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Bob King

@bkingdc.bsky.social

Deputy managing editor at POLITICO, interested in climate change, energy, transportation, technology and cybersecurity. Pennsylvania native and displaced Floridian. https://www.politico.com
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Wait, you mean electric vehicle sales aren't collapsing?
Breaking News: Tesla’s once-dominant share of electric vehicle sales in the U.S. fell below 50%, even as sales of battery-powered cars surged to a record, new estimates show.
Tesla’s Share of U.S. Electric Car Market Falls Below 50%www.nytimes.com A new report estimates that the company led by Elon Musk accounted for just under half of all battery-powered vehicles sold in the second quarter of the year.
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Reasons people give for not prepping for hurricanes include: 1) Hurricane denial ("They don't come here anymore," "islands/sandbars will protect us") 2) Hurricane amnesia (forgetting the times they DID come here) 3) Hurricane fatigue ("we've been hit so many times I can't even respond anymore")
Hurricane forecasts have clearly improved over the last few decades. But deaths and damages lately aren't declining -- yet another sign that knowing what's coming doesn't mean we're prepared for it. My story today: www.eenews.net/articles/cli...
Climate change adds new challenge to wild history of hurricane forecastswww.eenews.net Scientists, pilots and even a Jesuit priest have tried over decades to understand some of the most ferocious storms on Earth.
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#HurricaneBeryl forecasts turning more worrisome for Texas: Corpus Christi, a major hub for oil and gas exports, is right now in the center of the predicted swath of the fiercest winds. People in Galveston, Houston and Louisiana should keep alert too. www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/grap...
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"Call the police, he’s on drugs," the foreman said of the disoriented laborer. But Gabriel Infante was suffering from heatstroke in Texas' 100-degree weather. He died hours later, at age 24. No federal rules existed to help him. By @arielwittenberg.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2024/07...
Why ‘broken’ regulations don’t stop workers from dying in the heatwww.politico.com It took 50 years and skyrocketing temperatures before the government proposed heat protections for workers. The rules might never take effect.
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This article is about the political situation in Europe, but it should be noted that in the U.S. the Democrats got this message on climate policy decades ago. Here, their message is ALL ABOUT climate action equaling jobs, new tech and lower costs for consumers.
OPINION: Down in the polls, battered in elections and in many cases even deserted by the young, the progressive camp is bleeding support, while the right is on the rise worldwide.
Has the left jumped the shark?www.politico.eu Down in the polls, battered in elections and in many cases even deserted by the young, the progressive camp is bleeding support, while the right is on the rise.
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In truth, if reelected, Donald Trump would be unlikely to quit NATO outright. But that doesn’t mean the alliance would survive a second Trump term intact.
Trump’s Plan for NATO Is Emerging.www.politico.com Trump advisers envision a ‘radical reorientation’ in which Washington takes a back seat to Europe — and cuts a deal with Putin over Ukraine.
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And this time, pulling out of Paris might just be the start: Conservatives are also drafting an executive order "that could remove the US from the entire UN framework underpinning global climate talks, a step that could do lasting damage to the effort to limit the Earth’s warming."
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Trump haunts stalled global climate talks: Despite him not being president, "the specter of his return hung over two weeks of diplomatic negotiations in Bonn, where nearly 200 countries met for talks but got little accomplished," Zia Weise reports from Bonn. www.politico.eu/article/dona...
Trump haunts stalled global climate talkswww.politico.eu A UN climate conference in Bonn ground to an irritated halt as everyone waits on the US election.
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And if you can't pay the enormous daily fee for the prison time you didn't even serve, you're ineligible to work in certain occupations. (I'm guessing this also prevents you from regaining your right to vote.)
Florida is charging formerly incarcerated people $50 a day even if they’re no longer in prison. The “pay to stay” fee is based on the length of the original sentence, so even when they're released they must keep paying for a prison bed they’re not using. www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-n...
Pay to stay: Florida inmates charged for prison cells long after incarcerationwww.abcactionnews.com It's a common saying: You do the crime, you do the time. But when people are released from prison, freedom is fragmented. It marks the start of new hardships, impacting families and communities.
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Biden's fuel efficiency rules for SUVs and pickups are significantly less stringent than what DOT proposed a year ago. It's part of a recent pattern of rollbacks in green rules in DC, New York and elsewhere. www.politico.com/news/2024/06...
Biden pulls back on tightened car and truck fuel standardswww.politico.com The new CAFE standards for the popular classes of vehicles will require more modest mileage improvements than the Biden administration had called for last year.
