Hello, I wrote about Pete Hegseth’s anti-climate stance vs. the very real climate risks faced by the USM, which it is not ignoring, and how these things are in tension. Please check it out!

Battery recycling startup Ascend Elements will file for bankruptcy on Thursday, the latest among a growing list of climate startups that raised large amounts of capital before running into challenges over the past year. Scoop for @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

New: The escalating cost of California's climate-driven wildfires now adds $41 to the average monthly power bill for customers of the state's largest utility - nearly 20% of the bill. Such "climateflation" undermines electrification of the state economy. Free link
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We just got the first numbers showing economic effects of the war in Iran. Headline inflation is up sharply, and there's more to come. Stay tuned.

The FBI ignored texts from Minnesota investigators for *days* following the killing of Renee Good:

Scoop from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social

Top C.D.C. Official Delays Report on Covid Shot’s Effectiveness

The acting head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing that the Covid vaccine significantly reduced the likelihood of hospitalizations and emergency visits last winter.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/h...

My latest @bloomberg.com, with a gift link: Lee Zeldin Touts EPA Rollbacks at Climate Denial Conference

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UW graduate student deported through SEA as protesters demand answers A union representing University of Washington graduate student workers says Kennedy Orwa’s student visa was rescinded without explanation.

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel.

King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

First unalloyed pushback from a Senate Republican is, unsurprisingly, from Lisa Murkowski.

Could the 25th Amendment Be Used to Oust Trump? How could a sitting US president be legally removed from office? Most people have heard of impeachment, a power granted to (and rarely used by) the US Congress. But there’s also the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution, which provides an avenue for a president to be removed under extraordinary circumstances by his or her own leadership team. Talk of deploying the amendment erupted in response to President Donald Trump’s handling of the war with Iran. A number of prominent political figures call

Talk of deploying the US Constitution's 25th amendment to remove the president from office has erupted again, this time in response to Donald Trump’s handling of the war with Iran. Here's what to know.

NEWS: D.C. has released body-camera footage from the incident last October where D.C. resident Phillip Brown was shot by a federal agent during a traffic stop on Benning Road NE. The release comes after the D.C. Council passed an emergency bill requiring the disclosure.

today sure feels like one of the all time ‘so i still just gotta go and do my little job during all this?!’ moments

AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history The Associated Press says it will offer buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.-based journalists as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspapers and their print journalism that sust...

People should actually be very alarmed that while AP's business model is shot to bits, Americans are still very much reliant on the news it delivers. The alternatives in some cases are inferior or non-existent.
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Warren Seeks Info From Trump Administration on ‘Zombie’ Loans In a letter addressed to Russell Vought, the senator asked about the status of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau investigations into companies that collected the old second mortgages.

Senator Warren seeks answers from Vought on CFPB ‘zombie’ mortgage investigations following Bloomberg series detailing how thousands faced huge bills on old debts.

NPR and PBS Win Injunction Against Trump Order to End Funding National Public Radio Inc., Public Broadcasting Service, and others demonstrated that President Donald Trump’s anti-media funding executive order is unlawful, a Washington, D.C., federal court said Tuesday.

NPR, PBS and others demonstrated that President Donald Trump’s anti-media funding executive order is unlawful, a federal court in Washington said

BREAKING: Federal judge rules Trump’s executive order directing federal agencies to stop funding NPR and PBS is “unlawful and unenforceable.”

Trump’s God Squad Exempts Gulf Drilling from Endangered Species Protections The Endangered Species Committee, a little-used panel of US senior federal agency leaders, on Tuesday exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from sweeping endangered species protections, ...

The Endangered Species Committee, a little-used panel of US senior federal agency leaders, on Tuesday exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from sweeping endangered species protections, citing reasons of national security.

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The New York Times drops freelance journalist who used AI to write book review Writer and author Alex Preston said he “made a serious mistake” after a reader spotted similarities between his review and one that appeared in the Guardian

It’s annoying to see the phrase “overlapping language” used to describe what is actually PLAGIARISM. The NY Times reviewer got AI to do his work for him. AI stole a real writer’s words, which the reviewer claimed as his own. “Overlapping language” is too mild a phrase. It's PLAGIARISM.

An NBA player was quoted on a podcast as saying if your kid is good enough to be competitive then they’re too competitive to pay to play. It was a comment on the pyramid scam of youth travel leagues. Parents lit him up in the comments. I was reminded that no one likes to know they’re being scammed.

One year on from "Liberation Day," Trump’s tariffs have altered supply chains — just not in the way he envisioned.

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Trump and Modi Had a Call About the Iran War. Elon Musk Joined Them.

Some may have seen that Trump and Narendra Modi had a call the other day about the war in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz.

What they weren't told was that Elon Musk, the richest man in the world who holds no official government position, was on the call with them.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

Iran War Is Pushing Consumers to Break Up With Fossil Fuels EVs, solar panels, induction stoves and heat pumps, now cheaper than ever, are becoming more attractive as the conflict upends oil and gas markets.

In SE Asia, buyers are flocking to Chinese EV giant BYD Co.’s stores, while electric rickshaws are selling out in Pakistan. A shortage of cooking oil in India is driving a run on electric stoves. From Germany to Nigeria, interest in rooftop solar is surging.

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Iran War Is Pushing Consumers to Break Up With Fossil Fuels EVs, solar panels, induction stoves and heat pumps, now cheaper than ever, are becoming more attractive as the conflict upends oil and gas markets.

New: Around the world people are turning to low-carbon EVs, solar panels, induction stoves and heat pumps as the Iran war upends oil and gas markets. Bloomberg journalists, including yours truly, filed dispatches from San Francisco to Lagos for this story. Free link
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FEMA to Offer $1 Billion Through Embattled Disaster Mitigation Fund The move comes after a judge ordered the agency to restore the program, which it had cancelled last year.

FEMA said Wednesday it will fund up to $1 billion in disaster-resilient infrastructure under a grant program it had previously canceled and criticized as being wasteful.

"Mitigation is back," said former FEMA National Advisory Council member Carrie Speranza.

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Musk Must Face Suit Alleging Power Overreach as Trump Adviser A federal judge in Washington will allow a lawsuit to go forward that accuses billionaire Elon Musk of unconstitutionally exercising executive power during his time in the Trump administration last year as a presidential adviser.

A federal judge in Washington will allow a lawsuit to go forward that accuses billionaire Elon Musk of unconstitutionally exercising executive power during his time in the Trump administration last year as a presidential adviser

Rich Britons Reap Biggest Benefits From UK State Flood Program It’s not how the program was supposed to work. But thanks to a legal anachronism, Britain’s state-backed plan intended to help those most exposed to flooding has ended up favoring the country’s riches...

New from me & esteemed Bloomberg colleagues: It’s not how the program was supposed to work. But thanks to a structural quirk, Britain’s state-backed plan intended to help those most exposed to flooding now favors the country’s richest property owners. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Prominent Researcher Exits NASA, Citing US Attacks on Science Climate expert Kate Marvel pointed to “upheavals” under the Trump administration as a reason for her departure.

Prominent climate researcher Kate Marvel is leaving NASA, citing US attacks on Science
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico jury finds Meta's platforms are harmful to children's mental health and imposes $375 million penalty.

NEW: A judge will allow a lawsuit to go forward in part that accuses Elon Musk of unconstitutionally exercising executive power during his time in the Trump admin last year (yes that's right, *more* DOGE court action today)
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Ruling: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...

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