As we await news from Interior and DOE on their latest attempt to boost the coal sector, take a look at my deep dive into the market realities, complete with some amazeballs charts and whatnot: www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

Wow: Trump admin says it’s open to bringing back Pebble Mine, after Trump stopped it during his first term. @hmnorthey.bsky.social confirms for @eenews.bsky.social ⛏️ www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

Finally taking some time off and heading up to Isle Royale next week to trek through the wilderness -- putting packs on our two boys, 9 and 5 :) Would love to hear stories if you've been there! And yes, I've prepared as much as possible - black flies, heat, sea sickness, rain, you name it!

*NEW* "Trump administration plans to fast-track permits for deep-sea mining, despite pushback from conservation groups that warn that too little is known about delicate ecosystems deep underwater." www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

NJ is one of multiple states suing to get these funds for building EV chargers back. Here's some local background www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/02/trum...

ICYMI (because there's too much news) subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

"The Energy Department is considering axing federal programs aimed at bolstering solar and wind technology and helping integrate renewables into the grid to comply with drastic cuts in President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget request." www.eenews.net/articles/doe... by @hmnorthey.bsky.social 🔌💡

Bet you really wanted to hear this flute trill in the background of this lignite coal movie. I really dig it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2lT...

Scoop: DOGE now controls how grant opportunities get posted across government. DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox. with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social

Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me

Deeply concerning: US citizen lawyer getting detained and his phone searched on reentering the U.S. at Customs. www.freep.com/story/news/l...

NEW: Trump’s wild-card pick to lead @EPA, Lee Zeldin, is pushing to demolish the Biden agenda — and MAGA world is taking notice. A deep @politico.com/@eenews.bsky.social dive (w/a dynamo team) into his political aspirations and how he landed in Trump's orbit: www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Leaked Slides: DOGE Playing Star Role In DOE Kill List Drama #news #environment @hmnorthey.bsky.social reports for @eenews.bsky.social EJ Today Headlines: www.sej.org/headlines/list www.eenews.net/articles/lea...

NOAA’s office of Oceanic Atmospheric Research has had IT and other support contracts canceled in the last day or so that will fundamentally affect its operation. One source there said “It will seriously hurt our ability to improve weather forecasting and climate projections.”

“To state this plainly: DOGE forced out the directors and staff of a nonexecutive agency, installed one of its own GSA staffers as president, and that person is now attempting to hand the institute’s $500 million headquarters over to the agency he came from, at zero cost.”

Another hard hitting investigation by journalism Ted Williams This time he blows the lid off 1 of the most corrupt & environmentally destructive industries in America - mountain top removal coal mining in Appalachia ewilli9767.substack.com/p/removing-m...

Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.

Greenland’s prime minister said a planned visit to the island by US officials, including second lady Usha Vance, is “highly aggressive,” plunging relations to a new low after President Donald Trump vowed to annex the autonomous Danish territory.

NEW: Judge Chutkan has blocked the EPA from terminating grants for climate programs held by Citibank, saying the Trump administration failed to abide by legal procedures and provided no evidence of impropriety. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

Israel’s military launched a large-scale bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, breaking the fragile ceasefire with Hamas that has been in place since late January. At least 404 people have been killed, with 562 injured, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.

It was a bright cold day in March, and the clocks were striking thirteen. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

actually covering the Trump 1.0 EPA prepared me very well for this press release real heads remember www.epa.gov/newsreleases...

At one federal agency's office building, DOGE workers have IKEA beds, dressers and even a children's play area. The agency is also considering spending about $25,000 to install a washer and dryer, per an invoice we obtained.

Here’s the article: www.politico.com/news/2025/03... Here’s the court filing (J. Doe 22, pg. 456): storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

So. messed up: "In 2023, Miller was awarded employee of the year for NOAA Fisheries in the western United States, and in March 2024, she was promoted.... "Miller was a week and half away from completing her year-long post-promotion probation when she was fired." www.opb.org/article/2025...

