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New York Times
31-07-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Fossil Fuel Companies' Profitable Bet on Trump
Last year, when Donald Trump was running for president, he made a bold pitch to oil executives and lobbyists at a chopped-steak dinner at Mar-a-Lago: Donate $1 billion to his campaign, and they'd save more than that in taxes and legal expenses if he took the White House. Fossil fuel interests ponied up less than half that much in donations, lobbying and advertising during the election, according to an analysis by the environmental group Climate Power. Yet, Trump has already more than delivered for the oil and gas industry, according to new reporting by Lisa Friedman. For the fossil fuel donors who bought into Trump's promise, the first six months of his second term have delivered a remarkable return on investment. Here are some of the numbers from Lisa's article. All told, provisions in Trump's domestic policy bill passed this month will save the oil and gas industry roughly $18 billion in new and expanded tax benefits, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation, which analyzes tax policies for Congress. One surprising measure offered tax breaks worth an estimated $1.48 billion for metallurgical coal, a type of coal used to make steel that is typically exported. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
New York Times
31-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
A ‘Dagger in the Heart' of Climate Change Regulation
Hosted by Michael Barbaro Featuring Lisa Friedman Produced by Sydney HarperCarlos Prieto and Asthaa Chaturvedi Edited by Lexie Diao and Chris Haxel Original music by Dan PowellElisheba Ittoop and Pat McCusker Engineered by Alyssa Moxley After rolling back a slew of regulations aimed at reversing climate change, and pulling funding for the scientists who monitor it, the Trump administration is now taking its boldest action yet. It's eliminating the scientific finding at the heart of the government's ability to fight climate change in the first place. Lisa Friedman, who covers climate policy, discusses the history of the finding, what it did and what happens once it's gone. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Lisa Friedman, a reporter covering climate policy and politics at The New York Times. In a game-changing climate rollback, the E.P.A. aims to kill a bedrock scientific finding. There are a lot of ways to listen to 'The Daily.' Here's how. We aim to make transcripts available the next workday after an episode's publication. You can find them at the top of the page. The Daily is made by Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Chris Wood, Jessica Cheung, Stella Tan, Alexandra Leigh Young, Lisa Chow, Eric Krupke, Marc Georges, M.J. Davis Lin, Dan Powell, Sydney Harper, Michael Benoist, Liz O. Baylen, Asthaa Chaturvedi, Rachelle Bonja, Diana Nguyen, Marion Lozano, Rob Szypko, Elisheba Ittoop, Mooj Zadie, Patricia Willens, Rowan Niemisto, Jody Becker, Rikki Novetsky, Nina Feldman, Carlos Prieto, Ben Calhoun, Susan Lee, Lexie Diao, Mary Wilson, Alex Stern, Sophia Lanman, Shannon M. Lin, Diane Wong, Devon Taylor, Alyssa Moxley, Olivia Natt, Daniel Ramirez, Brendan Klinkenberg, Chris Haxel, Maria Byrne, Anna Foley and Caitlin O'Keefe. Our theme music is by Jim Brunberg and Ben Landsverk of Wonderly. Special thanks to Sam Dolnick, Paula Szuchman, Lisa Tobin, Larissa Anderson, Julia Simon, Mahima Chablani, Elizabeth Davis-Moorer, Jeffrey Miranda, Maddy Masiello, Isabella Anderson, Nina Lassam, Nick Pitman and Kathleen O'Brien.
New York Times
24-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Readers Sent Us Hundreds of Local Climate Solutions
This week we've covered big developments in climate policy. Our colleague Lisa Friedman broke the news that the Trump administration was planning to debilitate the government's ability to fight climate change. The next day, the International Court of Justice, weighing in on climate change for the first time, said countries must protect people from the 'urgent and existential threat' of climate change. Amid all that news, we hit a quiet milestone on the Climate desk, publishing five more stories in 50 States, 50 Fixes, our series about state and local environmental solutions. With this batch, we reached our midway point: 25 states down, 25 to go. As part of the series, we asked readers to tell us about effective environmental fixes underway around the country. And, wow, did you deliver. As of midday on Thursday, we had received more than 2,400 submissions, oftentimes with dozens of ideas from every state. Several of your suggestions made it into the series, including the stories from Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. There were thousands more that we couldn't use, but we wanted to share a few reader ideas that really popped. Native plants were especially popular. We received more than 100 submissions from people who planted pollinator-friendly gardens in backyards, church lots, hillsides, medians and once-abandoned lots, creating habitat that supports beneficial insects, bats, birds and other wildlife. We heard about the success of the green club at the Valley Ranch Association, a large homeowners' association in Irving, Texas. Such associations often oppose native plantings, but Valley Ranch has earned certification as a National Wildlife Federation Community Wildlife Habitat, with pollinator gardens and parks and a prairie of native wildflower and grass. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
New York Times
17-06-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Senate Republicans Decline to Save Clean Energy Tax Credits
Join Climate Forward Live on Sept. 24 This fall, I'll be joining my colleagues onstage at the Times Center for Climate Forward, our flagship live event, featuring a full day of interviews with world leaders, executives, activists and lawmakers about our rapidly warming planet. How will the Trump administration's policies affect climate change? What happens to climate action now? Will other countries keep making progress toward their climate goals? What are individuals and communities doing to help? You can apply to attend in person or register be notified about the livestream here. Climate activists and business leaders were watching to see if Republicans in the Senate would step up and support the clean energy industry. But when the Senate Finance Committee unveiled its draft of a sprawling domestic policy bill on Monday, it all but did away with most of the tax breaks for wind and solar power, electric vehicles and other clean energy solutions that were passed during the Biden administration. As a result, Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer report, it appears that the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, the largest federal law designed to address climate change, will effectively be neutered. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
