Marianne Lavelle

Biden’s team left the White House voicing faith that the bipartisan impact of his climate policies would give them durability--clean energy jobs in red districts, etc. But the politics are difficult, with Trump's tax cuts at stake. insideclimatenews.org/news/14052025/…

When EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin terminated the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund one year ago, he said he thought it was a “criminal” scheme. His agency never proved wrongdoing, but the legal battle continues, with grantees locked out of their accounts. insideclimatenews.org/news/11032026/…

The full extent of the exodus from the Environmental Protection Agency only became clear this week. With @paldhous analyzing the new data, @insideclimate reports 4,000 departures from EPA in the first year of Trump's second term. insideclimatenews.org/news/06032026/…

Full 2025 data is in, and electricity prices went up 5% in the US. Maybe less than you've heard (based on earlier numbers) but still > inflation rate and extremely high in some places. My colleague @DanGearino @insideclimate break it down. insideclimatenews.org/news/02032026/…

The EPA plans big changes to the Clean School Bus program that Congress created in the 2021 infrastructure bill. Expect less support for electric buses and more for alternative fuels, such as natural gas. My latest for @insideclimate insideclimatenews.org/news/20022026/…

@honeymoon250 You must be kidding. Every Boomer (including me) has all 20.

5 for me!! I feel confident nobody Has all 20 How many for you?

Trump 2.0 and the National Parks: "A systematic way of trying to negate our relationship with the land, our mutual ownership of the land, our understanding of our own history.” fm @blaineharden @insideclimate insideclimatenews.org/news/27012026/…

@capitalweather You guys did great! The sleet was truly extraordinary.

We have a deep explainer on what made Sunday's storm so exceptional. Here's the top section: The winter storm that shut the D.C. area down Sunday was an exceptional one — not simply because of how much precipitation fell, but because of what fell and how cold it was when it fell. The defining feature of this storm was historic sleet, falling at uncommonly low temperatures. That combination — heavy sleet embedded in deep cold — created a storm that will prove far more disruptive and longer-lasting than a typical snowstorm. Usually, when sleet falls, it does so in small quantities, often less than an inch, and at temperatures near freezing. But this storm spilled up to 4 inches of icy pellets, an amount unmatched since at least February 1994, and at temperatures mostly in the teens. Falling atop 4 to 7 inches of snow, the frozen concoction consolidated to a depth of 6 to 9 inches. But this was no ordinary 6 to 9 inches. The water packed inside was comparable to the contents of a 20-inch blizzard. And with nighttime temperatures forecast to plunge into the single digits for days, the mass will remain frozen solid well into the week. There is no telling when this glacial-like offering will finally melt. The storm itself was born from a remarkable confluence of extremes. As an unusually intense Arctic air mass, sourced from Siberia, surged southeastward, it collided with a jet of moisture streaming in from the Pacific near Hawaii. “To summarize this storm briefly, the Pineapple Express (wet) meets the Siberian Express (cold),” the National Weather Service wrote ahead of the storm. That unusual setup made this a bear of a forecast. The competing air streams and narrow margins between snow, sleet and freezing rain flummoxed forecasters. Poorly tuned weather apps advertised totals over 20 inches, and in the meteorological community, three forecasters could easily offer 30 opinions. Against that backdrop, we are proud of how this forecast performed at the Capital Weather Gang. Although we made some mistakes in how we predicted and communicated aspects of this storm, we captured the essence of what it would deliver more than 48 hours in advance — and we did not waver.

@wxbrad I *think* that this explains the exceptional sleet. If the temperature had not been so high aloft, that all would have been snow.

This might be an all-time sounding around here, 55° at 3280', but it's 16° at ground level. Also the 180° shift in the wind within like 200' from northeast to southwest. For laymen, this is the weather balloon at 1 pm from Greensboro, the sounding showing temperature with height. Super CAD here! #cltwx #ncwx #scwx #wcnc

"He had a phone up into ICE's face. Is that protesting peacefully?"--Todd Blanche just now on @MeetThePress So he gets shot 10 times? I'd like to know if the ICE officers have been pulled off the street pending the investigation, as any city police officer would be.

@capitalweather Just finished shoveling in Arlington. It sounds like it may be sleeting already.

Repeating: NOW is a good time to shovel if you've switched from snow to sleet. 1-3" of sleet (which is multiple times heavier than snow) on top of this snow will make it MUCH harder to clear later.

@KellyLMcCarty @RobinBoardmanUK Alas, deforestation is happening at the same time that fossil fuel emissions are rising.

New CO₂ data just dropped — and it’s obscene. Emissions aren’t slowing; they’re accelerating. 7.97 ppm in three years. A record. We are now at 428 ppm. This is what Trump-style denial, far-right sabotage, and liberal cowardice look like together. Madness dressed up as governance. The system is driving us off a cliff.

@taekook_lives I'm so, so sorry for how helpless you must be feeling. I've only begun to learn what is going on in Iran--I'm sure the same is true for many others. People do care and are horrified. Praying for peace and justice. Please also take care of yourself, and do not despair!

Being Iranian feels like you’re dying inside every time you watch your people die or sugar but nothing you do feels enough and no one other than Iranians seem to care or truly understand or even empathize with you and they seem to expect you to just shut up and take it. I’m so mentally tired.

@umeh098 25

IQ test

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Only for genius 🥸 99% will fail

New Pentagon figures reveal the climate risks of Trump's drive to federalize the National Guard as law enforcers. @insideclimate insideclimatenews.org/news/07102025/…

On Senate Floor, Tillis Offered Inside Look Into the Lobbying Against Clean Energy: "People that haven’t worked a day in business are setting policy in the White House" @insideclimate insideclimatenews.org/news/02072025/…

Before Trump's election, some 47 million metric tons of carbon emissions cuts were expected this year due to U.S. coal plant retirements. One third of those cuts are now in question. insideclimatenews.org/news/06062025/…

@mjfree @CBS @60Minutes @ABC @CNN @AP @PBS @NPR 😲

I got a visit from the FBI yesterday for a post that Kash Patel did not like. It's starting with news orgs: @CBS's @60Minutes , @ABC News, @CNN , @AP , @PBS & @NPR , then once they cave, it moves to our 1A rights, where you can no longer be critical of the biggest prick to ever steal the Oval Office. Then they take your healthcare #HealthCareCutsKill Then we spiral into Authoritarianism. Any questions?

@DanGearino Here's what happened to clean energy tax credits in the House. Fm @DanGearino @insideclimate Much like the rental car agent in a classic Seinfeld episode, the GOP "hold-outs" did not execute the most crucial part of the "hold." insideclimatenews.org/news/22052025/…

Incidentally, while this storm was happening, Congress was launching its retreat from climate policy. Here's the story @DanGearino and I did then. The situation worsened in the bill passed this morning. I'll post our story here soon. insideclimatenews.org/news/14052025/…

“We were prepared, but not for how fast the water came." My colleague @TheAmanAzhar @insideclimate captured the aftermath of the new normal, underscoring the need for greater action on climate resilience. insideclimatenews.org/news/21052025/…

And of course, this song--its time signature, if not the glasses-- inspired Ian Anderson @jethrotull , five years later (commercial release: 1972) No we won't give in, let's go living in the past. youtu.be/1ljIYO011Zc?si…

What this nation desperately needs at this uncertain time is more 5/4 time and more horn-rimmed glasses.