Folks, today’s Los Angeles Times features a six-page special section with Part 1 of Repowering the West, my new series on the landscapes and rural economies being reshaped by wind & solar power. Get the paper and read the story: latimes.com/environment/st…

This is how workers prepare for extreme heat in a state where employers are required to provide bare bones protections like water, rest and shade. Workers in most other states don’t even have that safety net as OSHA weighs federal standards.

In Europe and North America, people have viewed climate change as “a distant problem ... Not my country, not my city, not my neighborhood, not my friends, not my family, and not me." A brutal summer means that may now be changing. politico.eu/article/brutal…

Oh boy: Sanders says "at least 59" House Democrats will be releasing a letter opposing the permitting reform deal, which Manchin wants added to the must-pass spending bill

New from Public Health Watch Kim Krisberg David Leffler - 2 rural TX docs tried to get TX to expand Medicaid. Faced with thousands of patients needing help they couldn't afford, the docs opened a free medical clinic...doing what TX officials refuse to do. publichealthwatch.org/2022/09/21/eas…

Another remarkable exchange in Maggie Haberman's book during an Oval Office meeting with coal exec & GOP donor Bob Murray, who entered with an oxygen tank. Trump: "What would happen if they unplug the machine?" Murray: "I need this to breathe. I probably wouldn't survive."

Schumer says: “What Saudi Arabia did to help Putin continue to wage his despicable, vicious war against Ukraine will long be remembered by Americans. We are looking at all the legislative tools to best deal with this appalling and deeply cynical action, including the NOPEC bill"

The jabs are "the latest spasm of hysteria from resistance types targeting the New York Times generally and Haberman in particular," and "based on an ignorance about journalism and an extravagant view of how scooplets can galvanize America. (They can’t.)" washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

Free to read: politico.eu/article/france…

"It's hard to think of another environmental exposure where things have changed so quickly." A decade ago, about 200,000 Californians lived in areas where they were exposed to extreme smoke. That number jumped up to 4.5 million in 2020. publichealthwatch.org/2022/10/17/in-…

Floored by this reporting. ⁦POLITICO⁩ detangles the layers of illicit oil networks created to dodge Western sanctions. Iran, Russia, Turkey, China all in on it. politico.eu/article/sitki-…

SCOOP: A State Department cable sheds light on US oversight of Ukraine aid amid calls for more scrutiny. w/⁦@BryanDBender⁩ politico.com/news/2022/12/1…

The U.S. wants to catch up with China in the race for raw materials. Critical for the energy and auto industries. ⁦Lara Seligman⁩ explains want it means for the U.S. military. politico.com/news/magazine/…

Wow. The The Washington Post editorial board is calling for a breakup of the FDA - splitting off food entirely - citing my reporting on the agency for POLITICO. Reminder: FDA oversees 80% of the food supply. The status quo is not working. 🧵 washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

I’m moved by the outpouring of love and support for our beloved colleague and amazing journalist Blake Hounshell. You can help support his family here: gofundme.com/f/remembering-…

Local New York GOP leaders called for George Santos to resign after he lied about his credentials to win his seat. "He's not welcome here... He's disgraced the House of Representatives and we do not consider him one of our congresspeople," said Nassau County's GOP chair.

It’s official – the sale of assault weapons is now banned in Illinois. Gov. JB Pritzker signed the law last night that he says will help put an end to senseless killings. He hopes it sends a message to the gun lobby, too.

“In the same year that Tesla’s stock dropped by two-thirds, destroying $700 billion in value, the global market for electric vehicles—which for so long the company seemed almost to embody—actually boomed.” The E.V. revolution is finally coming. (1/x) nytimes.com/2023/01/11/opi…