Please check out the climate sessions at this year's EmTech conference, where we won't be platforming speakers who promote climate disinformation. event.technologyreview.com/emtech-mit-2...

The U.S. Energy Secretary just said on stage at @nytimes.com Climate Forward event that “there are not oil and gas subsidies" in response to a good question from David Gelles. “It’s not a subsidized industry.” Uh. @oilchange.bsky.social @oilchangeus.bsky.social

“We are what's left of environmental policy, despite the headwinds in Washington,” Gov. Newsom tells @nytimes.com about California. “We are your stable and reliable partner and will continue to be in this space.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Remember the ICE raid on a Hyundai plant? "Developments suggest the Trump administration actually sees the operation as a mistake, an “own goal” that inadvertently undermines the administration’s stated efforts to revive US manufacturing" @greenlawchina.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/09/24/i...

A recent New York Times Q&A with Chevron CEO Mike Wirth provides a good tutorial on how NOT to interview a Big Oil executive in 2025. I wrote about the problem with this coverage ahead of Trump’s Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaking at NYT's Climate Forward event. legal-planet.org/2025/09/23/n...

The weirdest lie of many lies was his riff on China and how “they have very few wind farms.” They are beating everyone at wind energy. Is this Trump’s ignorance or a subtle refusal to recognize that China is the world’s new energy superpower?

When extreme weather strikes, thousands turn to @weatherwest.bsky.social. 🌩️ Daniel Swain, climate scientist and prolific communicator, makes complex #science clear for the public. Meet him in this year’s #Grist50 list: grist.org/fix/grist-50... #Weather #Disaster #Climate #Floods #Hurricane

Trump's UN speech was one of his most unfiltered and extended climate denial riffs ever, full of falsehoods, lies and distortions. “I’m really good at predicting things...I don’t say that in a braggadocios way, but it’s true. I’ve been right about everything.” www.eenews.net/articles/con...

If you're gonna interview a Big Oil CEO or Trump administration official, ask tough questions, challenge lies, allow audience engagement, and place their comments in context or alongside other panelists. A Rapture edition of The Drain. ⬇️

For New York Climate Week, a New York example of how NOT to interview a Big Oil CEO in 2025. I'm not a fan of shutting down public speakers, even those who might spread climate obstruction. We need more speech not less. But there is a wrong way to interview them. legal-planet.org/2025/09/23/n...

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in federal grant funding that it froze at the University of California, Los Angeles.

I took Tylenol as needed throughout my pregnancy. I am a doctor. I order Tylenol for pregnant women regularly. Tylenol is safe in pregnancy. RFK Jr is ignoring a huge recent well-done study because he doesn't like the answer it gives. There is no causality between Tylenol and autism.

"Someone I know said, I don’t read the newspaper anymore, because it’s too depressing. An otherwise well-informed, morally committed person, someone with a deep belief in values of free expression, democracy and human rights. I thought to myself, My what a perfect authoritarian subject you are."

It's a few days until New York Climate Week begins. You know what that means: Climate bill signings in California... legal-planet.org/2025/09/16/w...

Good column and pod spelling out the big climate & utility cost measures passed by the CA Legislature. TURN's Matt Freedman gives the Legislature a "passing grade" for this session. But that could be a C or a D depending on where you went to school...

The Justice Department filed a motion for summary judgment in its challenge to the State of Vermont’s climate superfund law. But there's a problem. 🧵

The Trump Justice Department is challenging Vermont’s climate superfund law but is running headfirst into a problem: Trump's EPA. Read my colleague Ann Carlson on why DOJ lawyers are finding themselves in a bind over the endangerment finding. legal-planet.org/2025/09/17/d...

A federal court in Montana is hearing from both sides in the Lighthiser v. Trump case during a two-day hearing on Sept. 16 and 17. Here's the background: legal-planet.org/2025/09/10/y...

Here’s a copy of the 123-page lawsuit UC faculty associations and unions filed against President Trump today: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

No chef, we do not need PFAS in our pans. SB 682 would ban sale of cookware that contains intentionally added PFAS starting in '28. David Chang, Rachael Ray and others who sell cookware are advocating for keeping “forever chemicals” in their non-stick products. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...

It’s remarkable that with everything else that’s raging, climate and energy still managed to dominate the legislative session that just wrapped in Sacramento. My recap: legal-planet.org/2025/09/16/w...

It’s a rare pleasure standing outside school for pickup next to an idling school bus — when it’s one of LA Unified’s 180 or so electric school buses. So much better!

“Whether or not it’s *ethical* to stay on X is another question, but the aftermath of the Kirk killing shows us why we’d do well to dismantle our model of X as a place where debates are had, needles are moved, and political progress is possible.”

