Hannah Northey
@hmnorthey.bsky.social
Reporter for E&E News covering mining. Prev. @LSJNews, @ICFJ, @KnightCenter. DM to connect over Signal.
As we await news from Interior and DOE on their latest attempt to boost the coal sector, take a look at my deep dive into the market realities, complete with some amazeballs charts and whatnot:
www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
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Trump has vowed to make coal king again. How's it going?
Energy analysts say upticks in coal production and demand are only temporary fluctuations, despite the administration barreling ahead with efforts to boost
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September 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
As we await news from Interior and DOE on their latest attempt to boost the coal sector, take a look at my deep dive into the market realities, complete with some amazeballs charts and whatnot:
www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
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Wow: Trump admin says it’s open to bringing back Pebble Mine, after Trump stopped it during his first term.
@hmnorthey.bsky.social confirms for @eenews.bsky.social ⛏️
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@hmnorthey.bsky.social confirms for @eenews.bsky.social ⛏️
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July 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Wow: Trump admin says it’s open to bringing back Pebble Mine, after Trump stopped it during his first term.
@hmnorthey.bsky.social confirms for @eenews.bsky.social ⛏️
www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
@hmnorthey.bsky.social confirms for @eenews.bsky.social ⛏️
www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
Finally taking some time off and heading up to Isle Royale next week to trek through the wilderness -- putting packs on our two boys, 9 and 5 :)
Would love to hear stories if you've been there!
And yes, I've prepared as much as possible - black flies, heat, sea sickness, rain, you name it!
Would love to hear stories if you've been there!
And yes, I've prepared as much as possible - black flies, heat, sea sickness, rain, you name it!
June 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Finally taking some time off and heading up to Isle Royale next week to trek through the wilderness -- putting packs on our two boys, 9 and 5 :)
Would love to hear stories if you've been there!
And yes, I've prepared as much as possible - black flies, heat, sea sickness, rain, you name it!
Would love to hear stories if you've been there!
And yes, I've prepared as much as possible - black flies, heat, sea sickness, rain, you name it!
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*NEW*
"Trump administration plans to fast-track permits for deep-sea mining, despite pushback from conservation groups that warn that too little is known about delicate ecosystems deep underwater."
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"Trump administration plans to fast-track permits for deep-sea mining, despite pushback from conservation groups that warn that too little is known about delicate ecosystems deep underwater."
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Trump initiates fast track for deep-sea mining permits
The administration laid out a path to accelerate exploration and production of critical minerals in U.S. waters despite widespread concerns.
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June 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
*NEW*
"Trump administration plans to fast-track permits for deep-sea mining, despite pushback from conservation groups that warn that too little is known about delicate ecosystems deep underwater."
www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
"Trump administration plans to fast-track permits for deep-sea mining, despite pushback from conservation groups that warn that too little is known about delicate ecosystems deep underwater."
www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
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NJ is one of multiple states suing to get these funds for building EV chargers back. Here's some local background www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/02/trum...
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E&E News: Trump move to block EV charger funding illegal, GAO finds
Federal watchdogs say the Department of Transportation violated federal law by halting a $5 billion program for electric vehicle charging stations, and spending must resume.
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May 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
NJ is one of multiple states suing to get these funds for building EV chargers back. Here's some local background www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/02/trum...
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E&E News: Trump move to block EV charger funding illegal, GAO finds
Federal watchdogs say the Department of Transportation violated federal law by halting a $5 billion program for electric vehicle charging stations, and spending must resume.
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May 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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"The Energy Department is considering axing federal programs aimed at bolstering solar and wind technology and helping integrate renewables into the grid to comply with drastic cuts in President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget request." www.eenews.net/articles/doe... by @hmnorthey.bsky.social 🔌💡
DOE’s wind, solar, hydrogen offices on chopping block, leaked doc says
The Department of Energy is considering eliminating key renewables offices amid proposals for steep funding cuts. Congress will need to approve that plan.
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May 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"The Energy Department is considering axing federal programs aimed at bolstering solar and wind technology and helping integrate renewables into the grid to comply with drastic cuts in President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget request." www.eenews.net/articles/doe... by @hmnorthey.bsky.social 🔌💡
Bet you really wanted to hear this flute trill in the background of this lignite coal movie. I really dig it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2lT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2lT...
So what exactly is lignite?
YouTube video by CuriosityShow
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April 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Bet you really wanted to hear this flute trill in the background of this lignite coal movie. I really dig it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2lT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2lT...
