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Senior correspondent for @Reuters | Author of THE WAR BELOW, available now from @OneSignalPub : | Big @TheADDF fan | Maine native

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THE WAR BELOW launches today! It’s the untold story of the people and places at the center of the global energy transition, and I’m so excited to share it with you at this crucial time. This is a story for everyone.
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“Right now our data is worth more than #oil .” - @AndrewYang , saying Big Tech’s use of personal data worth more than fossil fuels (he has a point). #DemDebate
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Breaking Judge Hanen rejects bid to invalidate 127,000 drive-through ballots in Harris County #texas #election2020 #houston
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Richard Mithoff, the lawyer for Harris County, tells the court that drive-through voting is monitored the same way as other voting methods. He's also pointing out that drive-through voting got bipartisan approval from county commissioners. #texas #election2020 #houston
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Hanen asking plaintiffs' attorneys: "Didn't we test this in the primaries this summer?" Drive-through voting has "been going on for two weeks," Hanen said. "Why am I just getting this case?" #texas #election2020 #houston
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Breaking: U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen seems skeptical of efforts to reject 127,000 ballots in Harris County, Texas, cast via drive-through voting #texas #election2020 #houston
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Hanen says plaintiffs have an uphill road and need to convince him that Harris County had an "evil motive" in allowing drive-through voting for Texas voters #texas #election2020 #houston
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“We know that we cast our votes legally,” said Hannah Smith, who said she cast her ballot via drive-through on Oct. 24 for Biden and Republican candidates down the ballot. “There’s no doubt in my mind what should be done, which is to count our votes.”
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U.S. judge weighs bid to void 127,000 votes cast at drive-through sites in Texas
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Attorneys are arguing whether a car is a "structure" for the purposes of a voting place. Texas election code apparently doesn't define what a "structure" is. #texas #election2020 #houston
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BREAKING: Serbia has revoked @RioTinto 's licenses to explore for lithium, says Prime Minister Ana Brnabić
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Breaking: The 5th Circuit has denied the plaintiffs' request to ban drive-through voting in Harris County, Texas. #texas #election2020 #houston
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Plaintiffs' attorneys arguing that drive-through ballots were cast illegally & will dilute other counties that followed state law #texas #election2020 #houston
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The ACLU's lawyer is advising Hanen not to issue an order that would effectively ask drive-through voters to vote again: "Once the egg has been scrambled it doesn’t make sense to put it back in the egg. We’re talking about a very large scramble." #texas #election2020 #houston
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Attorneys from the ACLU, League of Women Voters, the Texas Civil Rights Project, MJ Hegar's US Senate campaign & others are also giving brief arguments to the court. #texas #election2020 #houston
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Judge Hanen appears skeptical of invalidating drive-through votes already cast in Harris County, but he's asking whether he should halt drive-through voting for tomorrow, the actual Election Day #texas #election2020 #houston
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Thrilled to share that my book THE WAR BELOW: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power our Lives is available now for preorder from @OneSignalPub :
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BREAKING: North Dakota law enforcement says will block supplies (fuel, food, wood, etc) from #DakotaAccessPipeline protest camp. #nodapl
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Judge Hanen on his ruling: "I find that when you balance the harms you’ve got to weigh in favor of counting the votes." #texas #election2020 #houston
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Should be noted that Woodfill had said on Sunday that he's prepared to take his case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court #texas #election2020 #houston
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Jared Woodfill, attorney for the plaintiffs, is arguing that Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins is trying to "create a new manner of voting" with drive-through voting and "attempting to create a pandemic exception to the election code." #texas #election2020 #houston
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An oil company paying $325 million to be able to sell its own oil above $100/barrel says a lot about the current state of energy markets.
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. @HessCorporation says it paid $325 million to remove $100/barrel WTI call options. $HES #oott #shale #oil
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Environmental impact statement for #DakotaAccessPipeline was "wrongfully terminated," @StandingRockST says
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The National Association of Manufacturers calls on VP Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove Trump from office via @shopfloornam
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I want to tell you a story. For more than 5 years, I've been reporting on the clean energy transition and the economic war that threatens to stop it. 1/
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Ten years ago today I joined @Reuters in NYC. It’s been a wild ride covering shale oil, hurricanes, mass shootings, OPEC, the random movie premier, and now all things metals & electric vehicles. Onward! #workingAtTR
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Harris County Clerk @CGHollins plans to have drive-through voting sites open for Tuesday: "We are proud to be preserving democracy at a time when democracy itself is being attacked," he said after the ruling. #texas #election2020 #houston
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#DakotaAccessPipeline protesters outside Energy Transfer Partners offices in Houston. (Yes, that's a jazz band) #dapl #nodapl
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More from @CGHollins : "These vote suppressors have challenged us at every single step of the way. ... I don't know how they look at themselves in the mirror or look at their children at night." #texas #election2020 #houston
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“There is no Build Back Better,” @Sen_JoeManchin says at #CERAWeek . “The reason I had concerns from day one is that we shouldn't be doing that much policy. Reconciliation was never designed for us to do policy.”
