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EPA looks to overturn the scientific reason for climate regulations The move is guaranteed to spark litigation.

From @bengeman.bsky.social: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said he's issuing draft plans to overturn the agency's 2009 scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human health and welfare — a move guaranteed to spark litigation.
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DOE cancels Biden-awarded loan for huge Midwest power line Sen. Hawley had said earlier this month that DOE would be "putting a stop to the Grain Belt Express green scam."

The Energy Department terminated a conditional $4.9 billion loan guarantee --made during Biden administration -- for a giant Midwest power line that conservatives criticized as a green energy project.
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Here's the report language: docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/...

Exclusive: Ron Swanson helps jump-start big new EV push "Electric for All" is the "first and largest nonprofit-led EV education campaign in the U.S.," an announcement says.

From @bengeman.bsky.social: Ron Swanson may have hated salads, but the actor who played him likes EVs enough to be their pitchman in a new public-awareness campaign.
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What to know ahead of Trump's AI summit next week The summit will feature, in addition to President Trump, a slew of technology and energy heavyweights.

A summit next week in Pittsburgh on energy and AI featuring President Trump and tech giants will likely spotlight fossil fuels as the best way to quench data centers' electricity thirst. www.axios.com/pro/energy-p...

Dems launch energy strategy to guide permitting deal The group's framework offers a potential legislative roadmap for Democrats if they regain a majority.

A group of House Democrats is renewing efforts to speed environmental reviews and expand electricity transmission lines as talks in Congress of a permitting overhaul pick up steam.
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DOE warns of widespread power outages if fossil plants shut down The agency's report lays the statistical groundwork to continue its efforts to keep coal and natural gas plants open.

Trump administration predicts risk of blackouts could become 100 times greater if planned fossil-fuel power plant closures remain on schedule. One group says that's exaggerated.
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EPA places 139 on leave over letter bashing Trump policies EPA said it has The Environmental Protection Agency has a "zero-tolerance policy" for those "unlawfully undermining" Trump's agenda.

From @bengeman.bsky.social: The EPA has placed 139 employees on leave after they signed a "declaration of dissent" accusing the agency of "unraveling" health and environmental protections for political reasons.
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Some oil patch execs say "drill baby drill" isn't happening Some oil producers tell the Dallas Fed that Trump's trade policies are discouraging drilling.

From @bengeman.bsky.social: Trump wants to "drill baby drill." But many producers in the heart of the oil patch have other plans. www.axios.com/2025/07/03/d...

New NOAA document spells out further deep Trump cuts Proposal would eliminate NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, which performs and coordinates climate research.

The Trump administration's proposed NOAA budget would gut federal climate research efforts and spending at a critical moment in the fight to understand and address human-driven climate change.

Tesla EV sales plunge again after Elon Musk backlash Tesla's EV deliveries — a close proxy for sales — fell 13.5% to 384,122 in Q2.

📉Tesla EV sales plunge again after Elon Musk backlash

Trump's clean-energy grenade rattles high-tech industries Critics say Trump's megabill amounts an abject surrender in the battle for the future of energy.

Critics say President Trump's megabill amounts to an abject surrender in the battle for the future of energy.

The consequences for U.S. jobs, electricity prices and the AI arms race could reverberate for decades.

Senate's deeper IRA cuts spell doom for energy subsidies The latest version more closely resembles the House-passed one.

As the Senate rushes to vote today on reconciliation, its latest version gives wind and solar projects a harsher cutoff from IRA tax credits while granting hydrogen a reprieve.

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Millionaires have turned into the new middle class There were nearly 52 million "everyday" millionaires across the world last year.

💰💰💰 New American millionaires were minted at a rate of about 1,000 a day last year.

Ford plows ahead on EV battery factory amid political storm Congress is moving closer to eliminating the lucrative Biden-era tax subsidies that made the project financially feasible.

🚗🔋 Ford is pushing ahead with a Michigan battery factory, even as Congress moves closer to eliminating the lucrative Biden-era tax subsidies that made the project feasible.

Trump-y IRA ad push targets six GOP senators Ads placed in conservative media urge six Republican senators to preserve IRA energy tax credits.

From @bengeman.bsky.social: A business-backed group with GOP ties is dropping ads in conservative media that urge six Republican senators to preserve Inflation Reduction Act energy tax credits.
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What a great writer. RIP

Democratic nuclear regulator says Trump fired him "without cause" The firing marks an escalation of the White House's exertion of power over independent agencies.

Trump fired a Democratic commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission late last week "without cause," the official said.
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Succasunna, New Jersey - Wikipedia

I've always liked "snollygoster." But my favorite place name is a town not far from where I grew up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succasu...

NEW: This hurricane season, forecasters will go without a key tool as NOAA won't have a fleet of drone ships to use for intercepting nature's fiercest Atlantic tempests. (1/2)

Trump to Axios: Israel's attack could help me make deal with Iran The circumstances don't look ripe for nuclear diplomacy — except to Trump.

🚨 BREAKING: Trump tells Axios that Israel's attack could help him make deal with Iran

The Elon Musk DOGE legacy that just won't die Musk may have left Washington, but some people are still doing the tasks he left behind.

✉️ DOGE was supposed to cut down on waste; instead, it's left behind a legacy that federal employees say is a waste of time.

Shale boom helped shape Trump foreign and trade policy, essay says "The erosion of U.S. support for multilateral trade cooperation coincided with the shale boom," the essay says.

From @bengeman.bsky.social: A provocative new essay argues the shale boom has been a force behind Trump 2.0's "disruptive" foreign and trade policies.
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Scoop: Trump to headline Sen. McCormick's AI energy summit in Pittsburgh Trump's attendance is a win for McCormick's efforts to bring AI and energy leaders together.

From @megmorrone.bsky.social: Trump will attend a summit next month at Carnegie Mellon -- a big win for Sen. Dave McCormick's efforts to bring AI and energy leaders together. www.axios.com/2025/06/12/t...

YouTube video by vilinkonjic Brian Wilson (With "Weird Al" Yankovic) - Let's Stick Together

Like the rest of the world, I'm still reeling from the loss of Brian Wilson, a true musical genius. I was beyond honored to play accordion on a Brian Wilson track (never officially released) a few years ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=74Mr...

NASA scientists describe ‘absolute sh*tshow’ at agency as Trump budget seeks to dismantle top US climate lab | CNN NASA scientists are in a state of anxious limbo after the Trump administration proposed a budget that would eliminate the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies as a standalone entity.

NASA scientists describe ‘absolute shitshow’ at NASA GISS as the Trump admin. seeks to eliminate the storied lab as an "independent entity" in favor of a broader, as-yet fuzzily-defined Earth modeling effort. www.cnn.com/2025/06/05/c...

Scoop: Four reasons Musk attacked Trump's "big beautiful bill" "Elon was butthurt."

Four reasons Musk attacked Trump's "big beautiful bill" www.axios.com/2025/06/03/e...

Trump declares war on his own judicial legacy Trump is taking no prisoners in his attacks on the federal judiciary.

Trump's alliance with the conservative legal movement powered his takeover of the GOP.

Three Supreme Court justices and hundreds of appointees later, Trump now claims he was naive — and that the federal bench he shaped is now conspiring against him.

More Friday news: FERC issues order that Venture Global calls the final step needed to proceed with its CP2 LNG project in Louisiana. Venture says it will "immediately" begin on-site construction. #energysky

Breaking: Energy Sec. Chris Wright requires continued operation of a Michigan coal plant that, per his order, was slated to shut down on May 31. Calls it needed for reliability during high summer demand. The order expires August 21. www.energy.gov/sites/defaul...