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Reminder that this emergency order allows the state of Florida to circumvent competitive bidding processes when disbursing contracts. The state is so far on track to disburse almost $250 million in no-bid contracts to political connected vendors operating in Alligator Alcatraz.

Big Tech Asked for Looser Clean Water Act Permitting. Trump Wants to Give It to Them New AI regulations suggested by the White House mirror changes to environmental permitting suggested by Meta and a lobbying group representing firms like Google and Amazon Web Services.

SCOOP from me: Trump's AI action plan released last week makes a specific set of recommendations around loosening Clean Water Act permits for data centers — recommendations mirrored in letters sent to the administration by Big Tech lobbyists earlier this year:

I have no words. Everyone prepared for the constitutional crisis of the President defying the SCOTUS. The crisis is the SCOTUS being fully aligned with Trump’s vision of presidential power. So here we are.

The Grand Opening of an American Concentration Camp The Republicans are proudly calling it “Alligator Alcatraz.” Let’s call it what it is.

here's some help for everyone still fussing over terminology

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My statement on today’s decision in Trump v Casa:

get in loser we’re hating leaf blowers

The Clean Deliveries Act gets the Senate’s stamp of approval ✅

Now it's time for the Assembly to also protect public health + clean air!

🔗 Take Action Now: tinyurl.com/SupportCDA 🚛⚡️

Unplanned outages strike coal and gas power plants in Texas, but don't worry, solar and wind provided more than 50% of electricity in Texas yesterday. And the sun and wind are free.

Hold senators accountable as they vet Trump’s judicial nominees - Earthjustice Action President Trump announced the first slate of judicial nominees of his second term, which means Senate hearings to assess their qualifications are here as well. As Senators consider whether these nomin...

The first set of hearings for Trump's federal judge nominees is here. The Senate MUST serve as a check on executive power and carefully review each person's qualifications, not just rubber stamp Trump's agenda. Tell them to do their due diligence: earthjusticeaction.org/action/hold-...

SoCalGas STILL claiming attacks on air quality regs are for customers even after @californiapuc.bsky.social made clear its interventions at SCAQMD are for shareholder benefit. #Caleg must pass #AB1167 to put an end to utilities forcing customers to bankroll their self-serving political campaigns.

Maybe we need US Senators who aren’t actually rooting for you to die.

Louisiana stifles community air monitoring with threat of million-dollar fines, federal lawsuit says A coalition of Louisiana environmental groups is suing the state over a law they say violates their free speech rights by restricting them from sharing information about air quality.

Louisiana law targets local pollution monitors with harsh fines, spurring federal lawsuit - EHN apnews.com/article/canc...

Duffy loses his first 2025 Road Rules Challenge.

California to Sue Feds After Senate Blocks Its Clean Vehicle Rules | KQED Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta said they would sue after Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted to revoke California’s authority to regulate pollution from cars, trucks and buses.

“While this is a big setback, we’re not out for the count. We still have many options to clean up this pollution and we need to pursue them immediately at the state and local level.” - @lasmogguy.bsky.social

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45Z Credit Extension Among Provisions in Massive Tax Bill Biofuel producers will get an extension to tap into the 45Z Clean Fuels Production Tax Credit as part of the massive tax-cut package released Monday by Congress.

How odd that the huge bill by House Republicans that gutted clean energy tax credits, and killed other measures that would have reduced GHG emissions, also extends the biofuel tax credit for 4 more years to 2031 🤔

Update: This happened last night—Senate Republicans went nuclear, overruling the parliamentarian and blowing up the filibuster to repeal California's vehicle emissions standards.

Many Republicans will likely cite this precedent as reason to bypass the filibuster to pass the reconciliation bill too.

Join us for a powerful conversation hosted by organizations monitoring the #PlasticsTreaty and defending communities from harmful false solutions.

Incineration: A False Solution to the Waste Problem in Latin America

Details ⬇️ in ES, PT, and EN!

