Lisa Friedman
Climate change reporter for the New York Times. I still tweet about puppies, though. [email protected]
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Interior Department Launches Investigation of Potential Ethics Violations Among Staff
The probe, the second in as many weeks, looks into a complaint that Interior Department staff offered agency access to former employers or lobbying clients.
Lisa Friedman
Interior Department Launches Investigation of Potential Ethics Violations Among Staff
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Judge Delivers Major Setback to Trump Policy to Increase Coal Mining on Federal Land
The Interior Department acted illegally when it sought to lift an Obama-era moratorium on coal mining on public lands, a court found.
Lisa Friedman
Judge Delivers Major Setback to Trump Policy to Increase Coal Mining on Federal Land nyti.ms/2UveR5I via @CoralMDavenport
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Ivanka Trump says she passed on her father’s offer to lead World Bank
She was rumored earlier this year to be in the running for president of the global financial institution.
Elizabeth Warren Proposes Broad Plan to Protect Public Lands
Ms. Warren said she would aim to undo the Trump administration’s environmental rollbacks and prohibit new leases for fossil fuel drilling on public lands.
Lisa Friedman
All of the 2020 Democrats vowed to restore former President Obama's climate regs & recommit to the Paris Agreement. Only 9 said that they would push for additional, stronger federal rules. Warren was one of the few to outline a detailed plan.
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Democrats Are United on Climate Change, but Not on What to Do About It
The New York Times sent a climate policy survey to the 2020 Democrats. All of them want to stick to the Paris Agreement. Beyond that, the questions get harder.
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In non-Mueller news... @MaggieAstor and I surveyed all the 2020 Democratic candidates about climate change. Turns out the easy part is declaring one is for 'science' & the Paris Agreement. Detailed policy for cutting CO2 is tough.
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Lisa Friedman
Democrats Are United on Climate Change, but Not on What to Do About It nyti.ms/2DnmYf8 - with @MaggieAstor
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E.P.A. Moves to ‘Close the Door’ on Asbestos. Consumer Groups Say Loopholes Remain.
The new rule will restrict uses of asbestos, a carcinogen, more than initially expected, but health advocates criticized it as falling short of the protections needed.
Lisa Friedman
E.P.A. Moves to ‘Close the Door’ on Asbestos. Consumer Groups Say Loopholes Remain.
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‘When the Glaciers Disappear, Those Species Will Go Extinct’
America’s glaciers are losing ice as the world warms. That’s disrupting habitats for fish, insects and even bacteria.
Automakers Plan for Their Worst Nightmare: Regulatory Chaos After Trump’s Emissions Rollback
The matter is increasingly urgent because the Trump administration is said to have settled on the details of its rollback plan, which would quite likely split the American auto market.
Lisa Friedman
Automakers Plan for Their Worst Nightmare: A Car Market Divided by Trump’s Emissions Rollback nyti.ms/2YYYFxj via @CoralMDavenport
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Schedule > Climate Forward > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Lisa Friedman
Excited and honored to be speaking about covering climate change in the Trump administration at today's Climate Forward event at @USCDornsife
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House of Lords to debate UK-wide Climate Emergency
The grassroots Climate Emergency movement is growing – and Greens are bringing it into Parliament. Jenny Jones, the only Green peer in the House of Lords, has forced a debate on a UK-wide Climate Emergency, while Caroline Lucas has tabled an early...
Executive Session
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene an executive session on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building G50 to consider the following...
Lisa Friedman
Senate Commerce on Wednesday will vote on Barry Myers' confirmation to lead @NOAA. Again. Will 3rd time be the charm?
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Erdogan Appears to Suffer Major Defeats in Turkey’s Two Biggest Cities
Amid a deepening economic crisis, the Turkish president’s party seemed poised to lose the capital, Ankara, and his home city, Istanbul, in mayoral elections.
Lisa Friedman
Erdogan Appears to Suffer Major Defeats in Turkey’s Two Biggest Cities - good coverage of election results by @carlottagall
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ENERGY TRANSITIONS: As U.S. shuns coal, Japan builds new plants
KUSHIRO, Japan — Japan's last operational underground coal mine is surviving because of government support and paralysis over nuclear policy. As the United States turns away from building new coal plants, Japan is moving in the opposite direction.
David Bernhardt, Former Oil Lobbyist and Trump’s Pick to Lead Interior Dept., Faces Senate Panel
Lawmakers must decide whether Mr. Bernhardt, who has faced conflict-of-interest criticisms, is the right person to oversee some 500 million acres of public land as well as the nation’s coastal waters.
POLITICS: Trump's pick for Fed sees global conspiracy on climate
President Trump's new nominee for the Federal Reserve Board has long been hostile to climate science.
They Grew Up Around Fossil Fuels. Now, Their Jobs Are in Renewables.
These are portraits of seven people working in wind and solar, industries their families hardly imagined they’d go into. But as one of them put it: “It’s not ideology. It’s just math.”
Lisa Friedman
What a beautiful piece in both art and words - check out these portraits by @jswatz & @mrthibs18 on the men and women who have left fossil fuel industries behind for a clean energy future
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Senate Blocks Green New Deal but Expends Plenty of Carbon Talking About It
In a desultory procedural vote, the Senate declined to take up the Green New Deal for debate, ending a weekslong effort by Republicans to mock the climate change proposal.
McConnell to Put Green New Deal to Test Vote in First of Many Showcases
Senate Republicans believe the Green New Deal is a political disaster for Democrats, and they will make them vote on it — possibly many times.
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Lisa Friedman
Green New Deal vote expected tomorrow but Republicans plan to keep the issue alive as long as possible into election season. ”It’s the gift that keeps on giving,” Sen. Inhofe told me. nyti.ms/2HWOxPz with @ESCochrane
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Lisa Friedman
The Senate votes on the Green New Deal today. @ESCochrane and I tee up the vote and Republican plans to keep the debate in the headlines as long as possible
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Dems are leading activists in a chant: “what do we want? A green new deal. When do we want it? Now.” (But not this particular GND resolution and not actually now when the senate is voting)
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