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/
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.
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The federal government has shut down.
Here's what that means for government services in transportation, food safety, housing, defense and more.
Comprehensive breakdown from team @politico.com:
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Here's what that means for government services in transportation, food safety, housing, defense and more.
Comprehensive breakdown from team @politico.com:
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Government shutdown 2025: A guide to what’s still open, what’s closed and what’s fuzzy
While Social Security checks, mail and student loan bills will still be delivered, millions of workers are still set to suffer financial hardship.
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October 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The federal government has shut down.
Here's what that means for government services in transportation, food safety, housing, defense and more.
Comprehensive breakdown from team @politico.com:
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Here's what that means for government services in transportation, food safety, housing, defense and more.
Comprehensive breakdown from team @politico.com:
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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"Weather" a govt shutdown, see what we did there?
As Tom Frank and I report, forecasting & disaster operations generally continue through shutdowns. (There's even precedent for extreme weather during a lengthy shutdown e.g. TS Karen in 2013.) The bigger issue... 1/2
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As Tom Frank and I report, forecasting & disaster operations generally continue through shutdowns. (There's even precedent for extreme weather during a lengthy shutdown e.g. TS Karen in 2013.) The bigger issue... 1/2
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How FEMA and NWS would weather a government shutdown
The threat of a federal funding lapse comes as Tropical Storm Imelda approaches the East Coast.
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September 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"Weather" a govt shutdown, see what we did there?
As Tom Frank and I report, forecasting & disaster operations generally continue through shutdowns. (There's even precedent for extreme weather during a lengthy shutdown e.g. TS Karen in 2013.) The bigger issue... 1/2
www.eenews.net/articles/how...
As Tom Frank and I report, forecasting & disaster operations generally continue through shutdowns. (There's even precedent for extreme weather during a lengthy shutdown e.g. TS Karen in 2013.) The bigger issue... 1/2
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Trump's climate denial tirade at the UN is part of an administration-wide effort to pressure other countries to drop their climate policies and clean energy reliance. Aside from some commitments to buy LNG to avoid tariffs, the pressure campaign is largely ineffective. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
Trump urges the world to abandon climate fight
Through his rhetoric and promotion of U.S. fossil fuels, the president is trying to undermine global climate efforts.
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September 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Trump's climate denial tirade at the UN is part of an administration-wide effort to pressure other countries to drop their climate policies and clean energy reliance. Aside from some commitments to buy LNG to avoid tariffs, the pressure campaign is largely ineffective. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...