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About those 18 House Republicans trying to save the Inflation Reduction Act.... a bunch of them are no longer in the House.... heatmap.news/sparks/house-r…

My “One Good Text” with Max Tani at Semafor on covering the Trump White House:

A beached whale lies dead on the waterfront in #COP29 host city Baku, against the backdrop of the "Flame Towers" that symbolise Azerbaijan's fossil fuel resources

Azerbaijan was meant to unveil a new climate fund today. It's one of its most high profile, and controversial, initiatives for COP29. But, as Climate Home News found out, the fund has been put on the back-burner and a launch event was scrapped. Details here: climatechangenews.com/2024/11/14/cop…

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The future of #Ukraine’s energy system is cleaner, more resilient, & more connected with Europe. Ukraine’s brave energy workers have demonstrated such resilience under constant bombardment. At #COP29, we’re discussing supporting them through this winter & on to a better future.

Shale boss Chris Wright is the frontrunner to be Donald Trump’s energy secretary, a role which would put the oilman at the heart of the administration’s drive to loosen restrictions on the fossil fuel industry. #oott - on.ft.com/3UTueqM

.Ed Markey visits Ukraine pavilion at COP29, to tell the delegates there they don’t need US LNG. Message was not received well by delegates, who see US gas as key for Europe to get off Russian gas

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🌍From Baku, Semafor Net Zero editor Tim McDonnell joined Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes on Crooked Media's Pod Save the World to talk about the atmosphere at COP29, the irony of the climate conference being held in Azerbaijan and more: youtu.be/YRMZGNSqNRA?si…

Some personal news: Today is my last day at The Wall Street Journal. I’m really excited to join Reuters in December! My beat will be very similar, so energy/geopolitics people, let’s stay in touch!

US sanctioned Gazprombank to squeeze Russia gas exports … but there is an exemption for the Sakhalin-2 LNG export plant in Russia’s far east Japan has stressed that Sakhalin is key for energy security, since it provides ~9% of its LNG supply And US officials listened 🇺🇸 🤝 🇯🇵

Latest draft proposal at #COP29 sees developed nations sending $250B annually for developing country climate needs, far short of developing nation asks. US & European negotiators framed it as a stretch. w/ Karl Mathiesen Zia Weise Sara Schonhardt politico.com/news/2024/11/2…

In today’s Semafor Net Zero, dissecting Northvolt’s bankruptcy for clues on how to tweak industrial policy contra China, & texting Anton Troianovski abt bathing in crude oil at COP29 semafor.com/newsletter/11/…

Scoop in today’s Semafor Net Zero: Senior Democrats worry Trump's foreign aid freeze and chaos at USAID pose an urgent threat to Ukraine’s energy security and will harm efforts toward it reaching a peace deal with Russia semafor.com/newsletter/02/…