Rachel Frazin
@rachelfrazin.bsky.social
Energy/Environment/Climate reporter at The Hill | co-author of a book on 'forever chemicals' (PFAS): islandpress.org/books/poisoning-well | last name pronounced like raisin | email: rfrazin@thehill.com | Signal: rachelF.70
Democrats refer Wright to DOJ for prosecution, accusing him of lying to Congress thehill.com/policy/energ...
Democrats refer Wright to DOJ for prosecution, accusing him of lying to Congress
Two House Democrats have formally referred Energy Secretary Chris Wright to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for potential prosecution, accusing him of lying to Congress about whether green grants w…
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Part 2 in a series of timely #PFAS explainers: this one exploring the toxic legacy of AFFF, a foam long used to fight jet fuel-based fires. Great working with Andrea Gerlak of the @uarizona.bsky.social's Udall Center! earth.org/decades-of-u...
How PFAS-Based Firefighting Foam Left Behind a Toxic Legacy | Earth.Org
As states ban toxic AFFF firefighting foams, federal delays and lingering contamination leave local communities waiting years for a fix.
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FEMA risks having ‘critically low’ staffing levels this hurricane season: GAO thehill.com/policy/energ...
FEMA risks having ‘critically low’ staffing levels this hurricane season: GAO
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is at risk of having “critically low” staffing levels if there’s a major disaster, according to a nonpartisan congressional watchdog. The Government A…
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Appeals court once again reinstates injunction blocking Trump EPA from rescinding green bank funds thehill.com/policy/energ...
Appeals court blocks Trump from rescinding green bank funds
In a reversal, a federal appeals court has once again blocked the Trump administration from rescinding billions in climate funds issued under the Biden administration’s signature Inflation Reductio…
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The federal government is proposing potentially steep cuts to AZ, CA and NV water use Arizona says the maximum cuts could "devastate" its economy thehill.com/policy/energ...
Federal government proposes Colorado River water use cuts for California, Arizona and Nevada
The federal government is proposing potentially steep cuts to water used by California, Arizona and Nevada, a major step toward figuring out the management of the dwindling Colorado River. The rive…
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EPA exempts data center power plants from pollution limits seeking to prevent acid rain thehill.com/policy/energ...
EPA exempts data center power plants from pollution limits seeking to prevent acid rain
The Trump administration announced Monday that it is exempting power plants that only serve data centers and do not connect to the broader grid from pollution limits that seek to prevent acid rain.…
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Talked to experts about the wildfires, they say the culprit is climate, not Canada thehill.com/policy/energ...
Trump blames Canada for wildfires, but scientists point to climate change
President Trump and other Republicans are blaming Canada for wildfires whose smoke has choked parts of the U.S. in recent days. Experts from both countries told The Hill that climate change is the …
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The average gas price in the U.S. is back up to $4 per gallon thehill.com/policy/energ...
Average price of gas hits $4 as Iran war heats back up
The average gasoline price in the U.S. has risen to $4 per gallon as the U.S.-Iran conflict escalates again. According to AAA, the average price was exactly $4 on Monday, a number it had been creep…
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Trump rolls back protections for threatened species and habitat for endangered species thehill.com/policy/energ...
Trump rolls back protections for threatened species and habitat for endangered species
The Trump administration on Friday rolled back protections for at-risk animal and plant species under the Endangered Species Act. Under prior regulations, species that were considered “threatened” …
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Scoop: Last night Microsoft confirmed it bought thousands of acres from a sitting U.S. senator’s family to build a data center complex.
Heatmap News@heatmap.news · 3w agoQ: Which tech-boosting U.S. senator’s family just sold 3,500 acres to Microsoft for a data center in Wyoming? A: Read @jael.bsky.social’s latest for The Fight: heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...
New York imposes first-in-the-nation statewide freeze on ‘hyperscale’ data centers thehill.com/policy/techn...
New York imposes first-in-the-nation statewide freeze on ‘hyperscale’ data centers
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is imposing the nation’s first-ever statewide freeze on new “hyperscale” data centers. Hochul is pausing state-level environmental permits for “up to” a year to give …
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Trump shrinks Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah thehill.com/policy/energ...
