US oil giants silent on Trump claim they will spend billions on Venezuelan oil industry

Tatiana Schlossberg, the climate journalist whose terminal illness and position in the Kennedy family thrust her into the national spotlight late in life, died today at age 35. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

Please read this story by @maxinejoselow.bsky.social. My pleasure to work with her and take the photos and video for this important reporting.

Resharing with the correct gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/c...

Our journalists are joining nearly 40 scientists on an expedition to Antarctica’s fastest-melting glaciers. Getting there will require taking a helicopter over icy seas. What do you want to know — about the trip, the glaciers, the research? Send your questions: trib.al/rdYRyO0

A copper smelter in Arizona is one of the country's largest sources of lead pollution. Trump exempted it from complying with clean-air rules for the next two years. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/c...

“One day, a woman wrote to me on Signal, asking me not to respond. She lived alone, she messaged, and planned to die that weekend. Before she did, she wanted at least one person to understand: Trump had unraveled the government, and with it, her life.” @hannahnatanson.bsky.social essay:

Scoop: The Trump admin is considering giving SpaceX nearly 800 acres in a federal wildlife refuge in Texas, according to documents reviewed by @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...

"were expected to power more than 2.5 million homes and businesses across the Eastern United States" and "create together about 10,000 jobs"

Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.

The Trump admin just halted five additional wind farms off the East Coast, jeopardizing billions of dollars of investments. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...

The Trump administration said it will be dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, one of the world’s leading Earth science research institutions.

A federal judge today struck down the Trump administration’s halt on approving new wind farms on federal lands and waters. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/c...

Absolutely buzzing over this new video of a rarely seen giant squid

MAHA activists are urging President Trump to fire EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin over his decisions to loosen restrictions on harmful chemicals. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/c...

The New York Times sued the Pentagon on Thursday, arguing that the Defense Department infringed on the constitutional rights of its journalists by imposing a set of new restrictions on reporting about the military. Read more: nyti.ms/44CRJZY

President Trump just announced he would gut fuel efficiency rules for cars, a major climate policy designed to encourage more electric vehicle production. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...

Excited to be going on @thedailyshow.com tonight to discuss climate change, my new book, and the general state of the planet.

Auto Industry Was Warned For Years of Poisoning, Sickness From Car Batteries - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...

ICYMI: The Trump admin will begin charging foreign tourists a $100 fee to visit the most popular national parks, in an "America First" approach to public lands. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

Some National Park Service workers are still owed some back pay after being furloughed during the government shutdown. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/c...

Trump exempts coal used in steelmaking from Clean Air Act rule #GreenSky #EnergySky thehill.com/policy/energ...

In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy The Trump administration this week moved to weaken the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, two bedrock laws, among other deregulatory moves. By @maxinejoselow.bsky.social

The Trump admin announced a plan today to open more than a billion acres of U.S. waters to offshore oil and gas leasing. To put that into perspective: the leased acreage is more than half the size of the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...

A literal fire has erupted in the middle of the United Nations conference devoted to stopping the planet from burning. heatmap.news/sparks/cop30...

Trump Moves to Weaken the Endangered Species Act--Four proposed rules could make it easier to drill for oil or harvest timber in areas where endangered species live. Story by @maxinejoselow.bsky.social & @catrineinhorn.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/4pi6adI

SCOOP: A council created by Trump has recommended that FEMA should not be eliminated. Earlier this year, Trump said the agency should "go away." w/ @byscottdance.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/c...

David Richardson, the acting administrator of FEMA, has resigned after six months, leading to more uncertainty at the already gutted agency.

We have reached the time of year where the COP30 PR emails makes me want to hide in the woods without internet for a month.

NYT: He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go. By Maxine Joselow Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the National Park Service’s chief petroleum engineer. He wasn’t replaced. @maxinejoselow.bsky.social Gift link!

Scoop: The EPA has reconsidered its plans to kill the popular Energy Star program in response to intense backlash. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/c...

New: There are no employees left at the National Park Service who can plug abandoned oil and gas wells, which can leak methane and contaminate groundwater. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/c...

Noting some details of this effort were reported previously by @maxinejoselow.bsky.social and friends over at the NYT.

Climate change DEFINITELY affects hurricane: STRENGTH: Warmer water is hurricane food RAINFALL: Warm air holds more water vapor SURGE: Warmer water expands, warmer ice melts, sea levels rise PREDICTION: hotter seas mean faster intensification

The Trump administration on Thursday announced a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of the largest remaining tracts of pristine wilderness in the United States. More by @maxinejoselow.bsky.social here:

The Trump administration is opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, again. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...

President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster relief and recovery onto states. It’s already happening. Communities across the country are adjusting as FEMA slows down disaster reimbursements and cuts back programs that help them prepare for emergencies.

Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

TRUMP CDC REVERSAL: Trump administration racing to reverse some CDC layoffs. Disease detectives, measles responders, MMWR staff RIF’s are revoked. DC office still shuttered. w/ @apoorvanyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

In Georgia, Trump’s cancellation of $7 billion in solar energy funding is hurting some of his own voters. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/c...

“I never really thought about him as being the one who did it,” she said. “But now I’ve really got something to think about, huh?” Trump’s war on solar hurts his own voters. Great @maxinejoselow.bsky.social reporting in the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/c...

NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

The Trump administration plans to keep national parks largely open to the public during the expected government shutdown, according to an internal email reviewed by @nytimes.com. Conservationists say parks should be closed to prevent irreparable damage. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Breaking News: The Trump administration outlined a plan to revive the coal industry, including opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining.

The Trump admin is nearing a deal to allow a road through an Alaskan wildlife refuge, documents show. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/c...

Breaking News: A hard-fought international treaty to protect ocean life, decades in the making, cleared a final hurdle. It allows for the establishment of enormous conservation zones in international waters.

“Measuring itself is a political act with political consequences,” Dr. Pralle said. “And clearly the Trump administration does not want to do anything to alleviate a problem like climate change.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c... from @maxinejoselow.bsky.social

New: The Trump administration has stopped gathering certain data on climate change and other issues. Here's what's at stake. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c...

New docs obtained via FOIA reveal how the personal attacks to FEMA staff last hurricane season were much worse than previously known, including swatting & doxxing of officials. Story @bloomberg.com, w/ @davey.bsky.social @jasonleopold.bsky.social (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...