David Gelles
@dgelles
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Climate reporter @NYTimes. Author of forthcoming DIRTBAG BILLIONAIRE and NYT bestseller ‘The Man Who Broke Capitalism.' https://t.co/LrhLxvhYdU
New York, NY
Joined April 2007
DIRTBAG BILLIONAIRE: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All Away. Out September 9. On sale today.
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This is the inside story of one of the most extraordinary brands in the corporate world, the rare company that is driven by environmental activism instead of cutthroat capitalism. Founded in 1973,...
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July 1: Grain Belt Express faces new investigation from Mo. AG Bailey. July 10: Hawley talks to Trump about Grain Belt in the Oval, gets Sec. Wright to say he's cancel a $5bn loan guarantee. July 23: DOE cancels loan guarantee.
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The project, known as Grain Belt Express, had drawn fierce opposition from some landowners and Republican lawmakers.
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Mr. Hawley was speaking with Trump in the Oval Office when the conversation turned to the Grain Belt Express, . “Trump said, ‘Well, let’s just let’s just resolve this now,’” Hawley said. “So he got Chris Wright on the line right there.”
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Grain Belt Express, a transmission line that would cross 800 miles of the Midwest, is at the center of a number of disputes.
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RT @dgelles: DIRTBAG BILLIONAIRE: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All Away. Out September 9. On sale toda….
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This is the inside story of one of the most extraordinary brands in the corporate world, the rare company that is driven by environmental activism instead of cutthroat capitalism. Founded in 1973,...
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RT @johndavittontv: Monday night’s one hour rainfall in NYC ranked 2nd…Only behind Ida. That this happened without a tropical system is sig….
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DIRTBAG BILLIONAIRE is a @NextBigIdeaClub must read, a @lithub most anticipated book, and, according to @billmckibben "a book the world has been waiting for." Read more and pre-order now!
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Michael Polsky, the billionaire CEO of Invenergy, is exasperated: “How can we build infrastructure in the United States of America if a single person can stop the project?”.
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🚨 NEWS: Missouri AG has opened an investigation into Grain Belt Express, throwing into question the fate of a clean energy transmission line that appeared to be on the cusp of getting built.
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The Grain Belt Express line, meant to carry electricity from wind farms across the Midwest, faces an inquiry from the Missouri attorney general.
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RT @hausfath: Is global warming accelerating? Over at The Climate Brink I argue that the consilience of evidence from surface temperatures,….
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Why the consilience of evidence points toward acceleration
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With reporting from four continents with @SominiSengupta @bradplumer @KeithBradsher and editing by @JessePesta and visuals by @Harry_Stevens.
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🇺🇸⚡🇨🇳 NEW: Deep dive into the battle for energy dominance between the U.S. and China. As the U.S. abandons clean tech and goes all-in on fossil fuels, China is racing ahead with renewables, and shaping the world in its image.
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Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.
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RT @kashhill: People are having very strange conversations with ChatGPT, in which they discover secret cabals or conspiracies or that we ar….
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Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality.
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RT @Sammy_Roth: What do the Dodgers, Giants and also the cheating Houston Astros have in common?. As of this month, they're all sponsored b….
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76 gasoline is now advertising at Oracle Park. Is it an epic betrayal or a climate fail?
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RT @dgelles: 🚨 SCOOP: For the first time, oil and gas companies have been hit with a *wrongful death* suit over claims they deceived the pu….
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Experts said it is the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming.
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🚨 SCOOP: For the first time, oil and gas companies have been hit with a *wrongful death* suit over claims they deceived the public over climate change and caused dangerous global warming.
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Experts said it is the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming.
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RT @Fahrenthold: Update: @DOGE removes 31 more incorrect claims -- and $122M in savings -- from its "Wall of Receipts" after we identified….
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