Conservative legal groups are weaponizing public records laws to harass and silence university scientists whose research might be used to target fossil fuel companies in court: www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers

A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.

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Nvidia’s record $150 billion stock buyback plan is a bet by CEO Jensen Huang that he can fund huge swaths of the AI buildout while still rewarding his own shareholders. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

NEW — Conservative groups have filed over 100 records requests at 19 universities across the country, targeting at least 30 climate researchers since 2021. The goal: Discredit scholars who could persuade judges and juries in multi-billion-dollar climate cases. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers

A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.

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Breaking: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is stepping back from a major climate case that could affect his oil industry investments. Alito had previously resisted calls to recuse himself from the court's upcoming consideration of Suncor v. Boulder. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

Alito bows out of blockbuster Supreme Court climate case

The conservative justice had previously resisted calls from environmentalists to recuse himself.

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One benefit of writing the Morning Energy newsletter for the first time: I got to prominently highlight a new investigation from @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social, @lesleyclark.bsky.social and me. subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/2...

Other things the Senate's top Democratic investigator told me: They plan to subpoena companies enabling the president's alleged corruption. The goal is to "develop cases that are so strong that the Department of Justice has no choice" but to prosecute. subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/2...

Advanced geothermal is advancing subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/2...

“.. Calling the case extraordinary, Iowa District Judge Scott J. Beattie said that allowing the lawsuit and its ‘faulty’ claims to proceed could have a chilling effect that ‘can discourage others from reporting on and debating public affairs.’” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/trum...

Policymakers in the US and EU are considering technologies that limit sunlight as a potential tool to curb global warming — even if they’re not yet willing to publicly say so. www.politico.com/news/2026/09/23/solar-geoengineering-politics-shift-01073177

Behind closed doors, the politics of solar geoengineering are shifting

More politicians in the U.S. and around the globe are taking a look at sunlight-reflecting technologies, two experts said.

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A federal judge has ordered Texas to air condition all of the state’s prisons by the end of 2029 High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled.

Texas ordered to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029

High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled. Just over a third of Texas prisons are fully air conditioned.

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Utah Republican John Curtis is asking the Senate Judiciary Committee to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. following reports that the president’s son had parts of his wedding paid for by a Russian oligarch with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. www.politico.com/live-updates...

GOP senator wants to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. over Russian-funded wedding

Sen. John Curtis is calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to compel testimony from the president’s son.

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Curious on the logistics and cost of getting potash from a landlocked country on the other side of the world vs Saskatchewan

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Trump: "The United States is working on a massive Deal with respect to the purchase of Potash from Belarus. The pricing would be for substantially less than we are currently paying to Canada, very good news for our Farmers and Ranchers. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, who's running for Senate, says the Iran war "needs to be brought to a successful and immediate end." A messaging pivot: Hinson voted NO six times on House resolutions directing Trump to end the Iran war — including as recently as last week.

Another delayed IPO. First, Holtec. Now, SB Energy “has been delayed, as investors question the company’s sought-after valuation of $50 billion or more, according to interviews with four people familiar ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...

Policymakers are considering technologies that limit sunlight as a potential tool to curb global warming — even if they’re not yet willing to publicly say so, according to two former government insiders. Many members of Congress “are curious about this." subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

POLITICO Pro: Behind closed doors, the politics of solar geoengineering are shifting

More politicians in the U.S. and around the globe are taking a look at sunlight-reflecting technologies, two experts said Friday.

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Private equity's fossil fuel investments are producing more pollution than profits, a new report finds. subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/2...

The Wallace Global Fund is giving it all away and pressuring other charities to meet the urgency of the moment. "We are saying, listen, give 'til it hurts," the fund's outgoing CEO told me. subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/2...

With $100 million of new funding, the startup Rainmaker says it will expand from cloud seeding to "solve the weather." All of it. subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/2...

Because much of my reporting is now confined to subscriber-only newsletters, I'm going to be better about sharing my work via social media. More about that change here. www.politico.com/blogs/politi...

Hard to imagine transportation department officials shutting down a bridge to cars for a full year

Wiith Brent crude soaring to almost $110 a barel last week, the number of countries offering support to protect consumers from "politically toxic" fuel prices has almost doubled over the past four months, according to FT analysis. Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/0tY7sb2

"At the turn of the millennium, solar panels cost $5-$6 per watt of generation capacity. Today, they sell for around 12 cents per watt" www.ft.com/content/8b70...

Thanks @coveringclimatenow.org: "It’s a 'grand swing' that hits its mark, judges said, with bracing, even funny prose that manages to be both skewering and entirely fair in the face of a subject that is, as judges put it, 'at once absurd and deadly serious.'" coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...

27% of US workers worry that technology will render their jobs obsolete, a new high. www.semafor.com/article/09/1...

Super excited to see coverage of DC United back in the @washingtonpost.com sports section. (Perhaps it’s the @washingtonsun.bsky.social effect.)

MAXXED OUT at $9.999!! GasBuddy data showing 5 stations in California that have hit the limit and are selling diesel at the dispensers highest possible price: $9.999/gal

The jump in solar geoengineering funding comes as global temperatures soar to new heights and international cooperation falters on efforts to limit planet-warming emissions.

This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.

UBC Oceans@ubcoceans.bsky.social · 3w ago

For the first time in over 30 years, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Northern cod stock has been deemed “healthy” by Ottawa. www.canadianaffairs.news/2026/09/05/i...

(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

“Diesel's at an all-time high. Gas is about $4 a gallon. We can't message that away.” www.axios.com/2026/09/05/r...

"We're stuck:" GOP accepts Trump's all-about-me midterms

Republicans are going along with a Trump-focused strategy that could cost them credibility — and congressional seats.

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