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Matt Daily
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Climate and energy news curator at POLITICO
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'The boys are fighting' --> Scoopy stuff on tensions inside the Trump administration over the billions of dollars in clean energy cuts. From Politico's @sophiacai.bsky.social and @benlefebvre.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
White House, Energy secretary at odds over $30B in cuts
“There are definitely annoyances with the White House about who gets to decide what gets cut and when it gets cut,” an administration official said.
www.politico.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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The Trump administration says renewable power drives up electricity costs. @zcolman.bsky.social and @catherineaallen.bsky.social ran the numbers. Here's what they found:

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The government’s own data rebuts Trump’s claims about wind and solar prices
The Trump administration has targeted renewable energy for driving up electricity prices, but POLITICO’s analysis shows states that are growing their wind and solar power typically have lower power co...
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October 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
mattdaily.bsky.social
In case you're wondering what the National Academies of Sciences thinks about climate change, @alexguillen.bsky.social breaks down the new report released today.

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Climate change ‘beyond scientific dispute,’ National Academies report says
The report is a sharp rebuttal to a recent Trump administration's report, and Republicans have already targeted the report as “a blatant partisan act.”
www.politico.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
mattdaily.bsky.social
Good read from @alexguillen.bsky.social, who spoke to groups whose climate funding was cut by Trump's EPA:

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Trump’s killing of climate grants has recipients second-guessing federal help
"The risk is way too high and the effort is way too large," said one environmental group founder about federal grants.
www.politico.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
mattdaily.bsky.social
ICYMI: Solar and wind energy projects must now get Interior Sec. Doug Burgum’s personal sign-off to receive permits across the hundreds of millions of federal acres under his control, according to an internal memo obtained by POLITICO. @zcolman.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Trump administration taking new steps to block wind and solar projects, undisclosed memo says
The directive puts these renewable energy projects under heightened scrutiny at Interior in a move that could slow approvals and construction.
www.politico.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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The US Global Change Research Program's website, including all its sub-domains that host the National Climate Assessments and related reports, is now offline.

The 1990 Global Change Research Act (see below) mandates its research findings be available to all federal agencies & departments.
Text from the 1990 global change research act (see link above).
June 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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volts.wtf
They know they're doing illegal shit.
EPA’s fight to freeze climate grants has ‘significant legal vulnerabilities,’ top attorney warned in email
The Trump administration's effort to regain control of $20 billion in already-distributed funding could expose the agency to billions in damages, a career lawyer wrote in an internal message obtained ...
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April 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
mattdaily.bsky.social
SCOOP: EPA's own legal team was raising red flags about their challenge to Biden's climate spending.

EPA’s fight to freeze climate grants has ‘significant legal vulnerabilities,’ top attorney warned in email politi.co/44CMZnS via @politico
EPA’s fight to freeze climate grants has ‘significant legal vulnerabilities,’ top attorney warned in email
The Trump administration's effort to regain control of $20 billion in already-distributed funding could expose the agency to billions in damages, a career lawyer wrote in an internal message obtained ...
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April 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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The legal fight over releasing the Biden administration climate and infrastructure funding takes another step forward...

www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Federal judge orders immediate thaw of climate, infrastructure funds
President Donald Trump does not have "unfettered power to hamstring in perpetuity" duly passed funding laws, the judge ruled.
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April 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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zcolman.bsky.social
With all that's going on, my story on the Trump administration's actions contributing to a science brain drain didn't make it outside the paywall. But I thought this portion on how it's affecting international students & interest was worth sharing.

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April 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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I recently received an e-mail from a Canadian university I'm affiliated with containing 3 lengthy attachments advising that "Canadian university researchers are advised to be extra careful when traveling to US," discussing recommended safety precautions and advice re cancelled collaboration funding.
karampbell.bsky.social Karen Campbell 🇨🇦 @karampbell.bsky.social · Apr 15
Wow, we are now being officially advised against travel to the USA by the Canadian Association of University Teachers. I never thought I'd see the day. ☹️ #AcademicChatter
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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mims.bsky.social
It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.
April 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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SCOOP: Trump canceled funding for the US Global Change Research Program, imperiling the sweeping federal government National Climate Assessment climate study due by 2027.

