Alex Nieves

Los Angeles

California Climate Reporter at POLITICO

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Articles

How Texas could benefit from California’s EV lawsuit

1 week ago | politico.com | Alex Nieves

With help from Blanca Begert and Camille von Kaenel California is turning to the courts to rescue billions in federal EV charger funding. | Joshua A. Bickel/AP SEE YOU IN COURT: Attorney General Rob Bonta’s latest suit against the Trump administration — his 19th so far — is an attempt to rescue billions in frozen federal funds for electric vehicle chargers. As with most of the suits that California has joined so far against President Donald Trump, it’s a largely blue-state coalition.
E&E News: Trump rips California rail project, says it will be Newsom’s downfall

1 week ago | subscriber.politicopro.com | Alex Nieves
'This is a litmus test': LA ports brace for tariff fallout

1 week ago | politico.com | Alex Nieves |Blanca Begert |Camille von Kaenel

The businesses that rely on goods moving through California’s ports are about to feel the pain of Trump’s trade war. West Coast ports are anticipating steep drops in cargo this week. | Damian Dovarganes/AP LOS ANGELES — California businesses are operating in the dark as they brace for the economic fallout from President Donald Trump’s trade war — and the layoffs are already beginning.
Navigating in the dark

1 week ago | politico.com | Alex Nieves

With help from Blanca Begert and Camille von Kaenel Fewer containers are coming through the Port of Los Angeles. | Damian Dovarganes/AP FLYING BLIND: California businesses are operating in the dark as they brace for the economic fallout from President Donald Trump’s trade war — and the layoffs are already beginning. American manufacturers and retailers are anticipating a sharp drop-off in imports from China this week as they struggle to pay a 145 percent tariff on goods from the country.
Businesses struggle to navigate as Trump's tariff fallout hits West Coast ports

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Alex Nieves |Blanca Begert |Camille von Kaenel

LOS ANGELES — California businesses are operating in the dark as they brace for the economic fallout from President Donald Trump’s trade war — and the layoffs are already beginning. American manufacturers and retailers are anticipating a sharp dropoff in imports from China this week as they struggle to pay a 145 percent tariff on goods from the country.
Trump rips California rail project, says it will be Newsom’s downfall

1 week ago | politico.com | Alex Nieves

The president said Gov. Gavin Newsom’s support for high-speed rail and his handling of the Los Angeles wildfires make him unelectable. President Donald Trump blasted California's high-speed rail project after a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. | AP President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’d welcome California Gov.
The waiver wrecking ball swings to the Senate

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Alex Nieves

With help from Camille von Kaenel, Blanca Begert and Chase DiFeliciantonio Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is leading the Senate’s efforts to revoke California’s vehicle emissions waivers. | Francis Chung/POLITICO YOUR MOVE, THUNE: California’s clean-vehicle rules are (almost) dead in the House — and that means the real fight is about to start. House Republicans sent the Senate a pair of resolutions today to repeal California’s nation-leading emissions rules for heavy-duty trucks.
California’s compounding electric truck woes

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Alex Nieves |Catherine Allen

With help from Camille von Kaenel and Alex Guillén California's ZEV truck rule is getting hit from all directions. | Eric Gay/AP THE OTHER GGRF: We’ve written a lot about California’s pot of climate funding. But its federal counterpart is also at risk of drying up, and that means more headaches for an already complicated zero-emission truck transition.
E&E News: Zeldin: US, Mexico are working closely to end Tijuana River sewage crisis

3 weeks ago | subscriber.politicopro.com | Alex Nieves
5 questions for the new head of Sierra Club California

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Alex Nieves

With help from Blanca Begert Miguel Miguel is stepping in to guide Sierra Club California. | Francis Chung/POLITICO MIGUEL’S MOMENT: Miguel Miguel is taking the reins of California’s oldest environmental group at a fraught moment.