Evan Lehmann

Climate editor, POLITICO's E&E News. Wisconsin-raised. Bikes. [email protected]

[Sara Schonhardt @saraschonhardt]

President Biden is gambling that the U.S. can tackle climate change without the world’s cheapest technologies. @bstorrow @scottpwaldman and I unpack what the latest tariff hikes on Chinese imports mean for the climate: https://t.co/Rp4gB3dFmo

[E&E News @EENewsUpdates]

How climate change shaped California’s first tropical storm in decades https://t.co/zxBg3fuVg3

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Q&A: Jeff Goodell says air conditioning won’t save us https://t.co/uqVT3uYHDp

[Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman]

Smart @lesleyclark look at the Texas judge who caused chaos with his abortion pill ruling by relying on flimsy science and how it will have climate implications.

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Four hunters, a ladder and a fight over federal land https://t.co/Dl80WMJULm

[Evan Lehmann @evanlehmann]

Offshore oil production is surging more now than in the past decade. That is expected to lower oil prices, increase consumption, and raise emissions. It comes as scientists warned this week that abrupt action is needed to stem runaway climate change.

https://t.co/gO6iJcUu5j

[Evan Lehmann @evanlehmann]

Some scientists used to say it privately. Now the IPCC report is tailored to prepare the world for missing its most immediate climate target.

https://t.co/YsOdBy22gS

[Evan Lehmann @evanlehmann]

Climate liability cases are so far limited to civil lawsuits. Some legal experts suggest the oil industry could be prosecuted criminally for "climate homicide."

Always read @lesleyclark

https://t.co/Nr0LiuzAjx

[Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman]

Oil and gas companies are quietly working with the Texas State School Board to ensure students learn about the "positive aspects" of fossil fuels and to ensure climate science is taught as a theory, alongside climate denial talking points, to avoid "bias." https://t.co/lurgHDzvj2

[Evan Lehmann @evanlehmann]

A Texas education official who rejects climate science led a move to alter internal documents to steer schools toward buying textbooks that misinform students about global warming.

Great reporting by @scottpwaldman

https://t.co/9g1UJpnvns

[Nat Bullard @NatBullard]

Good reporting from @AEllfeldt and @CorbinHiar on what SVB means for climate tech. @KiranRaju @dfirgs @d_gershenson make the case that its role is unique https://t.co/Oo8WmkLstp

[Evan Lehmann @evanlehmann]

For the first time, a coal company is assigning a value to its emissions -- $51 a ton.

https://t.co/rAc727iTak

[E&E News @EENewsUpdates]

🎉 Happy 15th Anniversary Climatewire!

Here's a few headlines from this day in 2008:

[Evan Lehmann @evanlehmann]

Me: I’m a journalist.

My 5 year old: What’s a journalist? Oh, people who work all the time.

[Evan Lehmann @evanlehmann]

Trump asked Rupert Murdoch to order Fox News anchors to attack a coal executive who was running for Senate. Murdoch complied, according to court documents.

Great reporting by @scottpwaldman

https://t.co/royR9AkGBh

[Evan Lehmann @evanlehmann]

Jeffrey Clark, whose home was searched by federal agents after he tried to help Trump undermine the presidential election, addressed a climate denial group on Saturday.

Here's what he said, by @scottpwaldman

https://t.co/UEfOS9dGeb

[Evan Lehmann @evanlehmann]

Europe was worried about freezing when Putin invaded Ukraine. Instead, some Asian countries went dark.

https://t.co/cnQ5Tkbevn

[Evan Lehmann @evanlehmann]

The fighting on Ukrainian battlefields is disrupting energy supplies worldwide. Some of the biggest impacts are happening ... in Asia.

Great reporting by @saraschonhardt and @bstorrow

https://t.co/VTvIqhQu79

[Chelsea Harvey @chelseaeharvey]

Today's story - one that's been in the works for months now. Scientists raise the alarm about NSF's physical qualification process, an exhaustive medical screening required for polar field work - a process many say is fraught with unfair disqualifications. https://t.co/tolg85IR23