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NBC's top climate reporter quits In an exclusive interview, veteran NBC meteorologist Chase Cain opens up about burnout, suppression, and why he's going independent.

Climate reporter @chasecain.bsky.social resigned from NBC News, "citing burnout from near-constant internal fighting to get important climate stories on air—stories that he says were routinely deprioritized, buried late in newscasts, or cut entirely." heated.world/p/nbcs-top-c...

A fictional EPA water contamination report featured in the Apple TV series The Morning Show.

When you're watching a series at night to unwind and it *really* starts to feel like your day job.

“This is the most transparent Department of Justice in history,” said an unidentified spokeswoman.

www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Trump hates renewables. The Iran war may help them. Higher gas prices in Europe and the U.S. could create economic and political incentives for solar, wind, batteries and other clean technology.

Clean energy shares are up since the Iran war began, undermining Trump's push to favor oil and gas.

“Renewables offer a fundamentally lower level of commodity risk compared to imports of fossil fuels, and reminders of that benefit can boost stocks in that industry.” www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

Brokers have told the FT that war risk insurers have submitted cancellation notices for policies covering ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil chokepoint, with prices set to rise as much as 50% in the coming days ft.trib.al/Dc82Tff

Solar power’s newest friends: MAGA influencers The nation’s leading clean energy lobby aims to bolster solar power’s standing via conservative media partnerships, polling and Stephen Miller’s wife.

The American Clean Power Association is working with "influencers to secure opinion media placements authored by conservative columnists, former Republican lawmakers, and other credible Republican voices in conservative outlets," says a memo obtained by POLITICO www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Team USA players who skipped State of the Union say politics weren't a factor Most of the five members of the U.S. Olympic men's hockey team that skipped the State of the Union said their reasons for doing so weren't political.

There were four Minnesotans on the gold-winning US men's hockey team.

All four declined to meet with Trump and attend his State of the Union speech.

"It’s everyone’s right to kind of choose if they wanted to go or not," said one, citing scheduling conflicts.

www.startribune.com/team-usa-oly...

Trump spent all of 2 minutes talking about affordability during his SOTU address, according to NBC News — the same amount of time he spent talking about the performance of the U.S. men's olympic hockey team substack.com/profile/4791...

Rep. Tlaib is also wearing a "Fuck ICE" pin, which was clearly visible on the PBS broadcast.

Here’s some Minnesota trivia: Former Governor Wendell Anderson played for the U.S. hockey team and won a silver medal in Cortina in 1956.

The OECD’s new Road Safety Annual Report offers a reminder that the US approach toward traffic safety is an abject failure.

Americans are >2x more likely to die on the road than those in South Korea, Israel, Australia, Spain, and other rich countries.

www.itf-oecd.org/road-safety-...

GOING FOR GOLD 🥇

A day after Team USA women’s hockey bested Canada in the gold medal game, it will be USA-CAN in the men’s final.

#WinterOlympics

Majorities of Americans say the U.S. should use more solar and wind energy.
(Economist / @today.yougov.com)
More, via Opinion Today:
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Look how much Canadians hate the United States now It’s not just about the trade war. Nearly half of America’s neighbors to the north now think the U.S. is a bigger threat to world peace than Russia.

Just in time for today's U.S. v. Canada women's gold medal hockey game! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

US succeeds in erasing climate from global energy body’s priorities Trump’s energy chief had threatened to leave the International Energy Agency if it continued to focus on climate.

While the political climate is shifting, the physical and economic risks of climate change continue to grow. www.politico.eu/article/us-s...

Start planning for catastrophic global warming, top advisers tell EU Europe is heading for extreme levels of warming and the EU must make detailed plans to adapt, official report warns.

🚨"The EU must start drawing up concrete plans to cope with life on a continent made 4 degrees Celsius hotter by climate change, the bloc’s scientific advisers said Tuesday." www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...

Carpenter is going out on top. This story is masterful. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olymp...

China's Xinhua news agency has just published this editorial cartoon in response to Trump's rejection of climate policies.

It is pretty clear that China views this as a HUGE geopolitical fumble by the US leaving the field clear for China's to win the global race to clean-tech hegemony

Trump, 79, Sparks Health Concerns With Bizarre Slurring The president went off script in a strange moment caught on camera.

Actual comment from White House spokesman Davis Ingle: “While the deranged and failing Daily Beast has their lightweight, glue-sniffing interns push baseless conspiracy theories — President Trump spent the day unleashing energy dominance.” www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-spa...

Trump sidelines climate contrarians in science rollback The president has mocked global warming as a “hoax,” but his administration avoided testing that claim in court as it targeted the endangerment finding.

Far-right activists spent years urging Trump to attack the overwhelming scientific consensus that climate change is real, humans are causing it and it's already causing harm.

But when his Energy Department tried to oblige, the effort quickly ran off the rails.

www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

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“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”

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!!! BREAKING: Border czar Tom Homan announces ICE's surge in Minnesota will conclude.

Not today, ChatGPT. But maybe... in the future.

E&E News: Lawmakers push Canada to adopt carbon removal goals It would be the first time a country attaches carbon reduction numbers to technologies that can pull climate pollution from the sky and seas.

A parliamentary panel is calling on the Carney government to set goals for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere — a move no other country has taken.

"The value and need for CO2 removal targets in Canada’s climate strategy cannot be overstated." subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

"A clear message." Climate conference press event cancelled because of a climate-related flooding subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Bad Bunny gets RESULTS

NASA to Grow Civil Servant Workforce Under Isaacman “Getting back to the Moon means getting back to the basics,” he wrote. “NASA must regain its core competencies in technical, engineering, and operational excellence.”

Elon Musk's handpicked NASA administrator is going on a federal worker hiring spree, effectively undoing the workforce reductions triggered by Musk's DOGE campaign. payloadspace.com/nasa-to-grow...