New just now: The EPA will formally revoke the 2009 endangerment finding, a foundational rule for climate change regulations. Expect a big courthouse fight. www.landmark.earth/p/trump-epa-...

UPDATE: Shortly after Trump and Zeldin announced the repeal of the endangerment finding, Massachusetts replied. “I’ll see you in court,” @massago.bsky.social said.

UPDATE: Shortly after Trump and Zeldin announced the repeal of the endangerment finding, Massachusetts replied. “I’ll see you in court,” @massago.bsky.social said.

New just now: The EPA will formally revoke the 2009 endangerment finding, a foundational rule for climate change regulations. Expect a big courthouse fight. www.landmark.earth/p/trump-epa-...

NEWS: Offshore wind developers have scored a clean sweep in early legal challenges to the Trump administration’s attempt to halt their projects.

I mean… maybe not in english?

NEWS: Offshore wind developers have scored a clean sweep in early legal challenges to the Trump administration’s attempt to halt their projects.

Without really knowing anything about maple syrup production in this country, I gotta say: wow.

NEWS: Oregon is suing the Trump admin over a secretive plan to build an ICE detention center along the state's coast. The complaint claims the area is "inhospitable" and is exposed to strong wind, hail and cold temps. It is also an area where numerous endangered species have been seen.

Without really knowing anything about maple syrup production in this country, I gotta say: wow.

NEWS: Oregon is suing the Trump admin over a secretive plan to build an ICE detention center along the state's coast. The complaint claims the area is "inhospitable" and is exposed to strong wind, hail and cold temps. It is also an area where numerous endangered species have been seen.

ProPublica has identified Alex Pretti’s killers www.propublica.org/article/alex...

Is the U.S. government unable to tell when images and videos are doctored? ht tps://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/30/us/epstein-files-release

Is the U.S. government unable to tell when images and videos are doctored? ht tps://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/30/us/epstein-files-release

Anyway I guess the Trump administration's position is windmills cause cancer but radiation... not so bad?

New in Landmark: One of the Trump administration's most *unusual* efforts to shield major oil and gas companies from legal liability for climate change has failed. A previous Trump Supreme Court win ended up sealing the effort’s fate. www.landmark.earth/p/trumps-doj...

BREAKING: A federal judge ruled today that a secret Department of Energy working group that issued a report used to justify the revocation of a keystone climate regulation last year was unlawful.

BREAKING: A federal judge ruled today that a secret Department of Energy working group that issued a report used to justify the revocation of a keystone climate regulation last year was unlawful.

NEW: A federal judge has issued an order that will allow the $4.5bn Vineyard Wind project off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard to move towards completion, despite a Trump administration effort to stop it. More here: substack.com/profile/1044...

This NPR story is crazy. The Trump admin secretly slashed safety and environmental safeguards for nuclar power. The changes included an increase in the amount of radiation workers can safely endure, and huge cutbacks to water quality requirements. www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...

Anyway I guess the Trump administration's position is windmills cause cancer but radiation... not so bad?

New in Landmark: One of the Trump administration's most *unusual* efforts to shield major oil and gas companies from legal liability for climate change has failed. A previous Trump Supreme Court win ended up sealing the effort’s fate. www.landmark.earth/p/trumps-doj...

This NPR story is crazy. The Trump admin secretly slashed safety and environmental safeguards for nuclar power. The changes included an increase in the amount of radiation workers can safely endure, and huge cutbacks to water quality requirements. www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...

NEW: A federal judge has issued an order that will allow the $4.5bn Vineyard Wind project off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard to move towards completion, despite a Trump administration effort to stop it. More here: substack.com/profile/1044...

Wow.

My latest in Landmark: A lawsuit filed by Michigan accuses Big Oil of quietly buying up battery and solar patents over decades — not to build them, but to bury them. www.landmark.earth/p/michigan-c...

My latest in Landmark: A lawsuit filed by Michigan accuses Big Oil of quietly buying up battery and solar patents over decades — not to build them, but to bury them. www.landmark.earth/p/michigan-c...

Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process. This is one that stands out: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Democrats Vow Not to Fund ICE After Shooting, Imperiling Spending Deal www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation. Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

NEW: NYC's Environmental Protection Commissioner to step down. Rohit Aggarwala's departure is the latest in a string of resignations from top agency officials under @mayor.nyc.gov Zohran Mamdani. www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/21/e...

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

Trump’s EPA will no longer consider the cost benefits of lives saved and reduces sicknesses when approving industry permits. In other words, while reviews currently put a dollar figure on health impacts (treating asthma isn’t free), that will no longer be priority. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

The Forest Service and Utah last week announced a new deal for shared management of U.S. forests, expanding an earlier wildfire program. Activists see it as a huge gift to the timber industry, delivered by a former industry lobbyist. Read about it here: www.landmark.earth/p/trump-utah...

The Forest Service and Utah last week announced a new deal for shared management of U.S. forests, expanding an earlier wildfire program. @westernwatersheds.bsky.social & others see it as a huge gift to the timber industry, delivered by a former industry lobbyist. Read about it here:

NEW-ISH: The EPA yesterday announced a proposed rule to overhaul permitting for major energy infrastructure under the Clean Water Act’s Section 401. The change would limit the ability of states and tribes to block construction of big energy projects. More here: substack.com/@clarkmindoc...

I’ll admit I don’t know enough about NYC zoning (and I think I know next to nothing about the logistics of owning and operating a grocery store), so this is a really fascinating piece diagnosing the cause of the city’s high grocery prices Also sheesh: get grocery workers some elevators already.

The law in question - SB 1137 - prohibits oil and gas wells within 3,200 feet of schools, homes, parks, hospitals and other sensitive areas. But the Trump admin, which has sought to increase oil and gas development across the board, claims it is preempted by the US Constitution.

The Trump administration has sued California, seeking to kill a state law that prohibits oil and gas development near schools and hospitals in the state. Docs: www.courtlistener.com/docket/72145...

Another powerful photo from Minneapolis…

NEW: The Trump administration’s effort to stop the buildout of offshore wind has hit yet another legal snag, with a federal judge issuing a preliminary injunction today that will let Dominion Energy continue to build its farm near Virginia. More here: substack.com/@clarkmindoc...

After 10 years of controversy, lawsuits, and even a ballot referendum, the New England Clean Energy Connect is up and running 🔌 With a capacity of 1,200 megawatts, the new line can satisfy 20% of Massachusetts' electricity needs. www.wbur.org/news/2026/01... @wbur.org #energysky

The Trump administration has sued California, seeking to kill a state law that prohibits oil and gas development near schools and hospitals in the state. Docs: www.courtlistener.com/docket/72145...

NEW: The Trump administration’s effort to stop the buildout of offshore wind has hit yet another legal snag, with a federal judge issuing a preliminary injunction today that will let Dominion Energy continue to build its farm near Virginia. More here: substack.com/@clarkmindoc...

At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely. That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.

I started throwing together background research to share with folks who wanted more details on the U.S.-Venezuela-Guyana oil triangle I wrote about in @drilledmedia.bsky.social last week, and then figured I should make it public. Hope it helps! drilled.media/news/venezue...

All of these photos linked below are pretty amazing, and horrifyingly cinematic. This one especially made me pause:

NEW: Another judge has blocked the Trump admin’s offshore wind stop-work order, which had stalled development of the Empire Wind project in New York waters. Read more here: substack.com/profile/1044...

NEW PFAS LITIGATION: Two conservation groups sued the EPA today challenging approvals that allow a highly persistent PFAS to be sprayed on golf courses, lawns and food crops. More here: substack.com/profile/1044...