Robert Dillon
@RA_Dillon
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Alaskan first, @raineycenter, energy, elections, info security, frm Senate ENR comms guru, journalist, rabbit enthusiast, and lapsed rugger 🏉
Washington, Anchorage, Prague
Joined November 2014
U.S. SHALE producers seethe impotently as Trump administration plans to boost Venezuela’s output and lower oil prices:
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President’s effort to drive down crude prices will hit sector struggling to sustain output growth
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Rio Tinto and Glencore are in talks about a deal that would create the world’s largest miner with a market value of over $200 billion, as a scramble for industrial metals drives a return to big acquisitions https://t.co/iKeMsyDa3w via @WSJ
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The deal would create a mining company with a market value of more than $200 billion, as a scramble for copper and other metals drives an industry return to big acquisitions.
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Electricity freedom, at last https://t.co/9JznXUk4Du
The DATA Act provides a clear, responsible pathway for off-grid service to new large loads, easing grid pressure and helping America build the energy infrastructure we need. @SenTomCotton's bill couldn't be more timely.
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Big setback for the White House as 5 GOP Senators join all Democrats in voting to start debate on a war powers resolution re: Venezuela. Murkowski AK Young IN Paul KY Collins ME Hawley MO
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Yes. Thank you.
Scoop: The Transportation Department is seeking to scrap the use of automated traffic enforcement cameras in Washington, a move that would cost the city millions in lost revenue but would likely be cheered by many drivers in the nation’s capital.
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Scoop: The Transportation Department is seeking to scrap the use of automated traffic enforcement cameras in Washington, a move that would cost the city millions in lost revenue but would likely be cheered by many drivers in the nation’s capital.
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The Trump administration is proposing to eliminate automated traffic camera enforcement in the nation’s capital.
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Late last night, FERC's lawyers filed the Commission's defense of FERC Order No. 1920, which reforms regional transmission planning. Great to see this argument from the @FERC team:
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Loved this long form interview! Give it a listen.
This week on With Great Power, @FERChatterjee explains why he thinks energy policy has gotten so politicized in the U.S. and what could change that trajectory. Neil also talks about his current role as chief government affairs officer at Palmetto. 🎧: https://t.co/3SabLzQRDD
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Now live at BaT Auctions: 25-Years-Owned 1970 Lotus Europa S2 Project. https://t.co/wRgpMOtuRf
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Scoop: Mary Peltola moves toward Alaska Senate campaign
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Schumer wants to recruit his way out of a bad map
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Figures. As soon as I published the DC report, appropriators dropped a three-bill minibus funding Energy and Water, Commerce Justice Science, and Interior and Environment through Sept. 30. A quick scan shows @lisamurkowski (chair of Interior Approps) secured 39 funding requests,
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OIL BLACK MARKET: Venezuela and Russia are offering large discounts for their oil to entice their regular buyers. Coupled with Brent trading just above $60, it's resulting in very low outright prices: Russian and Venezuelan crude is being sold just **under $40 a barrel**.
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Could the Beatles Be Forgotten? https://t.co/3eLJNjatUA via @WSJFreeEx
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The stewards of the band’s legacy may have taken one too many bites out of the Apple catalog.
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RIP, David Mitchell, founder of Patients for Affordable Drugs and an incredible human being. David entered health policy as a patient. Diagnosed with a form of leukemia and dependent on an expensive medication, he experienced firsthand how opaque pricing could place crushing
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The 3-bill 'minibus' funding package unveiled today by House Republicans has 89 pages of home state spending projects. + 3,028 earmarks worth $6.52 billion. + 1,022 earmarks are from the Senate + 1,888 earmarks are from the House + 118 earmarks were joint H/S
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COLUMN: Trump has created an oil empire stretching from Alaska to Patagonia. Nearly 40% of the world’s oil production is now under the umbrella of the ‘Donroe Doctrine’ — an economic and geopolitical lever no US president has had since FDR. @Opinion
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Let’s do the math. Start with the oil production of the US and add Canada. Then include Venezuela and the rest of Latin America, from Mexico to Argentina and everywhere else in between: Brazil,...
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U.S. power prices increases driven by multiple factors—@wsj
https://t.co/y05Rlij7xk
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Data centers are getting much of the blame lately for rising power costs, but they aren’t the only catalyst.
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to How Congress Could Hamstring Trump Administration Operations In Venezuela Ahead of Next Government Funding Deadline Most funding for the federal government expires in 27 days. That includes money for the Pentagon and State Department. Few want a
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