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POLITICO Pro: Trump moves to hobble major US climate change study
The cuts are a potentially fatal blow to the National Climate Assessment that Congress mandated to ensure the government understands the threats posed by rising temperatures.
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April 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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The Wisconsin elections should have nothing to do with Tesla’s awful sales numbers.

But Elon Musk’s companies and his politics now exist in self-made symbiosis, says @liamdenning.bsky.social 🎥
April 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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The latest in the saga over the climate spending the Trump EPA is trying to claw back, courtesy of @alexguillen.bsky.social:
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Judge hammers EPA over lack of proof of wrongdoing in terminating $20B in climate grants
"Here we are, weeks in, and you're still unable to proffer me any information with regard to any kind of investigation or malfeasance," U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said.
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April 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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mediamorphis.bsky.social
R.I.P Rob McChesney. He was a trenchant critic who saw corporate & commercial media as corrosive to democracy. I admired how his analysis & polemics were grounded in an intimate understanding of the history, structure & power--the political economy--of media. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died
The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on.
www.thenation.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
mattdaily.bsky.social
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Climate groups could beat Trump in fight for $20B. It may be too late.
The controversy over $20 billion of climate grants is stalling projects across the country and could force cancelation of projects designed to help people lower their energy costs.
www.politico.com
March 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Judge bars Trump’s EPA from taking back $20B in climate grants — for now. "The ruling orders EPA and climate change groups to return to court to argue about the fate of the money."
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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Judge bars Trump’s EPA from taking back $20B in climate grants — for now
The ruling orders EPA and climate change groups to return to court to argue about the fate of the money.
www.politico.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Plus a couple more this evening ...
adambonica.bsky.social Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Mar 18
1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
Title: Both Liberal and Conservative Judges Rule Against Trump Description: A scatter plot showing the rulings of judges against or in favor of Trump, categorized by ideology using the DIME score. The x-axis represents Judge Ideology (DIME Score), ranging from liberal (-1) to conservative (1), and the y-axis represents the case outcome (against or for Trump). • Blue dots represent liberal judges, purple dots represent moderate judges, and red dots represent conservative judges. • Some judges are labeled, including Rudolph Contreras, Lauren King, John Coughenour, and James Emanuel Boasberg on the liberal to moderate side, and Carl Nichols, Richard J. Leon, and Joseph N. Laplante on the conservative side. • A note mentions that Boasberg, though slightly right-leaning, was initially appointed by George W. Bush. • The visualization suggests that judges from both ideological backgrounds ruled against Trump.
March 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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zcolman.bsky.social
BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Trump EPA move to claw back $20B in climate grants.

www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Judge bars Trump’s EPA from taking back $20B in climate grants — for now
The ruling orders EPA and climate change groups to return to court to argue about the fate of the money.
www.politico.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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pdemko.bsky.social
“Stranding all or part of rural America with worse internet so that we can make the world’s richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington” Feinman wrote. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Top broadband official exits Commerce Department with sharp Musk warning
“Stranding all or part of rural America with worse internet so that we can make the world's richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” Evan Feinman warned.
www.politico.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Trump calls for imprisoning his opponents in bellicose speech at Justice Department
For more than an hour, he delivered an insult-laden speech that shattered the traditional notion of DOJ independence.
www.politico.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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POLITICO Pro: Judge slams EPA’s climate grant cancellations: ‘You have to have some kind of evidence’
Judge Tanya Chutkan offered significant criticism of EPA’s action but stopped short of saying she will side with the Climate United Fund.
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March 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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EPA's Lee Zeldin wants to overturn the federal government’s core scientific finding about the dangers of greenhouse gases — along with 30 other key regulatory actions stretching back decades. Story from @zcolman.bsky.social & @alexguillen.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
EPA launches attack on ‘holy grail’ of climate science — and dozens of enviro rules
The move is the most aggressive attack yet by the Trump administration to undo previous efforts to limit the emissions that are warming the planet.
www.politico.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Oil executives supported Trump. Now he's causing them heartburn.
Oil and gas executives were big backers of the Republican president and his "energy dominance' message, but the trade fights he's picked are driving up their costs and threatening to undermine the eco...
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March 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM