The #Signalgate debacle affirms our take when Hegseth was first nominated: "Given the enormity of the challenges facing the next [defense] secretary, the US deserves someone with the experience, expertise, and judgment to deal with them wisely." Hegseth has clearly failed on all three fronts.

Just looked back at my @ucsusa.bsky.social blog post on how Musk and team tried to sell cities on nonexistent tech (blog.ucs.org/steven-higas.... and there's Steve Davis (DOGE hatchet man profiled in the NY Times today).

This isn't the first time Musk has wanted to break efficient public services to get money for his private companies.

Our exciting new report, “Ready for Work 2.0”, shows electric truck adoption is increasing! 📈Our analysis shows that electric trucks meet the range and payload requirements of most US fleets today, but key policies are necessary to accelerate adoption.

It's not really about waste.

Elon Musk, the unelected head of “government efficiency,” demanded federal employees report their weekly accomplishments—or risk their jobs. Let’s not ignore what federal scientists actually do. Here’s what they achieved last week (and every week)📤

There's a lot of ways to make the shipment of good cleaner and safer - many of which are now at risk from the Trump administration, although some state work continues. Learn more here: blog.ucsusa.org/steven-higas...

Más transporte público, caminar y andar en bici ayudan al planeta, la economía y la equidad. Pero seguimos atrapados en un sistema que fomenta la dependencia del auto con políticas obsoletas y presión de la industria. Es hora de invertir en un transporte más limpio y justo. 🚲🚍🌍

This is fine.

The Trump administration’s wide-ranging and bad faith halt to federal grant funding is an illegal overreach of presidential authority that will deeply harm people across the nation and will be rightfully challenged in courts. ➡️ www.washingtonpost.com/documents/de...

Engine manufacturers are playing games to slow down cleaner trucks, but this has real costs to the climate and for people's lives. Dave Cooke breaks down the numbers on the industry lies and the impacts they have in our latest blog. blog.ucsusa.org/dave-cooke/t...

It's no accident. The auto and oil industries receive most transportation 💰, and for decades have lobbied to prioritize highways over people. See @UCSUSA @AceEJ @LinkUtah @loop_it_49’s new report for a vision of a clean, just, and prosperous future. www.ucsusa.org/resources/fr...

State factsheets just dropped! Info for all 50 states and the District of Columbia on the climate and savings benefits of EVs, what they do for public health, and some sample trips you can do in an EV. Check it out. www.ucsusa.org/resources/st...

stock photo of a biker, suffering from the heat but not contributing to it, instead of a car, with the riders insulated from the heat and contributing to it

This is an excellent article at Yale Climate Communications that showcases both the seriousness of the climate emergency, and the hope for the future. yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/when...

Kids' elementary school is starting off the school year with a lockdown drill. This is good and normal and a healthy introduction to school for kindergartners and far better and more sensible than just regulating assault weapons.

aaand here we are

Want to know more about how all the EV credits shake out and make (some) cars much more affordable? blog.ucsusa.org/dave-reichmu...

The numbers in the latest UCS report on the risks from #climatechange on sea level rise are pretty stark: under the *medium* scenario, we'd see over 6500 critical buildings (schools, hospitals, water treatment, etc) flooding twice annually by mid-century. www.ucsusa.org/sites/defaul...

We're coming off of the driest summer ever in my region, and one of the hottest ever (is the hottest two-week stretch in some parts of the state.) We've made progress in climate change, but we need to speed it up.

The Supreme Court "is not making esoteric rulings that don’t matter to most people. They are taking a chainsaw to our system of health, safety, and environmental protections." Read Andrew Rosenberg's post on the recent Chevron Deference decision.

Want still more information on why the recent #SCOTUS are so dangerous? Because I have more: There's a lot here, but the bottom line is that the system that exists to keep us healthy, keep us safe, and limit catastrophic #climatechange is under attack. blog.ucsusa.org/kellickson/s...

"Lives are at stake, and the abstract legal language that the Supreme Court’s majority uses can’t hide the fact that there are real and dangerous outcomes for real people." This was one of the most consequential Supreme Court terms in history. Read why. blog.ucsusa.org/michell-mcin...

I watched this develop in Florida and don't remember ever seeing a hurricane get so strong so fast unless it was one at the end of season -- and further west -- when the water is already warm. This is not normal, and makes hurricanes even more dangerous.

This was about as bad a Supreme Court session as we could have had. Besides that one case, there were also a suite of cases to undermine any sort of climate, health, worker safety, or corporate behavior regulations. Here's some information on the first of those: blog.ucsusa.org/delta-merner...

"The president is above the law" and "corporations can essentially write regulations cause what are you gonna do about it" are two really bleak developments for democracy, the health of our planet, and a whole lot more.

Hard to overstate how devastating this #SupremeCourt session has been. President's are above the law and yet can barely make laws. Administrative agency actions are decided by judicial experts rather than agency experts and can be reviewed outside the 6 year limit. And that's only part.

on the very day the Supreme Court's conservatives said 'we know best' and put themselves in charge of complicated agency decisions one of the geniuses confused nitrous oxide and nitrogen oxide. So they had to have a do over. Not exactly an auspicious start. www.forbes.com/sites/alison...

Rachel Cleetus at @ucsusa.bsky.social breaks down what #Project2025 would mean for the #climate and for science. (Spoiler alert: it's bad). blog.ucsusa.org/rachel-cleet...