Nick Sobczyk

D.C. friends, I’ll be passing through town in a few weeks and then again later in the fall after I (hopefully) finish the trail. See y’all soon!

Hello from the Appalachian Trail! I’m about 725 miles into an attempt to thru-hike the whole thing southbound from Maine to Georgia. I’m posting photos/updates over on Instagram if you want to follow my hike: instagram.com/nick_sobczyk?i…

@bydanielmoore @ChuckMcCutcheon Go work there! Daniel's a great newsletter partner, and I'd recommend my job to anyone who asks. And to my D.C. friends and Senate basement buddies...stay in touch. I'll be back around the energy/climate/environment journalism world soon.

A huge thank you to @bydanielmoore, @ChuckMcCutcheon and tons of others for making Axios a great place to work. It's one of the best places to be in D.C. journalism, and I'm immensely grateful for the opportunity to start Pro Energy Policy.

Personal news: Tomorrow is my last day at Axios. I'm taking some time off work and heading up to Maine next month to start a very long hike on the Appalachian Trail. More on that sometime soon, but in the meantime...

Senate voting this wk on whether to overturn Biden-era waivers for Calif to enact stricter car emissions standards to combat pollution, says GOP Leader Thune

Senate GOP leadership is doubling down on their ability to undo California’s EV mandate through the CRA — despite the GAO & parliamentarian @nick_sobczyk & I reported on Rs thinking on this last week axios.com/2025/05/01/sen…

Scoop: White House seeks to hasten nuclear deployment trib.al/x2BVyOs

New: Top Dems have warned John Thune that side-stepping the parliamentarian on this would be a "nuclear option" axios.com/pro/energy-pol…

I now know I can pass as a steel mill employee if need be

Trump admin eyes major cuts to climate research at @NOAA. This would affect weather forecast accuracy in many ways -- the proposal would force the closure of all NOAA weather and climate labs & cooperative institutes. Via @nick_sobczyk axios.com/pro/energy-pol…

#Trump’s nominees for key DOE and Interior roles, including EIA and fossil energy office: axios.com/pro/energy-pol… #energy #OOTT #climate via @axios

E&E recently reported that he's under consideration for the job: eenews.net/articles/fema-…

.@RepGarretGraves, a longtime critic of the federal disaster response bureaucracy, says he definitely does not want to be FEMA administrator: "If I did I'd be fired in about a month," he told me.

From @nick_sobczyk and @bydanielmoore: Oil group pushing GOP to repeal IRA's #methane fee in reconciliation if it takes unified control of Congress, according to internal document: axios.com/pro/energy-pol…

Exclusive from @nick_sobczyk: A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing Biden to open up #hydrogen tax credits to biogas. axios.com/pro/energy-pol…

Energy companies and lobbying firms are starting to game out scenarios for an election that could upend generational changes to climate and environmental policy. trib.al/IlKFruN

From @nick_sobczyk: House lawmakers will hear from an ex-FERC commissioner and a top utility trade group on AI power use next week, Axios has learned. axios.com/pro/energy-pol…

We're gonna miss @jholz__ a ton. She's forgotten more about mining (and music) than I'll ever know. But she's right -- this is a super sick gig. Come write a newsletter with me! We'll have fun! boards.greenhouse.io/axios/jobs/597…

From @nick_sobczyk: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said getting anything done on #permitting this Congress will be "virtually impossible." axios.com/pro/energy-pol…