Fede Holm

More good news on dealing with both the climate and PFAS pollution crises The climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges of our time, and a rapid transition to a green economy is vital. The EU has committed to reducing its reliance on fossil fuels and transitioning to...

Wusstet ihr, dass in vielen „grünen“ Technologien zur Bekämpfung der #Klimakrise leider noch schädliche #PFAS #Chemikalien eingesetzt werden?

Doch unser Briefing zeigt, dass PFAS-freie Alternativen bereits erforscht bzw. sogar schon vermarktet werden 👏

Jetzt lesen:
chemtrust.org/green_transi...

This is as pathetic as it is dangerous. A ridiculous buffoon elevated to a position of power, enabled to hurt vulnerable people in a quest to quench his desire for domination, encouraging others to join him and give in to their worst selves.

Trumpism personified.

The mask is OFF 🎭 ! EU Commission President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu admits that "simplification" actually means "deregulation" (surprise surprise - we've been saying this for a long time).

From her speech yesterday at the Copenhagen Competitiveness Summit ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

What happens to the National Guard deployed to DC if the government shuts down? Thousands of federal workers face furloughs, but DC National Guard troops would continue working during a government shutdown.

Hey Siri: Will the occupation of US cities by the Federal Government continue during Shutdown 2025? (Note an unpaid military is the BEST military 🙄)

www.wusa9.com/article/news...

Screenshot of an ESS Open Archive preprint page. A green “Download PDF” button sits at top left. The title reads “Climate Experts’ Review of the DOE Climate Working Group Report.” Below are subject tags “Atmospheric Sciences” and “Climate Science,” followed by two listed authors. A “Preprint timeline” box shows “Submitted to ESS Open Archive” on 24 Sep 2025 and “Published in ESS Open Archive” on 29 Sep 2025. A citation block includes the DOI 10.22541/essoar.175745244.41950365/v2 and notes version v2 (processing). A right-side box says “Non-exclusive” and “No reuse.” A yellow banner at the bottom states: “This is a preprint and has not been peer reviewed. Data may be preliminary.”

Our comment to the DOE and EPA about the DOE Climate Working Group report is now posted on ESSOAR preprint server. It has a DOI and can now be cited!

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EU und Klimaschutz: Wo gibt es Stellschrauben? Die Europäische Umweltagentur stellt ihren umfassenden Umweltbericht vor. Darin bewertet die Agentur die Fortschritt der EU beim Umwelt- und Klimaschutz. Ist die Klimaneutralität bis 2050 erreichbar? ...

Die EU hat einiges geschafft im Klimaschutz, darf jetzt aber für Klimaneutralität 2050 nicht schwächeln.
- Kurs halten und ambitioniertes 2040er Ziel verabschieden
- Unabhängig von fossilen Importen machen (400 Mrd 2024)
- Auf sozialen Ausgleich achten

Interview:
www1.wdr.de/mediathek/au...

The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

NEW

WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened.

This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it

www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

Until the EU Deforestation law is implemented, the EU has no means to stop meat linked to the violation of Indigenous rights from being sold in the EU.😫 And the EU-Mercosur trade deal will boost precisely this kind of risky trade! ☠️

MEPs must:
👉 push against #EUDR delay
👉 reject EU-Mercosur deal

In the midst of very dark days for those of who work on climate issues, I was so glad to have the opportunity to write these comments with the Center for Progressive Reform. Onwards, my friends.

Check out the comments @progressivereform.bsky.social submitted on EPA's proposals to rescind the Endangerment Finding, which I submitted with Amy Sinden, Victor Flatt, @profrrothschild.bsky.social, and @federicoholm.bsky.social. cpr-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp/uploads/2...

⚠️The Cormorants are in danger ⚠️

Eight EU Member States requested the European Commission to allow killing of Cormorants, instead of addressing the root causes of fish decline.

A mild legal proposal to harmonised #forest data collection in the EU could die today if @eppgroup.bsky.social decides to band together with the extreme right.

As forests get hammered by climate change & out of control logging, we should at the very least have comparable data on what is going on.

