US states sue Trump EPA over decision to repeal bedrock climate finding

Absolutely astonishing. I don't think many people realize the extent to which the scientific enterprise in America has collapsed over the past 14 months. As someone who covered science funding for the first half of his career, it's almost unfathomable this could happen.

'In one forest community, a young woman told him that if [Society for the Conservation of Nature of Liberia] could not pay her and her fellow guards, they would have to support their families by “doing what they used to do” – which, in her case, meant illegally hunting forest animals.'

AMS & partners issue a Statement on Public Availability of Scientific Information and Scientific Evidence on Climate Change, in response to recent & proposed removals of climate science from gov't reference manuals. Read more: https://bit.ly/4lsZoRX

OK this is better

Can this be a solution?

Can this be a solution?

Going back to coal is like, let's go back to fax machines, but with cancer. @washingtonstatestandard.com washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/03/11/n...

Surely this is about a legal briefing, but rough drafts of scientific papers can be like this, too. 😭

Actual section numbering in a brief I'm reading: I. A. B. C. II. II. 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. B. C. a. II. c. 1. 2. 2. 2. 3. 2. D. 2. E. b. f.

"If SUVs were a country, they would be the world’s fifth largest emitter of CO2." I was really hopeful ~20 years ago when Hummers went out of business and hybrids were growing in popularity. We've erased all of that.

"Releases of sulfur dioxide, a lung-damaging compound key to acid rain formation, soared by more than 18 percent ... (T)he coal-fired power sector’s emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxides swelled by some 12 percent." www.eenews.net/articles/air...

I didn't know about "Wrensday" but I love it! I will see you in a week!

Corpus Christi was already low on water when it invited water-guzzling fossil-fuel industries to take whatever it had left. It’s a familiar example of exactly how not to prepare for a hotter world Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Environmental Hero Makes Fossil Fuels Too Expensive for Anyone to Keep Using: tinyurl.com/yc6m5fzk

The official NOAA stats out this week confirm that winter 2025-26 was the warmest on record across a huge portion of the western and central U.S., which has contributed to extremely low mountain snowpack & worsened the CO River crisis. Meanwhile, record March heat is in forecast.

Fellow gardeners! Welcome back to "now where did I put that stupid trowel" season.

#Water people! 👇👇👇

Very hopeful that so many determined people who were cut off at the knees just persisted in the pursuit of knowledge and truth-telling 👀 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/c...

there's a lot going on right now but did you know a massive amount of the world's fertilizer flows through the middle east, and did you know that that fertilizer needs to be shipped to the us *right now* for planting season, and uh did you know we are at war with iran

If I'm understanding correctly, the bill supporting plug-in solar is dead this year in Washington state, which makes me sad. Anyone who knows stuff about this, please chime in!

"... the process to get four homes hooked up to the city’s power utility lasted more than two years, longer than building the homes themselves, and cost the company more than $270,000." JFC 🤦‍♂️

NWS is starting to roll out plans for a significant reorganization, and (per reporting by @laurenthal.bsky.social) the first aspect to be publicly acknowledged is the disbanding of the Climate Prediction Center and merging it into other NWS entities. tinyurl.com/47vpe3pa

It’s time for another Washington water supply update 💧 No, there’s still not enough snow. And yes, we're still in a drought. So far, water year 2026 has been the warmest on record. We had a lot of rain in December, but January has been too warm and too dry to add to our snowpack.

Public engagement and climate change: exploring the role of hairdressers as everyday influencers ⭐New paper!⭐ Two research projects exploring the influence that hairdressers—as widespread professionals in conversational spaces—have w/ clients about climate & sustainability. doi.org/10.1057/s415...

I adamantly avoid using peat and coconut coir is an utter pain in the ass to find and use, but PittMoss is my go-to! pittmoss.com Your mileage may vary, but I use it for seed-starting and mix it with my backyard compost, perlite and vermiculite for containers.

Oops... The Trump administration’s repeal of a foundational climate determination could clear a path for new litigation and policies targeting big oil, legal experts say. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

📣 New feature dropped detailing the Vermont Pathways model, which aims to reduce #emissions to increase climate resiliency. SEI's energy modelling allows policymakers to predict how potential policies could help the US state meet climate goals. Read more here: buff.ly/Y0cFJ7n

Where there's a will

So jelly

INBOX:

Pressure from the gas industry and the Trump administration have the EU Methane Regulation under attack. Civil society organisations and even some members of the U.S. Congress have called on the EU not to succumb to industry lobbying. gasoutlook.com/analysis/mem...

Coffee-growing countries becoming too hot to cultivate beans, analysis finds - Five countries responsible for 75% of world’s coffee supply record average of 57 extra days of coffee-harming heat a year due to the #climatecrisis Analysis by @climatecentral.org www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate change coverage fell 14% globally in 2025, while the world endured record heat, raging wildfires, and devastating floods. The crisis intensified. The headlines didn’t. Less coverage = less urgency. www.colorado.edu/today/2026/0...

Oh no, not “climate stuff”.

This week, the White House revoked the Clean Air Act's "endangerment finding", which categorized 6 #GreenhouseGases as harmful to human health. The long-promised move pivoted from a science-backed basis to a legal one and will widely deregulate #climate pollutants. SEI's @edwardrcarr.com weighs in.

There's so much other stuff going on that's absolutely horrifying that I worry this won't make much noise. It's absolutely horrifying. www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/c...

💡 A "#carbon" or "#GreenhouseGas removal" has come to mean many things, causing the term to lose its meaning. SEI's Derik Broekhoff helps untangle this lexical knot and proposes a new classification system for different removal-related activities in a new journal article. 👀 buff.ly/QoT3W4U

💧 An article in @plos.org Water uses recent SEI case studies to demonstrate the need for – and successes of – community-informed #water systems modelling. This new framework fosters inclusive #WaterManagement, leading to better water access for more people. Read more 👀 buff.ly/1DQDyno

🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @politico.com is hiring an editor to guide coverage of California energy, environment, climate and transportation policy. politico.wd108.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/politi...