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Marianne Lavelle

@mlavelle.bsky.social

Cover politics, Inside Climate News. If your work on climate change has been affected by the Trump administration, please get in touch with me securely via my Signal username, mlavelle.75 We want to tell your stories, even if you can't speak out publicly.

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Marianne Lavelle@mlavelle.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Trump said we don't "need" oil from the Strait of Hormuz. But it turns out it all depends on what you mean by "need." We do import oil from the Persian Gulf, and our oil prices shoot up in a global crisis. My latest for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/0904202...

Iran Energy Shock Tests Limits of Trump’s Vision of US Energy Dominance - Inside Climate News

Consumers remain vulnerable to price spikes despite record domestic oil and gas production. But experts doubt the crisis will boost clean energy, absent strong policy.

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Marianne Lavelle@mlavelle.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Trump rollback of federal climate policy has made state battles more key for the fossil fuel industry. Enter "Natural Allies," an industry group in Pennsylvania that sell its pro-gas message to Democrats. By @kiley.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1104202...

Gas Industry Front Group Targets Democrats in Pennsylvania - Inside Climate News

The industry group pays politicians to convince voters that natural gas is the “most affordable and reliable energy source.”

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Marianne Lavelle@mlavelle.bsky.social · last yr.

On Senate Floor, Tillis Offered Inside Look Into the Lobbying Against Clean Energy: "People that haven’t worked a day in business are setting policy in the White House" insideclimatenews.org/news/0207202...

On Senate Floor, Tillis Offered Inside Look Into the Lobbying Against Clean Energy - Inside Climate News

Regardless of the fate of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” the political tug-of-war over energy already has damaged an industry and upended business deals.

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Marianne Lavelle@mlavelle.bsky.social · last yr.

Three deferred coal plant retirements, one by direct order of the Trump administration, put at risk nearly one third of the 47 million metric tons of carbon emissions cuts that were expected from the sector this year. @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/0606202...

Trump Hastens ‘Drumbeat’ of Deferred Coal Plant Retirements - Inside Climate News

The administration is leaning into fossil fuel solutions for growing power demand, with support from grid operators.

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Marianne Lavelle@mlavelle.bsky.social · last yr.

Once, George Washington led a hasty retreat from New York and came back to fight another day. What will happen with clean energy tax credits? So far, we only know the first part of the story, fm @dangearino.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/2205202...

House Republicans Have Passed a Bill to Gut the IRA. What Happened to All the Supposed Holdouts? - Inside Climate News

The fate of the Inflation Reduction Act is in the hands of a few dozen elected officials who are weighing principles, partisan leanings and their districts’ economic interests.

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Marianne Lavelle@mlavelle.bsky.social · last yr.

The future of the clean energy incentives of the Biden era come down to this: Are there a handful of Republicans willing to hold up the Trump tax cuts for the sake of solar, wind, EV, battery, nuclear and geothermal development in their districts? insideclimatenews.org/news/1405202...

Congress Begins Repeal of Clean Energy Tax Credits With ‘Sledgehammer Approach’ - Inside Climate News

It’s only the first step toward erasing Biden’s key climate policy, but the politics are difficult amid the push for Trump’s tax cuts. The potential climate consequences are profound.

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Marianne Lavelle@mlavelle.bsky.social · last yr.

EPA has never released a list of all the grants it is terminating but in a legal filing it has named the programs being cut. A @peteraldhous.com @insideclimatenews.org analysis shows 99% of the planned cuts are aid to poor and minority communities. insideclimatenews.org/news/0105202...

EPA Funding Cuts Target Disadvantaged Communities, Analysis Shows - Inside Climate News

In its bid to resist a court order to unfreeze grants, the Trump administration reveals a laser focus on eliminating environmental justice aid.

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Alleen Brown@alleenbrown.bsky.social · last yr.

In my newsletter this week I mention how the FBI is investigating nonprofits, essentially for accepting EPA grants alleenbrown.ghost.io/eco-roundup-... This is the program they're targeting. Great deep dive by @dangearino.bsky.social + @mlavelle.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/0104202...

How We Got a Green Bank, How Trump Is Trying to Kill It and Who Gets Hurt - Inside Climate News

A faith-based Indiana group and heating contractors in Maine are among hundreds of businesses and organizations stymied by EPA’s attempt to claw back $20 billion of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

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Dan Gearino@dangearino.bsky.social · last yr.

How we got a green bank, how Trump is trying to kill it and who gets hurt. Just posted, from me and @mlavelle.bsky.social: insideclimatenews.org/news/0104202...

How We Got a Green Bank, How Trump Is Trying to Kill It and Who Gets Hurt - Inside Climate News

A faith-based Indiana group and heating contractors in Maine are among hundreds of businesses and organizations stymied by EPA’s attempt to claw back $20 billion of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

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Marianne Lavelle@mlavelle.bsky.social · last yr.

With a new hearing tomorrow on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, we looked back on the roots of this idea and what is at stake in the Trump administration's effort to claw back $20 billion. with @dangearino.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/0104202...

