👤 Tim McDonnell

23 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
23
2026-09-06 – 2026-11-03
Claims per article
15
334 extracted in total
Hedged claims
9%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
2,554
characters
Writes for Semafor.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Politics
30%
Economy/Business
26%
World
17%
Environment
13%
Other
9%
Technology
4%
Most-tagged topics
RussiaUkraineIranRussianSemaforDemocratsKyivKirkland & Ellis

Leaning

-0.38 average ± 0.16 · -0.40 median · 14 scored articles
Sits to the left of their own outlet, which averages -0.08 — the whole interval clears it. Leaning rates the writing, not the subject. How it is scored.

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-11-03 · Semafor · Politics
Gas on the ballot in US elections
39 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-13 · Semafor · Politics
Trump’s Russian energy strategy could backfire
24 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-09-17 · Semafor · Politics
Russia sanctions advance, as the US deepens economic pressure
22 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-09-15 · Semafor · Politics
No energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia yet
11 outlets covered this event
2026-10-29 · Semafor · Politics
Trump's methane rollback could backfire
10 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-27 · Semafor · Technology
Anthropic says energy difficulties could slow down the AI buildout
10 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-09-06 · Semafor
Big Law sees a gold mine in data centers
🔮 “Having a firm that can be nimble from leadership down is what will make you successful or not.” assertive
2026-09-08 · Semafor
Oil importers less vulnerable to supply shocks than expected
🔮 Maritime shipping lanes may not be the most important chokepoint facing the global oil market. speculative
2026-09-08 · Semafor
Oil executives are anxious about Venezuela
🔮 But he still won’t put its money anywhere that lacks “an economic framework and ecosystem where we feel comfortable” — a description he’s willing to apply to Iraq, for example, but not yet to Venezuela. assertive
2026-09-15 · Semafor
Hydrogen investment projected to hit a bureaucratic cap on growth
🔮 Global investment in low-carbon hydrogen will reach a new high this year, but the nascent industry is close to hitting a bureaucratic cap on its growth, an industry group report warned. mixed
2026-09-15 · Semafor
Global coal consumption to reach new record
🔮 Rising natural gas prices wrought by the Iran war will boost global coal consumption to a new record of nearly 9 billion metric tons this year, the International Energy Agency reported. assertive
2026-09-15 · Semafor
Ukraine is going into winter with a gas surplus, despite war
🔮 “Now the situation has dramatically changed,” DTEK’s Maxim Timchenko told journalists: The company will continue to shop for LNG imports, but aims to leverage Ukraine’s vast gas storage facilities far from the front line to make lucrative arbitrage trades with Europe. assertive
2026-09-15 · Semafor
A long war will permanently damage oil demand
🔮 All the big banks, and even the US Energy Information Administration, raised their 2027 price forecasts this week, and several issued research notes making similar arguments about a “new normal” of prolonged disruption in the Strait of Hormuz. mixed
2026-09-15 · Semafor
No energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia yet
🔮 Meanwhile, the US House is set to vote this week on the Russia sanctions bill championed by the late Sen. Lindsay Graham — but it could be undermined by drooping Republican support and growing Democratic opposition. assertive
2026-09-17 · Semafor
Russia sanctions advance, as the US deepens economic pressure
🔮 US President Donald Trump is expected to sign new legislation to step up economic pressure on Russia’s energy sector, over the objections of Democrats worried about handing him new trade powers. mixed
2026-09-23 · Semafor
Climate finance needs an overhaul
🔮 “People assume that if you use these billions of dollars and build these clean energy systems, that the demand will just come. assertive
2026-10-05 · Semafor
‘Enough to go around’: Brookfield’s bullish on AI investing, even if it has to share it with rivals
🔮 There will still be plenty of losers among data-center financiers, he said. assertive
2026-10-06 · Semafor
Iberdrola becomes the world's largest power provider by market cap
🔮 NextEra could be back in the throne soon, however, if US regulators approve its proposed $67 billion merger with Dominion. mixed
2026-10-06 · Semafor
El Niño comes to Ukraine’s aid
🔮 This year, however, an exceptionally strong and possibly even record-breaking El Niño weather pattern — driven by warm ocean surface temperatures in the Pacific — is expected to make for a warm and wet winter in Europe. mixed
2026-10-13 · Semafor
Trump’s Russian energy strategy could backfire
🔮 On Friday, Trump announced the US would waive sanctions on Russian diesel exports until the spring and permit it to release 300,000 metric tons of diesel into the global market, before announcing an energy ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv. assertive
2026-10-15 · Semafor
Fossilflation is a permanent risk to the US
🔮 If the Fed chooses to raise interest rates to tamp today’s inflation down, capital-intensive renewables will suffer. assertive
2026-10-22 · Semafor
Trump and an oil shock aren’t enough for Texan drillers
🔮 High fuel prices could be a decisive disadvantage for US President Donald Trump in the looming midterm elections. assertive
2026-10-27 · Semafor
Anthropic says energy difficulties could slow down the AI buildout
🔮 Anthropic warned potential investors in its landmark public offering that it expects its already-high energy costs to get higher, and that delays in securing access could slow down the AI buildout. mixed
2026-10-27 · Semafor
Kyiv misses chances for upper hand in energy war
🔮 The days in which Moscow will be able to leverage its oil and gas to squeeze concessions from the West are rapidly shrinking. assertive
2026-10-29 · Semafor
Democrats divided on timing for permitting reform
🔮 The bill could lead to a boost in household income, a White House study forecast, and Columbia University researchers concluded it would meaningfully accelerate the country’s electrification. assertive
2026-10-29 · Semafor
Trump's methane rollback could backfire
🔮 US President Donald Trump’s apparent handout to Big Oil this week is really more of a favor for small producers, and may actually hand more regulatory sway to Europe. assertive
2026-11-03 · Semafor
Gas on the ballot in US elections
🔮 Tim’s view Today’s US election is a test of how much voters will want to punish the president for soaring gasoline and power prices. assertive
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