Alt US Forest Service
@altusfs.altgov.info
📣 Speaking for the trees, and:
🌲 600 million forest acres
💚 193 million acres public land
🥾 164,000 miles of trails
🎣 400,000 miles of streams
🪵 Billions of board feet timber
🚰 Trillions of gallons clean water
🚫Not affiliated with USDA Forest Service
🌲 600 million forest acres
💚 193 million acres public land
🥾 164,000 miles of trails
🎣 400,000 miles of streams
🪵 Billions of board feet timber
🚰 Trillions of gallons clean water
🚫Not affiliated with USDA Forest Service
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Great work by @altwatcher.bsky.social tracking AltNPS’ sticky fingers & giving proper due to journalists.
THIS is what gives AltNPS a modicum of relevance:
No secret network, but journalists’ work, repackaged.
To AltNPS:
News aggregation is valuable. Just drop the act & give credit, please 🙏
THIS is what gives AltNPS a modicum of relevance:
No secret network, but journalists’ work, repackaged.
To AltNPS:
News aggregation is valuable. Just drop the act & give credit, please 🙏
Hi folks! Here's a list of the journalists who have had their work lifted by AltNPS.
This list is VERY much incomplete. A lot of the people affected aren't on Bluesky, and I need to update my master list, but this is a decent way to follow (and credit!) some great journalists.
This list is VERY much incomplete. A lot of the people affected aren't on Bluesky, and I need to update my master list, but this is a decent way to follow (and credit!) some great journalists.
February 1, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Great work by @altwatcher.bsky.social tracking AltNPS’ sticky fingers & giving proper due to journalists.
THIS is what gives AltNPS a modicum of relevance:
No secret network, but journalists’ work, repackaged.
To AltNPS:
News aggregation is valuable. Just drop the act & give credit, please 🙏
THIS is what gives AltNPS a modicum of relevance:
No secret network, but journalists’ work, repackaged.
To AltNPS:
News aggregation is valuable. Just drop the act & give credit, please 🙏
How ‘bout that.
“Ratner, director of the newly released ‘Melania’ documentary, told The Wall Street Journal in 2023 that he didn't know Epstein and had never met him. A spokeswoman for Ratner declined to comment on Saturday.”
So many curious entanglements being uncovered.
“Ratner, director of the newly released ‘Melania’ documentary, told The Wall Street Journal in 2023 that he didn't know Epstein and had never met him. A spokeswoman for Ratner declined to comment on Saturday.”
So many curious entanglements being uncovered.
February 1, 2026 at 7:19 PM
How ‘bout that.
“Ratner, director of the newly released ‘Melania’ documentary, told The Wall Street Journal in 2023 that he didn't know Epstein and had never met him. A spokeswoman for Ratner declined to comment on Saturday.”
So many curious entanglements being uncovered.
“Ratner, director of the newly released ‘Melania’ documentary, told The Wall Street Journal in 2023 that he didn't know Epstein and had never met him. A spokeswoman for Ratner declined to comment on Saturday.”
So many curious entanglements being uncovered.
As pointed out, notice the clumsy effort at scrubbing Donald Trump’s name from the record.
Epstein had the nerve to file a Complaint of malicious prosecution against the private attorney of three of Epstein's victims in 2009.
As a part of that, the girls' lawyer filed an affidavit concerning why he wanted to depose Trump (note the obviously flailing attempt to redact Trump from this).
As a part of that, the girls' lawyer filed an affidavit concerning why he wanted to depose Trump (note the obviously flailing attempt to redact Trump from this).
