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Driving Demand: Solutions To Increase The Market for Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicles Medium- and heavy-duty trucks are major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Yet California’s policies to phase out fossil fuel-powered trucks in favor of zero-emission models h...

The need to address truck pollution remains urgent. This new "Driving Demand" report from CLEE and the Emmett Institute outlines 4 recommendations for the California Legislature and 4 recommendations for state agencies.

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7 takeaways from POLITICO’s interview with President Trump Trump, during an interview with POLITICO’s Dasha Burns for a special episode of The Conversation, gave himself an “A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus” grade on the economy.

Anyone who has ever been a student or a teacher knows that someone who gives them self an A+++++ is full of it. Hopefully the WH press corps does a better job of covering Trump's attempt to rebrand his failing economic moves.

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Just when you thought this campaign couldn't get worse.

If anyone has more information about the creatives behind this abomination, I'd like to speak with them immediately

"When Trump’s second term NHTSA guts the standards set by the first Trump NHTSA, you know the proposal is crazy."

Some Early Thoughts on the Dismantling of CAFE Standards - Legal Planet The so-called "SAFE 3" standards are on very shaky legal ground and a complete assault on electric vehicles in general.

Trump's dismantling of CAFE Standards for fuel economy got a lot of coverage this week, but few stories offered any detail. Here's analysis from the expert who wrote the last set of CAFE rules.

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I don’t use Spotify because it sucks. But if Libby — the library app — had an Unwrapped, then we’d be talking.

LA Wildfire Survivors Want to Rebuild All-Electric, but a Utility Is Using Customer Funds to Incentivize Gas Appliances - Inside Climate News California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates for them in wildfire rebuilds.

NEW: America’s largest gas utility is using ratepayer funds to incentivize rebuilding with fossil gas appliances after LA wildfires

SoCalGas is taking advantage of “broken rules”

Thank you @missionvespa.bsky.social for going down the rabbit hole with me:

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We are Drowning in Plastic. Will a New Law Save Us? - Legal Planet Plastic is hell. Will SB 1053 save us? The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.

Did you know that people buy boxes of individual, plastic-wrapped toothbrushes that already have toothpaste applied to them so that they can use them once and then throw them away? I didn't. That's what we're doing now?

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Happy 55th anniversary EPA--here's hoping you survive your current midlife crisis!

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Read our suggestions for how to kickstart the important transformation of our urban environment to help shield residents from the worst effects of rising temperatures @uclaioes.bsky.social @law.ucla.edu @uclasustainablela.bsky.social @luskininnovation.bsky.social

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Heat rash, heat cramps, fainting, heat exhaustion, heat stroke can be prevented by requiring, and incentivizing, the use of cool roofs, cool surfaces, and more shade in L.A. Here's a law and policy road map for how: law.ucla.edu/news/reducin...

Today, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced an order titled “Unleashing American Offshore Energy after months of Undermining American Offshore Energy.

Climate Inaction is an Affordability Problem - Legal Planet This post is authored by UCLA Law’s Kimberly A. Clausing along with guest contributors Christopher R. Knittel and Catherine Wolfram. Many of us have seen large increases in our homeowner’s insurance p...

Climate inaction is ALREADY a big expense affecting US households' costs. One of the biggest? The impact of climate-related natural disasters on housing costs. New post and research by @kclausing.bsky.social @knittelmit.bsky.social @cwolfram.bsky.social

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court last week

Federal appeals court halts implementation of California’s climate law SB 261 The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily stopped enforcement of a law that requires large businesses operating in California to publicly disclose their climate-related financial risks.

The 9th Circuit has halted implementation of an important climate disclosure law: California’s Senate Bill 261, a landmark law that requires big business entities to publicly disclose their climate-related financial risks and countermeasures. Related SB 253 proceeds.
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Don't miss “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” doing public media. It’s as good as any explainer on the absurdity of defunding America’s public media, and much funnier. 🤣

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November deluge breaks rainfall records. New storm will bring snow to Southern California More than 13 inches of rain fell in the Santa Ynez Mountains over the weekend. And another, colder storm is on the way.

