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"Trump’s policies can be seen as a focused effort to destroy the kinds of things that make America’s cities tick," says our Prof. Jonathan Zasloff on this @velshimsnbc.bsky.social segment partially based on his @legal-planet.org column.
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PR firm working for Shell wins COP30 media contract As calls grow to keep fossil fuel influence out of UN climate talks, campaigners say Edelman’s partnership with the oil and gas major raises an alarming conflict of interest As calls grow to keep foss...

"Shell’s adviser one day, climate storyteller the next." Does the UNDP not listen to UN boss António Guterres' own speeches about fossil fuel mad men?

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Claims included accusations of FEMA “food confiscation” and globalist plots, amassed over 400 million views on X — more than double the combined reach of FEMA and ten major news outlets.

Honest question from out here on the best coast: Is the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (NYC-DSA) "the city’s main organization for movement climate politics" as this page says?

Screenshot of the Day #ELB What else can you say?

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no space tho “-ai”

Cough, Baby, Cough

When you add “- AI” to the end of a google search doesn’t that forego AI overviews as well? (Not loyal to the search platform just saying)

California’s NPR and PBS stations will cut staff and programs after funding slashed Small NPR and PBS stations in California are teetering after Congress pulled funding from public broadcasting. Even big stations are bracing for cuts.

Mendocino-based NPR member station KZYX was forced to lay off its news director after losing 25% of its operating budget. The station serves roughly 130,000 listeners, including in California's Mendocino County and part of Lake County.

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Motherfucking wind farms…

Why Repeal the Endangerment Finding? - Legal Planet Much will be said about the weakness of the various justifications EPA and the Department of Energy offered yesterday about why greenhouse gases do not endanger public health and welfare under the Cle...

Why repeal the endangerment finding? If the rule is finalized, the legal battle over the repeal will begin and could end up with the overturning of Mass v. EPA. And in the meantime, EPA will have less work to do issuing new GHG rules it doesn’t believe in. legal-planet.org/2025/07/30/w...

Understandable question to raise. But at the risk of sounding naive, let's just say we extend this logic further... What's the point of any orgs submitting public comment to the government on the proposed rule? That might also have no immediate impact, or offer new info, but it's not a waste of time

As Trump's EPA reverses landmark climate policy, California could lead a resistance Experts say the EPA's move to reverse the endangerment finding is dangerous for the nation. But California may have tools to weather the storm.

By ceding federal authority to regulate greenhouse gases, the Trump admin could unintentionally relinquish regulatory powers to California and other progressive states to carry out their own climate agenda, our Ann Carlson told @hayleysmith.bsky.social @latimes.com www.latimes.com/environment/...

Caution tape and a closed sign blocking the park trail

Ugh. Six state regional parks in LA are closed Monday-Tuesday now that LA County Parks is facing a $22.2 million budget reduction.

Trump and Zeldin should be careful what they wish for: if the Clean Air Act can’t be used to regulate greenhouse gases, then states may be free to do so on their own without any risk of preemption, as our Ann Carlson has noted.

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:

Trump delays limits on gas used to clean medical equipment. What it means for LA families worried about cancer Public health experts say sustained exposure to ethylene oxide increases the risk of various cancers.

Trump just issued a proclamation that delays a rule meant to tighten ethylene oxide emissions at companies that use the gas to sterilize medical equipment, @juliabarajas.bsky.social reports for @laist.com. UCLA Prof. William Boyd says no other president has gone this route. laist.com/news/health/...

A long-awaited rule to protect workers from heat stress moves forward, even under Trump While labor experts say the regulation is progressing quickly, advocacy groups wonder what has taken so long

OSHA could withdraw its landmark draft regulation on heat protections, but it hasn’t and is currently in the middle of soliciting input from the general public about the proposed policy, reports @fridagarza.bsky.social at @grist.org

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World’s Biggest Court Opinion on Climate - Legal Planet For more than 24 hours last week, my social media feeds were a wall of jubilant reaction to the World Court’s big climate opinion. People who work on, and care about, the climate crisis needed some go...

More in this week's installment of The Drain newsletter. legal-planet.org/2025/07/29/t...

Like so many of this administration’s policy rollbacks, this one LOOKS strategic but is short-sighted. “Driving a dagger into the heart of the climate change religion,” which is weirdly what Zeldin says he’s doing, is not a way to govern. What's the goal here?

POLITICO Pro: EPA to launch plan Tuesday for undoing climate rule cornerstone EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is planning to announce the move at an Indiana transportation facility.

But then Lee Zeldin had to schedule his announcement that EPA is renouncing its ability to regulate greenhouse gases as a threat to human health for today too. @chemnick.bsky.social & @zcolman.bsky.social report he’ll do so at a trucking facility in Indiana subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

Likes and hearts and thumbs up emojis and headlines about the world court opinion

All I wanted for my birthday today was a 'good news' climate story to write about for this edition of The Drain. The World Court's recent climate opinion stands up. I talked w/ @law.ucla.edu @uclalawemmett.bsky.social experts about how it could impact future cases.

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It's a very old-fashioned word, battery. Not many people are using that word!

Fair enough esp ad $. But your critique above was that NYT didn’t report on the news — and they did in more than one story: breaking news and a column. I find 2 to 1 when people complain that NPR, NYT, or X outlet “didn’t cover something and it proves some bias,” they in fact did.

Does the World Court’s Sweeping Climate Opinion Matter? Five Takeaways.

Good op ed but not sure what your dig at the NYT is about in this case. @sominisengupta.bsky.social had good coverage of the opinion, as always:

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Ha. My family living in Berkeley also use it as plural noun: "Prop 13ers" for older folks, empty nesters, who still/have to live in their big houses rather than sell.

Another finding that all policymakers should write down: 60%of Californians say they are very concerned that home insurance will become more expensive, and 57% say that Californians will be unable to obtain home insurance due to climate-change risks.

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment - Public Policy Institute of California Key findings of the survey include: Most Californians are very concerned about home insurance costs increasing due to climate-related risks. Less than half are willing to pay more for electricity from...

Great poll out on environmental issues in California from the @ppicnotes.bsky.social with a big focus on wildfire. Here's the poll with a few key takeaways on wildfire and climate policy: www.ppic.org/publication/...

What climate technology should make Tech Review's next list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies?

Repealing the endangerment finding would set the US government back in the fight against climate change. But ironically it might also allow states to regulate greenhouse gases from cars and trucks.