How We Got a Green Bank, How Trump Is Trying to Kill It and Who Gets Hurt - Inside Climate News

A faith-based Indiana group and heating contractors in Maine are among hundreds of businesses and organizations stymied by EPA’s attempt to claw back $20 billion of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

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Marianne Lavelle@mlavelle.bsky.social · last yr.

And the plan is to cut EPA’s staff—or EPA’s budget—(differing statements were made, but essentially it’s the same) to lowest levels in its 55-yr history, while lifting the most consequential air and water pollution standards. insideclimatenews.org/news/1203202...

Trump Administration Launches All-Out Assault on Environmental Protection - Inside Climate News

Environmentalists vow to fight “the greatest increase in pollution in decades.”

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Brian Kahn@blkahn.bsky.social · last yr.

Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed

A vintage photo from the National Archives shows smog hanging over the New York skyline
Phil McKenna@mckennapr.bsky.social · last yr.

Shock and awe? EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced environmental rollback efforts that he claimed will mark "the most consequential day of deregulation" in U.S. history. @mlavelle.bsky.social and I break down what it all means. insideclimatenews.org/news/1203202...

Trump Administration Launches All-Out Assault on Environmental Protection - Inside Climate News

Environmentalists vow to fight “the greatest increase in pollution in decades.”

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Marianne Lavelle@mlavelle.bsky.social · last yr.

The "greatest and most consequential day of deregulation?" Or "the greatest increase in pollution in decades." EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announces plans for 31 actions to roll back environmental protection. with @mckennapr.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org

Trump Administration Launches All-Out Assault on Environmental Protection - Inside Climate News

Environmentalists vow to fight “the greatest increase in pollution in decades.”

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Marianne Lavelle@mlavelle.bsky.social · last yr.

I was glad to join WORT-FM in Wisconsin today to talk about the many ways that Trump administration policy is affecting the clean energy transition. You can listen at the link below!

A Public Affair@apublicaffair.bsky.social · last yr.

🎙️On today's show we talk about cuts to the EPA and NOAA, how some WI contractors are preemptively not installing heat pumps, and other eroding climate regulations with @mlavelle.bsky.social of @insideclimatenews.org and Brett Korte of Clean Wisconsin. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/rolling-back...

Marianne Lavelle@mlavelle.bsky.social · last yr.

From Birmingham to San Francisco, Raleigh to New York, and even Vienna where EU scientists showed solidarity, @lizagross.bsky.social @dennispillion.bsky.social @bberwyn.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org colleagues captured Stand Up For Science! insideclimatenews.org/news/0703202...

Taking It to the Streets: Scientists Mobilize to Fight Trump’s ‘Unprecedented’ Anti-Science Agenda - Inside Climate News

Scientists turned out at rallies from coast to coast and in Europe to “Stand Up for Science,” revitalizing a movement to defend scientific integrity that started during Trump’s first term.

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Marianne Lavelle@mlavelle.bsky.social · last yr.

"A chaotic and cruel circus.” My colleague @shamaan.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org reports on fired environmental justice staff being brought back to the EPA. Some of them. Kind of. Not with access to tools to do their work. insideclimatenews.org/news/0703202...

EPA Reinstates Environmental Justice Staff Amid Workforce Turmoil - Inside Climate News

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recalled dozens of environmental justice staffers who were previously placed on administrative leave pending possible termination, three former senior agen...

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Marianne Lavelle@mlavelle.bsky.social · last yr.

EXCLUSIVE: The US Coast Guard Academy has eliminated “climate change” and related terminology from its curriculum in an effort to conform to President Donald Trump’s policies, @insideclimatenews.org reports. A former commandant raises concerns. insideclimatenews.org/news/0703202...

US Coast Guard Academy Censors ‘Climate Change’ From Its Curriculum - Inside Climate News

The terminology will be stricken in classes for future officers in a service that confronts global warming every day, a move some say will weaken it.

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Dr. Samantha Montano@samlmontano.bsky.social · last yr.

Something I’ve been thinking about is this assumption that states will just dramatically expand their emergency management agencies if FEMA is eliminated. Many have pointed out the obvious resource issue there but I’ve also been thinking about the historical context.

Marianne Lavelle@mlavelle.bsky.social · last yr.

In the wake of $27 billion+ in U.S. disaster costs last year, can the Trump administration really succeed in striking down the finding that greenhouse gases are a danger to health and welfare? Experts told @insideclimatenews.org how they might try. insideclimatenews.org/news/0203202...

Trump, EPA Aim to Remove Finding That Mandates Action on Greenhouse Gas Pollution - Inside Climate News

Experts expect Trump’s team to lean on legal arguments, not science, to take down EPA’s 16-year-old endangerment finding.

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Marianne Lavelle@mlavelle.bsky.social · last yr.

The Trump administration used this New Mexico oil and gas lease sale to showcase its new approach to the National Environmental Policy Act: No consideration of environmental justice, no analysis of climate costs. My latest for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/2002202...

Bureau of Land Management Trims Environmental Review Before $20 Million Oil and Gas Lease Sale - Inside Climate News

Environmental justice concerns and climate costs were eliminated from assessment as the Trump administration seeks to overhaul its handling of the National Environmental Policy Act.

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