David Doniger

And what about the incompetent federal leadership that’s leaving our skies and waters filthy and dangerous?

Richard Ottinger, 97, Dies; Fought for the Environment in Congress

Congressman from Westchester, where I grew up. Environmental champ his whole career. Ahead of his time.

Richard Ottinger, 97, Dies; Fought for the Environment in Congress www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...

Seek the little lower level, Starbuck.

Who’d have thought that by threatening to annex Canada, Trump would take Canada’s car market from American companies and give it to China.

No EPA greenhouse gas standards and no CAFE standards? That’s dumb and dumber.

With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules

The Trump administration “is telling American manufacturers, ‘You guys go build gasoline cars again,’” he said. “The Chinese government is telling its manufacturers, ‘You go build the advanced vehicles that are going take over the world.’”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/c...

How dangerous is Donald Trump’s “endangerment” decision? It removes a cornerstone of climate regulation

American carmakers began shifting their portfolios back to combustion-engine vehicles in anticipation of the repeal. They could lose ground to foreign carmakers who are electrifying rapidly

Trump Administration Ends Credit for Start-Stop Feature in Vehicles

Zeldin’s crusade against stop-start — and his claim that it is “universally hated — is just fantasy. Most people don’t even know what he’s talking about.

Trump Administration Ends Credit for Start-Stop Feature in Vehicles www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/b...

A Bitcoin Blunder for the Ages: $40 Billion Accidentally Given Away A botched prize giveaway has landed a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange in hot water.

Don’t bit the coin that feeds you. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.

India’s Toxic Air Crisis Is Reaching a Breaking Point Months of deadly smog in New Delhi are sharpening public anger over a pollution crisis the government has failed to fix.

This is how the Arc de Trump will look after his EPA finishes gutting air pollution controls. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Trump’s Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality

Love the juxtaposition of the Trump and Stalin statues here. What goes up will come down.

Trump’s Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...

Reupping this gem.

American Geophysical Union condemns Trump’s repeal of the endangerment finding.

U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections

Cruelty is the point.

U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference - United States Department of State SECRETARY RUBIO:  Thank you very much.  We gather here today as members of a historic alliance, an alliance that saved and changed the world.  When this conference began in 1963, it was in a nation – ...

Bizarre celebration of Euro-centric “Christian” imperialism and white dominance. The strong dictate to everyone else. Yet dripping with fear of cooperation and decline. Delivered by Rubio. Ghost-written by Stephen Miller.

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A Response to the Decision to Rescind EPA's 2009 Endangerment Finding The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.

American Meteorological Society denounces EPA’s endangerment repeal.
www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...

Pay no attention to that man behind the redactions. share.google/6NckoUeW7W6k...

Opinion | Virginia Democrats Try an Unconstitutional Gerrymander Their plan for a 10-1 congressional map has already hit a roadblock in the state’s courts.

No cred unless these (GOP) guys also denounce the Texas gerrymander. www.wsj.com/opinion/virg...

America Fell Out of Love With the Sedan. Detroit Wants to Bring It Back. With drivers looking for more affordable options, U.S. automakers are having second thoughts about abandoning the mass-market sedan.

If American car makers hope to retain even the *American* market, they’ve got to make *cars* again, not just SUVs — and the need to be hybrids and EVs. Otherwise, the US car industry is doomed. www.wsj.com/business/aut...

For Maine’s Lakes, Shorter Ice Seasons Mean Loss of Water Quality, Winter Traditions - Inside Climate News One lifelong resident remembers driving out onto lakes with his family as a boy without worrying about the thickness of the ice. Now, Maine’s lakes have 25 fewer ice days per winter.

Maine’s lakes are icing over later and thawing earlier, having lost 20 to 25 days of ice since the 1850s. “It’s an aspect of Maine that conceivably will be history,” the 66-year old resident Richard Behr said.

YouTube video by The Weather & Climate Livestream We ❤️ NCAR - Let's Save It!

Last December, weather and climate scientists sat down with us to tell us why they loved the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and why it benefits us all. Last night, the NSF began dismantling it. Listen to what they have to say, and why it's urgent that we #SaveNCAR wclivestream.com/act

Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace

Friendly fire inside the Trump “team.”
Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...

Agreed. And for that we have to win some elections.

Where then?

To be clear, the “major question” in WV v. EPA was *how* EPA can regulate power plant carbon pollution, not *whether.* The Court said you can do it *this* way, not *that* way. Even the current Court accepted EPA’s basic authority to curb climate pollution.

Everything about this is a rerun of the arguments the Bush EPA lost in Massachusetts v. EPA. Not one justice, majority or dissent, bought the claim that this was “major question.” And in WV v. EPA, even the *current* conservative Court upheld EPA’s authority over climate pollution.

Trump Erased a Bedrock Climate Rule. Here Come the Lawsuits.

NRDC and partners will see them in court. And we will win.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/c...

Trump is giving China dominance in the global car market.

POLITICO Pro: EPA boss offers forceful defense for scrapping landmark Obama climate policy Lee Zeldin defended this week’s repeal of a key climate policy — and had unexpected praise for Hillary Clinton.

Loud, maybe, but not forceful. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...