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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1h

NEW: PFNA can be found in drinking water systems that serve about 26 million people.

The EPA’s toxicity report on the forever chemical has sat in limbo for months, raising concerns that the Trump administration might change it or not release it at all.

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

The report was completed in mid-April, scientists familiar with the document told ProPublica, but the Trump administration has yet to release it.

www.propublica.org

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Jesse Coleman @jessebcoleman.bsky.social · 23h

The Trump Regime's National Energy Dominance Council provides "concierge, white glove service" for the oil industry, while wind sand solar projects are blocked. And even with the hand holding, the oil ind is hemorrhaging jobs www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

White House offers ‘concierge’ service to fossil fuel firms, official says

Brittany Kelm, a senior policy adviser for the National Energy Dominance Council, detailed in a podcast how the council works to advance fossil fuel projects.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jesse Coleman @jessebcoleman.bsky.social · 7d

DOI associate deputy secretary and aspiring "God of the Interior" Karen Budd-Falen advocated for a feudal hunting system where deer and elk belong to landowners. Basically the same system Robin Hood was so bent out of shape about. www.publicdomain.media/p/karen-budd...

A Top Trump Interior Official Once Pushed To Privatize Wildlife

In the 1990s, Karen Budd-Falen challenged Wyoming’s authority to regulate hunting on behalf of ranchers.

www.publicdomain.media

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Nick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social · 12d

if you are at all interested in LNG, this might be worth your time

"I have a sinking feeling right now that this could end quite badly...I think there is going to be some blood in the water.”
gasoutlook.com/analysis/gul...

Gulfstream LNG CEO calls out industry’s “irrational exuberance” - Gas Outlook

A flurry of deals at Gastech showed interest in LNG growth. But industry leaders warned that investors will get "squeezed” by oversupply.

gasoutlook.com

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Fieldnotes @fieldnotes.co · 15d

Be sure to check out this panel happening today if you are attending #ClimateWeekNYC! Our own @kellyemitchell.bsky.social will be there along with these other incredible voices - don't miss it!

Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 16d

Wednesday at #ClimateWeekNYC: "Fossil Fuel Accountability in the Trump Era"

Moderated by NPR's @michaelcopley1.bsky.social and
featuring @iylas.bsky.social, Kelly Mitchell of @fieldnotes.co, former congressional investigator Aria Kovalovich, and Ben Franta of Oxford Sustainable Law Programme.

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Jesse Coleman @jessebcoleman.bsky.social · 21d

Magnificent reporting on the waste water bind oil corps created for themselves in the Permian. And by bind I mean ecological/human health/financial disaster. TX let the oil ind force toxic waste water underground at such an incredible rate that "the earth is full." www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Texas Oil Boom Leaves a Toxic Legacy of Its Own Making

Toxic wastewater is spreading across America’s biggest oil field, posing a pressing threat to a basin that has grown into a cornerstone of global markets

www.bloomberg.com

Jesse Coleman @jessebcoleman.bsky.social · 21d

Seems like the oil barons purchased domestic energy policy, but probably should have sprung for the premium international energy policy plan.

Jesse Coleman @jessebcoleman.bsky.social · 21d

Trump basically shook oil execs down during the campaign and is now doing real measurable harm to the industry, yet there's been no real protest from the oil sector. Interesting to see the Houston Chron point out the spinelessness. www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Jesse Coleman @jessebcoleman.bsky.social · 25d

And that underestimation is the intentional work of the oil industry. In 2023 the chair of a powerful oil lobbying group told EPA the ind was reducing methane pollution, though his company increased flaring 692% that year. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

www.propublica.org

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 26d

I think it's underappreciated that most policy support for clean energy under Obama came in exchange for lifting longstanding bipartisan limits on oil and gas exports. This enabled surging oil and gas production, methane emissions from which outweighed CO2 emission reductions from clean energy.

Graph of oil and gas exports from 1990 to 2025. They're both low until the Obama years, then rise sharply and continue to rise under Trump and Biden.

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Jesse Coleman @jessebcoleman.bsky.social · 29d

Could be that Trump's oil industry funders think damaging the regulatory system is more valuable in the long-term than lost profits in the short term. Also possible oil execs are terrified of critiquing Trump while his admin weighs lifting Russian sanctions on O&G... www.wsj.com/politics/pol...?

Oil Tycoons Bet Big on Trump. It’s Paying Off.

The Trump administration has opened land to drilling and is moving to roll back environmental restrictions and hobble renewable energy. But crude prices have dropped.

www.wsj.com

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Jesse Coleman @jessebcoleman.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thing is, it's NOT paying off, as the last half of the article details. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...?

Oil Tycoons Bet Big on Trump. It’s Paying Off.

The Trump administration has opened land to drilling and is moving to roll back environmental restrictions and hobble renewable energy. But crude prices have dropped.

www.wsj.com

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Julia Kane @juliakane.bsky.social · Aug 19

Big oil corporations want the Trump EPA to keep the veneer of methane regulation while gutting provisions that require real transparency and accountability (like third party reporting on super emitter events and the methane fee).

Great reporting by @emdashsanders.bsky.social:

With methane rules on the chopping block, where does Big Oil stand?