Our Julia Stein and Jonathan Zasloff spoke with Debra Kahn for this smart @politico.com examination of NIMBY politics in the Palisades interfereing with the fire revocery there AND in Altadena. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Hearings are scheduled next week in Lighthiser v. Trump, a challenge to Trump's energy executive orders brought by 22 youth. The 120-page complaint is a sweeping narrative that weaves together personal stories, global energy trends, and Beltway politics. legal-planet.org/2025/09/10/y...

Resharing this piece about desperate moderate “Tony V” in light of Mayor Bass’ endorsement. Villaraigosa keeps doubling down on oil industry support to try to boost his latest run for governor. legal-planet.org/2025/05/28/g...

Chief Justice John Roberts Lets Trump _______, For Now

What happens now that Trump has proposed to revoke the “endangerment finding”? Join us for this 9/29 webinar to find out and weigh in. Whether you're a journalist, fellow researcher, or law student, come ask a question. ucla.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

If you are writing about the causes of - and complexities of fighting - the Palisades and Eaton fires without mentioning the role of climate change, you are missing part of the story! Same thing if you are writing about Republicans trying to blame Democrats for the scope of the fire damage.

We need an HHS Secretary who respects science and does not make policy based on conspiracy theories. Vaccines are safe and effective. Kennedy is threatening the health of our kids and all Americans. He must resign.

PRO PUBLICA: “.. at least three of Trump’s Cabinet members call multiple homes their primary residences on mortgages. * Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer .. * Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy .. * EPA administrator Lee Zeldin @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Breaking News: The energy giant behind a nearly finished wind farm off Rhode Island sued the Trump administration for halting the $6 billion project.

Apple can no longer advertise the Apple Watch as a “CO2-neutral product,” at least not in Germany after a court ruling there this week upheld a complaint finding that the claim was greenwashing. Climate scientist @davidho.bsky.social has been WATCHING this story since 2023.

Trump’s attack on wind energy feels dumber and dumber. This week at The Drain, I tried to make it make some sense. After that, major headlines of the week including EPA news, extreme heat in the UK, and some really interesting ways you can take action. legal-planet.org/2025/09/04/t...

If you want to make a difference in the environmental field, this is your time. @sejorg.bsky.social Elections are coming up, and we’re looking for candidates ready to step up. Two active seats and one academic seat are open. You have until Sept. 26 to apply! 🌱 #EnvironmentalJournalism

Right now I'm working on curating The Drain, our weekly roundup of environmental and climate news on @legal-planet.org and it honestly feels like it could be all wind energy stories this week. Wow. Feel for all the energy reporters out there trying to make it make sense.

UCLA research finds elephants "plant" ebony trees in the Congo rainforest, as explained in this NPR short: www.youtube.com/shorts/IIOvA... Learn more: newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ele...

We should be getting ICE Alerts for every kidnapped resident in California the way we get Silver Alerts that blow up our phones and interrupt our daily attentions.

AP live feed of the CDC walkout in Atlanta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...

Sharing American history is powerful whether lessons learned from LA smog or Hurricane Katrina. New column w/ highlights on @coveringclimatenow.org @jeffgoodell.bsky.social @canarymedia.com @sammyroth.bsky.social @evanhalper.bsky.social @timmonsroberts.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/08/28/h...

“The cons outweigh the pros” is a perfect motif for this story, and the EPA. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/c...

A reminder that Cracker Barrell settled 2 major discrimination lawsuits in 2004 that found Black customers were seated in areas segregated from white patrons, received inferior service, and were made to wait longer for tables. Oh, and served food from the trash. www.foxnews.com/story/cracke...

I can hear the asphalt sizzling in this story about the many failures of LAUSD's schoolyard greening initiatives — including what I've heard for years about certain district facilities managers slowing or stopping grant-funded or parent-initiated projects

When I was in 11th grade, our English teacher and our gym teacher did actually get together but it was illicitly during the spring field trip to Italy because one was married, and it wasn’t so cute. Best to these tho!

How we teach environmental law is changing. It has to. Since January 2025, the environmental law landscape has changed perhaps more dramatically than in any other time since the presidency of Richard Nixon. Here's how our faculty are approaching classes this week. legal-planet.org/2025/08/26/h...

My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up. NYT just covered it. 1/n www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...

Our Ann Carlson wrote her forthcoming book, "Smog and Sunshine: The Surprising Story of How Los Angeles Cleaned Up Its Air," to dispel the many myths about LA air pollution. She helps narrate this new documentary airing Tue 8/26 on @pbs.org #ClearingTheAirPBS legal-planet.org/2025/08/25/w...

Enjoy it — but a PSA for the NFL and fans: “football weather” is increasingly rare thanks to climate change. time.com/7213399/how-...

Sure could use that heat pump (that we’ve been delayed in installing) right about now.

Happy CA Public Radio Day — and a big S/O to local stations covering environmental stories and employing climate reporters. They need our support! @kqednews.kqed.org @laist.com @kcrw.com @kalwradio.bsky.social @kvprnews.bsky.social @lauraklivans.bsky.social @npr.org @climatedaddykqed.bsky.social