I am proud to be born a Muslim.
I am proud to be born in Somalia.
I am proud to have become an American.

None of you can change that no matter how much you rage tweet.

Drink some water and touch grass.

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If I could just summarize 1 sentence from the new National Academy of Sciences study on climate, boldface, flashing red, it would be:

"the evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-caused GHGs is beyond scientific dispute."

BEYOND SCIENTIFIC DISPUTE
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Who Said It: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or The Simpsons’ Dr. Nick? They’re both quacks—but only one of them is in charge of the nation’s health care policy. Can you tell them apart?

Anything below 100% is a policy failure

newrepublic.com/article/1985...

This is the playbook, folks.

If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.

Do not be quiet in this moment.

Uplifting winds: The surprisingly positive community-wide impact of wind energy installations on property values A primary concern of stakeholders when considering a new wind project is the potential negative effects wind turbines may have on home values. Yet, wh…

This is a significant finding that counters the common belief that wind farms will decrease property values. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A new report by the prestigious US National Academy of Sciences concludes that the EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding was accurate, has stood the test of time, and is now reinforced by even stronger evidence:

Sweden and Finland have increased logging levels to such a point that their forests are now a net source of emissions.
Their Prime Ministers are asking to be exempt from EU #Climate target so that they keep going. Oh and they blame climate change.

#NoShame #Forests

Probably, although it varies across departments. We're still working on characterizing all of this with a bit more finesse, so will continue updating this work as we go.

WTF is this? Normalizing authoritarianism repression as an electoral strategy www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

And I didn't know you were here!

Trump Regulatory Agenda Swings the Pendulum Against Crucial Protections - Center for Progressive Reform To say that the policy priorities of the Trump administration represent a U-turn from the Biden administration is a severe understatement. The recent release of the long-awaited Spring 2025 Regulatory...

The Trump admin’s first 2025 Regulatory Agenda is more than a shift; it’s a rollback. Climate, energy, health: all on the line. What’s new? How are Biden-era actions being treated? The Center's @federicoholm.bsky.social & @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social have answers.

progressivereform.org/cpr-blog/tru...

Predictably, we found a massive shift in priorities, but also are able to uncover what happened to hundreds of rules that the Trump administration is no longer interested in pursuing.

Trump Regulatory Agenda Swings the Pendulum Against Crucial Protections - Center for Progressive Reform To say that the policy priorities of the Trump administration represent a U-turn from the Biden administration is a severe understatement. The recent release of the long-awaited Spring 2025 Regulatory...

Along with @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social we take a deep dive on the recently published Regulatory Agenda, and compare it with Biden’s last Agenda, by matching every regulatory action to track changes from Fall 24 to Spring 25

progressivereform.org/cpr-blog/tru...

Trump sends fracking CEO to Europe to sell climate denial—and gas Debunking some of Chris Wright's most egregious lies

Chris Wright is genuinely a con man selling climate denial to the world in order to enrich himself and his gas industry friends.

This should be a much bigger story.

Burgum: Losing AI race is more dangerous than climate change The Interior secretary indicated that 1 degree of climate change was an acceptable consequence of ramping up fossil fuels for data centers.

These people are sadistic. "'The real existential threat right now is not a degree of climate change,' Burgum said. 'It’s the fact that we could lose the AI arms race if we don’t have enough power.'” www.eenews.net/articles/bur...

This is why it riles me up when people accuse environmentally-focused criticism of AI of being hollow or without evidence, when every single one of these Very Serious men can just say whatever they like, and still get treated as being 'experts'

Rubio vows US response following conviction of Brazil's Bolsonaro U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said the United States would "respond accordingly to this witch hunt" after former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election.

That well-established principle in international relations of non-interference in other states’ internal affairs means jack shit when the one targeted is a fellow autocrat. Also Rubio is an embarrassment.

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A poorly pasted pixelated equation in a pdf, still containing the URL to the image (highlighted in yellow)

Currently writing a response to the proposed repeal of the EPA's Endangerment Finding, and yes, the scientific 'discussion' is a bunch of 1995-esque denier bullshit, but also they couldn't even be bothered to insert their equations properly in the pdf.

C'mon man..