Zack Colman

climate & energy reporter @politico. @KSJatMIT & @michiganstateu alum. [email protected] SIGNAL: zcolman.75 (RT≠endorsement)

[Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer]

New: At least $260 billion of data center projects facing local opposition have been canceled this year, according to new Heatmap Pro data.

That’s a far higher figure than previously thought. Pace is picking up: Half of those cancellations came in Q3.

https://t.co/dinGbWjId5

[Zack Colman @zcolman]

As the Supreme Court weighs a major climate case in Suncor v Boulder, re-upping a @politico story I did 7 (!) years ago on the role of attribution science in determining climate damages.

https://t.co/SGyao9qMRV

[POLITICO Press @POLITICOPress]

POLITICO will continue to fairly report on this White House and future ones. We will vigorously defend our First Amendment rights against any attempt to restrict them.

The claims that POLITICO received government subsidies are false and have been thoroughly debunked.

[Jacqui Heinrich @JacquiHeinrich]

The president said it plainly in the Oval Office, describing his own planned action as a “ban on the free press.”

The Constitution protects the freedom of the press from government interference. That protection does not depend on whether the president likes a news organization’s coverage, agrees with its reporting, or approves of the questions its journalists ask.

This is about more than the rights of journalists. It is about the right of the American people to receive a full and independent account of the activities, policies and decisions of whoever occupies the nation’s highest office.

The WHCA stands in defense of our colleagues at CNN, MSNOW, and POLITICO who are being singled out for doing their jobs.

- Jacqui Heinrich, WHCA President

[PubAffairs EU Debates, News & Opinions 🇪🇺 @PubAffairsEU]

#Trade & #Energy: ‘Slowing things down’: Trade wars hit global electrification shift, by @ZiaWeise & @zcolman | Politico
https://t.co/lXJE78Wso0

[Liam Donovan @LPDonovan]

Picking up Capital Weather after pulling Sietsema out of retirement is crazy

[Nicole Auerbach @NicoleAuerbach]

WOW. New statement from MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher that says "replay protocol was nor properly followed" and that the MAC is formally appealing the result of the Michigan-WMU game.

[Lara Korte @lara_korte]

Today, I was informed that the Department of Defense is firing me for insubordination after I told a CBS reporter that I work for Stars and Stripes – not the Pentagon, not any administration, and not any policy maker.

[Zack Colman @zcolman]

SCOOP: Trump is ending federal support for NOAA's Arctic Report Card, a major annual update shedding light on the effect climate change has on the Arctic.

https://t.co/3ET2lEHIT8

[Zack Colman @zcolman]

I’m from Michigan. No, it’s not.

[Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar]

In Michigan, this is akin to hating Thanksgiving:

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

Opening salvo of Michigan Senate race is just as everyone predicted: a referendum on Mackinac Island.

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

New in @playbookdc: @AbdulElSayed asked @MalloryMcMorrow for honest feedback about his campaign.

He nailed his message, she told him.

How could he improve? “Not turning everybody into an enemy,” she said.

[Jacob Wendler @jacob_wendler]

NEW and EXCLUSIVE for @politico: Washington PR firm Adfero quietly shut its doors on June 30 after two decades of serving high-profile clients like PhRMA and Stripe. At the heart of the firm’s downfall is a wild story about politics, ethics and possible conflicts of interest. 🧵

[Simon D. Schuster @Simon_Schuster]

No matter who wins, this is the most interesting map I've seen for a statewide Democratic race in my time covering politics

(because most of them have been snoozefests)

[Zack Colman @zcolman]

FWIW: Vector-borne diseases, like dengue, will take root in new places as climate change expands the range in which mosquitoes, etc., can thrive. Won't be the last.

Reported this back in March 2020 during a different sort of outbreak...

https://t.co/hyPnoiqfYt

[WSLS 10 @wsls]

The Virginia Department of Health announced they are investigating a confirmed case of dengue virus that occurred in a resident in Northern Virginia. This is the first-ever documented case of locally acquired dengue in the commonwealth. https://t.co/MQlT9IdXLd

[Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs]

New from @CBSNews: Strait of Hormuz deal does not foresee transit fees for ships, sources say. The Iranian-Omani proposal – that is currently under negotiation – to reopen the Strait of Hormuz would have no tolls or service fees for ships transiting the waterway, sources told CBS News.
Under the proposal which Iran and Oman have been negotiating for several days, ships entering the strait would use the route closest to Iran, under Tehran's coordination, sources said. To exit, ships would use the route closest to Oman, coordinated by Muscat.
That proposal would also exclude tolls or service fees to transit the vital waterway, a major sticking point in the various talks held between the U.S., Iran and mediators. 
If approved, the U.S and Iran would return to the negotiating table under terms set out in the  memorandum of understanding in June, according to the sources, which calls for a 60-day period of free transit through the strait for 60 days.
https://t.co/lv88vSRISF

[Promo Cactus🌵 @PromoCactus]

Here’s who is ruining baseball. And it’s not the Dodgers

[Paul Farhi @farhip]

Raises a question: Why would the White House give greatly expanded access to “friendly” reporters (as it has) if it didn’t think the questions those reporters would ask would serve its interests more than “adversarial” reporters?

[Todd N. Tucker @toddntucker]

As @leahstokes @joeldodge07 and I told @zcolman of @politico this morning, we need to start early with a plan to tackle climate at speed and scale... and with results seen quick enough to build & sustain public support.
https://t.co/zLPHo1uMiv

[Zack Colman @zcolman]

In rare move, Trump admin moves forward with solar project on federal land. https://t.co/PdS4d6y3jp via @ianmaxstevenson