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Scoop: DOGE now controls how grant opportunities get posted across government.
DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
DOGE takes over federal grants website, wresting control of billions
A DOGE engineer removed users’ access to grants.gov, threatening to further slow the process of awarding thousands of federal grants per year.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Scoop: DOGE now controls how grant opportunities get posted across government.
DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
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Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
April 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
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Deeply concerning: US citizen lawyer getting detained and his phone searched on reentering the U.S. at Customs. www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family
Dearborn lawyer says feds tried to seize his cellphone at Detroit Metro Airport as he returned from spring break trip with his family.
www.freep.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Deeply concerning: US citizen lawyer getting detained and his phone searched on reentering the U.S. at Customs. www.freep.com/story/news/l...
NEW: Trump’s wild-card pick to lead @EPA, Lee Zeldin, is pushing to demolish the Biden agenda — and MAGA world is taking notice.
A deep @politico.com/@eenews.bsky.social dive (w/a dynamo team) into his political aspirations and how he landed in Trump's orbit:
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
A deep @politico.com/@eenews.bsky.social dive (w/a dynamo team) into his political aspirations and how he landed in Trump's orbit:
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
From pro-climate Republican to ‘one of the Trump disruptors’
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin's attacks on his agency's spending and regulations have made him a rising star in the Trump Cabinet, but left some former colleagues mystified.
www.politico.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
NEW: Trump’s wild-card pick to lead @EPA, Lee Zeldin, is pushing to demolish the Biden agenda — and MAGA world is taking notice.
A deep @politico.com/@eenews.bsky.social dive (w/a dynamo team) into his political aspirations and how he landed in Trump's orbit:
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
A deep @politico.com/@eenews.bsky.social dive (w/a dynamo team) into his political aspirations and how he landed in Trump's orbit:
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Leaked Slides: DOGE Playing Star Role In DOE Kill List Drama
#news #environment
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EJ Today Headlines: www.sej.org/headlines/list
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#news #environment
@hmnorthey.bsky.social reports for @eenews.bsky.social
EJ Today Headlines: www.sej.org/headlines/list
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Leaked slides: DOGE playing star role in DOE kill list drama
Elon Musk's government-slashing entity appears to be orchestrating a Department of Energy push to cut spending on a slew of projects.
www.eenews.net
April 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Leaked Slides: DOGE Playing Star Role In DOE Kill List Drama
#news #environment
@hmnorthey.bsky.social reports for @eenews.bsky.social
EJ Today Headlines: www.sej.org/headlines/list
www.eenews.net/articles/lea...
#news #environment
@hmnorthey.bsky.social reports for @eenews.bsky.social
EJ Today Headlines: www.sej.org/headlines/list
www.eenews.net/articles/lea...
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NOAA’s office of Oceanic Atmospheric Research has had IT and other support contracts canceled in the last day or so that will fundamentally affect its operation. One source there said “It will seriously hurt our ability to improve weather forecasting and climate projections.”
April 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
NOAA’s office of Oceanic Atmospheric Research has had IT and other support contracts canceled in the last day or so that will fundamentally affect its operation. One source there said “It will seriously hurt our ability to improve weather forecasting and climate projections.”
“To state this plainly: DOGE forced out the directors and staff of a nonexecutive agency, installed one of its own GSA staffers as president, and that person is now attempting to hand the institute’s $500 million headquarters over to the agency he came from, at zero cost.”
April 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“To state this plainly: DOGE forced out the directors and staff of a nonexecutive agency, installed one of its own GSA staffers as president, and that person is now attempting to hand the institute’s $500 million headquarters over to the agency he came from, at zero cost.”
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Another hard hitting investigation by journalism Ted Williams
This time he blows the lid off 1 of the most corrupt & environmentally destructive industries in America - mountain top removal coal mining in Appalachia
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This time he blows the lid off 1 of the most corrupt & environmentally destructive industries in America - mountain top removal coal mining in Appalachia
ewilli9767.substack.com/p/removing-m...
Removing Mountains from the Coal
For the coal industry, the Appalachians aren’t in the way.
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March 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Another hard hitting investigation by journalism Ted Williams
This time he blows the lid off 1 of the most corrupt & environmentally destructive industries in America - mountain top removal coal mining in Appalachia
ewilli9767.substack.com/p/removing-m...
This time he blows the lid off 1 of the most corrupt & environmentally destructive industries in America - mountain top removal coal mining in Appalachia
ewilli9767.substack.com/p/removing-m...
