Nate Trela

Intermountain West Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Covered misinformation, business, sports, metro beats earlier in career. Cooker with fire.

[Nate Trela @ntrela]

Professional news - at the start of March, I moved into a new role as the Intermountain West Connect Reporter for the USA TODAY Network, covering trending news in Colorado and Utah. Read me in @coloradoan, (@ChieftainNews & @SpectrumNews. Excited to be covering news close to home

[Nate Trela @ntrela]

A claim about Nancy Pelosi and pot stocks goes up in smoke when you look at the facts. Fact check: False claim that Pelosi bought cannabis stocks days before Biden marijuana announcement https://t.co/N2xL4dBrEq via @USATODAY

[Nate Trela @ntrela]

“It's not going to be the purge." Fact check: Illinois judges can still detain murder, arson suspects after end of cash bail https://t.co/kduR8wB0yT via @USATODAY

[Nate Trela @ntrela]

Fact check: Altered tweet about nuclear weapons wrongly attributed to CNBC host https://t.co/zXgAByJoeK via @USATODAY

[Nate Trela @ntrela]

My first piece for @usatoday. Fact check: New mortgage program not limited to Black and Hispanic home buyers https://t.co/aDGX5h3vmQ via @USATODAY

[Nate Trela @ntrela]

Excited to have begun a new chapter this week, joining @usatoday as a reporter on the fact check team. had 10 great years covering energy for @mergermarket over two stints but this is an amazing opportunity. Staying in Denver.

[Mark Druskoff @texastriangle]

Fusion Power Businesses Hunkering Down… Colleague @ntrela and I just published this to https://t.co/YpQI4HPVdQ Not only are they trying to bring the energy source for stars down to earth but also make money. #fusionenergy https://t.co/dclFXm4ape

[Mark Druskoff @texastriangle]

Excellent discussion of rise of hydrogen, and related dealmaking by my colleague @ntrela …Podcast: It's a Gas. How High Can Hydrogen Deals Fly? https://t.co/wXdFrend4t

[Nate Trela @ntrela]

Millions of new EVs on the road will mean millions of battery packs that will eventually fail. Some companies think they have a way to recover much of the valuable material in them and make money doing so. Latest @mergermarket on #forbes https://t.co/ZF59Yp4Uqj

[Nate Trela @ntrela]

Took a look at that other yellow metal that might be getting its glow back #mergermarket on #forbes https://t.co/mnXxZkrDbi

[Mergermarket @Mergermarket]

Wyoming’s Powder River Basin holds potential for good oil production in a fossil-fuel-friendly province. In our latest @Forbes column, @ntrela discusses how #MnA from public operators has been put on hold, thanks to lack of investor support. https://t.co/0CsFzTRogX

[Mark Druskoff @texastriangle]

On Aug 6, Bonanza Creek Energy ($BCEI) sold its Cotton Valley assets for $117m, confirming 04/18 and 11/17 reports by @ntrela @mschoeckPV @Mergermarket https://t.co/scVBL3ct1r

[Mergermarket @Mergermarket]

Roll Ups Smoldering In US Cannabis Industry – Mergermarket's @ntrela and Aram Hovsepian report our data shows globally there were at least 45 deals announced in the cannabis space totaling $1.69b in aggregate value in 2017. More in our @Forbes blog: https://t.co/kRteYPGAkU #MnA

[Nate Trela @ntrela]

@mschoeckPV offers our latest #mergermarket on #forbes - Utilities put demand response software in high demand https://t.co/p0bIPIMpVt

[Nate Trela @ntrela]

New #Mergermarket on #forbes - Tax law changes could chill renewable power projects https://t.co/QsJBBGyLKq

[Bhavna Kaul @Bhavkaul]

Awesome. @mschoeckPV, me, @ntrela published a story today with sector advisors questioning the logic of the deal -- agreeing with the activist's analysis. @Dealreporter @Mergermarket @Activistmonitor $SD https://t.co/oqpnJPeHfw

[Nate Trela @ntrela]

Global warming is helping miners unleash Canada's once frozen assets in the Arctic #mergermarket #forbes https://t.co/35G8Q6MMQs

[Rebecca Keegan @ThatRebecca]

RT if a copy editor has saved you from a mortifying error. Like if you're you're a copy editor and you've got a better way to phrase this.

[Nate Trela @ntrela]

Whatcha gonna do when Per-mania runs over you? @texastriangle & @fracfarm on west Texas oil #mergermarket on #forbes https://t.co/eDYYqWGKun

[Nate Trela @ntrela]

Research in labs is about US independnece #NREL director Keller #SolarPowerColorado