Hello from the Appalachian Trail! I’m about 725 miles into an attempt to thru-hike the whole thing southbound from Maine to Georgia.
I’m posting photos/updates over on Instagram if you want to follow my hike: https://t.co/21EasYclH8
@bydanielmoore@ChuckMcCutcheon Go work there! Daniel's a great newsletter partner, and I'd recommend my job to anyone who asks.
And to my D.C. friends and Senate basement buddies...stay in touch. I'll be back around the energy/climate/environment journalism world soon.
Personal news: Tomorrow is my last day at Axios.
I'm taking some time off work and heading up to Maine next month to start a very long hike on the Appalachian Trail.
More on that sometime soon, but in the meantime...
A huge thank you to @bydanielmoore, @ChuckMcCutcheon and tons of others for making Axios a great place to work.
It's one of the best places to be in D.C. journalism, and I'm immensely grateful for the opportunity to start Pro Energy Policy.
Senate voting this wk on whether to overturn Biden-era waivers for Calif to enact stricter car emissions standards to combat pollution, says GOP Leader Thune
Senate GOP leadership is doubling down on their ability to undo California’s EV mandate through the CRA — despite the GAO & parliamentarian
@nick_sobczyk & I reported on Rs thinking on this last week https://t.co/YdJQx9c2Yi
NEWS: Senate GOP leaders will barrel forward to block CA's big electric vehicle rule — despite an opinion from the Senate parliamentarian
Barrasso told me today they would "absolutely" take up the House-passed resolution in the coming weeks
w/ @nick_sobczyk
https://t.co/9WpeAzXkSG
Trump admin eyes major cuts to climate research at @NOAA. This would affect weather forecast accuracy in many ways -- the proposal would force the closure of all NOAA weather and climate labs & cooperative institutes. Via @nick_sobczyk https://t.co/UtLr4LvtGf
.@RepGarretGraves, a longtime critic of the federal disaster response bureaucracy, says he definitely does not want to be FEMA administrator:
"If I did I'd be fired in about a month," he told me.
From @nick_sobczyk and @bydanielmoore: Oil group pushing GOP to repeal IRA's #methane fee in reconciliation if it takes unified control of Congress, according to internal document: https://t.co/XBqnxSGPFf
Energy companies and lobbying firms are starting to game out scenarios for an election that could upend generational changes to climate and environmental policy. https://t.co/JHDlBJ7UIR
From @nick_sobczyk: House lawmakers will hear from an ex-FERC commissioner and a top utility trade group on AI power use next week, Axios has learned. https://t.co/MuyHAO6hph
We're gonna miss @jholz__ a ton. She's forgotten more about mining (and music) than I'll ever know.
But she's right -- this is a super sick gig. Come write a newsletter with me! We'll have fun!
https://t.co/QOrnIQGF0B
From @nick_sobczyk: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said getting anything done on #permitting this Congress will be "virtually impossible." https://t.co/92pY5zpT67