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Amazing Amanda Gorman: "Victory won't lie in a blade, but in the bridges we've made."
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Some personal news: starting today I'm part of the @Reuters Global Mining Team, covering a different side of the energy story with deep dives into cobalt/lithium producers & what that means for EVs, etc, alongside @amran_abocar , @MelanieMetals , @reutersBarbaraL & entire team
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. @ErnestScheyder named Americas mining reporter for @ReutersBiz :
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. @JoeBiden 's campaign praised Hanen’s ruling, saying in a statement that it reflects a “victory for voters across the country who are exercising their constitutional right to make their voices heard.” #texas #election2020 #houston
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Judge Hanen, Hollins said, "did the right thing." "It's my job as Harris County Clerk to protect those voters. I took an oath to do that," Hollins said, noting that Hanen "also took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution." #texas #election2020 #houston
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Judge Hanen is expected to rule soon in the drive-through voting case. #texas #election2020 #houston
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Jennifer Hiller
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Waiting on a ruling in federal court from Judge Hanen on 127k drive through votes cast in Harris County. He said 15-20 minutes. The county expects 20k more people to choose drive through voting tomorrow (depending on this ruling)
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Lithium giant @AlbemarleCorp posts a 152% jump in quarterly profit. CEO Kent Masters says sales for the full year should more than double from 2021. $ALB #lithium
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Wow, just heard from my publisher that they’re printing additional copies of THE WAR BELOW amid the strong demand. Really great to see this story getting traction!
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On a press call after the ruling, Harris County Clark @CGHollins said: "This is a huge win for democracy, especially at a time when it appears that democracy itself is on the ballot." #texas #election2020 #houston
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this is the best thing ive ever seen on the internet
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@johnkrasinski #SomeGoodNews my daughter, Coco, finished her final chemo treatment yesterday and our friends had a surprise social distancing welcome home parade for her!
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Scoop: @USARareEarth has hired @GoldmanSachs & @BMO to explore going public via an IPO or SPAC. Deal could value the company at more than $1 billion. #RareEarths #mining #ElectricVehicles #ipo #SPACs
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Biden just signed an Executive Order rejoining the Paris Climate Accord
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BREAKING: Army Corps delays decision on #DakotaAccessPipeline , says more discussion needed. BIG win for Native American #NODAPL protesters
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Happy Veterans Day. Thank you to all who serve and served 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Big, puffy clouds and tons of sun all throughout Wilmington today. Definitely the proverbial calm before the storm... #florence #HurricaneFlorence2018
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26.2 done. 🏃🏽‍♂️ $5,675 raised for @TheADDF . Thank you New York. 🙏🏽
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Another @CERAWeek in the books. Great to work alongside these top-notch @Reuters colleagues covering the conference!
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The electric vehicle industry must pay more for lithium or else it will face a supply crunch later this decade, the CEO of @LiventCorp says Full Story: $LTHM #lithium #batteries #auto #electricvehicles
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Exxon is moving its HQ to its “floating cube” office complex just north of Houston — which was built in an attempt to lure more millennial talent. Here’s some pics from my 2017 visit:
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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner says Texas should hold Senator Ted Cruz "accountable for this fiasco"
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Sylvester Turner
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DC: where is the law and order with these protesters? And what about the US Constitution? It doesn’t mean anything to these protesters? And Texans should hold Sen. Ted Cruz accountable for this fiasco. st
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I'm running the @NYCMarathon virtually this fall to support @TheADDF & its crucial research into Alzheimer's treatment. It's a tough 2020, but if Alzheimer's and dementia are issues you or your family are facing, I'd love your support. More info here:
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Our @Reuters colleagues Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were sentenced to seven years in jail for exposing a massacre by the #Myanmar military. The Reuters Houston bureau joins colleagues around the globe in calling for their immediate release. #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo
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. @Tesla has signed a nickel supply deal with @TalonMetals - its first U.S. source of the EV battery metal. $TSLA $TLO #tesla #nickel #ElectricVehicles
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Very Cool: Voyager space probe reaches edge of solar system http://t.co/0czsyKvp
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Got an early Christmas present when final hardcover copies of THE WAR BELOW came in the mail! Very surreal to hold the finished product in my hands. It debuts on January 30 wherever books are sold. Pre-order your copy today! --->>
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Should be noted that the National Association of Manufacturers is a VERY powerful trade group. Members include some of the largest American companies, including Dow Chemical, Exxon Mobil, Pfizer & Caterpillar. Calling for Trump's removal is a MAJOR step for @ShopFloorNAM
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Thank you, New York! It was a great day for my 8th @NYCMarathon . Together, we raised more than $5,500 to support @TheADDF and its vital Alzheimer’s research. I’m extremely grateful to all who supported this important cause. 🙏🏼🏃🏽
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. @Ford ’s CEO calls for bringing mining back to US: “So are we going to import lithium and pull cobalt from nation-states that have child labor and all sorts of corruption or all we going to get serious about mining? ... We have to solve these things.”
