Tim McDonnell
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covering energy & climate @semafor. Previously @qz @NPR, @MotherJones, @natgeo, @FulbrightPrgrm. Also bread. Get in touch: [email protected]
Kyiv, Ukraine
Joined January 2011
Scoop in today’s @semafor Net Zero: Senior Democrats worry Trump's foreign aid freeze and chaos at USAID pose an urgent threat to Ukraine’s energy security and will harm efforts toward it reaching a peace deal with Russia
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In today’s @semafor Net Zero, dissecting Northvolt’s bankruptcy for clues on how to tweak industrial policy contra China, & texting @antontroian abt bathing in crude oil at COP29
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RT @SStapczynski: US sanctioned Gazprombank to squeeze Russia gas exports. … but there is an exemption for the Sakhalin-2 LNG export plant….
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RT @zcolman: Latest draft proposal at #COP29 sees developed nations sending $250B annually for developing country climate needs, far short….
politico.com
The draft agreement comes with many uncertainties about which nations will provide how much financing to poorer countries, especially with a new Trump era looming in the U.S.
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RT @SemaforComms: 🌍From Baku, @semafor Net Zero editor @timmcdonnell joined @TVietor08 and @brhodes on @CrookedMedia's Pod Save the World t….
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Cool.
Trump's new energy secretary nominee is an oil executive who says: "There is no climate crisis, and we’re not in the midst of an energy transition either.".
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RT @staunovo: Shale boss Chris Wright is the frontrunner to be Donald Trump’s energy secretary, a role which would put the oilman at the he….
ft.com
Liberty Energy CEO set to lead administration’s drive to loosen restrictions on the fossil fuel industry
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RT @AsstSecENR: The future of #Ukraine’s energy system is cleaner, more resilient, & more connected with Europe. Ukraine’s brave energy wor….
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RT @m_civillini: Azerbaijan was meant to unveil a new climate fund today. It's one of its most high profile, and controversial, initiatives….
climatechangenews.com
Azerbaijan postpones the launch of a controversial climate fund and gets embroiled in a diplomatic spat with the EU
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.@SenMarkey visits Ukraine pavilion at COP29, to tell the delegates there they don’t need US LNG. Message was not received well by delegates, who see US gas as key for Europe to get off Russian gas
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Gaetz in particular, he said, is the “crawl test” to see how low R Senators will stoop to prove fealty to Trump. @SenMarkey says Gaetz won’t get confirmed.
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Speaking at COP29, @SenWhitehouse says of Trump cabinet noms: “Rule 1 is to make sure they are all very well vetted so the Republican senators can't pretend they didn't know something about the candidate when they voted to install them in an office.” otherwise not much Ds can do.
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Unparalleled genius.
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Update: Green Zone bathrooms are far cleaner and more private. Recommend.
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RT @meridithmcgraw: My “One Good Text” with @maxwelltani at @semafor on covering the Trump White House:
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RT @DrSimEvans: A beached whale lies dead on the waterfront in #COP29 host city Baku, against the backdrop of the "Flame Towers" that symbo….
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RT @emilypont: About those 18 House Republicans trying to save the Inflation Reduction Act. a bunch of them are no longer in the House. ….
heatmap.news
Let’s do some congressional math.
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A previous version of this tweet said he thinks the rule *should* be scrapped -- apologies for the very dumb and misleading typo!!.
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