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Since Trump was elected, I've been meeting with the important clean energy players to learn how they're prepping for the coming administration. "Climate change" and "energy transition" will obviously be taboo phrases. But the climate policies underneath those phrases? Those might actually be saved, if they're talked about in terms of "national security," "supply chains," and "China." Here's my latest for NOTUS, based on conversations with the BATT Coalition, several Hogan Lovells attorneys, Harrison Godfrey at Advanced Energy United, Jackson Morris at the NRDC, Sheila Olmstead at Cornell, Congressman Scott Peters, and many others who've hosted meetings these last few weeks to try to game out strategy in the coming Trump administration.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise has changed his tune on government funding in recent days. https://lnkd.in/ezicYDWM

With a Republican trifecta, the GOP is positioned to shrink the federal government’s role in education as well as promote conservative ideology in schools. https://lnkd.in/et4e89mU

“It’s a Republican town now,” said Ivan Adler, who runs a boutique consulting and staffing firm specializing in placing Washington’s political talent in lobbying, public policy and public affairs jobs. “There’s a real thirst out there for people who know Trump.” https://lnkd.in/e9F7ZvvJ

Across the country, Donald Trump outperformed his peers in varying down-ballot races. GOP strategists say that Republican candidates seeking to emulate him might find it easier said than done. https://lnkd.in/eNJgN_kT

If confirmed as HHS secretary, Kennedy would be at the helm of the agencies that direct much of public health in the U.S. https://lnkd.in/e9EHk4En

From RFK Jr.’s vaccine skepticism to Project 2025’s plans to limit the CDC’s power, public health experts are bracing for impact under the new Trump administration. “It concerns me if there is a loud voice in an administration that is undermining people’s trust in our vaccine system … because when you undermine that trust, then people may make decisions based on incomplete or incorrect information that is dangerous to their health,” said Richard Besser, former CDC acting director. https://lnkd.in/e3bTJdRg

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The reaction, in a word, was stunned. https://lnkd.in/en4tS46q

Lawmakers are mere weeks away from Donald Trump’s return to the White House, but there’s little consensus among Democrats on how the party moves forward in the face of a second Trump administration. https://lnkd.in/g_juh6vn