Before science reporter Scott Waldman joined Climatewire in 2016, he covered state energy policy at Politico New York and has worked for the Albany Times Union, Erie Times-News and The Baltimore Sun. His work also has appeared in Scientific American. He won an Associated Press award for his reporting on the Iraq War in 2006. Scott holds a master's degree in journalism from Syracuse University and a bachelor's degree from Earlham College.
President Trump arrived this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with a sales pitch for American energy and little patience for climate activists — which he called "perennial prophets of doom."
The Trump administration's new trade deal with China will generate billions of dollars in energy exports, but its climate effects remain uncertain.
President Trump said in a recent interview that the United States may "take" oil in Syria that U.S. troops now are protecting — a claim one legal scholar said would violate the Geneva Conventions.
President Trump has long believed the fraught path to electoral victory is dotted with gas stations. As tensions rise between the United States and Iran, observers say Trump is closer to experiencing something he has long feared: rising gasoline prices.
Climate change could be a priority for Democrats when they begin casting votes next month.