Sara Schonhardt
@saraschonhardt.bsky.social
International climate reporter at POLITICO's E&E News. Formerly WSJ Indonesia, @csmonitor, @nytimes. Ohio born, Jakarta cred.
Ten years after leaders adopted the landmark Paris climate agreement, it faces promise and peril. It doesn't help that one of its original advocates is now trying to tear it apart.
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The US led the world to reach a huge climate deal. Then, it switched sides.
Ten years after nations adopted the Paris Agreement, its objectives are in jeopardy amid rising climate pollution and a political backlash against clean energy.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Ten years after leaders adopted the landmark Paris climate agreement, it faces promise and peril. It doesn't help that one of its original advocates is now trying to tear it apart.
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Reposted by Sara Schonhardt
Trump is no longer content to stand aloof from the global alliance to combat climate change. His new goal is to demolish it.
@karlmathiesen.bsky.social & I explored Trump’s multi-prong strategy to instead build a coalition reliant on US fossil fuels.
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@karlmathiesen.bsky.social & I explored Trump’s multi-prong strategy to instead build a coalition reliant on US fossil fuels.
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Trump’s fossil fuel crusade confronts the climate faithful
Pulling out of the Paris climate agreement was not enough, an ex-aide to the U.S. president says on the eve of a summit in Brazil: "You have to potentially destroy it."
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November 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Trump is no longer content to stand aloof from the global alliance to combat climate change. His new goal is to demolish it.
@karlmathiesen.bsky.social & I explored Trump’s multi-prong strategy to instead build a coalition reliant on US fossil fuels.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@karlmathiesen.bsky.social & I explored Trump’s multi-prong strategy to instead build a coalition reliant on US fossil fuels.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Interior Sec Doug Burgum says winning the battle for AI ascendency is paramount, and climate change, well, that's solvable. So why is he working to end wind, solar and other energy that could help power the AI future? www.eenews.net/articles/bur...
Burgum: Losing AI race is more dangerous than climate change
The Interior secretary indicated that 1 degree of climate change was an acceptable consequence of ramping up fossil fuels for data centers.
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September 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Interior Sec Doug Burgum says winning the battle for AI ascendency is paramount, and climate change, well, that's solvable. So why is he working to end wind, solar and other energy that could help power the AI future? www.eenews.net/articles/bur...
"There's nothing sacrosanct about having an Office of Global Change ... The problem is having no vision, having no plan, having no willingness to address the issue." Former diplomats on the Trump administration's gutting of State's climate expertise.
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State Department’s gutting of climate staff hamstrings US agenda, former diplomats say
Friday's mass firing included climate and energy staff, potentially thwarting U.S. global engagement as China grabs the reins on clean energy development.
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July 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"There's nothing sacrosanct about having an Office of Global Change ... The problem is having no vision, having no plan, having no willingness to address the issue." Former diplomats on the Trump administration's gutting of State's climate expertise.
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July 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Accurate weather warnings aren't always enough to save lives. Local authorities must be able to interpret warnings, communicate them to the public and help people get to safety, reports @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social
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Texas flood forecasts were accurate. It wasn’t enough to save lives.
The National Weather Service issued timely alerts, meteorologists say, but few were listening in the hours before the early morning flash floods.
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July 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Accurate weather warnings aren't always enough to save lives. Local authorities must be able to interpret warnings, communicate them to the public and help people get to safety, reports @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social
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The State Department is eliminating the office that oversees global climate negotiations, in another effort to gut U.S. climate action. One official described the move as “just strategically fucking dumb.”
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Rubio eliminates office that oversees climate talks
The Office of Global Change was notified Thursday that it would be shuttered.
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April 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The State Department is eliminating the office that oversees global climate negotiations, in another effort to gut U.S. climate action. One official described the move as “just strategically fucking dumb.”
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It took President Donald Trump just two months to dismantle U.S. climate aid to other countries. The ripples could last well beyond his administration. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
Trump killed US climate aid. Here’s what it means for the world.
The administration has canceled climate-related contracts and grants from the U.S. Agency for International Development amounting to $1.2 billion, according
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April 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It took President Donald Trump just two months to dismantle U.S. climate aid to other countries. The ripples could last well beyond his administration. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright is expected to deliver a message this week about ending energy poverty in Africa, days after the Trump administration eviscerated a 12-year-old initiative called Power Africa that was created to do just that. www.eenews.net/articles/wri...
Wright will talk about powering Africa after Trump cut programs that did that
Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s keynote speech on energy poverty will come on the heels of the gutting of Power Africa’s USAID programs.
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March 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Energy Secretary Chris Wright is expected to deliver a message this week about ending energy poverty in Africa, days after the Trump administration eviscerated a 12-year-old initiative called Power Africa that was created to do just that. www.eenews.net/articles/wri...
The Trump administration’s abrupt retreat from global climate action is threatening to delay a pivotal scientific report that countries can use to shape their responses to rising temperatures. www.eenews.net/articles/the...
The IPCC meets amid Trump’s climate attacks. What to watch for.
The U.S. is skipping the global meeting, raising concerns about delaying a sweeping science assessment on the current state of climate change.
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February 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The Trump administration’s abrupt retreat from global climate action is threatening to delay a pivotal scientific report that countries can use to shape their responses to rising temperatures. www.eenews.net/articles/the...
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"The president appears to have empowered Elon Musk far beyond what I think is appropriate," Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins told reporters.
A lot of his actions, she predicted, are "going to end up in court." www.politico.com/live-updates...
A lot of his actions, she predicted, are "going to end up in court." www.politico.com/live-updates...
Senate’s top appropriator says Elon Musk has gone too far
Susan Collins says she is "concerned" about Elon Musk and the Trump administration's efforts to control congressional purse strings.
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February 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"The president appears to have empowered Elon Musk far beyond what I think is appropriate," Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins told reporters.
A lot of his actions, she predicted, are "going to end up in court." www.politico.com/live-updates...
A lot of his actions, she predicted, are "going to end up in court." www.politico.com/live-updates...
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"Eight years ago many tech leaders rightly condemned Trump's withdrawal" from the Paris climate agreement, Facebook's former director of sustainability said. "Their silence now is cowardly." www.eenews.net/articles/how...
How Trump silenced tech giants on his Paris withdrawal
Silicon Valley loudly criticized President Donald Trump when he quit the climate accord in his first term. This time? Crickets.
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January 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"Eight years ago many tech leaders rightly condemned Trump's withdrawal" from the Paris climate agreement, Facebook's former director of sustainability said. "Their silence now is cowardly." www.eenews.net/articles/how...
Among Donald Trump's first day priorities: another withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement. Here's why this time it will be different, with Zack Coleman and @karlmathiesen.bsky.social
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What Trump’s exit from the climate deal really means
Quitting the Paris Agreement triggers a cascade of real-world impacts and signals the beginning of an aggressive agenda to undo U.S. climate policy.
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January 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Among Donald Trump's first day priorities: another withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement. Here's why this time it will be different, with Zack Coleman and @karlmathiesen.bsky.social
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Trump has made it clear that a purge of Biden's climate and energy action is coming. That's likely to include yet another exit from the Paris agreement. @eenews.bsky.social colleagues and I look at what's on the table: www.eenews.net/articles/wha...
What to expect from Trump’s Day 1 orders on climate and energy
There are 50 to 100 expected executive orders. Many will focus on boosting fossil fuels and reversing climate policy.
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January 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Trump has made it clear that a purge of Biden's climate and energy action is coming. That's likely to include yet another exit from the Paris agreement. @eenews.bsky.social colleagues and I look at what's on the table: www.eenews.net/articles/wha...