Anybody know if a University of Chicago economist who wasn't even in the government at the time wrote almost half of the regulatory impact analysis for EPA's endangerment/car rules draft repeal? Because it sure looks like he did. Signal jchemnick.01. www.eenews.net/articles/whi...

Are you an OAR employee who worked on climate issues and has been reassigned somewhere else? I'd love to know where they're sending you. On Signal at jchemnick.01

EPA still has a "walking around money" left over in fy 2026. But it's choosing to furlough some people while others remain on the job and drawing a paycheck. It appears to be keeping those working on deregulation and other priorities. @ellieborst.bsky.social and I: www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

We break down EPA's $45 billion in carryover funds and why only a fraction of the agency's workforce has been furloughed so far. My latest with @chemnick.bsky.social for @eenews.bsky.social

I'm generally interested in how EPA is making progress on regs during the shutdown -- if it is. Always welcome thoughts (Signal jchemnick.01). AI could help speed up the process some: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

EPA's removal of the endangerment finding for greenhouse gas emissions (starting with vehicles) could increase state regulation of other sources. @adamaton.bsky.social and my piece : www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

When a collaborator is targeted because her scientific findings that attribute extreme weather to human-caused climate change is being used (effectively) in climate lawsuits against oil companies, you know times are dark indeed. ICYMI @davidho.bsky.social www.eenews.net/articles/cli...

Have any EPA staff NOT been notified they're exempted or excluded from furlough? I'd love to hear from you! on Signal at jchemnick.01.

The DOE climate report creates a lot of problems for EPA's endangerment finding for greenhouse gases. It will be interesting to see if EPA uses it in the final, or if decides to just double down on legal arguments: www.eenews.net/articles/doe...

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...

EPA is moving fast to finalize its repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding for greenhouse gases and tailpipe emissions rules. Internal notes and slides show options for the final rule will be selected this week and next. Public comment closed Monday. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

The oil and gas industry didn't expect EPA to suspend its greenhouse gas reporting, and for the most part it doesn't see it doing the sector any favors. I focus mostly on challenges it could create for gas exports to the E.U., but there are other issues. www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

The Trump administration's climate science report is riddled with cherry-picked data, sweeping claims easily contradicted by a vast body of research and long-debunked climate denial tropes. @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social and I fact-check some claims here: www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

Here's EPA's press release announcing its intent to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding about GHGs. www.epa.gov/newsreleases... The document should be available here -- but [metaphor alert] the link is currently broken... www.epa.gov/regulations-...

So, anybody know who might be live streaming #EPA's endangerment finding announcement at 2 ET? Because the agency isn't going to do it, even though #Zeldin called it the "the largest deregulatory action in the history of America" this morning on the Ruthless podcast.

EPA will move tomorrow to revoke the endangerment finding, the foundation for all US climate regulations, and emissions limits for cars and trucks. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will make the announcement in Indiana. w/ @chemnick.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

"Airdrops will not reverse the deepening starvation," UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini wrote on X on Saturday. "They are expensive, inefficient & can even kill starving civilians. It is a distraction & screensmoke." www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-...

The Trump administration's proposal on the endangerment finding is coming -- possibly tomorrow. I'd love to talk to anyone with intel about how OIRA (and EPA) are going to try and do this. I'm on Signal at jchemnick.01.

EPA's latest reorg moved oversight of the IRA "green banks" program out of the air pollution office and into a new "Office of Finance and Administration." The program's former career director, who had been placed on administrative leave, is at WRI: www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

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Key climate change reports removed from US government websites #Climate

We're hearing that the Trump administration's repeal of EPA carbon curbs for the power sector will probably come out Wednesday, along with the MATs rule rollback. Anyone out there know exactly what's in it? I'm on Signal at jchemnick.01

I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.

EPA seems poised to use (at least) two separate strategies to tackle GHG endangerment: taking on the 2009 finding itself, and trying to argue that power plant emissions aren't a "significant" contributor to public endangerment.