96% of criminal summons against cyclists in 2024 went to NYers of Color: - 159 to Asians and Pacific Islanders - 716 to Hispanics or Latinos - 748 to Black non-Hispanics - 27 to American Indians/Alaskan Natives - 68 to white non-Hispanics

Graph of 2024 criminal bike summonses by offense - 1075 bike on sidewalk - 662 bike infraction (commercial) - 7 bike in park - 4 too many people on bike - 1 not in a bike lane - 1 no stopping bike lane

In the past two weeks, the NYPD wrote twice as many criminal court summonses to e-bike riders than it wrote all of last year — an astronomical increase that is a remnant of a repudiated racially biased police practice. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/15/t...

Trump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire The Root Of All Suffering WASHINGTON—Seeking to reassure the public after his latest tariffs sent both U.S. and international markets into free fall, President Donald Trump calmly reminded the nation Thursday that desire is th...

Trump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire The Root Of All Suffering

Celebrating My TIME100 Honor: A Call for Environmental Justice Join me in celebrating my inclusion in the 2025 TIME100 list and our fight for environmental justice in the Inland Empire!

Congratulations to Andrea Vidaurre, who was just named by TIME as a #Time100 leader 🎉🎉

Andrea and The People’s Collective for Environmental Justice have been fighting tirelessly for clean air in Southern California — this recognition is so well-deserved.

pc4ej.org/time-magazin...

Attacks on Lead Protections Threaten Nation’s Drinking Water The Trump administration and certain members of Congress are trying to roll back protections for lead in drinking water. But there are ways to fight back.

There is no safe level of lead for anyone.

Basic health and safety protections are on the line — threatening the drinking water of an estimated 22 million people across the country.

Urge the EPA to safeguard lead protections.

Today, we went to Albany to tell New York lawmakers: the Advanced Clean Trucks Rule saves lives! New Yorkers breathing dirty air cannot afford delay.

📢 Civil Society to UN-HABITAT: Drop "Waste-to-Energy", Support Real Zero Waste Solutions!

GAIA and over 100 civil society groups across five continents are calling on UN-HABITAT to stop promoting "waste-to-energy" incineration—a harmful, outdated, and unjust approach to waste management.

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"In 1970, when most of the current environmental laws were initially adopted, we lived in a very different and much more hazardous and toxic country. If we don't understand our history, we're doomed to repeat it." - Patrice Simms, Earthjustice VP of Litigation for Healthy Communities

Earthjustice invites D.C. bar members to meet Diane Seltzer, candidate for bar president, on April 22. You must RSVP at the link. Remember that voting begins on April 15, and that Diane's opponent is Brad Bondi. RSVP here: tinyurl.com/498vwymc

California Assemblymember Berman Introduces Legislation To Lower Energy Bills The California Ratepayer Protection Act would end the unfair practice of for-profit utilities charging customers for lobbying and PR campaigns

Thank you @asmmarcberman.bsky.social for authoring AB 1167 to ensure cost of for-profit utility lobbying and PR campaigns are kept out of California energy bills. @earthjustice.bsky.social is proud to co-sponsor! It's time to take politics out of our utility bills! earthjustice.org/press/2025/c...

Corporations are weaponizing the courts to silence protest. This fight is bigger than Greenpeace—it’s about defending free speech, Indigenous sovereignty, and the right to resist corporate harm.

Learn more and take action: greenpeaceontrial.org

Tweet from USDOT Sec. Sean Duffy: ". @GovKathyHochul — the federal government and @POTUS are putting New York on notice. Your refusal to end cordon pricing and your open disrespect towards the federal government is unacceptable. Just as your high tolls and no free road option are a slap in the face to hard working Americans, your refusal to approve two vital pipelines that will lower fuel costs by 50% are against the public’s best interests. Your unlawful pricing scheme charges working-class citizens to use roads their federal tax dollars already paid to build. We will provide New York with a 30-day extension as discussions continue. Know that the billions of dollars the federal government sends to New York are not a blank check. Continued noncompliance will not be taken lightly."

Secretary Duffy now has a whole extra month to read Streetsblog's coverage of how congestion pricing is benefiting New Yorkers -- and working better than predicted. 🧵