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. @Ford has signed a nonbinding lithium supply deal with @Lake_Resources for 25,000 tonnes/year from Argentina's Kachi Project. (No firm delivery timeline, yet.)
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Help me fight Alzheimer's: I'm running the @NYCMarathon this fall for the fifth time. And for the fifth time I'll be fundraising to support @TheADDF and its research to find a cure for this horrible disease. More info here:
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Chilean President Gabriel Boric tonight announced plans to nationalize the country's lithium industry
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Hanen saying he expects an appeal. (Plaintiffs have said they're ready to go to SCOTUS.) Also interesting Hanen said he himself won't use drive-through voting when he casts his own ballot on Election Day.
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Judge is ruling that the plaintiffs don’t have standing, throwing this case out, expects an appeal. He says he wouldn’t vote by drive thru tomorrow in case appeals courts disagree with him.
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Today’s the day and Lady Liberty is sending us off in style. 🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏽‍♂️ En route to the @nycmarathon start line. Proud to be running to support @TheADDF . Together, let’s #EndALZ .
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Breaking: Outgoing Trump Administration approves land swap for @RioTinto to build an Arizona copper mine #trump #arizona #copper #mining #oakflat
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Nan Parker was driving back from a spin class and saw about 15 Trump fans outside a polling site, so she pulled over & picked up a Biden sign. “I just saw the Trump supporters and I had to do something,” she said. #texas #ElectionDay #houston
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U.S. ban on Russian energy imports does not include uranium for American nuclear power plants, source tells @Reuters
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At @Tesla Battery Day, Elon Musk says the company has gotten the rights to a lithium clay deposit in the Nevada desert
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There are a LOT more tailings dams than people realize. (Especially in the United States.) We scoured hundreds of data sets & built a Graphic to show you where and how dangerous they actually are. Check it out: #mining #tailings via @ReutersGraphics
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Biden has won Michigan and its 16 electoral votes, CNN projects
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Look what’s joined the NYC Public Schools’ library system! 📚🍎📚
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. @GrimKim has led from the front on coverage of this coal miners' strike. Important to acknowledge that reporting when dissecting this ongoing saga. (And tangentially, her book "Fight Like Hell" on the history of the labor movement is a must-read.)
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Kim Kelly
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Hi, @mikiebarb : I’m glad the NYT finally took notice of the strike, but it’s not fair to erase my months of work—which includes multiple articles, videos, threads, interviews, and a mini-documentary series with @TheRealNews —just because I’m a working class freelance journalist.
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Why hasn't @LithiumAmericas signed an offtake deal yet? I asked CEO Jon Evans. His answer: "Don't take our silence as lack of progress. We have a different process. It's easy to get an offtake deal, but to get one with a partnership is difficult." $LAC #lithium #thackerpass
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Lithium Americas split to boost focus on Thacker Pass lithium project
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Senator Lisa Murkowski, the powerful chair of the Senate Energy Committee, becomes the second U.S. Senate Republican to congratulate Biden
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Amazing race today for my fifth @nycmarathon . But more importantly, together we raised more than $5,000 for Alzheimer’s lab research and the @TheADDF . Thank you to everyone for your support!
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Got my bib and am set for Sunday’s @nycmarathon . 🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏽‍♂️ Proud to be supporting @TheADDF with my run to help combat Alzheimer’s. #TCSNYCMarathon
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The plaintiffs plan to appeal Hanen's ruling to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. #texas #election2020 #houston
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. @HessCorporation says it paid $325 million to remove $100/barrel WTI call options. $HES #oott #shale #oil
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. @LithiumAmericas , which wants to build the largest U.S. lithium mine, says it has formally applied for a loan through the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office $LAC #doe #lithium #mining
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But where will all the minerals come from to build those electric cars?🤔🤔🤔
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The White House
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When we have electric cars powered by clean energy, we will never have to worry about gas prices again. And autocrats like Putin won’t be able to use fossil fuels as weapons against other nations.
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Big congrats to @nanditab1 , @TrevorNews & @JarrettRenshaw who will be joining the top-notch @Reuters White House reporting team for the Biden Era --
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