![Screengrab from Epstein files affidavit: "Epstein alleges that there was something improper in the fact that I notified him that I
intended to take Donald [redacted] deposition in the civil suits against him. Trump was
properly noticed because: (a) after review of the message pads confiscated from
Epstein's home, the legal and investigative team assisting my clients learned that Trump
called Epstein's West Palm Beach mansion on several occasions during the time period
most relevant to my clients' complaints; (b) Trump was quoted in a Vanity Fair article
about Epstein as saying "I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy." '1M a lot
of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and
many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social
life." Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery; pals with a passel of
Nobel Prize—winning scientists, CEOs like Leslie Wexner of the Limited, socialite
Ghislaine Maxwell, even Donald Trump. But it wasn't until he flew Bill Clinton,
Kevin Spacey, and Chris Tucker to Africa on his private Boeing 727 that the world
began to wonder who he is. By Landon Thomas Jr.; (c) I learned through a source
that Trump banned Epstein from his Maralago Club in West Palm Beach because
Epstein sexually assaulted an underage girl at the club; (d) Jane Doe No. 1021
complaint alleged that Jane Doe 102 was initially approached at Maralago by
Ghislaine Maxwell and recruited to be Maxwell and Epstein's underage sex slave; (e)
Mark Epstein (Jeffrey Epstein's brother) testified that Trump flew on Jeffrey Epstein's
plane with him (the same plane that Jane Doe 102 alleged was used to have sex with
underage girls) deposition of Mark Epstein, September 21, 2009 at 48-50; (f) Trump
visited Epstein at his home in Palm Beach — the same home where Epstein abused
minor girls daily; (g) Epstein's phone directory from his computer contains 14 phone
numbers for Donald Trump..."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l3k4ivyknlg4yv4as4b6anmt/bafkreibkowecaxkn7mjg35yk3o3qut6zxvodnlf3ctufse334hqjdkyl6m@jpeg)
February 1, 2026 at 12:09 AM
As pointed out, notice the clumsy effort at scrubbing Donald Trump’s name from the record.
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This thread is just that: one thread of a disgusting tapestry of deceit, abuse, enabling, & cover-up. A horrid era of trauma inflicted upon children by adults who knew they were all but invincible.
Today, one of those adults at the center of it all sits in an oval office, still seemingly invincible.
Today, one of those adults at the center of it all sits in an oval office, still seemingly invincible.
They had him absolutely dead to rights. Phone records of his assistant contacting the girls. Vast amounts of witness testimony. Seized toys, photographs, computers, video tapes.
Just a galling amount of evidence.
Just a galling amount of evidence.
January 31, 2026 at 11:05 PM
This thread is just that: one thread of a disgusting tapestry of deceit, abuse, enabling, & cover-up. A horrid era of trauma inflicted upon children by adults who knew they were all but invincible.
Today, one of those adults at the center of it all sits in an oval office, still seemingly invincible.
Today, one of those adults at the center of it all sits in an oval office, still seemingly invincible.
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Courts should treat biometric locks as equivalent to password protection, EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @TheIntercept.com. “Your constitutional right against self-incrimination should not be dependent on technical convenience or lack thereof.”
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/...
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/...
Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now
The search warrant to raid a Washington Post reporter’s home shows how authorities can open your phone without your consent.
theintercept.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Courts should treat biometric locks as equivalent to password protection, EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @TheIntercept.com. “Your constitutional right against self-incrimination should not be dependent on technical convenience or lack thereof.”
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/...
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/...
Unexpectedly satisfying to find a GOP Senator fluent in LOTR lore, and using that knowledge to speak against Sauron, err… the Regime.
January 31, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Unexpectedly satisfying to find a GOP Senator fluent in LOTR lore, and using that knowledge to speak against Sauron, err… the Regime.
Don’t know why this riles me.
Maybe it’s imagining whoever runs AltNPS, safe, at home in the British countryside, perusing headlines over tea?
“Ah yes, that’ll play well for the Americans.”
Nevermind the photographer’s name:
Emil Nicolai Helms
© 2026 Agência de Notícias de Portugal, S.A.
Maybe it’s imagining whoever runs AltNPS, safe, at home in the British countryside, perusing headlines over tea?
“Ah yes, that’ll play well for the Americans.”
Nevermind the photographer’s name:
Emil Nicolai Helms
© 2026 Agência de Notícias de Portugal, S.A.
January 31, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Don’t know why this riles me.
Maybe it’s imagining whoever runs AltNPS, safe, at home in the British countryside, perusing headlines over tea?
“Ah yes, that’ll play well for the Americans.”