What a wet and wild November! The week-long rainstorm in SoCal brought 13.57 inches near Santa Barbara, and somewhere between 3-7 inches to the Palisades and Eaton burn scars, Jacob Margolis reports for @laist.com

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A Full-Court Press on Methane, Climate in the Governor's Race - Legal Planet How Methane Became Enemy No. 1: The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.

Tom Steyer's entrance into CA gov's race will get coverage that focuses on how his personal wealth will reshape the race, but it’s just as notable for how Steyer will occupy a climate lane in the race and eject a different type of debate about energy affordability. legal-planet.org/2025/11/19/m...

COP30 has big plans to save the rainforest. Indigenous activists say it's not enough. "We need the government to recognize our climate authority and our role as guardians of biodiversity.”

The Tropical Forests Forever Facility was a major story last week at COP30. @grist.org’s @fridagarza.bsky.social and @miacelselk.bsky.social have a look at why some Indigenous communities say the TFFF doesn’t go nearly far enough.

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Double down on push to abandon fossil fuels, 82 countries urge at climate summit Governments across Europe, the Pacific islands, Latin America and Africa embraced the call. The United States did not.

Today is “crunch day” to make progress on fossil fuel language with Lula set to fly back to Belém. 82 countries in Europe, the Pacific islands, Latin America and Africa are edging toward a “roadmap” that various countries could agree to @zcolman.bsky.social writes www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

A Full-Court Press on Methane, Climate in the Governor's Race - Legal Planet How Methane Became Enemy No. 1: The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.

See me use every sports metaphor to describe the state of play in the fight against planet-warming methane emissions. Plus: the crowded field of candidates vying to be California’s next governor now includes a wealthy climate activist. What'll that mean for debates?

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An image of a list floating in the sky with a logo for UCLA's STOP Methane Project

UCLA’s STOP Methane is a new, user-friendly ranking of super-polluting methane emissions. We just released our Spotlight on the Top 25 in ’25: Oil and Gas Sector. The Top 25 sites are mostly in Turkmenistan — but also Venezuela, Iran, Pakistan, and the U.S.

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List floating in the sky

UCLA’s STOP Methane Project just released our Spotlight on the Top 25 in ’25: Oil and Gas Sector. Top 25 sites are mostly in Turkmenistan — but also Venezuela, Iran, Pakistan, and the U.S.

Why is a Texas gas well on this list of extreme methane emissions?

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Acting FEMA chief out after short, troubled tenure Hours before his resignation became public Monday, David Richardson told POLITICO's E&E News that "I have no idea what you're talking about."

The same FEMA chief who was MIA during the Texas flood disaster seems to have missed his own resignation. When E&E News asked Richardson about his departure on Monday morning, he replied “I have no idea what you’re talking about.” www.eenews.net/articles/act...

Spotlight on the Top 25 Plumes in '25: Oil and Gas Sector The Top 25 in '25 Oil and Gas Sector Ranking includes sites in Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Iran, Pakistan, and the U.S.

We just released our Spotlight on the Top 25 Plumes in ’25: Oil and Gas Sector. Oil & gas sites with the largest detected and quantified methane emissions rates worldwide. The Top 25 are mostly in Turkmenistan — but also Venezuela, Iran, Pakistan, and the US. stopmethane.substack.com/p/spotlight-...

I want to pitch a climate-related dating show called "Too Hot to Live."

NEWS: UCLA’s STOP Methane Project is live, and we have a Top 25 list of extreme methane emissions from oil and gas. Huge thanks to @whitehouse.senate.gov for sharing. Sign up for updates and see all the rankings: stopmethane.substack.com

An ambulance seen through rain on a car window

LA looks like it will record its wettest November in 40 years, and register one-fifth of its annual average rainfall by the end of the weekend. Blessing and a curse like always.

About 1m Ford diesel cars sold in UK with defective emissions controls, court told Ford denies having created ‘defeat devices’ in legal action on behalf of 1.6 million owners against five carmakers

Another Dieselgate - hopeful but not optimistic that the eventual settlement money will get spent better!

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