Alexa St. John
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Reporting @AP_Climate 🌱🌎⚡️🔋 | Previously @insidertranspo @Automotive_News @WSJ @michigandaily
Joined April 2016
I’m thrilled to join the talented team at @AP_Climate, reporting on climate solutions. It’s a privilege to be able to cover a beat this vital and dynamic, and to have the opportunity to learn from such an impressive group of reporters and editors. So excited to get going!
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With @JenMcDermottAP for @AP: State attorneys general sue Trump administration for canceled solar program funding
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The attorneys general of more than a dozen states on Thursday sued the Trump administration over the termination of $7 billion in funding intended for affordable solar energy projects across the U.S.
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With @JenMcDermottAP: Several groups and nonprofit organizations filed a lawsuit Monday against the Environmental Protection Agency over the canceling of a $7 billion program intended to make solar power accessible to 900,000+ lower-income Americans.
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Several groups and nonprofit organizations have filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency over the canceling of a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power...
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Trump administration cuts nearly $8B in clean energy grants in blue states. More than 200 projects affected. White House budget director Vought hails demise of 'Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda.' https://t.co/ky4IAqqNe5
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The Trump administration has announced the cancellation of $7.6 billion intended for clean energy projects across 16 states.
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Trump administration opens more land for coal mining, offers $625M to boost coal-fired power plants https://t.co/mgcM0bDIn4
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The Trump administration said it will open 13 million acres of federal lands for coal mining and provide $625 million to recommission or modernize coal-fired power plants.
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China, world’s largest carbon polluting nation, announces new climate goal to cut emissions. Announcement follows Trump's attacks on renewable energy and concept of climate change. https://t.co/2Zy7H1h9pM
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China, the world’s largest carbon polluting nation, has announced a new climate fighting goal to cut emissions by 7% to 10% by 2035.
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Trump administration moves to revoke permit for SouthCoast Wind, a Massachusetts offshore wind farm https://t.co/Ln0d67IbAF
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The Trump administration has moved to block a Massachusetts offshore wind farm, its latest effort to hobble an industry and technology that President Donald Trump has attacked as “ugly” and unrelia...
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Reporting w/ @jeffamy:
It's 'do or die' for electric vehicle maker Rivian as it breaks ground on a $5 billion plant #gapol
https://t.co/dXCbPGTC6k
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Trump EPA wants to end a requirement that large polluters report their greenhouse gas emissions https://t.co/0alVVrfsam
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The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed doing away with a program that has required large, mostly industrial polluters to report their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to the govern...
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As world gets hotter, Americans are turning to more sugar, study finds https://t.co/2I5zt4TqMU
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A new study finds that climate change is increasing sugar consumption in the United States. As temperatures rise, Americans, especially those who are poorer and less educated, are drinking more...
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There has been a lot of talk in recent days about a massive iceberg breaking apart. Here @AP colleague Seth Borenstein sorts out what has happened and what will likely happen in the months ahead. https://t.co/rxU2ECqrlE
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The world's largest iceberg, A23A, is breaking into smaller pieces and may not last beyond November.
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Energy company Orsted sues Trump administration for stopping work on major offshore wind farm in New England https://t.co/SKKn5Mg02S
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Rhode Island, Connecticut and the developer of an offshore wind farm that would power 350,000 homes in the two states are suing the Trump administration for stopping the nearly completed project.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal appeals court says the EPA should not have been blocked from terminating billions in 'green bank' grants
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Trump admin cancels $679 million for offshore wind projects as attacks on reeling industry continue https://t.co/kzltIIpSMe
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The Transportation Department has canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects.
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BREAKING: Some FEMA employees who signed a public letter of dissent are put on administrative leave, according to documents reviewed by AP.
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Some employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency who signed a public letter of dissent earlier this week were put on administrative leave Tuesday evening.
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Sixty-four scientists described what they thought about the Trump administration's effort to undo a landmark finding that climate change is dangerous. The majority called it biased and sometimes flat wrong w/@borenbears
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Scientists are criticizing two key documents from the Trump administration that challenge the idea that climate change endangers the public.
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A whopping majority of the 64 experts @mjphillis & I asked panned as biased, cherry picked, misleading, distorted and just plain wrong the 2 documents underpinning Trump admin saying climate change not a danger. The grade most commonly given? An F. https://t.co/06tyPcmq1T
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BREAKING: Four journalists, including a freelancer who worked with AP, are among eight killed by an Israeli strike on southern Gaza's Nasser Hospital.
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Health officials say Israeli strikes on a hospital in southern Gaza have killed five journalists, including a freelancer who worked for The Associated Press. Mariam Dagga was a visual journalist who...
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Giraffes, long considered a single species, have now been recognized as four genetically distinct species in a major decision that scientists say could reshape conservation efforts across Africa. Read more: https://t.co/RMcV49nQjl
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Trump blames renewable energy for rising electricity prices. Experts point elsewhere. Higher power bills could become factor in midterm campaign. My @AP story https://t.co/veNdhit9GE
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President Donald Trump is blaming renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power for skyrocketing energy costs.
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BREAKING: Hurricane Erin reintensifies to a Category 4 storm, pelting parts of the Caribbean, and is forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week.
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Hurricane Erin is forcing evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks as it churns in the Atlantic where high winds and heavy rain are pelting the Turks and Caicos Islands and parts of the Bahamas.
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