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Supreme Court Sides With Oil Companies in Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits

Supreme Court Sides With Oil Companies in Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...

Senate Votes to Allow Mining Near Minnesota Wilderness

The Senate just voted to allow mining upstream from a pristine wilderness area in Minnesota, the Boundary Waters. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/c...

War Exposes Gaps in India’s Clean Energy Push The country’s creaking electricity grid is lagging behind its push for renewable sources — just as its growing economy hungers for oil stranded by war.

India’s electricity grid is lagging behind its push for renewable sources — just as its growing economy hungers for oil stranded by the war in Iran.

Zeldin, Burgum, and Wright Break Ground on NESE Pipeline in New York City to Deliver Reliable, Affordable Natural Gas to the Northeast | US EPA U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, U.S. Secretary of the Department of Interior (DOI) Doug Burgum, and U.S. Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) Chris Wright participated in a groundbreaking ce...

Wow, Zeldin, Burgum, *and* Wright all came to NYC today to break ground on the NESE pipeline, the first major pipeline project in NY in over a decade.

I’m told Nassau County exec & GOP gov candidate Bruce Blakeman was there as well. Hochul by all indications was not and has not made any statement

Climate Change Denial Sees a Resurgence in Trump’s Washington

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin spoke at a climate change denier conference yesterday. My takeaways: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/c...

Opinion | NASA Flew by the Moon, but Behind the Scenes, Its Science Is a Chaotic Mess

The images of Earth from Artemis are amazing. But if we destroy our ability to understand (and live on) our planet, all they are is pretty pictures

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/o...

The ‘God Squad’ Waives Environmental Rules for Offshore Drilling

I’m the author of this article and here is a gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/c...

Rice's whale could go extinct after Trump administration overrode the Endangered Species Act this morning to expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Story by @maxinejoselow.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/3NBOUDr

The ‘God Squad’ Waives Environmental Rules for Offshore Drilling

Breaking: A panel called the "God Squad" just voted to waive Endangered Species Act protections for oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. @nytimes.com gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/c...

w/ photos by the amazing @salwangeorges.bsky.social

This Man Insists Trump Is an ‘Environmental Hero’

Ed Russo insists Trump is an “environmental hero.” He’s also the only member of a White House environmental task force. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/c...

congrats!!

friends i have some news

Confirming my scoop from last week, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced this deal with TotalEnergies today. Story w/ @bradplumer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/c...

The Pentagon’s restrictions on news outlets violate the First Amendment, a federal judge ruled, and issued an order tossing parts of the department’s policy. It’s a victory for The New York Times, which filed suit in December over the restrictions. nyti.ms/3PegXt0

New York nixes 3 offshore wind projects, notes GE Vernova move to abandon 18-MW turbine The three canceled projects represented 4 GW of provisionally awarded capacity.

I believe NYSERDA actually agreed to buy electricity from Attentive Energy but then canceled the solicitation!

Sources: attentiveenergy.com/attentive-en...

www.utilitydive.com/news/new-yor...

Hi David. That detail didn't make it into the story because I only had one anonymous source saying where the $ would come from, which didn't meet the NYT's sourcing standards. Will keep digging!

Trump Officials Weigh New $1 Billion Deal to Stop Offshore Wind Farms

The Trump administration is considering paying nearly $1 billion to cancel existing offshore wind farm leases (and dodge a court fight that the track record so far indicates the government would lose), @maxinejoselow.bsky.social reports: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/c...

Trump Officials Weigh New $1 Billion Deal to Stop Offshore Wind Farms

Scoop: Trump officials are weighing nearly $1 billion settlements to stop two TotalEnergies wind farms off the coasts of New York and North Carolina.
@nytimes.com gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/c...

How Jeff Bezos Upended The Washington Post

After The Washington Post cut its newsroom roughly in half in February, I teamed up with @katierobertson.bsky.social @erikwemple.bsky.social to examine why its owner, Jeff Bezos, was insisting on major cuts after years of investment. The answer is here:

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b...

E.P.A. Moves to Weaken Limits on a Cancer-Causing Gas

🚨 The EPA just proposed to weaken limits on emissions of ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing gas used to sterilize medical devices.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c...

Eye Doctor Named to Air Pollution Advisory Board Draws Pushback

The EPA has named an eye doctor to an air pollution advisory board, instead of the pulmonologists or cardiologists who usually fill the role reserved for physicians. He’s never written about pollution but has frequently praised President Trump, @maxinejoselow.bsky.social reports.

Planned capacity additions are 51% solar, 28% battery, 14% wind, 7% gas, everything else is a rounding error

EIA says 93% of planned US grid additions in 2026 are solar + battery + wind

www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...

E.P.A. Weakens Limits on Mercury From Coal Plants The move appeared to undercut the Make America Healthy Again movement led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a onetime campaigner against mercury pollution.

Breaking News: The EPA is allowing coal-burning power plants to release more heavy metals like mercury, a powerful neurotoxin linked to brain damage.

*Presidents' Day

Teddy Roosevelt’s Family Urges G.O.P. to Protect Public Lands

This President’s Day, the descendants of President Theodore Roosevelt are urging Republicans not to dismantle his conservation legacy. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/c...

We’re throwing ✨CLIMATE DANCE PARTIES✨ at aquariums, natural history museums, and botanical gardens to celebrate my book *What If We Get It Right?* coming out in paperback on April 14th.

The world is a hot mess and I feel like we all just need to boogie.

Details coming soon: getitright.earth/tour

Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

Great reporting by @nytimes.com Lisa Friedman and @maxinejoselow.bsky.social on the long campaign by four hardcore climate deniers to take down the Endangerment Finding. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

thank you!