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Remembering the brilliant, talented and determined Susan Spencer-Wendel on the 10th anniversary of her death from ALS, a fight she chronicled in a best-selling book she mostly wrote on a phone with her thumb. Thinking of you and your family always, @SpenWen. www.nytimes.com/2014/06/06/a...
Susan Spencer-Wendel, Memoirist About Living and Losing Life, Dies at 47 (Published 2014)www.nytimes.com After learning she had an incurable muscle-wasting disease, she wrote “Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year of Living With Joy” mostly on a smartphone with one thumb.
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And El Niño, which normally tamps down Atlantic hurricane formation, is going away: www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ana... So buckle up this summer.
The Atlantic hurricane season typically begins June 1 since that's when we start to see sea surface temperatures above 26C (79F), the threshold required for hurricanes to form. This year, as of May 29, nearly the entire hurricane formation area is already above the threshold (yellow-orange areas).
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What's the big air safety problem you've been reading about since January? The one that launched investigations, whistleblower complaints and media deep dives? Starts with a B. Congress is passing a 1,000-page aviation bill that doesn't try to fix it: www.politico.com/news/2024/05...
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Oil lobbyists support @realDonaldTrump but worry he'd be too distracted, unfamiliar with details and surrounded by D-list appointees to do what they need. So they're preparing executive orders for him to sign, "spoon feeding the administration." www.politico.com/news/2024/05...
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Industries will "have to prop up a second Trump administration with expertise," writing executive orders for him to sign, one energy lawyer tells @bjlefebvre. That's because they don't trust @realDonaldTrump to know the policy or hire talented staff. www.politico.com/news/2024/05...
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Couldn't be more proud to work with the reporting team behind this deep-dive look at Biden's massive attempt at a climate/energy/infrastructure legacy: Jessie Blaeser, Benjamin Storrow, Kelsey Tamborrino, Zack Colman and David Ferris www.politico.com/interactives...
Tracking Biden’s spending: Can the president Trump-proof his $1.6 trillion legacy before the election?www.politico.com President Joe Biden is racing to spend money to green the economy, outcompete China and fix crumbling roadways in hopes voters reward him in November.
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And be sure to read ALL of @politico's coverage of Biden's Billions: www.politico.com/news/biden-f... Stories include: ➡️The $200B+ energy loan program that has lent just $26B www.politico.com/news/2024/04... ➡️Biden's high-tech problem in Michigan www.politico.com/news/2024/02...
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I already see heads exploding about this poll result: Biden, whose signed a huge infrastructure law that's paying for projects right now, has only a 3-point edge over Trump on who “has done more to promote infrastructure improvements and job creation.”
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And that's not all! ➡️4 takeaways from our reporting: www.politico.com/news/2024/05... ➡️Many voters are ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ about whether this spending is making a difference, a POLITICO/Morning Consult poll shows: www.politico.com/news/2024/05...
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Biden made his $1.6 trillion bet to transform America with four sweeping laws. But less than 17% of the $1.1 trillion those laws provided for direct spending on climate, energy and infrastructure has been spent as of April, according to our analysis. www.politico.com/news/2024/05...
4 takeaways on Biden's energy and infrastructure spending planspoliti.co POLITICO’s examination of Biden's $1.6T energy and infrastructure programs shows a massive set of struggling initiatives.
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Biden signed 4 signature laws to allot the $1.1 trillion for direct government spending: ➡️2021 American Rescue Plan (aka pandemic relief) ➡️2021 infrastructure law ➡️2022 CHIPS and Science Act ➡️2022 Inflation Reduction Act We tracked how the money is, or isn't, being spent 👇
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Joe Biden is betting that $1.6 trillion in climate and infrastructure money can transform America, create green jobs and outcompete China. But most of the funds remain unspent, six months before his rematch with Donald Trump. A @politico.com deep dive: www.politico.com/interactives...
Tracking Biden’s spending: Can the president Trump-proof his $1.6 trillion legacy before the election?www.politico.com President Joe Biden is racing to spend money to green the economy, outcompete China and fix crumbling roadways in hopes voters reward him in November.
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A 2nd Trump term could bring abortion bans in red & blue states, shredding of federal climate science, wider trade wars, crackdowns on "woke" school policies, military attacks inside Mexico and free rein for crypto -- and much more, supporters & foes say. www.politico.com/news/2024/02...
Beyond shock and awe: Inside Trump's potential second-term agendawww.politico.com From nationwide abortion bans to classroom culture wars, assaults on climate science and political weaponization of the military, his return to the White House could make Trump 1.0 seem tame.