Ari Natter

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

RFK Jr. Orders CDC to Study Alleged Harms of Offshore Wind Farms Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff to probe the potential harms of offshore wind farms, according to people familiar wi...

SCOOP w/ @josheidelson.bsky.social

RFK Jr. has ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate offshore wind farms

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Trump Re-Opens Alaska’s Arctic Coastal Plain to Oil Drilling The Trump administration is opening the entire coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing, reversing a Biden administration decision that put the pristine wildern...

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🚨Trump is opening the entire coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing, reversing a Biden administration decision that put the pristine wilderness area off limits.
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US to Buy 1 Million Barrels for Strategic Petroleum Reserve The Trump administration plans to buy 1 million barrels for the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve, taking advantage of low oil prices to begin filing the depleted stockpile.

SCOOP: The Trump administration has begun to refill the US's depleted strategic oil reserve, taking advantage of low oil prices to buy 1 million barrels.

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Blame the US Shutdown for Missing the Newest Seasonal Craft Beers and Spirits America will have to wait for the new creamy version of Magic Rabbit chocolate and peanut butter flavored whiskey.

A non-energy story from me: Your Christmas beer could be the latest casualty of the US government shutdown.

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US Nuclear Weapons Agency to Begin Furloughs, Energy Chief Warns The US will be forced to furlough workers at the federal agency responsible for maintaining and designing the nation’s nuclear weapons arsenal as soon as Friday if the government shutdown continues, E...

Furloughs for thousands of workers at the US at the federal agency responsible for maintaining and designing the nation’s nuclear weapons arsenal could begin as soon as Friday, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said.

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US Awards $1.6 Billion in Financing for AEP Transmission Project The Trump administration has finalized $1.6 billion in financing for an American Electric Power Co. subsidiary to upgrade 5,000 miles of utility transmission lines across five states.

SCOOP: The Trump administration closed their first deal from the Energy Department’s loan program - $1.6 billion in financing for utility American Electric Power. #energysky

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Trump’s $7.6 Billion Energy Cuts Hit California Grid Upgrade The Trump administration’s plan to cancel billions of dollars for energy projects following the US government shutdown includes an initiative to upgrade electric transmission lines in California.

The story comes a day after my colleague @arinatter.bsky.social broke the news that the US Energy Department plans to cancel $7.6 billion of projects. That includes an award for CarbonCapture's regional direct air capture hub project.

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Shares of Edison International, which operates Southern California Edison, dropped more than 4%.

Trump’s $7.6 Billion Energy Cuts Hit California Grid Upgrade The Trump administration’s plan to cancel billions of dollars for energy projects following the US government shutdown includes an initiative to upgrade electric transmission lines in California.

SCOOP: The Trump administration’s plans to cancel billions of dollars for energy projects following the US government shutdown includes an $600 million initiative to upgrade electric transmission lines in California. #energysky

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Trump Set to Cancel West Coast Hydrogen Hubs Amid Shutdown Fight The Trump administration is planning to cancel billions of dollars earmarked for hydrogen projects in California and the Pacific Northwest as part of its first tranche of funding cuts following the go...

SCOOP: The Trump administration canceling billions of dollars earmarked for hydrogen projects in California and the Pacific Northwest as it seeks to pressure Democrats in shutdown fight.

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Trump to Keep Oil Permits Moving in Shutdown, Freezes Renewables The Trump administration plans to allow permits for oil drilling and other work on “priority conventional energy projects” to continue during the government shutdown, while work on some renewable ener...

The Trump administration plans to allow work on “priority conventional energy projects” to continue during the government shutdown, halting permitting for some renewable energy projects.

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Energy Secretary Wright, speaking on @bloombergtv.bsky.social, said the US would take a 5% stake in the Vancouver-based company, as well as a 5% stake in the company’s mining project.

US to Take Stake in Lithium Americas to Boost Nevada Project The US government agreed to acquire a stake in Lithium Americas Corp., Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said Tuesday on Bloomberg TV, giving a boost to the Canadian company as it develops its Thacker ...

SCOOP: The Trump administration has completed a deal to take an equity stake in Lithium America’s as part of a deal to renegotiate a $2.3 billion U.S. loan.

