Sara Schonhardt
@saraschonhardt.bsky.social
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International climate reporter at POLITICO's E&E News. Formerly WSJ Indonesia, @csmonitor, @nytimes. Ohio born, Jakarta cred.
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Interior Sec Doug Burgum says winning the battle for AI ascendency is paramount, and climate change, well, that's solvable. So why is he working to end wind, solar and other energy that could help power the AI future? www.eenews.net/articles/bur...
Burgum: Losing AI race is more dangerous than climate change
The Interior secretary indicated that 1 degree of climate change was an acceptable consequence of ramping up fossil fuels for data centers.
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"There's nothing sacrosanct about having an Office of Global Change ... The problem is having no vision, having no plan, having no willingness to address the issue." Former diplomats on the Trump administration's gutting of State's climate expertise.
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State Department’s gutting of climate staff hamstrings US agenda, former diplomats say
Friday's mass firing included climate and energy staff, potentially thwarting U.S. global engagement as China grabs the reins on clean energy development.
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We’re taking @politico.com to arbitration this week for its unethical use of AI and we’re asking for your support! bit.ly/PENGuild
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The State Department is eliminating the office that oversees global climate negotiations, in another effort to gut U.S. climate action. One official described the move as “just strategically fucking dumb.”
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Rubio eliminates office that oversees climate talks
The Office of Global Change was notified Thursday that it would be shuttered.
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright is expected to deliver a message this week about ending energy poverty in Africa, days after the Trump administration eviscerated a 12-year-old initiative called Power Africa that was created to do just that. www.eenews.net/articles/wri...
Wright will talk about powering Africa after Trump cut programs that did that
Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s keynote speech on energy poverty will come on the heels of the gutting of Power Africa’s USAID programs.
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The Trump administration’s abrupt retreat from global climate action is threatening to delay a pivotal scientific report that countries can use to shape their responses to rising temperatures. www.eenews.net/articles/the...
The IPCC meets amid Trump’s climate attacks. What to watch for.
The U.S. is skipping the global meeting, raising concerns about delaying a sweeping science assessment on the current state of climate change.
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"The president appears to have empowered Elon Musk far beyond what I think is appropriate," Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins told reporters.

A lot of his actions, she predicted, are "going to end up in court." www.politico.com/live-updates...
Senate’s top appropriator says Elon Musk has gone too far
Susan Collins says she is "concerned" about Elon Musk and the Trump administration's efforts to control congressional purse strings.
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"Eight years ago many tech leaders rightly condemned Trump's withdrawal" from the Paris climate agreement, Facebook's former director of sustainability said. "Their silence now is cowardly." www.eenews.net/articles/how...
How Trump silenced tech giants on his Paris withdrawal
Silicon Valley loudly criticized President Donald Trump when he quit the climate accord in his first term. This time? Crickets.
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Trump has made it clear that a purge of Biden's climate and energy action is coming. That's likely to include yet another exit from the Paris agreement. @eenews.bsky.social colleagues and I look at what's on the table: www.eenews.net/articles/wha...
What to expect from Trump’s Day 1 orders on climate and energy
There are 50 to 100 expected executive orders. Many will focus on boosting fossil fuels and reversing climate policy.
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