My second time chatting with Politico's energy podcast, first about NEPA and now about the big challenges looming over the U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal. Check it out: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Exclusive: The Nature Conservancy was told by @noaa.gov it had to use “Gulf of America” or lose its federal funding, according to a leaked email and memo sent to all staff this morning cc @heatmap.news heatmap.news/climate/natu...

The lead quote in this story from an expert at the world’s most respected battery metals consultancy, Benchmark Intelligence “It is extremely unlikely that Ukraine will be a major player in rare earths, even with scoping and analysis and years of development”

Over the years, Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, a Washington Post analysis has found, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.

Trump said a U.S.-Ukraine minerals-for-aid deal will be finalized Friday. But access to minerals doesn't equate to immediate payoff, and perhaps never will. 'It is extremely unlikely that Ukraine will be a major player in rare earths'- subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

My latest scoop: Activists are privately lobbying for Trump to rescind permits and other approvals for wind projects out West over potential impacts to imperiled eagles heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...

Stephen Bannon made a gesture that a far-right French leader and others likened to a Nazi salute when he was giving a speech outside Washington on Thursday. He also suggested that President Trump pursue a constitutionally prohibited third term.

Trump Moves To Claw Back Almost 50 Years Of NEPA Regs #news #environment @hmnorthey.bsky.social reports for @eenews.bsky.social EJ Today Headlines: www.sej.org/headlines/list www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

And here's the "Wall Street Journal" executive order, which directs agencies to review their existing rules and find those that supposedly violate Major Questions, Loper Bright, and nondelegation (among others), and plan for their rescission or modification. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

This agency is the place that stops hackers from shutting down the power grid

I am one of the many many folks impacted by this- work on a major international wildlife conservation projected halted with no idea if it will ever be unfrozen. Just idiotic.

Peter Marocco’s turbulent tenure during the last Trump administration sheds light on his current efforts to destroy the American foreign aid system from the inside out. Current and former officials see it as a campaign of retribution against those who opposed his earlier work. 👇

Arizona police arrested an Indigenous anti-mining activist for crashing a drone into a mine shaft transportation system in Energy Fuel's uranium mine before fleeing and crashing his truck. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

From @hmnorthey.bsky.social and my colleagues at @eenews.bsky.social on firings at the Energy Department and Interior Department. Of note: There's a handy list of Signal contacts at the end of this piece. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

A common theme in Trump's bombastic international deals: Minerals. “It’s almost like a resource-based foreign policy that we’re already starting to see … China has been doing it for decades,” www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

They’re threatening to gut funding to children’s hospitals if they don’t kick trans kids out. It’s that simple. It’s cut and dry. And it’s a model for future discrimination. Pay attention. Via @oriana.bsky.social www.notus.org/whitehouse/t...

“The federal ethics system is being tested right now, and the public will only be protected if there are accurate disclosures, strong ethics agreements, daily oversight and full transparency,” said @pogo.org's Scott Amey Story by @hmnorthey.bsky.social: www.eenews.net/articles/doe...

Can the Executive abolish USAID? From CRS memo. crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/...

UPDATE: The Army Corps of Engineers is now claiming in a statement to me that it has lifted its pause on permitting activity for renewables projects. cc @heatmap.news

NEW: More than 300 career employees at the EPA have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an administration that plans to radically reshape the EPA while reversing environmental protections. By @fastlerner.bsky.social & @pratheekrebala.bsky.social

Civil servants are being asked to waive rights to legal or other efforts to seek recourse if they agree to the administration's mass resignation scheme. W/@KevinBogardus subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Trump’s threat to halt aid to South Africa is clashing with is goal of securing critical minerals. One top S.A. official: "Let’s withhold minerals to the U.S." (Africa holds a third of the world’s mineral reserves) In @EENewsUpdates: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Very much appreciate @jael.bsky.social citing my reporting -- and to the federal workers who put their trust in us to share what's happening inside the government --> heatmap.news/politics/tru...

This story took me two weeks to report, I hope you share it. Environmental justice should not be a footnote in this historical moment.

Trump is resurrecting the 'God Squad,' a federal group that can pass a judgment on a species’ fate. We dug into what this rare gathering means for endangered and vulnerable species -- and the limits it faces. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...