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Tim Puko
@TimPuko
Minerals, mining, energy and climate @EurasiaGroup Formerly @washingtonpost @WSJ @TribLIVE “He seems well-meaning and is not terribly annoying." Views my own
Washington, DC
Joined May 2013
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    US trade rep Jamieson Greer is trying to convince the world’s big consumers to pay more for minerals. He’s not wrong but it’s a hard hard sell And just as much at home as abroad. Trying to compete w China could be a bottomless money pit Thinking a lot rn of Rick Perry, c2017…
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    The Trump administration plans to approve an oil leasing program for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge today, opening the country's largest wildlife refuge to oil for the first time + making the program difficult to unwind should Democrats retake power
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    A State Department intelligence analyst has resigned in protest after the White House blocked portions of his written testimony to a congressional panel to exclude data and evidence on climate change and its threat to national security w/ @wstrobel
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    Replying to @rachael_levy
    The algorithm knows how to line up these tweets
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    Replying to @TimPuko and @rachael_levy
    And this was the very next one
    The Capitol Police leadership turned down backup. My blood is boiling.
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    Personally devastated to recognize immediately that this is a Jones Act joke
    Little-known Christmas fact: To legally fly from house to house tonight using a foreign-made sleigh and non-US reindeer, Santa Claus must certify with the US govt that he won't pick up ANY new presents along the way. All presents must originate & depart from the North Pole.
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    Some news: I've taken The Washington Post buyout and am on to new things in 2024. I'm rooting hard for the many talented people leaving the Post and for the climate team doing important reporting there. Thank you all for reading and supporting my work, and stay tuned for more.
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    tfw you unexpectedly end up in a chief executive's @WSJ obituary wsj.com/articles/coals…
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    Renewables and market design are easy targets during power failures, but they are inadequate explanations The simpler truth from @JinjLee: Texas isn’t used to the cold and isn't prepared for it, a problem in an era of climate change and extreme weather
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    The Biden admin has reduced govt oil leasing to a trickle, an unprecedented slowdown, a ⁦@WSJ⁩ analysis has found Once a go-to asset for presidents eager to boost US energy supplies, many now see the federal oil & gas program as a climate liability
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    This is @WSJ's story on the environmental toll of the border wall Construction is speeding up, especially across federally-protected wilderness. That means bulldozing cactus; blasting into mountains; building in habitat home to dozens of endangered species
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    Such kind words, especially for this forum. Thank you so much for recognizing my work! I’m really excited for the new team, and to let everyone else join our celebration…as long as they keep bringing their scoops and tips to us 😁
    During the last administration @TimPuko and I used to compete for exclusives, and I gritted my teeth each time he beat me. But we've just hired him to cover #climate policy and politics, so I can now celebrate his scoops instead. washingtonpost.com/pr/2022/10/17/…
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    Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy will commit $1.5bn for joint projects with @ENERGY if Congress enacts a program for new technologies to lower CO2 emissions The program is part of more than $100bn the Senate infrastructure bill devotes to climate change
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    A @WSJ reporter joins the disturbingly long list of journalists getting roughed up by cops
    Lost my glasses and my ankle is in searing pain after NYPD hit me in the face multiple times with riot shields and pushed me to the ground. I was backing away as request, with my hands up. My NYPD-issued press badge was clearly visible. I’m just sitting here crying. This sucks.