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Tim McDonnell

Kyiv

Energy and Climate Editor at Semafor

covering energy & climate @semafor. Previously @qz @NPR, @MotherJones, @natgeo, @FulbrightPrgrm. Also bread. Get in touch: [email protected]

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  • 4 days ago | semafor.com | Tim McDonnell

    Oil prices jumped on Monday despite the decision by OPEC and its partners to increase their production quotas for the third time in as many months. But many analysts remain decidedly bearish about their trajectory over the next couple of years, with far-reaching implications for the US economy and foreign policy.

  • 1 week ago | semafor.com | Tim McDonnell

    As budget negotiations grip the US Congress, some lawmakers are already looking ahead to the next big energy fight, one with even higher stakes for clean energy and the AI power race: Permitting reform. Bipartisan discussions “are being seeded now” on the scope of a bill that could speed up approvals for new grid lines and pipelines, and restrict the use of litigation to block such projects, Rep.

  • 2 weeks ago | semafor.com | Tim McDonnell

    Outside the small town of Merryville, Louisiana, an experiment in a new kind of climate finance is taking root. Qarlbo Biodiversity, a Swedish startup backed by the hedge fund billionaire Conni Jonsson, said it has completed the first deal in the US to sell “biodiversity credits” from a 16-square-mile stand of pine trees it manages there. The area, close to the Texas border, is known for commercial timber plantations.

  • 2 weeks ago | semafor.com | Tim McDonnell

    US energy lobbying groups are regrouping after an unsuccessful outcome from the first round of budget negotiations in the House of Representatives, hoping their message about the economic benefits of clean energy tax credits will be better received in the Senate.

  • 2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Tim McDonnell

    The ScoopThe US Department of Energy plans to cancel seven major loans and loan guarantees that had been conditionally approved under the Biden administration.

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Tim McDonnell
Tim McDonnell @timmcdonnell
6 Feb 25

Scoop in today’s @semafor Net Zero: Senior Democrats worry Trump's foreign aid freeze and chaos at USAID pose an urgent threat to Ukraine’s energy security and will harm efforts toward it reaching a peace deal with Russia https://t.co/onIujbwMHn

Tim McDonnell
Tim McDonnell @timmcdonnell
27 Nov 24

In today’s @semafor Net Zero, dissecting Northvolt’s bankruptcy for clues on how to tweak industrial policy contra China, & texting @antontroian abt bathing in crude oil at COP29 https://t.co/IYWBjEX645 https://t.co/PlDtFnNbpP

Tim McDonnell
Tim McDonnell @timmcdonnell
22 Nov 24

RT @SStapczynski: US sanctioned Gazprombank to squeeze Russia gas exports … but there is an exemption for the Sakhalin-2 LNG export plant…