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Climate change reporter at the Washington Post, cat mom, and baker. Send me tips on Signal at MaxineJ.55
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New: Across the federal government, Trump is ordering agencies to stop enforcing rules he doesn't like. w/ @hannahnatanson.bsky.social and Ian Duncan wapo.st/4dqIrDN

Scoop from @byscottdance.com: As the National Weather Service scrambles to fill vacancies, staffing at four local forecast offices is so critical that they are no longer operating 24-7. More offices are expected to follow soon. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

"Energy Star saves consumers and businesses more than $40 billion every year just by giving them clear information about the energy efficiency of products or buildings. And it does that at a cost of $32 million." - @usgbc.bsky.social's Ben Evans: wapo.st/3EYBwol via @maxinejoselow.bsky.social 🔌💡

The House just voted to block California from banning sales of new gas cars in the state by 2035. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Trump touts ‘clean coal’ — but cuts programs that protect miners, via @maxinejoselow.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

🚨 Tesla posts a $400M profit, down 71% year-over-year. Revenue is down nearly $2B compared to the same time last year. Wow.

Scoop: The White House today forced out the top federal official overseeing U.S.-Mexico water disputes. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

New: Trump is touting “clean coal” — but gutting federal programs that protect coal miners from black lung disease. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Sgamma wrote in a 2021 letter that she was “disgusted” by Trump “spreading misinformation” about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob. Story by @maxinejoselow.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

The fossil fuel industry is ramping up its decades-long fight against efforts to make it pay for its role in causing climate change. w/ @annamphillips.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

1 in 8 Californians now face extreme fire danger, Post analysis shows www.washingtonpost.com/weather/inte...

The Trump administration says energy and mining companies can now kill migratory birds, so long as it's an accident: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... via @maxinejoselow.bsky.social

Biden said this Louisiana plant was a health threat. Trump dropped a lawsuit against it. @maxinejoselow.bsky.social and Amudalat Ajasa: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Amazon loses fight to exempt data center from energy regulation www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... @ceodonovan.bsky.social

Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know

🚨 Scoop: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged the White House to repeal a landmark scientific finding that underpins key climate rules for cars and power plants. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

The Trump admin fired the only locksmith at Yosemite National Park. He was the only employee who could rescue visitors from locked restrooms. Inside the chaos at national parks: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

The only locksmith on staff at Yosemite was fired by the Trump administration on Friday - leaving no one to rescue visitors who get stuck in locked restrooms. Read @maxinejoselow.bsky.social on the effects of the mass firing of federal employees at the NPS: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

🚨 SCOOP: DOGE is seeking personal taxpayer data at IRS, sources tell me. 🚨 Trump admin is pushing IRS to agree to an MOU that would give DOGE access to granular data on every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country.

President Trump nominated the head of a major oil and gas industry trade group to lead the Bureau of Land Management: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... via @maxinejoselow.bsky.social

Trump has tapped an oil industry insider to lead the agency tasked with overseeing drilling on public lands. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Thinking of buying a heat pump? Here's how you can save money. (Hint: wait for the Trump administration to unfreeze federal rebates...) www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Biden admin tried to get the money out the door, but now it looks like the rest is frozen www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... w/ @maxinejoselow.bsky.social @evanhalper.bsky.social Nicolás Rivero Amudalat Ajasa

"Trump & GOP actions have sent shock waves through the clean-energy industry. ... Thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in investments hang in the balance. Cue the lobbying and lapel pins." Via @maxinejoselow.bsky.social and Nico Rivero www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs. Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."

The National Park Service has rescinded around 400 job offers for seasonal positions at parks across the country, after Trump announced a federal hiring freeze www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

“Human-caused climate change is the primary factor in more widespread, damaging and deadly wildfires we have seen in the western US in recent decades,” @michaelemann.bsky.social Yet Trump’s fracking oligarch rejects linkage! @maxinejoselow.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Oil executive Chris Wright, Trump's pick to lead the Energy Department, has dismissed the well-established link between climate change and wildfires. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Look, I get a lotta people are angry at the Post over our owner’s actions. But you can maintain a subscription & narrowcast it just to receive amazing writers of your choice. Such as the incomparable Sally Jenkins connecting Roman dictators to Dan Snyder. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

This group claims banning natural gas harms minorities. It has gas industry ties. New from me, based on documents obtained by @energyandpolicy.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Biden will create two national monuments in California honoring tribes, by @maxinejoselow.bsky.social wapo.st/4gFjsgB

Scoop: Biden plans to create two new national monuments in California in the coming days. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

I try to get people to stop breaking the Earth.

Re-upping this @maxinejoselow.bsky.social story on Carter’s enviro legacy from February — when too many of us thought Jimmy’s days were numbered. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

New York just became the second state to require fossil fuel companies to pay for #climate damage, via @annamphillips.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Happy Holidays! I'm building a new starter pack for women journalists covering #climate, #energy, #environmentaljustice, #fossilfuels (+ special friends). When I started in this field, we were a small cadre, now we are everywhere. Follow all! #ClimateSky #EnergySky #GreenSky go.bsky.app/EKJ27CU

This house has solar panels on the roof, as I reported last year. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Correction, that would be @maxinejoselow.bsky.social with the scoop!

Scoop: The EPA plans to grant California the right to ban sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035 as soon as next week, per two people briefed on the plan. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

For this story, I reviewed more than 20,000 pages of internal USPS and Oshkosh records. Spoke to roughly two dozen people involved in every stage of this project. Reported for more than a year. Fact-checked with USPS, Oshkosh and every source I talked to. Really hope you’ll give it a read.

🚨WaPo Scoop: Biden + USPS’s EV mail trucks are way behind schedule - USPS should have 3,000 of them by now. Instead it has 9️⃣3️⃣. - Persistent production problems. - In some cases, the **airbags** don’t work coming off the production line. - We’re publishing the vehicle price — a closely held secret

New: Lee Zeldin, Trump's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, lacks extensive environmental experience and didn't seek out the job. Instead, Trump called Zeldin and asked him to carry out his agenda at the agency, sources said. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Talks over a global plastics treaty have collapsed after oil-rich nations opposed limiting plastic production. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

"The world has entered a new era, where clean energy is rapidly growing — but not fast enough to keep temperatures in check." @maxinejoselow.bsky.social, @shannonosaka.bsky.social and me on the world's getting-better-but-still-bad climate trajectory www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Just relish the possibilities: In Massachusetts, cranberry bogs are being transformed back into wetlands. Story by @annamphillips.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Finally made a Bluesky account after missing the old Climate Twitter too much.