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Senior editor at . On the apocalypse beat, more or less.

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    Dec 7

    Trump's pick to head EPA *really* dislikes basically everything Obama's EPA has done. Guess this piece was timely:

    BREAKING: Trump to appoint Oklahoma Attorney General Pruitt as EPA head - transition team via
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  2. 13h

    Trump team disavows request for DOE staff that did climate work—"The person who sent it has been properly counseled"

    2 replies . 16 retweets 15 likes
  3. Dec 9

    Mesmerizing: See how climate change and human action alter the landscape.

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  4. Dec 13

    Huh, apparently the widespread belief that spinach is rich in iron was also due to a typo.

    1 reply . 3 retweets 4 likes
  5. Dec 13

    Here we have the most disastrous typo in history since, idk, the one that caused NASA's Mariner I to crash:

    25 replies . 198 retweets 231 likes
  6. Dec 13

    Meanwhile: Unprecedented Arctic warmth has triggered massive sea ice, snow declines in 2016

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  7. Dec 13

    The race to save federal climate databases is on, as scientists fear it could vanish under Trump via

    13 replies . 302 retweets 175 likes
  8. Dec 13

    what other careers are out there i wonder. i can always grow potatoes

    3 replies . 1 retweet 12 likes
  9. Dec 13

    Here's an initial look at how Rick Perry might reshape the Department of Energy:

    5 replies . 31 retweets 24 likes
  10. Dec 13

    Read ’s great reporting on a Kentucky county that depends on Obamacare — and voted for Trump.

    4 replies . 16 retweets 14 likes
  11. Dec 13

    The Energy Department has rejected Trump’s request to identify employees who worked on climate change:

    110 replies . 1,412 retweets 2,377 likes
  12. Dec 13

    Some in-depth recommendations for improving federal energy R&D from and more:

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  13. Dec 12

    Seems good sure

    2 replies . 1 retweet 5 likes
  14. Dec 12

    Btw, that ratio hasn't changed much since 2008. Slightly higher fraction for energy today, slightly less for weapons. But remarkably stable.

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  15. Dec 12

    The Energy Department's budget is ~40% energy/science, 40% nuclear weapons, and 20% cleaning up old nuclear messes.

    5 replies . 32 retweets 37 likes
  16. Dec 12

    Perry is also on the board of Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline:

    2 replies . 4 retweets 9 likes
  17. Dec 12

    Er, soon-to-be DOE head. He's not there yet. Still some nuclear physicist in charge.

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  18. Dec 12

    DOE head Rick Perry's energy record. Staunch advocate of oil/gas/coal —though also a big supporter of wind in Texas:

    1 reply . 6 retweets 7 likes
  19. Dec 12

    The Illinois/New York model for saving endangered nuclear reactors might well spread to other states:

    1 reply . 4 retweets 11 likes
  20. Dec 12

    Canada's newest plan to price carbon:

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  21. Dec 12

    Somewhat faster rail service if coming to America — slowly: by

    1 reply . 2 retweets 14 likes

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