Arianna Skibell

Atlanta, New York, North Carolina, Washington, D.C., United States

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GOP moment of truth: Scalpel or sledgehammer?

2 days ago | politico.com | Arianna Skibell

President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday. | Francis Chung/POLITICO After months of deliberations, Republicans are laying bare just how far they will go to unfurl former President Joe Biden’s green legacy. The deeper the cuts, the more it could hurt their districts back home. GOP lawmakers are rushing to advance President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” spending bill in the House this week, with an eye toward a floor vote next week.
AI giants bring their energy pleas to Congress

5 days ago | politico.com | Arianna Skibell

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 8, 2025. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Tech giants are urging lawmakers to speed up the permitting process for large data centers — a move that could have major implications for the nation’s electricity mix, public lands and sensitive ecosystems.
FEMA can’t catch a break

6 days ago | politico.com | Arianna Skibell

Evacuees and victims of the Eaton Fire meet with FEMA and SBA officials on Jan. 21 at the Pasadena Convention Center. | Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images Three weeks before the Atlantic hurricane season starts, the nation’s disaster response system is leaderless. The Trump administration fired the chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency today — news that POLITICO E&E News reporter Thomas Frank broke this afternoon.
There’s a new anti-climate-action playbook in town

1 week ago | politico.com | Arianna Skibell

Energy Secretary Chris Wright. | Illustration by Claudine Hellmuth/POLITICO (source image via Getty) Opposition to climate action has taken many rhetorical forms over the years. Some opponents have denied the reality that the world is warming at record rates — for instance, when former Oklahoma Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe brought a snowball to the Senate floor.
Nuclear radiation survivors see hope in MAHA

1 week ago | politico.com | Arianna Skibell

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin tour contaminated sites in St. Louis in March. | @epaleezeldin/X Victims of radiation exposure are putting their hopes in the Trump administration to push through a long-stalled $60 billion bill to compensate people sickened by nuclear waste.
Need help with heat? You may be left in the cold

1 week ago | politico.com | Arianna Skibell

High temperatures scorched California for eight days straight in 2006. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images President Donald Trump says it’s time to dispense with a popular program that helps Americans afford electricity. His antidote to high power bills? “Energy dominance.”The administration’s proposal to eliminate the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps about 6 million people heat and cool their homes, is ruffling bipartisan feathers, writes Ariel Wittenberg.
POLITICO: How Trump could ax CO2 Endangerment Finding climate rules: ‘The admin’s plan for unwinding U.S. climate policy may hinge on idea that climate change is bad - just not bad enough to justify the cost of curbing it’ - Avoids ‘arduous task of discre

1 week ago | climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Arianna Skibell

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Green programs go dark in Trump’s budget request

1 week ago | politico.com | Arianna Skibell

President Donald Trump speaks at the University of Alabama's commencement, May 1, 2025. | Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Big winners in President Donald Trump’s proposed budget include the military and billionaire Elon Musk. One resounding loser is federal efforts to protect the planet. Included in today’s budget request to Congress — which proposes slashing non-defense spending by an unprecedented $163 billion for the fiscal year that starts Oct.
Trumps freezes efforts to blunt future disasters

1 week ago | politico.com | Arianna Skibell

People walk by a minivan hit by a tree that fell during a "bomb cyclone" storm in Issaquah, Washington, on Nov. 20, 2024. | Manuel Valdes/AP When a major natural disaster hits, the federal government’s assistance typically includes money to help states lessen the damage from future catastrophes. No longer.
Trump’s gas safety rewrite raises eyebrows

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Arianna Skibell

The Cameron liquefied natural gas export terminal in Louisiana. | Cameron LNG The last time the country set safety standards for exporting natural gas, Jimmy Carter was president, the Soviet Union was still a thing and Queen had just released “Another One Bites the Dust.”In other words, an update is probably long overdue — and the Trump administration has kicked off a rewrite.