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Marianne Lavelle @mlavelle.bsky.social · 15d

New Pentagon figures reveal the climate risks of Trump's drive to federalize the National Guard as law enforcers. @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/0710202...

Natural Disasters Are a Rising Burden for the National Guard - Inside Climate News

New Pentagon data show climate impacts shaping reservists’ mission, in potential conflict with Trump’s drive to use them for law enforcement.

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Marianne Lavelle @mlavelle.bsky.social · Jul 3

On Senate Floor, Tillis Offered Inside Look Into the Lobbying Against Clean Energy: "People that haven’t worked a day in business are setting policy in the White House" insideclimatenews.org/news/0207202...

On Senate Floor, Tillis Offered Inside Look Into the Lobbying Against Clean Energy - Inside Climate News

Regardless of the fate of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” the political tug-of-war over energy already has damaged an industry and upended business deals.

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Marianne Lavelle @mlavelle.bsky.social · Jun 16

Yes, as everyone knows, before AI, every time anyone had a query of any type, they'd drive to the library to get the answer, burning gasoline along the way. Moreover, what are the chances that millions of small amounts of energy for each query could add up to a large amount of energy?

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Marianne Lavelle @mlavelle.bsky.social · Jun 6

Three deferred coal plant retirements, one by direct order of the Trump administration, put at risk nearly one third of the 47 million metric tons of carbon emissions cuts that were expected from the sector this year. @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/0606202...

Trump Hastens ‘Drumbeat’ of Deferred Coal Plant Retirements - Inside Climate News

The administration is leaning into fossil fuel solutions for growing power demand, with support from grid operators.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · May 22

Chinese car group BYD has sold more electric vehicles in Europe than Tesla for the first time www.ft.com/content/53ec...

A line of BYD’s Dolphin Surf electric vehicles at a launch event in Paris

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Marianne Lavelle @mlavelle.bsky.social · May 22

Once, George Washington led a hasty retreat from New York and came back to fight another day. What will happen with clean energy tax credits? So far, we only know the first part of the story, fm @dangearino.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/2205202...

House Republicans Have Passed a Bill to Gut the IRA. What Happened to All the Supposed Holdouts? - Inside Climate News

The fate of the Inflation Reduction Act is in the hands of a few dozen elected officials who are weighing principles, partisan leanings and their districts’ economic interests.

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Marianne Lavelle @mlavelle.bsky.social · May 14

The future of the clean energy incentives of the Biden era come down to this: Are there a handful of Republicans willing to hold up the Trump tax cuts for the sake of solar, wind, EV, battery, nuclear and geothermal development in their districts? insideclimatenews.org/news/1405202...

Congress Begins Repeal of Clean Energy Tax Credits With ‘Sledgehammer Approach’ - Inside Climate News

It’s only the first step toward erasing Biden’s key climate policy, but the politics are difficult amid the push for Trump’s tax cuts. The potential climate consequences are profound.

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Marianne Lavelle @mlavelle.bsky.social · May 2

The average American has three friends.

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Dan Gearino @dangearino.bsky.social · Apr 23

Hear an Earth Day conversation with me, @vernonloeb.bsky.social and @mlavelle.bsky.social, talking about covering our beats and the times in which we live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohrJ...

The Inside Scoop: Covering Politics and Energy in 2025

YouTube video by Inside Climate News

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Marianne Lavelle @mlavelle.bsky.social · May 1

EPA has never released a list of all the grants it is terminating but in a legal filing it has named the programs being cut. A @peteraldhous.com @insideclimatenews.org analysis shows 99% of the planned cuts are aid to poor and minority communities. insideclimatenews.org/news/0105202...

EPA Funding Cuts Target Disadvantaged Communities, Analysis Shows - Inside Climate News

In its bid to resist a court order to unfreeze grants, the Trump administration reveals a laser focus on eliminating environmental justice aid.

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Alleen Brown @alleenbrown.bsky.social · Apr 2

In my newsletter this week I mention how the FBI is investigating nonprofits, essentially for accepting EPA grants

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This is the program they're targeting. Great deep dive by @dangearino.bsky.social + @mlavelle.bsky.social

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How We Got a Green Bank, How Trump Is Trying to Kill It and Who Gets Hurt - Inside Climate News

A faith-based Indiana group and heating contractors in Maine are among hundreds of businesses and organizations stymied by EPA’s attempt to claw back $20 billion of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Apr 1

"This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history." Story on the decimation of NIH by @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...?

‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs

In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.

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Dan Gearino @dangearino.bsky.social · Apr 1

How we got a green bank, how Trump is trying to kill it and who gets hurt.