The Trump EPA could do away with methane regulations that major oil companies and their trade associations have strategically claimed to support.

www.exxonknews.org

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Josh Voorhees @joshvoorhees.bsky.social · Aug 3

Put another way: $1 of every $7 MAGA Inc has brought in this year came from Kelcy Warren and Energy Transfer.

Josh Voorhees @joshvoorhees.bsky.social · Aug 2

Among the biggest donors to Trump this year: Kelcy Warren & Energy Transfer. They gave a total of $25 MILLION this year to the MAGA Inc pac—half from Warren and half from the company. docquery.fec.gov/pdf/210/2025...

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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · Aug 15

The EPA could repeal methane regs entirely -- but what does the oil industry want?

Internal docs & public records show Big Oil's strategy on methane: publicly support regulation while fighting to weaken U.S. rules that could stand in for stricter ones abroad.

www.exxonknews.org/p/with-metha...

With methane rules on the chopping block, where does Big Oil stand?

The Trump EPA could do away with methane regulations that major oil companies and their trade associations have strategically claimed to support.

www.exxonknews.org

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Jesse Coleman @jessebcoleman.bsky.social · Aug 15

Great piece on the current state of play on methane regulations in US by @emdashsanders.bsky.social. After years of foot dragging and obfuscation, oil corps admitted that regulation is necessary to reduce methane pollution. But with Trump in power, hypocrisy ensues www.exxonknews.org/p/with-metha...

With methane rules on the chopping block, where does Big Oil stand?

The Trump EPA could do away with methane regulations that major oil companies and their trade associations have strategically claimed to support.

www.exxonknews.org

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · Aug 14

One of the key "defamation" claims Energy Transfer filed against Greenpeace over its involvement with Standing Rock centered on the destruction of sacred sites. In today's @drilledmedia.bsky.social episode we hear the whole story from @alleenbrown.bsky.social drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

SLAPP’d Episode 5 | Sacred Sites

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

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Josh Voorhees @joshvoorhees.bsky.social · Jul 22

Great work by @kmkowalski.bsky.social & @canarymedia.com on this story showing just how much the O&G industry is running the show in Ohio on CCS. They wrote the bill, wined + dined sponsors, lined up witnesses, etc—even by lobbying standards, this one stands out.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...

In Ohio, oil and gas industry is steering new carbon capture bill

Newly obtained public records show that the industry has worked hard to ensure the legislation prioritizes their interests over climate change concerns.

www.canarymedia.com

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Save Ohio Parks @saveohioparks.bsky.social · Jul 25

Watchdog @fieldnotes.co accessed trove of API and OOGA lobby work info to influence four Ohio politicians and write a proposed carbon capture and sequestration law for them. bit.ly/3GI6h1X

Don't they know CCS is a false promise as a climate solution?
Let's ask them.

@kmkowalski.bsky.social

'The New Wild West:' Inside the Oil & Gas Industry’s Plan to Profit…

Fieldnotes is a watchdog group that investigates the oil and gas industry.

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Jesse Coleman @jessebcoleman.bsky.social · Jul 22

The oil industry is writing its own rules for CCS in Ohio, and lobbyists see “money to made” by reducing oil company responsibilities for carbon sequestration wells. fieldnotes.co/investigatio...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jul 2

NEW: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS.

Despite this, the agency has delayed enforcement of standards and terminated over $15 million in funding for “forever chemicals” research.

By @annaleighclark.bsky.social

Trump’s First EPA Promised to Crack Down on Forever Chemicals. His Second EPA Is Pulling Back.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS. Despite this, the agency has delayed enforcement of standards and terminated over $15 million in fundin...

www.propublica.org

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Fieldnotes @fieldnotes.co · Apr 7

“Doug the Diva” Burgum used a U.S. Park Police helicopter to avoid a 30-40 min drive to Air Force One.

Interior said the helo was necessary bc Burgum “was slated to staff POTUS for a trip over the Gulf of America.”

That trip over the “Gulf of America”? It was to the Super Bowl.

Doug Burgum, Kristi Noem, and Dusty Johnson pose in front of the field during the 2025 Super Bowl.

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Fieldnotes @fieldnotes.co · May 23

Big Oil encouraged Republicans to nuke the filibuster to get this done.

Here’s API’s Mike Sommers telling Sen. Thune, “We would highly encourage you to look at [the California rule] as an option for the CRA. And we believe that you can do it,” in January: youtu.be/sqtLs3YJ1CU?...

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Fieldnotes @fieldnotes.co · Jun 19

"Changing the AMT for oil producers was a pillar of AXPC’s internal plan for dismantling Biden-era climate policies, which was disclosed by The Washington Post in October."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Senate GOP seeks to reward oil drillers amid deep cuts to wind and solar

The Senate version of President Donald Trump’s tax-cutting bill slashes green energy tax credits but contains generous subsidies for petroleum companies that use captured carbon dioxide in oil product...

www.washingtonpost.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · Jun 9

One of the most irritating dynamics that came out of Manchin's year-plus of obstructing Dem energy policy is that the DC elites have decided he's an energy policy expert rather than a fucking dimwit repeating lines he heard from corporate lobbyists on his yacht.

Obstacles to Energy Consensus in Congress - Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA | CGEP

Hear in-depth conversations with the world’s top energy and climate leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society.

www.energypolicy.columbia.edu

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