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Saying goodbye to some wonderful and amazing colleagues including @seanatgreenwire.bsky.social @michaeldoyle10.bsky.social @rbravender.bsky.social and Scott Streater.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

"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...

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...

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.

From my colleague Christa Marshall @eenews.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

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...

Reuters is hiring a photojournalist for their DC desk to cover the White House, Capitol Hill, U.S. politics, and government affairs.

A new look at Colorado's 2026 gubernatorial battle for @eenews.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

"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...

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...

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...

And in the meantime, the clock ticks down on the Colorado River negotiations. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Mass layoffs on hold for now @deptofinterior.bsky.social, if shutdown deal moves. From @michaeldoyle10.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Look to the beavers. These fat, fluffy, flat-tailed rodents can tell you a lot.

An update on planned RIFs at Interior subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

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!

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...

From @timothycama.bsky.social on who is funding the White House East Wing demolition: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

New details on looming RIFs at Interior, with my colleagues Scott Streater and @kevinbogardus.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Updated with details on tomorrow's hearing. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

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.

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.

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...

"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...

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...

My colleague @chemnick.bsky.social with all the facts subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans Misrepresented Family’s Immigration History

The new #ColoradoRiver "supply driven" proposal — aka "natural flow" — could release between 55 percent and 75 percent of three-year average flows from Lake Powell, per Wyoming officials. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Some NSF-related news from Rebecca Trager at @chemistryworld.com: NSF employees were working on their own version of a dissent declaration, but have since paused the effort after EPA employees faced retaliation for releasing a similar document. www.chemistryworld.com/news/nationa...

Unless grouse migrate into North Dakota from neighboring states, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum's home state will be the first one in decades to completely lose its sage grouse population, from my colleague Scott Streater subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Even before it was a completed work of art, Mount Rushmore was considered a closed club. But that has never stopped the applications from rolling in. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...