Corbin Hiar
@corbinhiar.bsky.social
Climate and business reporter at POLITICO's E&E News. Also a dad, cyclist, PEN Guild supporter and lapsed Minnesotan.
Email: chiar@eenews.net | Signal: CorbinHiar.80
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Corbin Hiar
@corbinhiar.bsky.social
· Jul 27
Researchers quietly planned a test to dim sunlight. They wanted to ‘avoid scaring’ the public.
Hundreds of documents show how researchers failed to notify officials in California about a test of technology to block the sun’s rays — while they planned a much huger sequel.
www.politico.com
EXCLUSIVE: A team of researchers in California drew notoriety last year with an aborted test of a cloud-making machine.
But behind the scenes, they were planning a larger and potentially riskier study of tech that could dim the sun's rays, internal documents show. www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
But behind the scenes, they were planning a larger and potentially riskier study of tech that could dim the sun's rays, internal documents show. www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
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He beat the wrap.
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
He beat the wrap.
Holland & Knight has now acknowledged that it began working for Stardust on Jan. 8.
The solar geoengineering startup's lobbying team includes former Rep. Ron Klein, a Democrat from Florida.
lda.senate.gov/filings/publ...
The solar geoengineering startup's lobbying team includes former Rep. Ron Klein, a Democrat from Florida.
lda.senate.gov/filings/publ...
November 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Holland & Knight has now acknowledged that it began working for Stardust on Jan. 8.
The solar geoengineering startup's lobbying team includes former Rep. Ron Klein, a Democrat from Florida.
lda.senate.gov/filings/publ...
The solar geoengineering startup's lobbying team includes former Rep. Ron Klein, a Democrat from Florida.
lda.senate.gov/filings/publ...
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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.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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.
www.politico.com
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.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Scoop: Stardust Solutions, a startup seeking U.S. government contracts to cool the planet, has quietly begun lobbying on Capitol Hill.
"We're informing members of Congress about our work and the need for appropriate and robust oversight," the CEO said. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
"We're informing members of Congress about our work and the need for appropriate and robust oversight," the CEO said. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: Geoengineering startup has been secretly lobbying Congress for months
Stardust Solutions hired Holland & Knight, but the lobbying giant says it "inadvertently" failed to publicly disclose its work for the startup, as required by law.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Scoop: Stardust Solutions, a startup seeking U.S. government contracts to cool the planet, has quietly begun lobbying on Capitol Hill.
"We're informing members of Congress about our work and the need for appropriate and robust oversight," the CEO said. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
"We're informing members of Congress about our work and the need for appropriate and robust oversight," the CEO said. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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The fact that Democrats won both elections yesterday for the Georgia Public Service Commission is remarkable enough (no Democrat had won a non-federal statewide race in GA since 2006).
But both won by a margin of 63% to 37%. In Georgia.
results.sos.ga.gov/results/publ...
But both won by a margin of 63% to 37%. In Georgia.
results.sos.ga.gov/results/publ...
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The fact that Democrats won both elections yesterday for the Georgia Public Service Commission is remarkable enough (no Democrat had won a non-federal statewide race in GA since 2006).
But both won by a margin of 63% to 37%. In Georgia.
results.sos.ga.gov/results/publ...
But both won by a margin of 63% to 37%. In Georgia.
results.sos.ga.gov/results/publ...
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In an op-ed for TR, @davidkeith.bsky.social & @danvisioni.bsky.social voice deep concerns about Stardust & other for-profits racing into solar geoengineering — and asserting claims that, they argue, the science doesn't support.
Why the for-profit race into solar geoengineering is bad for science and public trust
Two scientists argue that the growing commercial efforts to counter climate change by reflecting away sunlight will thwart responsible research in the field.
www.technologyreview.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In an op-ed for TR, @davidkeith.bsky.social & @danvisioni.bsky.social voice deep concerns about Stardust & other for-profits racing into solar geoengineering — and asserting claims that, they argue, the science doesn't support.
“I felt like, being in conservative politics, there would be more, like, masculine men in the conservative movement,” said a 29 year-old Republican woman looking for love in DC. “And I find that a lot of them aren’t as masculine as I would have hoped.”
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
MAGA singles are looking for love in Washington. It’s a challenge.
The politics of trying to find a partner in an overwhelmingly liberal city can be tricky: “My partner can’t think I’m a fascist. That’s crazy.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“I felt like, being in conservative politics, there would be more, like, masculine men in the conservative movement,” said a 29 year-old Republican woman looking for love in DC. “And I find that a lot of them aren’t as masculine as I would have hoped.”