Just posted, from me and @mlavelle.bsky.social:
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How We Got a Green Bank, How Trump Is Trying to Kill It and Who Gets Hurt - Inside Climate News

A faith-based Indiana group and heating contractors in Maine are among hundreds of businesses and organizations stymied by EPA’s attempt to claw back $20 billion of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

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Marianne Lavelle @mlavelle.bsky.social · Apr 1

With a new hearing tomorrow on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, we looked back on the roots of this idea and what is at stake in the Trump administration's effort to claw back $20 billion. with @dangearino.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org
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How We Got a Green Bank, How Trump Is Trying to Kill It and Who Gets Hurt - Inside Climate News

A faith-based Indiana group and heating contractors in Maine are among hundreds of businesses and organizations stymied by EPA’s attempt to claw back $20 billion of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

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Marianne Lavelle @mlavelle.bsky.social · Mar 14

A nail in the coffin? If California does the same that may be the final nail. There are now many competitors offering newer tech and cheaper EVs. Musk thought—actually said this—his competitors would suffer under rollback of US EV policy. But Tesla now has even more forces lining up against it.

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Mar 13

Tesla vehicles are no longer eligible for provincial EV rebates in British Columbia.

B.C. ends subsidies for Tesla products amid trade war

Tesla products are no longer eligible for rebates through B.C.’s provincial programs, officials confirmed Thursday.

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Marianne Lavelle @mlavelle.bsky.social · Mar 14

And the plan is to cut EPA’s staff—or EPA’s budget—(differing statements were made, but essentially it’s the same) to lowest levels in its 55-yr history, while lifting the most consequential air and water pollution standards. insideclimatenews.org/news/1203202...

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Phil McKenna @mckennapr.bsky.social · Mar 13

Shock and awe? EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced environmental rollback efforts that he claimed will mark "the most consequential day of deregulation" in U.S. history. @mlavelle.bsky.social and I break down what it all means. insideclimatenews.org/news/1203202...

Trump Administration Launches All-Out Assault on Environmental Protection - Inside Climate News

Environmentalists vow to fight “the greatest increase in pollution in decades.”

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Marianne Lavelle @mlavelle.bsky.social · Mar 13

The "greatest and most consequential day of deregulation?" Or "the greatest increase in pollution in decades." EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announces plans for 31 actions to roll back environmental protection. with @mckennapr.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org

Trump Administration Launches All-Out Assault on Environmental Protection - Inside Climate News

Environmentalists vow to fight “the greatest increase in pollution in decades.”

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Mar 9

The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.

This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.

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Science Magazine @science.org · Mar 10

Breaking news: NASA announced today it will eliminate its Office of the Chief Scientist, along with offices advising the agency on technology, strategy, and coordinating its diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts. scim.ag/3Ft8Xza

NASA to eliminate chief scientist position

Long-running advisory role cut along with two dozen others in agencywide reduction

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Marianne Lavelle @mlavelle.bsky.social · Mar 10

I was glad to join WORT-FM in Wisconsin today to talk about the many ways that Trump administration policy is affecting the clean energy transition. You can listen at the link below!

A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · Mar 10

🎙️On today's show we talk about cuts to the EPA and NOAA, how some WI contractors are preemptively not installing heat pumps, and other eroding climate regulations with @mlavelle.bsky.social of @insideclimatenews.org and Brett Korte of Clean Wisconsin.

Listen here: www.wortfm.org/rolling-back...

Rolling Back Climate Regulations - WORT-FM 89.9

Host Douglas Haynes takes a comprehensive look at climate related actions with Marianne Lavelle of Inside Climate News and Brett Korte of Clean Wisconsin.

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Vernon Loeb @vernonloeb.bsky.social · Mar 8

Not making this up: US Coast Guard Academy censors ‘Climate Change’ from its curriculum @mlavelle.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/0703202...

US Coast Guard Academy Censors ‘Climate Change’ From Its Curriculum - Inside Climate News

The terminology will be stricken in classes for future officers in a service that confronts global warming every day, a move some say will weaken it.

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Marianne Lavelle @mlavelle.bsky.social · Mar 8

From Birmingham to San Francisco, Raleigh to New York, and even Vienna where EU scientists showed solidarity, @lizagross.bsky.social @dennispillion.bsky.social @bberwyn.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org colleagues captured Stand Up For Science! insideclimatenews.org/news/0703202...

Taking It to the Streets: Scientists Mobilize to Fight Trump’s ‘Unprecedented’ Anti-Science Agenda - Inside Climate News

Scientists turned out at rallies from coast to coast and in Europe to “Stand Up for Science,” revitalizing a movement to defend scientific integrity that started during Trump’s first term.

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Marianne Lavelle @mlavelle.bsky.social · Mar 7

"A chaotic and cruel circus.” My colleague @shamaan.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org reports on fired environmental justice staff being brought back to the EPA. Some of them. Kind of. Not with access to tools to do their work. insideclimatenews.org/news/0703202...

EPA Reinstates Environmental Justice Staff Amid Workforce Turmoil - Inside Climate News

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recalled dozens of environmental justice staffers who were previously placed on administrative leave pending possible termination, three former senior agen...

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Marianne Lavelle @mlavelle.bsky.social · Mar 7

EXCLUSIVE: The US Coast Guard Academy has eliminated “climate change” and related terminology from its curriculum in an effort to conform to President Donald Trump’s policies, @insideclimatenews.org reports. A former commandant raises concerns. insideclimatenews.org/news/0703202...

US Coast Guard Academy Censors ‘Climate Change’ From Its Curriculum - Inside Climate News

The terminology will be stricken in classes for future officers in a service that confronts global warming every day, a move some say will weaken it.

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