Kelsey Tamborrino

Washington, D.C.

Renewable Energy Reporter at POLITICO

Host at POLITICO Energy

Energy reporter @POLITICO. @penn_state alumna. Send tips to [email protected]

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E&E News: Energy Department extends deadline for voluntary resignation offer

2 weeks ago | subscriber.politicopro.com | Kelsey Tamborrino
E&E News: Company cancels Pennsylvania recycling project, citing stalled DOE loan, Trump tariffs

2 weeks ago | subscriber.politicopro.com | Kelsey Tamborrino

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Lawmakers and industry groups blast away at DOE project kill list

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | James Bikales |Josh Siegel |Kelsey Tamborrino |Ben Lefebvre

1 day agoCNN — President Donald Trump is using the power of the federal government to intimidate or neuter potential sources of opposition to him: The legal establishment, academia and prominent cultural institutions, the media, the judiciary, the Democratic Party, Congress and independent government …
Energy Department’s project hit list draws bipartisan pushback from lawmakers

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | James Bikales |Josh Siegel |Kelsey Tamborrino |Ben Lefebvre

The Energy Department is facing resistance from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for considering killing several energy projects funded by the Biden administration.
Energy Department considering cutting hydrogen projects in Democratic states

4 weeks ago | politico.com | Zack Colman |Ben Lefebvre |Kelsey Tamborrino |James Bikales

The first tranches of funding for the seven selected hubs in the $7 billion program were delivered to recipients before the Biden administration left office. The sites were envisioned to help speed development of hydrogen as a clean fuel that could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in difficult-to-decarbonize industries, such as fertilizer production, steel making, and electricity generation.
Trump admin considers killing big energy projects in Dem states

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Zack Colman |Ben Lefebvre |Kelsey Tamborrino |James Bikales

8 hours agoHow John Roberts Has Empowered a Lawless PresidencyThe Chief Justice’s rebuke of Donald Trump over his calls to impeach judges obscures Roberts’s own role in fostering the destruction in Washington.
Energy Department considering cutting hydrogen projects in Democratic states

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Zack Colman |Ben Lefebvre |Kelsey Tamborrino |James Bikales

2 hours agoTrump team's Signal fiasco is embarrassing. But not as bad as Biden's blunders. | OpinionThe Signal story isn't as devastating as some would like it to be. But neither should it be ignored, especially inside the Trump administration.
E&E News: DOE writing hit list of Biden clean energy projects to roll back

1 month ago | subscriber.politicopro.com | Zack Colman |Kelsey Tamborrino |Catherine Morehouse |Ben Lefebvre

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Trump is still moving ‘full steam ahead’ on staffing cuts despite recent court orders

1 month ago | politico.com | Liz Crampton |Dasha Burns |Marcia Brown |Kelsey Tamborrino |Rebecca Carballo

White House officials were unfazed. President Donald Trump, with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and his son X Æ A-Xii, arrive on the South Lawn of the White House, March 11, 2025, in Washington. | AP White House officials call court rulings to reinstate fired federal workers’ judicial activism. Federal agencies — from the Department of Defense to the Energy Department — are giving wildly varied guidance. Even sacked workers don’t know if they’ll return to the job.
Energy Department set to fire probationary employees

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Zack Colman |Kelsey Tamborrino

Energy Department officials have told the agency’s program leaders to inform probationary employees they will be fired on Thursday, a move that could include up to 2,000 people, according to DOE officials who were granted anonymity to avoid retaliation. The orders have been communicated verbally, one of the officials said, which appeared to be part of a strategy that aligns with a pattern of leaving no paper trail described by a second DOE employee.