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Joel Kirkland

Washington, D.C.

Enterprise Editor at E&E News

Enterprise editor for @eenewsupdates @politico. Climate, energy, technology, public health. Dad. Chicago-born. Writing it down.

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  • 1 month ago | politico.com | Joel Kirkland

    EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Feb. 26. | Andrew Harnik/AFP via Getty Images The onslaught of Trump administration actions aimed at paring limits on toxic air pollution and rolling back climate regulations adds up to a major shift in America’s political culture: a full-throated, all-of-the-above campaign to revive coal.

  • 1 month ago | climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Joel Kirkland

    https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2025/03/05/gops-climate-ax-meets-business-resistance-00213064By JOEL KIRKLANDRepublican leaders are planning to get rid of some Biden-era clean energy spending to pay a small fraction of the multitrillion-dollar costs of extending 2017 tax cuts — a major piece of President Donald Trump’s fiscal agenda. But their efforts may clash with the interests of energy companies, big businesses and GOP districts throughout the country, Kelsey Brugger writes.

  • 1 month ago | politico.com | Joel Kirkland

    House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill on Dec. 17, 2024. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Fossil fuel champions in Congress have long relished the opportunity to put an end to federal tax credits for renewable energy. Now, the anti-climate sentiment at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. gives them a real shot.

  • 1 month ago | politico.com | Joel Kirkland

    President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Monday. | Pool photo via AP If the aims of President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda are at all murky to the average voter, one thing is more certain: Cuts to climate and disaster programs are adding up. Since rolling out executive orders targeting former President Joe Biden’s climate policies, Trump’s approach has followed two main paths:Go for the money first.

  • 2 months ago | subscriber.politicopro.com | Joel Kirkland

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