I'd love to connect with current or former EPA staff on climate policy: endangerment finding, power plant carbon rule, grants, etc. I'm on Signal at jchemnick.01

If you're an EPA employee working on climate who has recently been placed on administrative leave, I'm at jchemnick.01 on Signal. Please get in touch!

NEW: A DOGE staffer who is helping carry out the downsizing of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau owns stock in companies that could benefit from the agency’s dismantling, ProPublica has found.

EPA's endangerment finding redo may not be about science. It might be about cost instead. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

The proposed cuts to NOAA cold have profound consequences not just for climate change, but for our national security and the entire economy. Here's what I learned: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

State Department eliminates Office of Global Change, which has led US involvement in UNFCCC, IPCC, etc

Zeldin really, really wants us to stop reporting that he has "no evidence" of wrongdoing by climate grant recipients. But that's what DOJ has been telling the Justice Department for weeks now. www.eenews.net/articles/zel...

DON’T LOOK AWAY! The Trump administration is catapulting us into a data black hole and the consequences could be massive. Halting data collection on drug use, maternal mortality, climate change, more, by @alecmac.bsky.social

EPA seems to have missed yesterday's U.N. deadline to submit an inventory of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. It's the first such lapse since we started reporting them annually in the late '90s. My story: www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

Without due process, this could be you. It could be me. It could be any or all of us. It doesn’t matter who you voted for. Or the color of your skin. You must understand what is truly at stake here. All tyranny needs to thrive is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

The proportion of CO2 in the atmosphere grew at a record 3.75 ppm last year -- a jump 27% bigger than the previous record increase. The best explanation: forests and soils are so stressed by climate change they're losing the ability to absorb our emissions. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

A federal judge ruled that EPA, the Interior and Energy departments and other agencies unlawfully froze funds under Biden’s climate and infrastructure spending laws, ordering the agencies to immediately resume disbursing the money. @alexguillen.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Some major public institutions in Canada, including a pension management firm and a leading hospital, are advising staff against traveling to the US.

Trump says CBS should "lose their license" or at least be hit with "the maximum fines and punishment" for airing "60 Minutes" segments that included criticism of him, the latest example of seeking to use government power to crack down on independent media. thehill.com/media/524748...

NEW: EPA is planning to eliminate requirements to report greenhouse gas emissions for thousands of facilities. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill” @maibached.bsky.social told me www.propublica.org/article/trum...

We'll know more about the future of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program today or tomorrow, when a judge rules on whether or not eight nonprofits can access funds now held at Citibank. Here's my piece on where the green finance program stands now: www.eenews.net/articles/gol...

The EPA ordered the virtual elimination of a 15-year-old federal program that requires thousands of power plants, oil refineries, cement factories and other large industrial facilities to publicly report their greenhouse gas emissions, according to two people briefed on the decision.

An ad that began circulating on social media last month welcomes “global talents to pursue career development and entrepreneurship in #Shenzhen, #China.” The ad pitches the city — located across the border from Hong Kong — as “one of China’s most concentrated cities for technological development.”

From FOIA king @kevinbogardus.bsky.social and I!

Here is the language of the FBI's letter s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

It does look like the FBI letter is still only "a recommendation..."

EPA said last night that it had "cancelled" 400+ grants totaling $1.7B. It won't say what those are, and in the past it has taken credit for grants that weren't actually finalized in the Biden administration. Does anyone have any intel they can share with me about what these "cancelled" grants are?

So, now all three EPA "Green Bank" grant recipients have filed suit to recover access to their grants. Climate United filed suit over the weekend against EPA and Citibank, and also filed a request for a temporary restraining order that would require the bank to make funds available immediately.

New from me: The Trump admin ended funding for 1000s of int'l aid programs, including one in Kabul treating severely malnourished kids. “A child maybe one year old will have the weight of a newborn... If we can’t treat them, they have a very high risk of dying.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...