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