Jake Schmidt - NRDC
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Sr. Strategic Director, International Climate @NRDC. Working around the world to tackle the climate crisis. On that other site: @jakeschmidt.bsky.social
Washington, DC
Joined July 2008
Great post from @joethw8s @WatsonCharlene @DavidRyfisch @elecogo on the new climate finance target under the Paris Agreement to be set at #COP29 -- the NCQG (w/ a tool to figure out how the pieces add up):
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What are the pathways to scale up international climate funding to meet the new collective quantified goal on climate finance?
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Leadership means consistency. An ambitious EU NDC is vital for climate action and would send not only a signal of hope, but one of consistency. People and the economic sector need clarity in a polarised and unpredictable world. (1/4)
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Aaaand personal news Part 2: I'm thrilled to share that I'm joining @nytimes on June 23rd! I'm staying in DC and I'll still cover climate policy. Add me to your press list and send tips via email at maxine.joselow@nytimes.com or via Signal at MaxineJ.55
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Personal news: Today is my last day at the Washington Post after nearly 4 years. I'm so grateful for my time on the climate beat here alongside wonderful colleagues. Excited to share my next steps soon!
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We took a trip last month to the Gulf of California in Mexico to see the location of a proposed LNG facility & path of the associated 900+ foot tankers. ๐๐๐ฑ๐ข๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐๐๐: ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ, ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐.
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A massive project falters under the weight of high-cost, low-demand LNG and growing condemnation of the risks to the regionโs biodiversity.
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๐ The emissions gap to 1.5ยฐC is still huge @WRIclimate finds the 22 #NDCs submitted so far could shave off 1.4 Gt CO2e by 2035. But we need far deeper cuts to avoid the worst climate impacts. What countries do next will shape our future. Read our latest article on the state of
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Show us the review. Show the American people how the programs went against our national interests. The American people deserve transparency and they deserve to know why the Trump Admin has led us down a path of retreat from the world which will make us weaker and less secure -AK
After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID. The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States. In
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Read our official statement regarding the Administration's cancelling of 83% of USAID programs. ๐
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The Trump Administration and its nominees are gaslighting us - pretending like USAID is under a "good faith 90 day review" when they've already killed the agency and fired 94% of the staff. It's offensive and we shouldn't let them get away with it.
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The reality is that in the 43 days heโs been in office, Trump has illegally stolen funds promised to the American people, killed crucial government programs, and is weakening our healthcare system.
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Today, I joined my Democratic colleagues on the National Security/Department of State Appropriations Subcommittee in sending a letter to Secretary Rubio about foreign aid cuts. Our message is clear: These cuts threaten our national security and undermine our global influence.
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"This is the clearest example of the Trump administration putting polluters over people, and thatโs saying a lot" - @NRDC's @DavidDoniger on reports that EPA will ditch the policy that underlays all federal climate action and responsibility
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In response to an executive order from President Donald Trump, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin recommended striking down the agency's 2009 finding that climate change endangers human health and welfare.
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God. Not only did the Trump Admin give USAID workers only 15 minutes to clear their desks, they refused to allow one to take a picture of his dead wifeโs name on USAIDโs memorial wall. She was a foreign service officer. How fucking cruel can they be?
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Marjorie Taylor Greene denied me from speaking at todayโs DOGE Subcommittee hearing on foreign aid, even though waivers to do so have always been respected by both sides. I was the first Dem on the DOGE Caucus, and I lead a Subcommittee on @HouseForeign. Why is MTG so afraid?
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We are barreling toward a full blown constitutional crisis. Trump's announcement that he's ending thousands of aid contracts FUNDED BY CONGRESS is unconstitutional and illegal - and horrible for our security. 1/ A quick๐งตon what's going on. https://t.co/2KaPRykzs3
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The Trump administration says it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Developmentโs foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance around the world.
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Senate Democrats Sound the Alarm on Threats to Americansโ Health and Safety Following Trump Purges | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
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2025 will be a defining year for climate action. Will countries deliver? ๐ A critical test of our collective effort to tackle the climate crisis is under way as countries begin to submit their national climate commitments under the Paris Agreement. These plans, require every
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NEW: Donald Trump's effort to gut foreign aid programs and sideline thousands of USAID workers have now both been halted โ at least temporarily โ by judges who say the rush to implement them may have violated laws. w/ @joshgerstein
https://t.co/2OuOmStqbP
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๐ฃ More than 130 leading business, faith, humanitarian, health, education, foreign policy, development, human rights, labor, peace, women's advocacy, science, and environmental organizations urge Congress to #saveUSforeignassistance: https://t.co/En3aGTGmQd
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๐จTUNE IN NOW๐จ Watch as @SenatorShaheen, her Senate colleagues and industry leaders discuss the national security implications of halting U.S. foreign assistance and closing USAID โฌ๏ธ https://t.co/bQOoztCxBH
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Hearing now on the devastation from Trump @elonmusk Administration cuts to USAID: https://t.co/DRR0PTzTqp
#saveUSforeignassistance #SaveUSAID #SaveUSAIDSaveLives
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