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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AI agents tried to do graphic design, video editing, game development, and administrative chores like scraping data. "Even the best could perform less than 3 percent of the work, earning $1,810 out of a possible $143,991," writes @willknight.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/ai-age...
AI Agents Are Terrible Freelance Workers
A new benchmark measures how well AI agents can automate economically valuable chores. Human-level AI is still some ways off.
www.wired.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
AI agents tried to do graphic design, video editing, game development, and administrative chores like scraping data. "Even the best could perform less than 3 percent of the work, earning $1,810 out of a possible $143,991," writes @willknight.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/ai-age...
The idea that Bowdoin College is one of many schools that have become "feckless workshops for leftist political orthodoxy" because it offers a degree in Africana studies is belied by the data. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
Nearly all of the top major at Bowdoin are related to finance or science.
Nearly all of the top major at Bowdoin are related to finance or science.
October 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The idea that Bowdoin College is one of many schools that have become "feckless workshops for leftist political orthodoxy" because it offers a degree in Africana studies is belied by the data. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
Nearly all of the top major at Bowdoin are related to finance or science.
Nearly all of the top major at Bowdoin are related to finance or science.
The chief of staff of Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) lives in central Virginia, 190 miles from the Capitol.
Marshall has previously sponsored legislation to curtail federal employees' ability to work remotely.
"I'm against teleworking from home," he said last year. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Marshall has previously sponsored legislation to curtail federal employees' ability to work remotely.
"I'm against teleworking from home," he said last year. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Meet the Senate aide with a $44,000 taxpayer-funded commute
Sen. Roger Marshall’s chief of staff, Brent Robertson, has taken at least 26 trips to Washington from his home in central Virginia.
www.politico.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The chief of staff of Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) lives in central Virginia, 190 miles from the Capitol.
Marshall has previously sponsored legislation to curtail federal employees' ability to work remotely.
"I'm against teleworking from home," he said last year. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Marshall has previously sponsored legislation to curtail federal employees' ability to work remotely.
"I'm against teleworking from home," he said last year. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
On Oct. 15, the Post's editorial board heralded the military's push for a new generation of smaller nuclear reactors.
But it didn't note that Amazon owns a stake in small nuclear developer X-energy and that Bezos has invested in a Canadian venture pursuing nuclear fusion technology.
But it didn't note that Amazon owns a stake in small nuclear developer X-energy and that Bezos has invested in a Canadian venture pursuing nuclear fusion technology.
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
On Oct. 15, the Post's editorial board heralded the military's push for a new generation of smaller nuclear reactors.
But it didn't note that Amazon owns a stake in small nuclear developer X-energy and that Bezos has invested in a Canadian venture pursuing nuclear fusion technology.
But it didn't note that Amazon owns a stake in small nuclear developer X-energy and that Bezos has invested in a Canadian venture pursuing nuclear fusion technology.
A Swedish electric boat maker is trying to break into the U.S. at a time of growing protectionism and waning support for clean tech, with a president who once warned that battery-powered vessels can electrocute passengers and expose them to shark attacks. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: Electric boat zips around DC, looking for customers
A Swedish company showed off its hydrofoil technology on the Potomac River last week.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A Swedish electric boat maker is trying to break into the U.S. at a time of growing protectionism and waning support for clean tech, with a president who once warned that battery-powered vessels can electrocute passengers and expose them to shark attacks. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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Cat 5 (175 mph peak winds) Hurricane Melissa is just a few hours from making landfall in Jamaica as its strongest storm on record. Storm is stronger than Katrina (at peak) and the strongest ever recorded in Atlantic so late in the season.
More info: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
More info: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
October 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Cat 5 (175 mph peak winds) Hurricane Melissa is just a few hours from making landfall in Jamaica as its strongest storm on record. Storm is stronger than Katrina (at peak) and the strongest ever recorded in Atlantic so late in the season.
More info: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
More info: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
A former Lukoil executive said the move could see the company’s revenues and profits plummet by “about 30 percent,” as it is forced it to sell three refineries and around half of its roughly 5,000 petrol stations worldwide.
“Lukoil is finished,” they told POLITICO. www.politico.eu/article/russ...
“Lukoil is finished,” they told POLITICO. www.politico.eu/article/russ...
Russia’s Lukoil to sell off foreign assets as US sanctions bite
Restrictions imposed by Washington will force the company to end its exports to European countries.
www.politico.eu
October 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A former Lukoil executive said the move could see the company’s revenues and profits plummet by “about 30 percent,” as it is forced it to sell three refineries and around half of its roughly 5,000 petrol stations worldwide.
