Tim Puko

Minerals, metals, energy and climate @EurasiaGroup
Formerly @washingtonpost @WSJ @TribLIVE
“He seems well-meaning and is not terribly annoying."
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[Tim Puko @TimPuko]

US trade rep Jamieson Greer is trying to convince the world’s big consumers to pay more for minerals. He’s not wrong but it’s a hard hard sell

And just as much at home as abroad. Trying to compete w China could be a bottomless money pit

Thinking a lot rn of Rick Perry, c2017…

[Tim Puko @TimPuko]

@alz_zyd_ @thePartyPartyUS think for one extra second about what you’re advocating for before you shout it out to thousands of people

[Tim Puko @TimPuko]

@alz_zyd_ @thePartyPartyUS You mean the style in which people are used, unwittingly, as a tool of the state to destroy entire planets and civilizations, and then left for the rest of their lives to wrestle with the destruction and suffering they caused?

I am begging, just begging everyone out there to…

[Tim Puko @TimPuko]

@RyanDeto This geography needs to be more accessible for Pittsburgers. Would you bail on your Steelers tickets because of riots at South Hills Village? Would you skip the Vintage Grand Prix bc at the same time there are days of violent protests outside the Kenny Chesney concert?

[Tim Puko @TimPuko]

Sure but the primary alternative to burning US gas is to burn other people’s coal. Not a win for climate let alone for US trade or security

[Tyson Slocum @TysonSlocum]

Record US oil and gas production is fueled by record exports, which will increase under the permitting bill. 5 US LNG export terminals use more gas than all 74 million residential gas utility consumers

[Tim Puko @TimPuko]

The best London museum exhibits always come from/through Pittsburgh.

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

Permitting reform?

“I'm just not going to devote whatever few brain cells I have left to something that's not going to happen,” Kennedy says after GOP lunch

[Tim Puko @TimPuko]

A real opening here for Rachel Maddow to give us the most Howard Bealeian 25 minutes of her life

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

Schmitt (not Schmidt) then went on a podcast and agreed that he'd totally nailed Smith on this NBA game story https://t.co/WwNehKKBcD

[Tim Puko @TimPuko]

Hmmm…is it actually Republican staffs that aren’t hiring enough straight guys who know ball?

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

The reason Senators have staff is to save them from moments like this one. Someone in the Russell Building is probably updating a resume right about now.

[Tim Puko @TimPuko]

@Timothy_Cama Don’t sleep on Bag Park, dawg. Great pub trivia at BIG PAPER TAVERN

[Tim Puko @TimPuko]

@rodger Mr. Gray, what am I supposed to do if I’m more interested in erasing joy from the game, weakening the connections with my brand’s great moments in history, and undermining my television product? Can you help me then?

[Tim Puko @TimPuko]

All of these things are true! When the oline and wrs underperform, in the ways they certainly have, it accentuates late-stage Rodgers’ obvious flaws. The way this team was built it can succeed only if every other component excels so the limited qb can be his best 42-yo self

[Josh Yohe @JoshYohe_PGH]

@MarkMaddenX You think he’s been the problem more than the offensive line or receiving core so far this season? I can’t possibly think you believe that.

[Tim Puko @TimPuko]

The next Democrat who comes into this office is almost certainly going to have a much better sense of their executive authority. Their voters are demanding it.

[Matthew Zeitlin @MattZeitlin]

interesting quote from a fossil fuel executive reflecting on his meetings with trump (regime change)

[Tim Puko @TimPuko]

I’m not going to say Republicans ARE finally going to lose in Texas, but if Republicans were to ever lose Texas, this is how they would do it.

[Michael E. Webber @MichaelEWebber]

I know Austin is not a normal barometer of Texas statewide political sentiment but I have seen zero signs and bumper stickers for Paxton. Usually, I’ll see a few for the GOP’s top of the ticket.

[Tim Puko @TimPuko]

Can’t ever quit this app

[Paddy Power @paddypower]

BREAKING: Man City have been found guilty on all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. As a result, Everton have been deducted 10 points.

[Ernest Scheyder @ErnestScheyder]

World's largest copper mine halts operations after worker death https://t.co/T5hW75ieMC

[Tim Puko @TimPuko]

Well that didn’t take long!

[Burgess Everett @burgessev]

New in Semafor DC PM: Permitting reform talks are stalled and hopes for a bipartisan deal in the Senate before the election are fading ...

https://t.co/d5Viwmdb7Z

[Tim Puko @TimPuko]

“We’ll stand a chance if only our chronically negative and bad-faith members and stakeholders treat this challenging compromise with optimism and good faith…in the slim chance it makes it out of committee this week” is not exactly a promising forecast for permitting overhauls!

[Julia Pyper @JMPyper]

We could see permitting bill language as soon as this week, says @SenJohnCurtis at #ClimateWeekNYC.

“There will be problems,” he said. But if stakeholders approach it with an open mind, instead of going for the kill, permitting reform might actually get done this year.

[Tim Puko @TimPuko]

@jabbotthabit @robbieorvis Let us know if you get to first. The committee will take this into consideration.

[Tim Puko @TimPuko]

@jsfreed @Capitals “Even the flyers” 💛