Dave Cooke

EDF, UCS File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Secret Convening of Climate Skeptics, Use of Their Hidden “Science” Report in Attempt to Overturn Endangerment Finding Two leading science and environment groups are going to court to challenge the Trump administration’s use of a secretively convened group of climate skeptics to prepare a now widely disparaged repor...

For those following the DOE climate report, DOE is getting sued because they didn't follow the relevant laws.

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Fun fact about the DC State Fair: we offer more than 60 contests including best pie, funkiest looking fruit/vegetable, best kids’ slime, and best District poem. I’m the president of the board now, but my involvement at the fair started with a blue ribbon for Best Fruit Pie (Non-Apple) in 2019.

"Don't be drinking outside don't be smoking outside because Donald Trump is tired of it."

Seriously fuck these assholes.

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Mystery solved. Also, f this illegal action--you can't override regulatory language (www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...) with a guidance document: www.desmoinesregister.com/opinion/

Any info on this chyron? We've been hearing they're going to f with diesel emissions controls for weeks now, but there's nothing on EPA's website?

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Even if crime rates were high a federal takeover of DC would be an outrageous overreach & racist.

We are seeing in real time why DC needs the full power and protection of statehood.

Deploying the National Guard to a state without a request from state leaders is unlawful.

The fact that he could do it in the capital city is a massive vulnerability to our entire national democracy.

Donald Trump’s Backdoor Gasoline Tax Overturning the basis for America’s tailpipe emissions rules could actually raise prices at the pump — according to the Trump administration itself.

NEW: @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social unpacks a recent analysis from the EPA which reveals that the Trump administration “believes that it is going to make gasoline more expensive for Americans.”

How the Prison Industry Became a Booming Business CoreCivic’s CEO called the Trump administration “one of the most exciting periods” of his career.

#OpEd: "We must recognize the prison industry for what it is: an industry built on the human suffering of crime victims, incarcerated people, their families, and still others." Read the full story on how the prison industry became worth over $80 billion a year.

Its the cars. Where can they go that they don't have to interact with drivers? I biked for pleasure for most of my life and gave it up when my kids could start because city biking in Houston is insanely dangerous and I don't want them to do it. Everything they want to go to is way too far to walk

Suspect Guilty GIF Alt: Man in hot dog suit claims to be trying to find the guy who crashed a hot dog car into a building.

That first one is just...

Trump’s Latest Move to Deny Climate Science and What it Means for Vehicle Standards Oil companies win. You lose.

My boss with a much more judiciously worded blog than I would write about how f'ing dumb the administration's attacks on #EVs and #cleancars are, how it goes against the science, and how it will absolutely screw consumers: blog.ucs.org/don-anair/tr....

"Whatever that means" is something like the point raised at the end of this article: ggwash.org/view/97212/s.... Placement can be biased towards higher speed roads more likely to be in historically black neighborhoods. There are ways to combat this, but it's certainly something to be cognizant of.

Sen. Markey, Rep. Deluzio Introduce Legislation to Transform U.S. Rail Network | U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts All Aboard Act dedicates $200 billion over five years to build transportation system of the...

🚂Yesterday, @markey.senate.gov and @deluzio.house.gov reintroduced the transformative All Aboard Act, which would dedicate billions of investments to modernize our nation’s rail, reducing locomotive emissions and securing critical labor protections:

Trump Administration Launches Broadside Attack on Science-Backed Endangerment Finding, Public Health Protections Trump Administration Launches Broadside Attack on Science-Backed Endangerment Finding, Climate and Public Health Protections

It's a sad day when our leaders turn their back on long established science to try and roll back public health protections while the dangers of climate change are palpable on a daily basis. We cannot let this stand. www.ucs.org/about/news/t...

LIVE: EPA rolling back landmark climate change finding The U.S. Secretary of Energy & EPA chief are in Indianapolis to announce the repeal of the endangerment finding at the heart of climate change rules.

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The E.P.A. intends to argue that imposing climate regulations on automakers poses the real harm to human health because it would lead to higher prices and reduced consumer choice, according to the two people familiar with the administration’s plan. They asked to remain anonymous because they weren’t authorized to discuss the draft proposal.

Yeah, they probably asked to remain anonymous because it sounds so fucking stupid.

A note for advocates: Despite the frequency of transit funding crises, they are not inevitable or “natural.” Starving transit is a political choice, and we must name and shame the elected officials who are allowing it to happen.

Chart showing risk of being murdered in the subway if you rode 500 times last year (0.4 in 100,000) versus other risks such as that of dying in a traffic accident in the US last year (12.1 in 100,000)

The subway risk chart you've been waiting for (Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is where Sean Duffy is from). Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Most of that loss is coal, so it's not about trucking. And the rail industry has actually been expanding its multimodal share as of late in an effort to grow market share, but that's after having spent the last decade focused on operating ratio, not volume, netting absurdly high profit margins.

E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm

Terrible Friday news dump.The wealth of expertise. The decades of scientific progress. The emerging and urgent challenges we were focused on tackling. It is all so short-sided and cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...

Once again the trucking industry is fighting to kill more people. In this case, truckers want to drive their trucks even when emissions controls aren't working. "Inducements" are called that because they restrict operation to induce drivers to fix the malfunction. insideepa.com/daily-news/e...

I definitely agree with the main thrust of this, but I want to raise two add'l points: 1) whereas US OEMs used to be more US-centric, the new malaise era may now accelerate their contraction; 2) Sinophobia & protectionism is just as responsible for holding back the cheap #EV tide in the US as Trump.

It's also worth noting that it's a 25yo technology that manufacturers only got off their asses to deploy because we finally set meaningful regulatory standards after decades of stagnation. Like, they're a cheap compliance mechanism overcredited on 2-cycle lab tests. The growth is planned.

On Juneteenth and forever…

Honor, don’t bury or whitewash the history of our ancestors who were lynched.

(National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama)

A tax break for car interest payments is a spectacularly terrible policy idea:
❌ Regressive
❌ Encourages people to get a bigger car than they need
❌ Disincentivizes modes that are less dangerous/polluting (walking, biking, transit)

Railroads Are Running Dirty Diesel Trains Through Communities and No One Is Doing Anything About It The case for rail electrification is clear in the benefits to the economy, public health, and environment.

People like to pretend #trains are some magically efficient mode of transportation, but in the U.S. they are dirty AF and no one is doing anything about it: blog.ucs.org/dave-cooke/r...

One of the counterpoints to this is how the defense industry has been able to scale technology up across that threshold. Maybe we can mimic this for other areas and create something like the Advanced Research Projects Agency but for Energy.

This headline was truly infuriating for exactly the reason you pointed out. There's a lot more at stake here than the legacies of two old white dudes.