energy, environment, climate reporter for NOTUS
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SCOOP: The Trump administration is paying millions to quickly cover four enormous bronze horses with extra-thick 23.75 karat gold leaf.
The money for the rush job is coming from National Park Service funds. In total, I found ~$100 mil spent on new DC beautification projects.
NEWS: America’s 250th birthday is becoming a political, confusing quagmire.
Trump has already given ~$80 million in taxpayer funds to the group he created, for events he supports.
Meanwhile, Trump admin is withholding millions from the bipartisan 250 group.
The Interior Department quickly gave nearly $100 million in contracts in a rush to beautify D.C.
NEW: House Ethics has always had more male members than female
That has seemingly impacted the outcome of at least one sexual misconduct investigation: The one into Jim Costa
Women wanted to make the case public, but men argued against it
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SCOOP: House Ethics is investigating leaks around its 2023 investigation into Jim Costa
The committee sent letters to former committee members asking if they disclosed any information reported by @notus.com in May about the Costa probe
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Today the Trump administration is loosening limits on “super-pollutants” because he wants to drive down grocery prices.
One economics expert literally laughed when I asked if it would do anything at all, estimating maybe someone could save $2/year.
The committee started sending letters to former commitee members inquiring if they leaked information that was previously reported by NOTUS.
SCOOP: The Trump administration is using $26 million of your national park service visitor fees to help pay for the massive expansion in the DC park police force.
22,000 gallons of jet fuel leaked from Joint Base Andrews into a Potomac tributary sometime this spring.
We still don’t know when it happened, or the extent of the damage.
Internal docs show that the base knew there were problems and didn’t report them.
NEWS: The EPA wants to remove the drinking water limits on four forever chemicals, including the notorious North Carolina Cape Fear River contaminant, GenX.
They are officially proposing to kill the nationwide standards set under Biden and start over.
Last week, I broke that the Park Service spent $5 million gilding horse statues in DC.
Yesterday, I reported that Trump’s Freedom 250 got $68 million so far from Interior, while America 250 has $100 million shortfall.
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NEWS: Nearly half of the people who once managed the country's nuclear waste cleanup have left in the last two years, driven out by Trump.
Hanford lost more than 100 people. Savannah River lost just under 100. Vacancy rates for engineers are over 50%.
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The fees helped double the size of the U.S. Park Police force in the Washington area.
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The Maryland Air Force facility lost roughly 32,000 gallons of fuel between December and April.
