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The LA Dodgers have all but ignored the growing calls from fans, activists, columnists, researchers, and a state lawmaker asking the team to cut ties with Big Oil. They can’t ignore the International Olympic Committee, writes our @evanlgeorge.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/05/05/i...

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For the first time, fossil fuels provided less than half of U.S. electricity generation for a full month (March 2025). One more milestone in the energy transition. oilprice.com/Energy/Energ... #Upshift

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UPDATE: As of Saturday, the scoreboard clock at the San Francisco Giants’ Oracle Park is an ad for 76 gasoline, as seen on the stadium’s Instagram account. The 76 logo wasn’t there on Thursday.

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The IOC's draconian rules force cities to deliver "clean" venues — meaning all brands and/or advertising is removed. At Dodger Stadium that will mean covering up or even removing the vilified 76 balls for the summer of 2028, as @evanlgeorge.bsky.social points out

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Dodger Stadium is the official Olympic venue for baseball in 2028 and that means the Dodgers will almost certainly be forced to stop their Big Oil advertising that summer. Read my review of the Olympic Charter's rules plus some updates to the Phillips 66 sponsorship legal-planet.org/2025/05/05/i...

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FOMO

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Australian PM Anthony Albanese just said Mark Carney invited him to attend the G7 meeting in Canada next month. It will be interesting to see if anything on further Canada-Australia collaboration comes out of it.

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The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I reread it today; nothing in the law allows a president to defund PBS and NPR. In fact, Congress specifically sought to insulate public media from political pressure.

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If you thought Big Oil was loyal to your hometown team, think again. Here's a cheeky new message from 76 gas that on top of sponsoring the LA Dodgers, it is now officially sponsoring the team's rivals, the San Francisco Giants. Add one to the 69+ oil and gas sponsorships polluting US sports. ⚾⛽

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Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise." Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically why vaccine trials don't use placebo arms. Ethical violation as POLICY.

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The low income people of color who live near the San Pedro Bay ports pay for the loss of clean truck funding with sick children, increased asthma attacks, emergency room visits, and their lives. @calmatters.org calmatters.org/environment/...

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Los Angeles is still reeling from its most devastating wildfires ever. In the next few months, temperatures could hit triple digits. Yet Mayor Karen Bass wants to eliminate the city’s climate emergency office. I asked @mayor.lacity.gov what is going on: www.latimes.com/environment/...

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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.

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The DOJ has sued Hawaii and Michigan to try to stop them from filing lawsuits against major oil companies over the fossil fuel industry's role in climate change. And the tack its taking is rich.

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The Trump Administration is suing to block state climate lawsuits based on... Clean Air Act Preemption. The chutzpah is stunning, as our Ann Carlson puts it. Read her response. legal-planet.org/2025/05/01/t...

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A 100-day-long edition of The Drain, the weekly roundup of news from Legal Planet. Updates on EPA, Interior, Transportation, congestion pricing, plastic straws, climate liability, LA budget, the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act and the state of enviro journalism. legal-planet.org/2025/04/30/1...

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Rep. Doug LaMalfa who represents the 1st Congressional District of California sounds like he's stuck in the 1980s. “Nobody wants to buy these cars," he said about EVs. Yeah, nobody except the Californians who bought 118,000+ cars for 25% of sales in a single quarter www.politico.com/newsletters/...

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Costs of Eaton and Palisades fires to LA County are expected to be $2 billion. City of LA is dealing with a $1 B budget shortfall partly from fire costs. Congress has yet to move on Gov. Newsom’s $40 billion request for federal aid. That’s shameful and underlines the thing about climate era budgets!

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There’s a bill in Sacramento that could help with this: The Polluters (large fossil fuel cos) Pay Climate Superfund Act #MakePollutersPay Everyone is paying for the climate crisis but them.

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I don't think the 100-day metric was made for these times, but I wrote about how the environment - and environmental journalism - is doing after 100 days of this. Glad to have some keen insights from folks who attended the @sejorg.bsky.social conference last week. legal-planet.org/2025/04/30/1...

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Pee you see

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So their 80-20 issue is more like 30-70?

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Air regulators today (and really any of us who work on keeping the air clean) face big challenges. But they also have enormous opportunities. At @legal-planet.org, our Brennon Mendez discusses the huge potential of Indirect Source Rules (ISRs).

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We have an important tool for cleaning our aur from pollution hotspots and we aren’t using it nearly enough, our new @uclalawemmett.bsky.social report finds. #cleanair #cleanenergy #cleansky legal-planet.org/2025/04/24/u...

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SCOTUS today hears a challenge to CA’s long-standing Clean Air Act waiver that allows it to set pollution limits for cars & trucks. It's on a procedural issue. More at The Drain @sammyroth.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @nitishpahwa.com @susrust.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/04/23/d...

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This Earth Day hit different, writes @evanlgeorge.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/04/23/d...

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When all things climate are under assault, it’s hard to be mad at a day to talk about climate. This Earth Day also saw the launch of an interesting new journalism initiative informed by social science. More on the #The89Percent by @coveringclimatenow.org. legal-planet.org/2025/04/23/d...

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Happy Earth Day and National Parks Week! I wrote about how Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, once considered a more "moderate" Cabinet pick, has been decimating our public lands and waters—and is now, in unprecedented manner, quiet-quitting and ceding his authority to DOGE: slate.com/technology/2...

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The most WTF #earthday event comes from LA City Sanitation: “In the spirit of environmental awareness, this will be a Zero Waste event. Please bring your own reusable water bottle, and we'll provide cold, filtered water for you. We'll also provide cheeseburgers…” www.eventbrite.com/e/lasans-ear...

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“Department of Government Efficiency.”

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West LA and MacArthur Park protests in Los Angeles this weekend.

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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

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As someone who listens to @npr.org and worked at a member station for years, this list of supposed woke propaganda is both hilarious and joyless, not representative, ignorant of how programming works, 110% fatphobic, and makes me want to fight for public radio. www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

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I’ve been writing about sportswashing for months and a FAQ is: Why focus on sports sponsorships when there are more blatant forms of corporate malfeasance? The recent verdict in the case of one Louisiana parish vs. Chevron holds the answer. legal-planet.org/2025/04/16/c...

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Chevron sponsored Super Bowl LIX events and science classes for New Orleans children just weeks before a Louisiana jury ordered it to pay $745 million in damages, writes @evanlgeorge.bsky.social. legal-planet.org/2025/04/16/c...

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Today D Day? Folks I keep in touch with at EPA said they’re watching their inboxes “with trepidation” now as April 14 was the next deadline for agencies to send their “Agency Reduction In Force and Reorganization Plans.” legal-planet.org/2025/04/15/m...

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“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.” — Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize

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If there’s a downside stat to NYC Congestion Pricing, I don’t see it. Unless you love honking?

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There's good news and bad news this week, which do you want first? The Drain is a new weekly roundup of climate and environmental news from Legal Planet. legal-planet.org/2025/04/15/m...

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