Nevermind the photographer’s name:
Emil Nicolai Helms
© 2026 Agência de Notícias de Portugal, S.A.
Maybe it’s imagining whoever runs AltNPS, safe, at home in the British countryside, perusing headlines over tea?
“Ah yes, that’ll play well for the Americans.”
Nevermind the photographer’s name:
Emil Nicolai Helms
© 2026 Agência de Notícias de Portugal, S.A.
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Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
“By the dawn’s early light
Citizens stood for justice
Their voices ringing through the night
And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood”
#Resist
#AllOfUs
#AltCitizen
Citizens stood for justice
Their voices ringing through the night
And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood”
#Resist
#AllOfUs
#AltCitizen
January 31, 2026 at 6:42 PM
“By the dawn’s early light
Citizens stood for justice
Their voices ringing through the night
And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood”
#Resist
#AllOfUs
#AltCitizen
Citizens stood for justice
Their voices ringing through the night
And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood”
#Resist
#AllOfUs
#AltCitizen
“Project plans call for building 36 affordable homes, with 13 set aside for Forest Service employees and the remaining 23 designated for local workers who meet income qualifications through the Housing Trust.”
Land managers say a lack of housing could put the future of public lands at risk. Conservationists, town officials, federal workers and the public weigh in on the compromises underway to steward national forests for future generations.
Wyoming public land housing project spurs debate over land use - WyoFile
As Jackson annexes a small parcel of national forest, the novel public-private partnership raises questions about building employee housing on public lands.
wyofile.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:51 AM
“Project plans call for building 36 affordable homes, with 13 set aside for Forest Service employees and the remaining 23 designated for local workers who meet income qualifications through the Housing Trust.”
After running off our permanent, full time employees in various critical roles, we are going to have part-time interns do mission critical work.
Looking for a part-time PAID internship with the US Forest Service? Check out this awesome list of available positions, then scan the QR code to apply this February!
January 31, 2026 at 12:25 AM
After running off our permanent, full time employees in various critical roles, we are going to have part-time interns do mission critical work.
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An Oregon-based federal court ruled that the U.S. Forest Service unlawfully used a logging rule known as CE-6 to exempt large timber harvests from environmental review, barring its use in future national forest projects.
Article Source: insideclimatenews.org/news/2101202...
Photo Source: Canva
Article Source: insideclimatenews.org/news/2101202...
Photo Source: Canva
January 28, 2026 at 4:01 PM
An Oregon-based federal court ruled that the U.S. Forest Service unlawfully used a logging rule known as CE-6 to exempt large timber harvests from environmental review, barring its use in future national forest projects.
Article Source: insideclimatenews.org/news/2101202...
Photo Source: Canva
Article Source: insideclimatenews.org/news/2101202...
Photo Source: Canva
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“Repealing the Roadless Area Conservation Rule would not be in the long-term interest of the American people, the National Forests or the communities they serve.”
Four former U.S. Forest Service chiefs wrote in support of the Roadless Rule.
Read it on @thehill.com: dfnd.us/3M9Glig
Four former U.S. Forest Service chiefs wrote in support of the Roadless Rule.
Read it on @thehill.com: dfnd.us/3M9Glig
dfnd.us
January 28, 2026 at 5:14 PM
“Repealing the Roadless Area Conservation Rule would not be in the long-term interest of the American people, the National Forests or the communities they serve.”
Four former U.S. Forest Service chiefs wrote in support of the Roadless Rule.
Read it on @thehill.com: dfnd.us/3M9Glig
Four former U.S. Forest Service chiefs wrote in support of the Roadless Rule.
Read it on @thehill.com: dfnd.us/3M9Glig
Article was written by AI, but covers story that might not otherwise see light of day:
Complaint: “‘We can have that thing open in 3 days,’ if given authorization.”
A lot of things can be done at the Forest Service in three days if laws are ignored.
Procedures / laws are a feature, not a bug.
Complaint: “‘We can have that thing open in 3 days,’ if given authorization.”
A lot of things can be done at the Forest Service in three days if laws are ignored.
Procedures / laws are a feature, not a bug.
