Robin Bravender

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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin “thinks he’s going to be cutting 65 or so percent of the people from environmental,” Trump said Wednesday at the White House. eenews.net/articles/trump…

EPA staff directory reveals Trump appointees, with @rbravender eenews.net/articles/epa-s…

Russo called climate change a "serious concern." But he also said there's too much focus on climate and not enough on dirty air and water. "This is all bullshit, it's a distraction," he said. "It's like everybody hides behind global warming." subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews…

He suggested then that he'd make a good EPA spokesman. "If I was an EPA spokesman, as soon as the first question came up, 'Do you believe in climate change?' No, hold the phone, stop, what happened to global warming, everybody? I would stick to that until their brains melted."

Trump has picked his longtime environmental consultant Ed Russo to lead an environmental advisory task force. Russo wrote a 2016 book called, "Donald J. Trump: An Environmental Hero." subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews…

.@theAAG Place names may seem simple, but they carry deep meaning & controversy. Renaming Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' could spark global tension, significant costs & nationalist worldview. Is it worth it? Thanks @rbravender for chance to contribute eenews.net/articles/how-t…

Two articles to absolutely read today, from what was then the @BusinessInsider Washington, D.C. Bureau. Includes reporters and editors @TinaSfon @rbravender @KaylaEpstein @leonardkl @elvina_nawaguna @WARojas @adamwren @cryanbarber @ngaudiano and @cdechalus. 👇

EPA's largest union, @SavetheUSEPA, is pressing the agency to extend its contract past the Trump admin That and other union moves to prepare for Trump at @EPA @BLMNational @FERC & @NatlParkService in this epic story by @rbravender, Scott Streater and me eenews.net/articles/feds-…

Former Trump Interior officials - Kate MacGregor and Aurelia Skipwith Giacometto - are in the running to be Interior deputy, w/ @KevinBogardus subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews…

I asked @elonmusk whether he’d like to scrap EV tax credits under the IRA. He said: “I think we get rid of all credits.”

Lobbyists are always quick to adapt, and they're telling @davelevinthal the new power center for K Street is...Florida. businessinsider.com/inside-trump-f…

This #ElectionDay, @rbravender and I break down how the coming transition could get bumpy One nugget — if we don't have a obvious winner by next week, both Harris and Trump could have their own separate transition teams visiting the agencies More here eenews.net/articles/how-t…

@Timothy_Cama okay but if I search your stories for these, what will I find?

Two DC phrases that need to stop: 'déjà vu all over again' 'three (or higher)- dimensional chess'

‘They’re so vindictive’: Why some federal employees are fearing Trump 2.0 politi.co/4h8rCyU via @politico

via @rbravender subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews…

The E&E treatment of the Tim Walz pick for VP and what it means for climate, by @Timothy_Cama and @AdamAton eenews.net/articles/what-…

Just over a year after Greenpeace USA hired Ebony Twilley Martin as its executive director, she quietly left the group this month. Greenpeace says only that she "has transitioned from her role." Her allies say she was sidelined after an internal fight. eenews.net/articles/green…

Worth noting that this ad appears to have been posted before Biden dropped out of the race and retooled for the Harris campaign. h/t @KevinBogardus

The vice president’s campaign is seeking a “utility player” who can “break through the noise” about climate change. jobs.lever.co/BFP/070bc3c9-9… subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews…