Jennifer Yachnin
@yachnin.bsky.social
Western water reporter for E&E News who posts too many pictures of my dog. Proud PEN Guild member. Find me at jyachnin.35 on Signal. Find my colleagues here: https://www.eenews.net/meet-the-team/
My colleague @mikesoraghan.bsky.social with a great explainer on why the global crude glut complicates the president's plans to "get reimbursed for everything that we spend" in Venezuela.
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E&E News: Trump’s Venezuela gambit relies on oil boom for payback
A global crude glut complicates the president's plans to "get reimbursed for everything that we spend" in the South American petrostate, whose leader was captured by the U.S. on Saturday.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:41 PM
My colleague @mikesoraghan.bsky.social with a great explainer on why the global crude glut complicates the president's plans to "get reimbursed for everything that we spend" in Venezuela.
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Reuters is hiring a photojournalist for their DC desk to cover the White House, Capitol Hill, U.S. politics, and government affairs.
Senior Photographer (Level 1 Journalist) in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America | News & Editorial Careers at Thomson Reuters
Apply for Senior Photographer (Level 1 Journalist) job with Thomson Reuters in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America. News & Editorial Careers at Thomson Reuters
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December 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Reuters is hiring a photojournalist for their DC desk to cover the White House, Capitol Hill, U.S. politics, and government affairs.
A new look at Colorado's 2026 gubernatorial battle for @eenews.bsky.social
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E&E News: A Democratic clash over the environment in Colorado
Phil Weiser, Colorado’s state attorney general, and Sen. Michael Bennet are vying to succeed Gov. Jared Polis, in part leaning on their conservationist bona fides.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A new look at Colorado's 2026 gubernatorial battle for @eenews.bsky.social
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"But the rabbit-cousin pikas have evolved a delicate metabolic sensibility: Above 76 degrees, their insides start to cook."
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Chirp one out for the pika: Hot rocks from climate change are killing Rocky Mountain critters
Colorado's pika population is hurting from higher temperatures climate change brings to their talus nesting areas, a new CU Boulder study says.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"But the rabbit-cousin pikas have evolved a delicate metabolic sensibility: Above 76 degrees, their insides start to cook."
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Federal employees expressed relief tinged with frustration after 43 days of uncertainty as they came to work.E&E News reporters granted civil servants anonymity to speak freely. From my colleagues @eenews.bsky.social
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E&E News: Feds go back to work
The deal to reopen the government ensures all civil servants will be paid retroactively and reverses shutdown-tied layoffs.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Federal employees expressed relief tinged with frustration after 43 days of uncertainty as they came to work.E&E News reporters granted civil servants anonymity to speak freely. From my colleagues @eenews.bsky.social
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My colleagues @timothycama.bsky.social and @corbinhiar.bsky.social spent some time on the (virtual) rooftops of 112 members of Congress: every Senate Republican and 59 House GOP lawmakers who are in leadership or facing tough reelection races.
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E&E News: Meet the Republicans who killed solar subsidies — after using them
POLITICO’s E&E News examined satellite imagery of more than 100 homes owned by Republican lawmakers to see if they have solar panels. Seven had rooftop arrays.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
My colleagues @timothycama.bsky.social and @corbinhiar.bsky.social spent some time on the (virtual) rooftops of 112 members of Congress: every Senate Republican and 59 House GOP lawmakers who are in leadership or facing tough reelection races.
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And in the meantime, the clock ticks down on the Colorado River negotiations.
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E&E News: On eve of Trump deadline, Colorado River talks still going
It is unclear whether negotiators will come up with even the broad outline of a deal by Tuesday, which the Trump administration set as the cutoff for an initial agreement.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
And in the meantime, the clock ticks down on the Colorado River negotiations.
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Mass layoffs on hold for now @deptofinterior.bsky.social, if shutdown deal moves. From @michaeldoyle10.bsky.social
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E&E News: Shutdown deal puts RIF sword back into scabbard, for now
The Interior Department has indicated officials were working on layoffs that would include more than 2,000 employees.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Mass layoffs on hold for now @deptofinterior.bsky.social, if shutdown deal moves. From @michaeldoyle10.bsky.social
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Look to the beavers. These fat, fluffy, flat-tailed rodents can tell you a lot.
Busy beavers are building back as Lake Powell retreats
Drought and steady demand along the Colorado River are draining the nation's second-largest reservoir. Land that was once submerged is now full of beavers and thriving ecosystems.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Look to the beavers. These fat, fluffy, flat-tailed rodents can tell you a lot.
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We stand together with InsiderUnion and BIUK_Union for journalistic integrity and job security. Join us in telling @axelspringer.bsky.social NO SLOP IN OUR SHOP!
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We stand together with InsiderUnion and BIUK_Union for journalistic integrity and job security. Join us in telling @axelspringer.bsky.social NO SLOP IN OUR SHOP!
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The shutdown has left NOAA's network of cooperative research institutes locked out of federal labs and cut off from federal collaborators. In some cases, it's affecting research aimed at public safety—like toxic algae monitoring in the Great Lakes. My story 🔏 & quick 🧵 www.eenews.net/articles/shu...
Shutdown disrupts research into Great Lakes’ toxic algae
At risk is the ability for researchers to forecast dangerous blooms weeks in advance.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The shutdown has left NOAA's network of cooperative research institutes locked out of federal labs and cut off from federal collaborators. In some cases, it's affecting research aimed at public safety—like toxic algae monitoring in the Great Lakes. My story 🔏 & quick 🧵 www.eenews.net/articles/shu...
From @timothycama.bsky.social on who is funding the White House East Wing demolition:
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E&E News: Harold Hamm, NextEra among Trump’s ballroom donors
A sugar magnate and a major railroad company are also on the list of people and companies funding the White House revamp.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
From @timothycama.bsky.social on who is funding the White House East Wing demolition:
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New details on looming RIFs at Interior, with my colleagues Scott Streater and @kevinbogardus.bsky.social
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E&E News: Interior divulges more details on layoff plans
Newly filed court documents reveal anticipated cuts at the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Geological Survey and elsewhere across the Interior Department.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
New details on looming RIFs at Interior, with my colleagues Scott Streater and @kevinbogardus.bsky.social
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Media is worse, journalism is worse, and the stories we tell are worse when we limit the access to telling them to people who can afford to live in the two or three biggest cities in the country.
2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.
My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.
My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.
October 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Media is worse, journalism is worse, and the stories we tell are worse when we limit the access to telling them to people who can afford to live in the two or three biggest cities in the country.
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NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
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October 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.
