored. Stay tuned. #FundingFreeze

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Thousands of EPA projects across the country have been frozen out of their bank accounts for over a week – that means they are furloughing staff and stopping work to support clean air, clean water, and environmental cleanup. Follow along for some examples of the #FundingFreeze…

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Administrator Zeldin says he wants to deploy 1,000 people for LA Fire cleanup a week after EPA told 1,000 employees they could be fired at-will. When disaster strikes it is frontline staff from across the agency who step away from their day job to respond. These are the same people.

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

EPA’s senior career leaders are some of the most talented and mission-driven civil servants I’ve worked with. When they told me something was a bad idea, that’s usually because it was! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/c...

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E.P.A. Demotes Career Employees Overseeing Science, Enforcement and More

A spokeswoman for the agency said the change was “common practice.” Others said it injects partisanship into jobs that have always been neutral.

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Who are some of the people Elon Must believes are in "lower productivity" public sector jobs? Meet EPA's Emergency Response Team. www.youtube.com/watch?v=feFb...

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EPA Careers: Superfund Emergency Response and Removal Program

YouTube video by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Imagine Biden froze all farm subsidy payments, fired the acting Treasury Secretary, ignored two judges ordering payments be turned back on, and gave George Soros unfettered access to the nation’s most sensitive IT systems. How would Republicans have reacted? Is that how Democrats are reacting?

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Just finished our last breakfast before the new tax on parents takes effect: 25% tariff on milk, eggs, berries, yogurt, peanut butter, fruit juice...

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Higher inflation from tariffs is another risk for infrastructure projects to manage this year. Most budgets don’t account for this significant a jump in costs and products that are simply not available could hammer timelines. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/w...

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Trade War Heats Up After Trump Orders Tariffs and Canada Retaliates

Amid warnings of price increases, Canada moved quickly to retaliate, China said it had planned countermeasures and Mexico said it would soon unveil its response.

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

It’s been a rough two weeks. Raleigh’s advice is to take some time for self-care today.

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

And not just the air traffic controllers! They're also offering "buyouts" to the EPA staff who respond to nuclear, chemical, and biological disasters. What could go wrong?

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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I ran $100 billion in Infrastructure and IRA programs at EPA. We obligated over $70 billion onto signed awards and contracts to protect public health and the environment. All that funding is currently frozen. Here are the facts… 🔌💡 1/X

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Jamie DeMarco @jamiedemarco.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

Good green jobs are going to coal communities! This was not predestined to happen, but the Biden Admin is getting it done and that is a good thing. www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/c...

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Former Coal Towns Get Money for Clean-Energy Factories

An Energy Department program designed to create jobs and manufacturing in communities reliant on fossil fuels is backing projects in West Virginia, Colorado and elsewhere.

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