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Trump Opens 13 Million Acres for Coal Mines to Aid Ailing Sector The Trump administration is opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for leasing to coal miners and providing $625 million for power plants that burn the fuel as part of a broad initiative to help r...

NEW: Trump is announcing a sweeping effort to help US coal the includes hundreds of millions to help retrofit existing coal plants and build new projects, opening 13 million acres in leasing. #energysky

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US Plans to Use Emergency Powers to Stop More Coal Closures The Trump administration plans to continue using emergency authority to stop coal-fired power plants from retiring, according to people familiar with the matter.

New: The Trump administration plans to continue using emergency authority to stop coal-fired power plants from retiring, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Transmission costs are the fastest growing segment of power prices in many regions.

Nearly all of the electricity on the US's largest power grid comes from natural gas, nuclear reactors and coal.

That means Trump’s strategy of blaming renewable energy for surging electricity costs may have a hard time gaining traction.

Nowhere is that more apparent then on the nation's largest power grid, which stretches from Virginia to Illinois, where the cost of securing wholesale power supplies has been at a record for two straight years.

Despite a campaign pledge by Trump to halve power prices within 12 months of taking office, residential electricity prices have climbed about 10% from January until May and are projected to rise another 5.8% next year.

Soaring Power Bills in Largest US Grid Pose Risk for Republicans Surging utility bills in key battleground states are threatening to become a political liability for Republicans heading into upcoming elections.

Surging utility bills in key battleground states are threatening to become a political liability for Republicans heading into upcoming elections.

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Trump Plans to Block Development of Another Offshore Wind Farm The Trump administration is working to halt development of an offshore wind project planned near Maryland, in the latest escalation of the White House’s war on the clean energy source loathed by the p...

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Trump Plans to Block Development of Another Offshore Wind Farm The Trump administration is working to halt development of an offshore wind project planned near Maryland, in the latest escalation of the White House’s war on the clean energy source loathed by the p...

🚨NEWS: The Trump administration is working to halt development of an offshore wind project planned near Maryland, in the latest escalation of the White House’s war on wind power.
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US Launches Probe of Wind Turbines, Opening Door to More Tariffs The Trump administration has launched an investigation into imported wind turbines and parts, a potential precursor to adding more tariffs on the clean-energy components.

The Trump administration has launched an investigation into imported wind turbines and parts, a potential precursor to adding more tariffs on the clean-energy components.
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Trump’s Latest Attack on Wind and Solar Squeezes Tax Breaks The Trump administration tightened long-standing eligibility requirements for clean energy tax credits, a move that could threaten the viability of hundreds of wind and solar energy projects under dev...

The Trump administration tightened long-standing eligibility requirements for clean energy tax credits, a move that could threaten the viability of hundreds of wind and solar energy projects under development. #energysky

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EPA Set to Unravel US Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gases The Trump administration is set to announce its plans to abolish the US government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases, threatening to strike a deep blow at Washington’s ability to fight climate ...

The Trump administration is set to announce its plans to abolish the US government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases, threatening to strike a deep blow at Washington’s ability to fight climate change. w/ @jendlouhy.bsky.social

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No sensitive or classified information is known to have been compromised in the attack on the National Nuclear Security Administration, a person familiar with the matter said.

US Nuclear Weapons Agency Breached in Microsoft SharePoint Hack The US agency responsible for maintaining and designing the nation’s cache of nuclear weapons was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft Corp.’s SharePoint document management software, according...

SCOOP: The US agency responsible for maintaining the nation’s stockpile of nuclear weapons was among those breached by hackers exploiting Microsoft’s SharePoint.

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Trump Exempts Scores of Plants From Biden’s Pollution Rules President Donald Trump is allowing coal-fired power plants and other facilities to bypass a range of environmental regulations on grounds that the waivers are needed for national security purposes.

Trump is allowing chemical makers, coal-fired power plants and other facilities to bypass a range of environmental regulations on grounds that the waivers are needed for national security purposes.

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US Threatens to Abandon IEA Over Green-Leaning Energy Forecasts The US may depart the International Energy Agency without changes to forecasting that Republicans have criticized as unrealistically green, President Donald Trump’s energy chief said.

The US may depart the International Energy Agency without changes to forecasting that Republicans have criticized as unrealistically green, President Donald Trump’s energy chief said.

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