Garfield County commissioners are pushing for immediate trail repairs and a culvert installation to reopen a long-closed equestrian route, but Forest Service staffing issues stand in the way.
Get the details!
#UT #CommunityCoordination #RecreationAccess #CitizenPortal #EnvironmentalReview
Get the details!
#UT #CommunityCoordination #RecreationAccess #CitizenPortal #EnvironmentalReview
Garfield County, Forest Service Clash Over Trail Maintenance, Culvert Plan
Commissioners pressed the Forest Service to allow immediate repairs on a long-closed equestrian trail and to install a culvert to reopen Stump Springs; Forest Service officials said staffing, NEPA and survey requirements mean the county and agency must coordinate a formal proposal and prioritized trail list.
citizenportal.ai
January 31, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Article was written by AI, but covers story that might not otherwise see light of day:
Complaint: “‘We can have that thing open in 3 days,’ if given authorization.”
A lot of things can be done at the Forest Service in three days if laws are ignored.
Procedures / laws are a feature, not a bug.
Complaint: “‘We can have that thing open in 3 days,’ if given authorization.”
A lot of things can be done at the Forest Service in three days if laws are ignored.
Procedures / laws are a feature, not a bug.
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Yesterday on Juneau Afternoon, guests previewed Saturday's WorldQuest 2026, Dave Wetzel's “Atmospheric Landscapes” exhibition at the City Museum and Pete Griffin's Fireside Lecture on his career with the U.S. Forest Service.
Juneau Afternoon airs at 3 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7.
Juneau Afternoon airs at 3 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7.
WorldQuest 2026 trivia event, Dave Wetzel's 'Atmostpheric Landscapes' at the City Museum, and Pete Griffin's 'Diary of a Forest Ranger' Fireside Lecture
Juneau Afternoon featuring WorldQuest 2026, Dave Wetzel opens City Museum exhibition, and Pete Griffin reflects on his 37-year career with U.S. Forest Service at the next Fireside Lecture.
www.ktoo.org
January 30, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Yesterday on Juneau Afternoon, guests previewed Saturday's WorldQuest 2026, Dave Wetzel's “Atmospheric Landscapes” exhibition at the City Museum and Pete Griffin's Fireside Lecture on his career with the U.S. Forest Service.
Juneau Afternoon airs at 3 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7.
Juneau Afternoon airs at 3 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7.
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Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
USFS makes U.S.Treasury money, Donald drains it:
In FY25, USFS “generated more than $1.1 billion from program activities on national forests and grasslands […] directing hundreds of millions back to the U.S. Treasury – reinforcing the nation’s fiscal strength…”
www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency...
In FY25, USFS “generated more than $1.1 billion from program activities on national forests and grasslands […] directing hundreds of millions back to the U.S. Treasury – reinforcing the nation’s fiscal strength…”
www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency...
BREAKING: Trump sues the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over his leaked tax records.
Trump sues the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over leaked tax records
The president argued in the lawsuit that the agencies failed to prevent a former contractor from leaking his tax returns from nearly a decade ago to news outlets.
nbcnews.to
January 30, 2026 at 11:37 AM
USFS makes U.S.Treasury money, Donald drains it:
In FY25, USFS “generated more than $1.1 billion from program activities on national forests and grasslands […] directing hundreds of millions back to the U.S. Treasury – reinforcing the nation’s fiscal strength…”
www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency...
In FY25, USFS “generated more than $1.1 billion from program activities on national forests and grasslands […] directing hundreds of millions back to the U.S. Treasury – reinforcing the nation’s fiscal strength…”
www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency...
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Despite Limited Interest in Drilling on Federal Land, Forest Service ‘Streamlines’ Oil and Gas Leasing Rules - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/2701202...
Despite Limited Interest in Drilling on Federal Land, Forest Service ‘Streamlines’ Oil and Gas Leasing Rules - Inside Climate News
The U.S. Forest Service announced revisions to its oil and gas leasing rules on Tuesday that the agency promises “modernizes and streamlines” the permitting process to drill for fossil fuels in the na...
insideclimatenews.org
January 28, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Despite Limited Interest in Drilling on Federal Land, Forest Service ‘Streamlines’ Oil and Gas Leasing Rules - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/2701202...
