Zahra Hirji
@zhirji.bsky.social
Bloomberg News climate reporter. Past BuzzFeed News, InsideClimate News. Mom. She/her. Views are my own.
Email: zhirji@bloomberg.net
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Email: zhirji@bloomberg.net
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Why Big Oil Is Asking EPA Not to Cut its Polluter Reporting Program
The oil and gas industry says it needs the program’s data to conduct business.
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Trump's EPA says its proposal to stop greenhouse gas reporting for big polluters could save oil and gas companies up to $256 million a year. Some of them are countering that it could hurt their business instead.
Tagteam w/Ruth Liao @bloomberg.com, gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Tagteam w/Ruth Liao @bloomberg.com, gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Around 150 countries will gather in Brazil for the COP30 climate summit. What are the key results negotiators are aiming for — and how could talks break down?
Bloomberg journalists answer your questions today at 1 p.m. EST. Stream: bloom.bg/3Ji78rn
Bloomberg journalists answer your questions today at 1 p.m. EST. Stream: bloom.bg/3Ji78rn
November 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Around 150 countries will gather in Brazil for the COP30 climate summit. What are the key results negotiators are aiming for — and how could talks break down?
Bloomberg journalists answer your questions today at 1 p.m. EST. Stream: bloom.bg/3Ji78rn
Bloomberg journalists answer your questions today at 1 p.m. EST. Stream: bloom.bg/3Ji78rn
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I recently went to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska w/US scientists to study the effect of saltwater on fast-thawing permafrost. 1st in a series by @bloomberg.com on the world's natural carbon sinks with @hayleywarren.bsky.social and @eroston.bsky.social
A thread follows: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
A thread follows: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The Biggest Arctic Carbon Sink Is Increasingly Unstable
Scientists at the top of the world are racing to uncover how rapidly the Arctic’s permafrost is thawing.
www.bloomberg.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I recently went to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska w/US scientists to study the effect of saltwater on fast-thawing permafrost. 1st in a series by @bloomberg.com on the world's natural carbon sinks with @hayleywarren.bsky.social and @eroston.bsky.social
A thread follows: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
A thread follows: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Trump said he was going to make the Kennedy Center “hot."
Occupied seats are down 36% since last fall. Sales are the worst they’ve been in years.
Trump's "actions have been worse for business at the Kennedy Center than the aftermath of a global pandemic." www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Occupied seats are down 36% since last fall. Sales are the worst they’ve been in years.
Trump's "actions have been worse for business at the Kennedy Center than the aftermath of a global pandemic." www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Trump said he was going to make the Kennedy Center “hot."
Occupied seats are down 36% since last fall. Sales are the worst they’ve been in years.
Trump's "actions have been worse for business at the Kennedy Center than the aftermath of a global pandemic." www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Occupied seats are down 36% since last fall. Sales are the worst they’ve been in years.
Trump's "actions have been worse for business at the Kennedy Center than the aftermath of a global pandemic." www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
After Hurricane Beryl devastated Jamaica’s grid last year, officials at the island’s sole utility vowed to fortify it. But the company’s initiatives were only in the planning + early implementation stages when Hurricane Melissa hit.
Story @bloomberg.com, gift link:
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Story @bloomberg.com, gift link:
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Jamaica’s Grid Was Not Ready for Hurricane Melissa
The massive storm underscores the challenges in keeping up with the quickening pace of climate change.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
After Hurricane Beryl devastated Jamaica’s grid last year, officials at the island’s sole utility vowed to fortify it. But the company’s initiatives were only in the planning + early implementation stages when Hurricane Melissa hit.
Story @bloomberg.com, gift link:
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Story @bloomberg.com, gift link:
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A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Breaking: Extreme ocean heat has eradicated key coral species in Florida from a 350-mile-long reef that protects coastal cities from storms, provides fisheries habitat. Scientists say reef-building elkhorn & staghorn corals are now "functionally extinct." Free link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Heat Shock Tips Florida Corals to Extinction
Extreme ocean temperatures triggered the demise of coral species key to the health of a reef that protects the state’s cities from climate-driven storms.
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Breaking: Extreme ocean heat has eradicated key coral species in Florida from a 350-mile-long reef that protects coastal cities from storms, provides fisheries habitat. Scientists say reef-building elkhorn & staghorn corals are now "functionally extinct." Free link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The EPA says cutting a pollution reporting program will save the oil and gas industry millions. Some companies are pushing back, saying they need it
Why Big Oil Is Asking EPA Not to Cut its Polluter Reporting Program
The oil and gas industry says it needs the program’s data to conduct business.
bloom.bg
October 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The EPA says cutting a pollution reporting program will save the oil and gas industry millions. Some companies are pushing back, saying they need it
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"EPA says its proposal to stop greenhouse gas reporting for big polluters could save oil and gas companies up to $256 million a year. Some of them are countering that it could hurt their business instead."
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Why Big Oil Is Asking EPA Not to Cut its Polluter Reporting Program
The oil and gas industry says it needs the program’s data to conduct business.
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"EPA says its proposal to stop greenhouse gas reporting for big polluters could save oil and gas companies up to $256 million a year. Some of them are countering that it could hurt their business instead."
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Companies, industry trade groups & others warn that Trump EPA's bid to axe the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program could immediately jeopardize energy firms’ ability to claim highly valued tax credits, as well as impact future LNG exports.
