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...

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...

Don't miss this killer story from Corbin, @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social and Lesley Clark on the quiet forces aligning to attack climate research.

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.

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...

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...

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

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...

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.

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.

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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."

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...

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

Lots of E&E News greats are walking out the door today. A true tragedy.

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

My latest for @climateconnections.bsky.social

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...

“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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

Greenhouse gases stopped being harmful at 1:30 pm EST on Thursday, February 12, 2026. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

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.

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....

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/

Florida's DOGE team is now using the misleading DOE climate report to attack government spending on infrastructure, EVs, mass transit and more in one of the most climate-vulnerable states. www.eenews.net/articles/flo.... From me and @adamaton.bsky.social

Internal emails show Department of Energy's debunked climate science report was reviewed by scientists internally, who found it "biased," "misleading," and "hypocritical." Contrarian authors tailored their work to ensure it focused on weakening climate regulations. www.eenews.net/articles/doe...

I love it when a plan comes together

BIG SCOOP @heatmap.news: The Trump administration is now going after renewable energy projects on both public and private lands by indefinitely delaying water permits … on grounds that the projects might have bad “aesthetics” Yes, they’re hurting renewable energy projects by calling them ugly

Trump is speaking in Iowa now, starting with a claim that cold weather means global warming is not real. @adamaton.bsky.social and I wrote about how Iowa, which receives 2/3 of its power from wind and has low utility bills, is a powerful argument for clean energy. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

This is another example of the Trump administration's desire to control the natural resources of other countries. Alberta is a center of Canada's oil and gas industry.

Trump is, once again, repeating lies about wind turbines. China, in fact, has twice the wind and solar capacity of any country in the world. Energy Secretary Chris Wright certainly knows this fact.

NEW: I obtained internal emails from the Department of Energy's climate working group. They show the group plotting to produce a second misleading climate report, DOE officials avoiding public disclosure laws, DOE peer reviewers stating they weren't qualified: www.eenews.net/articles/doe...

Trump just said if he does not "take over" Greenland, Russia and China will do so. He said "we will doing something with Greenland either the nice way or the hard way." He said US must "own" Greenland because otherwise it's like a rental or lease.

Trump just said that his goal is not to approve any more "windmills" during his next three years in office. He then falsely claims that all wind turbines are made in China and that they only last 8 years. He said he has ordered Interior Secretary Burgum not approve any more wind turbines whatsoever.

Today's story with @saraschonhardt.bsky.social on the implications of Trump's stated intent to withdraw from the IPCC (which has been the de facto situation for most of the past year) and how some organizations are stepping up to fill in the gaps. www.eenews.net/articles/the...

Will Justice Alito recuse from court cases related to climate regulations and the fossil fuel industry? Will he recuse from the EPA's attempt to roll back the endangerment finding, which is likely to be the subject of litigation that reaches the Supreme Court?