Trump shrinks Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah
President Trump on Monday signed executive orders shrinking the size of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah. “We’re actually giving more than we did the first ti…
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The Trump admin is taking some counterterrorism funds away from states if they don't adopt its election-related polices thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Mullin defends move to tie election security to counterterrorism funding
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended a decision to tie disbursements of counterterrorism grant funding to a series of demands for states on election security. The funding, wh…
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Who you think of when you hear Haaland vs who I think of...we are not the same
Democrats think data centers are a problem. They disagree on the solution thehill.com/policy/technology/5961592-democrats-data-center-restrictions/
Democrats think data centers are a problem. They disagree on the solution
Democrats believe that data centers are a problem, but they disagree on what to do about it. For Democrats, the centers’ high energy usage — exacerbating both electricity bills and climate change —…
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Breaking: EPA proposes to loosen requirements for truck pollution controls thehill.com/policy/energ...
EPA proposes to loosen requirements for truck pollution controls
The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it is proposed to loosen requirements for pollution controls that rein in emissions from heavy duty trucks. The administration said the technical…
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Trump EPA departs from Biden-era report detailing cancer risk from ‘forever chemical’ contaminated farms thehill.com/policy/energ...
Trump EPA departs from Biden-era report detailing cancer risk from ‘forever chemical’ contaminated farms
The Trump administration is apparently departing from a landmark Biden-era report that detailed human health risks including cancer from farms contaminated with “forever chemicals.” The Environment…
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Appeals court reverses order requiring removed signs to be restored at National Park sites thehill.com/policy/energ...
Appeals court reverses order requiring removed signs to be restored at National Park sites
A federal appeals court reversed a lower court’s order requiring the National Park Service (NPS) to restore signs and exhibits that were removed by the Trump administration. The First Circuit Court…
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US moves to eliminate longtime radiation safety principle for nuclear power thehill.com/policy/energ...
US moves to eliminate longtime radiation safety principle for nuclear power
The federal government is proposing to overhaul radiation safety regulations for nuclear power, including by eliminating a long-term principle for nuclear safety. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission …
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The Trump administration has approved three new pesticides that may be considered “forever chemicals” under an international definition The EPA says they're not "forever chemicals" thehill.com/policy/energ...
EPA approves pesticides that may be considered ‘forever chemicals,’ though it disputes that label
The Trump administration has approved three new pesticides that may be considered “forever chemicals” under an international definition, though the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is disputi…
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Interesting tidbit: Clarence Thomas (a former Monsanto employee) argues that the law regulating pesticides in general is “likely unconstitutional”
The Supreme Court has restricted Americans’ ability to sue pesticide makers over alleged health harms stemming from their products. thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5940264-supreme-pesticides-roundup-bayer-maha/
Supreme Court protects pesticides from some health claims in key Roundup case
The Supreme Court on Thursday restricted Americans’ ability to sue pesticide makers over alleged health harms stemming from their products. In a 7-2 ruling, the court held that some claims that pes…
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Read about today's Supreme Court opinion protecting pesticides from lawsuits: thehill.com/policy/energ...
Supreme Court protects pesticides from some health claims in key Roundup case
The Supreme Court on Thursday restricted Americans’ ability to sue pesticide makers over alleged health harms stemming from their products. In a 7-2 ruling, the court held that some claims that pes…
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Breaking: Supreme Court protects pesticides from some lawsuits over alleged health harms
Trump administration settles water pollution case with ‘forever chemicals’ company for $450M thehill.com/policy/energ...
Trump administration settles water pollution case with ‘forever chemicals’ company for $450M
The federal government has settled a water pollution case against Chemours, which makes and uses toxic forever chemicals. The Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency and West Virginia a…
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Top Energy and Commerce Committee Dem Pallone calls for data center moratorium "I am in favor of a national AI data center moratorium until we can find a way to ensure they don’t harm our nation’s air, water, and power bills."
Scoop (I think): Reflecting Pool contract balloons up to $14.7M There's a new $460K transaction listed for June 15 thehill.com/policy/energ...
Reflecting Pool contract balloons up to $14.7M
The cost of a contract for work on the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool has ballooned further — now costing taxpayers a total of $14.7 million — according to federal records. The federal co…
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The Trump administration is paying yet another company to give up the right to build wind energy offshore The firm will invest in gas plants and geothermal energy instead. #GreenSky #EnergySky thehill.com/policy/energ...
Trump administration paying another company to give up wind leases, invest in gas and geothermal
The Trump administration is paying yet another company to give up the right to build wind energy offshore, saying the firm will invest in gas plants and geothermal energy instead. The Interior Depa…
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