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Many Feds who left over the past year are struggling to find jobs that align with their commitment to public service but orgs like Civic Match are helping.
If you’re hiring, just know that former Feds often don’t have experience with conventional resumes, so please look beyond formatting!
If you’re hiring, just know that former Feds often don’t have experience with conventional resumes, so please look beyond formatting!
Where federal workers landed after Trump's purge
Some former civil servants are now running for office as Democrats.
www.axios.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Many Feds who left over the past year are struggling to find jobs that align with their commitment to public service but orgs like Civic Match are helping.
If you’re hiring, just know that former Feds often don’t have experience with conventional resumes, so please look beyond formatting!
If you’re hiring, just know that former Feds often don’t have experience with conventional resumes, so please look beyond formatting!
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🚨⬇️🚨⬇️ - CALL YOUR SENATORS TO SAVE BOUNDARY WATERS AND CANOE WILDERNESS -
Before it's voted on to be destroyed by a Chilean mining company.
#PublicLands
Before it's voted on to be destroyed by a Chilean mining company.
#PublicLands
Overturning the 20-year moratorium on sulfide-ore copper mining in the Boundary Waters watershed would benefit Twin Metals, a subsidiary of Chilean mining company Antofagasta.
Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to vote NO on H.J.Res 140!
wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/boundary-wat...
Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to vote NO on H.J.Res 140!
wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/boundary-wat...
House votes to put Boundary Waters at risk!
Urge your senators to vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140.
wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org
January 29, 2026 at 1:49 AM
🚨⬇️🚨⬇️ - CALL YOUR SENATORS TO SAVE BOUNDARY WATERS AND CANOE WILDERNESS -
Before it's voted on to be destroyed by a Chilean mining company.
#PublicLands
Before it's voted on to be destroyed by a Chilean mining company.
#PublicLands
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In Minneapolis and many other communities across the country, we're seeing people come together to peacefully protest and support their neighbors. If you're looking to get involved, here are some ways to help:
How to help the resistance to ICE in Minnesota — and beyond
What Minnesota’s immigrant communities need from you now.
www.vox.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:30 PM
In Minneapolis and many other communities across the country, we're seeing people come together to peacefully protest and support their neighbors. If you're looking to get involved, here are some ways to help:
Cautiously optimistic the 2A set is pulling an Avengers move here in defense of the Constitution.
Douglas County CO is Lauren Boebert’s District by the way, a MAGA congresswoman who along with infamously being a patron of the arts was the proprietor of “Shooters Grill” with an open carry gimmick.
Douglas County CO is Lauren Boebert’s District by the way, a MAGA congresswoman who along with infamously being a patron of the arts was the proprietor of “Shooters Grill” with an open carry gimmick.
January 28, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Cautiously optimistic the 2A set is pulling an Avengers move here in defense of the Constitution.
Douglas County CO is Lauren Boebert’s District by the way, a MAGA congresswoman who along with infamously being a patron of the arts was the proprietor of “Shooters Grill” with an open carry gimmick.
Douglas County CO is Lauren Boebert’s District by the way, a MAGA congresswoman who along with infamously being a patron of the arts was the proprietor of “Shooters Grill” with an open carry gimmick.
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To protect the Los Padres, we need to understand its history. 🌲 Published in 1985, Historical Overview of the Los Padres National Forest is the only comprehensive history of the southern Los Padres—and now, it’s online in full. 👉 forestwatch.org/learn-explore/history
January 27, 2026 at 7:01 PM
To protect the Los Padres, we need to understand its history. 🌲 Published in 1985, Historical Overview of the Los Padres National Forest is the only comprehensive history of the southern Los Padres—and now, it’s online in full. 👉 forestwatch.org/learn-explore/history
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Former Forest Service Chiefs say: Democrat or Republican, Americans want their National Forests kept intact
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
thehill.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Former Forest Service Chiefs say: Democrat or Republican, Americans want their National Forests kept intact
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
thehill.com/opinion/ener...