“Lukoil is finished,” they told POLITICO. www.politico.eu/article/russ...
“Lukoil is finished,” they told POLITICO. www.politico.eu/article/russ...
"At first glance, it might look like the US has exited the climate fight. ... But don’t be confused: America is still in the arena; it’s just fighting for the other side."
Trump has never been supportive of green technologies, but in his second term he has made a concerted effort to wreck climate policies. The world now has a carbon bully, as one expert put it.
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
How Trump Pressures the World Into Burning More Oil and Gas
As COP30 nears, the US’s pressure to keep fossil fuels relevant may empower petrostates, potentially giving them more leverage at the UN talks.
www.bloomberg.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"At first glance, it might look like the US has exited the climate fight. ... But don’t be confused: America is still in the arena; it’s just fighting for the other side."
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“…a furloughed Labor Department employee in Texas said she had been going from room to room inside her home in a San Antonio suburb to see what she could sell to help make ends meet.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u... This is the facade of the Labor Department headquarters in D.C.:
October 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“…a furloughed Labor Department employee in Texas said she had been going from room to room inside her home in a San Antonio suburb to see what she could sell to help make ends meet.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u... This is the facade of the Labor Department headquarters in D.C.:
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👀 The AFGE, the largest union representing federal workers, is officially calling for the end of the shutdown:
“Unfortunately, shutdowns have become a recurring tactic in Washington. But there is no ‘winning’ a government shutdown,” AFGE’s president said
www.afge.org/article/its-...
“Unfortunately, shutdowns have become a recurring tactic in Washington. But there is no ‘winning’ a government shutdown,” AFGE’s president said
www.afge.org/article/its-...
October 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
👀 The AFGE, the largest union representing federal workers, is officially calling for the end of the shutdown:
“Unfortunately, shutdowns have become a recurring tactic in Washington. But there is no ‘winning’ a government shutdown,” AFGE’s president said
www.afge.org/article/its-...
“Unfortunately, shutdowns have become a recurring tactic in Washington. But there is no ‘winning’ a government shutdown,” AFGE’s president said
www.afge.org/article/its-...
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“More than 41 million depend on the monthly payments, according to the USDA. In some states, like New Mexico, dependence on the program is as high as 21% of residents, it said.”
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“More than 41 million depend on the monthly payments, according to the USDA. In some states, like New Mexico, dependence on the program is as high as 21% of residents, it said.”
Alex Ovechkin on his postgame beer habit: “Why not? You have to live your life.”
🍻 to the Great Eight!
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🍻 to the Great Eight!
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Column | The 40-year-old star athlete whose longevity secrets start with beer
Alex Ovechkin’s 1,500th game in the NHL? As with the first 1,499, he’ll drink to that.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Alex Ovechkin on his postgame beer habit: “Why not? You have to live your life.”
🍻 to the Great Eight!
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🍻 to the Great Eight!
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A D.C. police report described 88-year-old Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the oldest member of the House, as having the "early stages of dementia" and said she has a caretaker with power of attorney.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton scammed at home by group claiming to be cleaning crew
A police report about the crime says Norton has “early stages of dementia.” Her office said: “The medical diagnosis included in the police report was based on an assumption the reporting officer was u...
www.nbcwashington.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A D.C. police report described 88-year-old Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the oldest member of the House, as having the "early stages of dementia" and said she has a caretaker with power of attorney.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...
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Trump wants to add a 90k-square-foot ballroom to the White House and is taking down the East Wing to do it.
Watch our Heather Richards explain the project and the backlash.
Watch our Heather Richards explain the project and the backlash.
October 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Trump wants to add a 90k-square-foot ballroom to the White House and is taking down the East Wing to do it.
Watch our Heather Richards explain the project and the backlash.
Watch our Heather Richards explain the project and the backlash.
In just seven months, Canada went from elbows up to ad down.
October 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
In just seven months, Canada went from elbows up to ad down.
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Conservative groups are working the White House, Homeland Security, DOJ to go after prominent environmental organizations. It's part of an effort to link progressive groups to Antifa, despite the lack of evidence. Stripping away nonprofit status is only 1st step. www.eenews.net/articles/gre...
Green groups gird for life in Trump’s crosshairs
The administration’s pursuit of its perceived enemies has compelled environmental groups to take new precautions.
www.eenews.net
October 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Conservative groups are working the White House, Homeland Security, DOJ to go after prominent environmental organizations. It's part of an effort to link progressive groups to Antifa, despite the lack of evidence. Stripping away nonprofit status is only 1st step. www.eenews.net/articles/gre...