Doug Obey

YouTube video by Gordon Lightfoot Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio)

50 years ago today…”the searchers all say they’d have made Whitefish Bay if they’d put 15 more miles behind her.” youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI?...

So the deadline for EPA to advise OMB on the legality of its own greenhouse gas endangerment finding, per Trump EO, was yesterday. Result TBD.

Interestingly, Rhodium describes 2024 emissions as basically unchanged – down by 0.2% – as the economy grew by a projected 2.7%. But this pace “underscores the urgency of accelerating decarbonization in all sectors.”

Preliminary US Greenhouse Gas Estimates for 2024 In 2024, US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions did something a bit unusual—they stayed nearly unchanged from last year. Since peaking in 2004, emissions have trended downward in a bumpy fashion.…

New Rhodium analysis rhg.com/research/pre... says 2024 U.S. GHG emissions were basically flat. And that emissions would have to drop 7.6% annually to hit 2030 U.S. climate goal.

YouTube video by norahjonesVEVO Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (from “Norah Jones is Playing Along” Podcast)

A musical Christmas gift. My mom, gone 2 Christmases now, would have simply said upon hearing this, “that’s WONDERFUL.”

youtu.be/QAXw5t_a6lM?...

Stay til the end for Jones’ pure joy at just nailing this song. Two incredible artists and nothing else.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.

The Supreme Court has agreed to review the D.C. Circuit’s denial of fuels groups’ standing to challenge California’s vehicle standards to model year 2025. Whether they will review states’ constitutional challenge is still pending.

History nod (corrected)

83 years ago, House page John Dingell ignored instructions to stop broadcaster Fulton Lewis from recording after FDR's Pearl Harbor speech. (www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...)

Result: this audio of the House debate on entering World War II.
www.c-span.org/video/?79064...

Nod to history.

73 years ago, House page John Dingell ignored instructions to stop broadcaster Fulton Lewis from recording after FDR's Pearl Harbor speech. (www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...)

That preserved this audio of the House debate on entering World War II.
www.c-span.org/video/?79064...

“And WHY is the carpet all wet, Todd?”

Tidbit from EPA’s 50th vehicle trends report showing impact of EVs and plug in hybrids.

Average real world CO2 reduction in model 2023 compared to model year 2022 = 18 grams per mile.

Exclude EVs and plug in hybrids from the calculation = 1.4 grams per mile.

Report at www.epa.gov/system/files...

Testing 1,2,3 . . .
Greetings all. Just set up this Bluesky account to see what I have been missing over on X. For my day job, I write for both Inside EPA and Inside EPA's Climate Extra (the latter has a broader focus than EPA). But feel free to engage on other topics, including good music.