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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Greenland’s prime minister said a planned visit to the island by US officials, including second lady Usha Vance, is “highly aggressive,” plunging relations to a new low after President Donald Trump vowed to annex the autonomous Danish territory.
Greenland’s prime minister slams ‘highly aggressive’ visit by US officials, including second lady Usha Vance | CNN
Greenland’s prime minister said a planned visit to the island by US officials, including second lady Usha Vance, is “highly aggressive,” plunging relations to a new low after President Donald Trump vo...
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March 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Greenland’s prime minister said a planned visit to the island by US officials, including second lady Usha Vance, is “highly aggressive,” plunging relations to a new low after President Donald Trump vowed to annex the autonomous Danish territory.
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NEW: Judge Chutkan has blocked the EPA from terminating grants for climate programs held by Citibank, saying the Trump administration failed to abide by legal procedures and provided no evidence of impropriety.
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March 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
NEW: Judge Chutkan has blocked the EPA from terminating grants for climate programs held by Citibank, saying the Trump administration failed to abide by legal procedures and provided no evidence of impropriety.
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Israel’s military launched a large-scale bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, breaking the fragile ceasefire with Hamas that has been in place since late January.
At least 404 people have been killed, with 562 injured, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.
At least 404 people have been killed, with 562 injured, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.
Live updates: More than 400 killed as Israel strikes Gaza, breaking ceasefire with Hamas, officials say
The rate of Palestinian casualties flooding through hospital doors was making it nearly impossible to keep track of numbers, one doctor said.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Israel’s military launched a large-scale bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, breaking the fragile ceasefire with Hamas that has been in place since late January.
At least 404 people have been killed, with 562 injured, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.
At least 404 people have been killed, with 562 injured, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.
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It was a bright cold day in March, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
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Trump’s next climate move: Show global warming benefits humanity
A new federal report downplaying or denying climate change could drive a reversal of climate rules and expansion of executive authority.
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March 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It was a bright cold day in March, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
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actually covering the Trump 1.0 EPA prepared me very well for this press release
real heads remember
www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
real heads remember
www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
March 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
actually covering the Trump 1.0 EPA prepared me very well for this press release
real heads remember
www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
real heads remember
www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
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At one federal agency's office building, DOGE workers have IKEA beds, dressers and even a children's play area.
The agency is also considering spending about $25,000 to install a washer and dryer, per an invoice we obtained.
The agency is also considering spending about $25,000 to install a washer and dryer, per an invoice we obtained.
IKEA beds? Dressers? Inside the ‘exceedingly odd’ DOGE office setup
Details of the arrangements at GSA offer a window into the lifestyle of DOGE workers.
www.politico.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
At one federal agency's office building, DOGE workers have IKEA beds, dressers and even a children's play area.
The agency is also considering spending about $25,000 to install a washer and dryer, per an invoice we obtained.
The agency is also considering spending about $25,000 to install a washer and dryer, per an invoice we obtained.
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Here’s the article: www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Here’s the court filing (J. Doe 22, pg. 456): storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Here’s the court filing (J. Doe 22, pg. 456): storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
IKEA beds? Dressers? Inside the ‘exceedingly odd’ DOGE office setup
Details of the arrangements at GSA offer a window into the lifestyle of DOGE workers.
www.politico.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Here’s the article: www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Here’s the court filing (J. Doe 22, pg. 456): storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Here’s the court filing (J. Doe 22, pg. 456): storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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So. messed up:
"In 2023, Miller was awarded employee of the year for NOAA Fisheries in the western United States, and in March 2024, she was promoted....
"Miller was a week and half away from completing her year-long post-promotion probation when she was fired."
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"In 2023, Miller was awarded employee of the year for NOAA Fisheries in the western United States, and in March 2024, she was promoted....
"Miller was a week and half away from completing her year-long post-promotion probation when she was fired."
www.opb.org/article/2025...
NOAA firings in Seattle include orca-saving employee of the year
Hanna Miller was a natural resource specialist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In 2023, Miller was awarded employee of the year for NOAA Fisheries in the western United State...
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March 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
So. messed up:
"In 2023, Miller was awarded employee of the year for NOAA Fisheries in the western United States, and in March 2024, she was promoted....
"Miller was a week and half away from completing her year-long post-promotion probation when she was fired."
www.opb.org/article/2025...
"In 2023, Miller was awarded employee of the year for NOAA Fisheries in the western United States, and in March 2024, she was promoted....
"Miller was a week and half away from completing her year-long post-promotion probation when she was fired."
www.opb.org/article/2025...