New story @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New story @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Why Big Oil Is Asking EPA Not to Cut its Polluter Reporting Program
The oil and gas industry says it needs the program’s data to conduct business.
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Companies, industry trade groups & others warn that Trump EPA's bid to axe the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program could immediately jeopardize energy firms’ ability to claim highly valued tax credits, as well as impact future LNG exports.
New story @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New story @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump's EPA says its proposal to stop greenhouse gas reporting for big polluters could save oil and gas companies up to $256 million a year. Some of them are countering that it could hurt their business instead.
Tagteam w/Ruth Liao @bloomberg.com, gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Tagteam w/Ruth Liao @bloomberg.com, gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Why Big Oil Is Asking EPA Not to Cut its Polluter Reporting Program
The oil and gas industry says it needs the program’s data to conduct business.
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Trump's EPA says its proposal to stop greenhouse gas reporting for big polluters could save oil and gas companies up to $256 million a year. Some of them are countering that it could hurt their business instead.
Tagteam w/Ruth Liao @bloomberg.com, gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Tagteam w/Ruth Liao @bloomberg.com, gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Exclusive: FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund hit ~$9.5 billion at the end of September, according to an internal report reviewed by Bloomberg News.
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Disaster Relief Fund Hits Critical Low as Shutdown Endures
As the US government shutdown hurtles through a fourth week, the main source of federal funding for disaster relief efforts is running critically low, according to people familiar with the matter and ...
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Exclusive: FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund hit ~$9.5 billion at the end of September, according to an internal report reviewed by Bloomberg News.
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🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth
Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
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Something unusual just happened in Oregon: A utility asked for a rate *decrease*
In his latest article for Latitude Media, @alexckaufman.bsky.social reports that Idaho Power has requested a nearly 1% rate cut in Oregon after retiring a 522 MW coal plant and eliminating related regulatory liabilities.
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After closing coal plants, Idaho Power is the rare utility cutting rates
The utility asked regulators to lower electricity rates in Oregon, even as its peers raise them — and Trump pushes coal as the solution.
www.latitudemedia.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Something unusual just happened in Oregon: A utility asked for a rate *decrease*
“I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it,” Ingrassia responded, according to the chain.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts
Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
www.politico.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it,” Ingrassia responded, according to the chain.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.
Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts
Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
www.politico.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.
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In the unions' shutdown RIFs case, three agencies submitted updated declarations by today's 9a PT deadline under the modified TRO:
* Commerce: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
* Interior: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
* HHS: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
* Commerce: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
* Interior: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
* HHS: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
In the unions' shutdown RIFs case, three agencies submitted updated declarations by today's 9a PT deadline under the modified TRO:
* Commerce: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
* Interior: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
* HHS: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
* Commerce: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
* Interior: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
* HHS: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
A week into the US government shutdown, EPA starts to send out furlough notices to some staff.
Gift link for story providing the latest on the now 1+ week shutdown: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link for story providing the latest on the now 1+ week shutdown: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Shutdown Pain Ripples Through US Economy With No Deal in Sight
The first week of a government shutdown is usually the easy one. It only gets harder after that.
www.bloomberg.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A week into the US government shutdown, EPA starts to send out furlough notices to some staff.
Gift link for story providing the latest on the now 1+ week shutdown: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link for story providing the latest on the now 1+ week shutdown: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This story also provides an update on a similar situation unfolding at EPA, where at least 15 staffers who signed a dissent letter there have now been fired.
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Exclusive: FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs
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FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs
Investigators are looking for staffers who anonymously endorsed an open letter criticizing the Trump administration’s cuts to disaster funding.
www.bloomberg.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This story also provides an update on a similar situation unfolding at EPA, where at least 15 staffers who signed a dissent letter there have now been fired.
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Exclusive: FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs
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FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs
Investigators are looking for staffers who anonymously endorsed an open letter criticizing the Trump administration’s cuts to disaster funding.
www.bloomberg.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Exclusive: FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs
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New: A heat pump that can be installed in minutes is allowing Boston to quickly decarbonize a public housing complex for the elderly and provide air conditioning as climate change-driven heat waves intensify. The window heat pump is made by SF startup Gradient.
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Boston Public Housing Upgrades Units With Window Heat Pumps
A pilot project aims to cut heating costs and provide air conditioning while reducing emissions.
www.bloomberg.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
New: A heat pump that can be installed in minutes is allowing Boston to quickly decarbonize a public housing complex for the elderly and provide air conditioning as climate change-driven heat waves intensify. The window heat pump is made by SF startup Gradient.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Nearly 200 countries are set to gather at the gates of the Amazon rainforest for a new round of UN-sponsored climate talks.
Here are six ways the COP30 summit can succeed or fail
Here are six ways the COP30 summit can succeed or fail
Six Ways the COP30 Climate Summit Can Succeed or Fail
When Brazil was named host of the COP30 climate summit two years ago, it was seen as the perfect celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, where nations pledged to keep climate change within safe limits.
bloom.bg
October 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Nearly 200 countries are set to gather at the gates of the Amazon rainforest for a new round of UN-sponsored climate talks.
Here are six ways the COP30 summit can succeed or fail
Here are six ways the COP30 summit can succeed or fail