Power providers are counting on the demise of the 2024 power plant carbon rules, with their CCS standards. But their resource plans show they're less confident that they won't be regulated for climate change sometime in the future. www.eenews.net/articles/pow...

The retirement of RCP8.5 — former worst-case climate scenario has been in the news recently, and I’ve seen a lot of good explainers about this very misunderstood modeling tool. But an angle I think has been missing: the former best-case scenario is also out. My story: www.eenews.net/articles/the...

NEW: Todd Blanche has mastered the audience of one — in part by keeping him out of prison. The audience of 100 is a tougher sell. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social @eorden www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

U.S. manufacturers say that EPA's recent rule giving supermarkets more time to start buying the more climate-friendly refrigeration systems they developed will hurt them and help their Chinese competitors. My piece: www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

I worked hard on this story, it's important, & I want to share it. I'm also finding it difficult to put it out there without this context: Just as I wrapped up final edits last week, I got word that a friend vacationing in Arizona had died after overheating on a hike. www.eenews.net/articles/dea...

The dock that launched America’s offshore wind industry now sits mostly empty. Only remnants of the project remain. As Trump has made combatting offshore wind a hallmark of his second term, a blue-collar town is at the center of it all.

EPA's rule letting grocery stores buy HFC-based refrigeration systems through 2032 gives a dollar value only to upfront costs of buying an HFC product vs. a HFC-free product. No monetized values for employment, other industries, health, climate.

EPA is calling regulatory impact analyses for rules (like the recent HFC technology transition change) regulatory impact "memos." What are they doing there?

EPA's power plant carbon rule repeal has landed at OMB. Anybody know what might have changed since the proposal? What did they do about causation/endangerment/whatnot? I'm at jchemnick.01 on Signal. Thank you, and happy Friday!

This is really a cool resource, and I didn't know it existed. A group called Climate Literacy has preserved all the climate databases and analytical tools that were removed from agency websites (EPA, Ag) in one place: www.climateliteracy.earth/us-federal-r...

EPA Chief Lee Zeldin is good at tailoring his message to MAGA media. But that sometimes puts him at odds with EPA's official justifications for actions -- whether it be a rule or the cancellation of a grant. And that could be a liability if he moves over to DOJ: www.eenews.net/articles/fro...

EPA finalized its endangerment finding repeal on legal grounds. But today, Zeldin told the Heartland gathering that their view that greenhouse gases would be net beneficial to humanity would be proved right in the coming decades as harmful warming fails to materialize.

EPA is due to finalize its repeal of Biden power plant climate rules in "early spring." Tick tock. It hasn't gone to OMB. But there is growing speculation that it will pull the rule back based on a critique of CCS, with a supplemental "endangerment" draft. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

The unprecedented heat wave currently enveloping the western U.S. could portend intensifying drought, water shortages, strong summer heat and intense wildfires later this year, scientists warn. My story: 🔏https://www.eenews.net/articles/alarm-bells-early-western-heat-wave-foreshadows-future-danger/

EPA's endangerment finding and car rules repeal suggested that oil prices fall because of Trump policies. Lower future prices at the pump would mean consumers pay less for policies that keep demand high. But then came Trump's war... www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

Trump wants more data centers to generate their own power. But living next to tech industry gas turbines has made this VA neighborhood "unbearable" due to noise. One resident is taking sleeping pills, another can't walk his dog. My latest for @eenews.bsky.social www.eenews.net/articles/one...

The Clean Air Act is a somewhat clunky instrument for tackling climate change -- at least for some sectors. So, if the Clean Air Act is going to be broadly unavailable for greenhouse gas regulation post-endangerment repeal, what comes after that? www.eenews.net/articles/Why...

Trump administration cuts, layoffs and restructurings have cast a shadow over U.S. participation in a major international climate modeling initiative -- a collaboration that federal scientists have been at the forefront of for decades. My story today: www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

Dispatch from my other life: Our upcoming concerts (Mar 13 & 14!) celebrate composer & long-time Cantori collaborator Adolphus Hailstork. I wrote a lil note on the program, which explores themes of freedom, resistance to tyranny & rebuilding after devastating conflict. 👇 www.van.org/articles/Can...

The fact that Congress has signed off on Clean Air Act methane rules (three times, actually. CRA,IRA,OBBBA) could be a problem as EPA prepares to defend the endangerment repeal. www.eenews.net/articles/the...

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals sounded highly skeptical of EPA's case for cancelling the "green bank" grants yesterday, though that probably doesn't mean the nonprofits will be able to access their award funds anytime soon. Takeaways with @lesleyclark.bsky.social: www.eenews.net/articles/4-t...

I went on C-Span's Washington Journal this morning to talk about EPA's endangerment finding rollback. People on the other site had a lot of opinions about that, let me tell you. www.c-span.org/program/wash...

EPA dropped its assault on climate science: www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

Here's the final rule on endangerment (finally): www.epa.gov/regulations-...

People briefed on the endangerment finding repeal tell me that it's based on legal arguments only. It doesn't take aim at the actual science of warming. The repeal could decimate federal climate policy -- if it survives legal challenge.

So, has anyone out there actually seen the text of the endangerment finding rollback? Because they haven't put it out. And I'm told Zeldin might not even have signed it yet? on Signal at jchemnick.01

Here's what EPA just put up on the endangerment finding repeal: www.epa.gov/newsreleases...

I'm told that the endangerment finding repeal package lands next week. I look at what that could mean for other climate rules, state action, and the future of U.S. climate policy. And on Signal at jchemnick.01, for any tips on when, where, etc.! www.eenews.net/articles/Her....

A tiny fraction of the 572k public comments EPA received on the endangerment draft have been posted. When I asked EPA about that recently, it said that was because only one sample comment for mass mailer campaigns was posted, “As any reporter familiar with EPA rulemakings would know."

JUST IN: In a new lawsuit, Minnesota officials say DHS mishandled evidence from today's crime scene and made "astonishing" law enforcement decisions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

EPA will soon release its final repeal of Obama's greenhouse gas endangerment finding and all climate regulations for cars and trucks. Then comes all the litigation. Here's my cheat sheet about what folks will be looking for in the final version: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

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...