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Citing uncertainty in Washington, a battery cell maker is pausing work on its manufacturing plant under construction in the Pee Dee, delaying its pledge of 1,600 new jobs for South Carolinians. scdailygazette.com/2025/06/05/e... Expect much more of this if Senate doesn't restore sanity soon. 🔌💡

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Wildfire smoke poses great health hazards, and will increase as climate change worsens. My analysis of the legal issues, "Wildfire Smoke and U.S. Law": bit.ly/45by4BE

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As I've previously shown, the U.S. is far behind in protecting against toxic releases from chemical plants. bit.ly/3HLEIRA Trump proposal to eliminate the agency in charge of investigating these incidents will endanger even more communities.

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The deep staffing cuts at the National Weather Service are impeding life-saving forecasting at the onset of the hurricane season. Just one of the many manifestations of Trump’s assaults on science.

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Right. The Trump administration has taken so many actions to silence science. climate.law.columbia.edu/Silencing-Sc... And many of them may be illegal. bit.ly/3H7Nb5b

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Here it is, in a clear graphic from the NYTimes. The GOP budget destruction bill will add $3.3 TRILLION to the national debt. And how? Entirely by tax cuts to the rich, paid for by cutting health, food for the poor, climate science, and Medicaid.

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Many of Trump's attacks on climate science may violate various federal laws. My legal analysis: bit.ly/3SPIYFz

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Good cover @economist.com

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This is just a partial glimpse of the destruction of American science by Trump and the GOP.

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Sabin Center analysis of the effect of House budget reconciliation bill on the Inflation Reduction Act. blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...

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Brilliant to eliminate Energy Star, a program that costs $32m but delivered $40b in annual savings. None other than the US chamber of commerce tried to save it as a model of business/government partnership. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...

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Good to see and hear that leading law professors recognize the fight, and who is leading the fight. As Klarman says, the court decisions have been the only meaningful check against this administration's actions in the first three months.

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On the 100th day of Trump 2.0, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law posts analyses of what they've done to silence science, repeal pollution controls, promote fossil fuel development, weaken financial disclosures, harm local governments, try to take away 🧵

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🏗️🚨The Department of the Interior established new expedited permitting procedures to fast-track #fossilfuel development projects in response to President #Trump's declared "national energy emergency." Read this #blog post by Olivia Guarna & Michael Burger: blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...

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The Trump administration's proposal to bypass many environmental laws and fast-track approval of fossil fuel projects will invite many lawsuits. Here is a legal analysis from Columbia Law School's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law: bit.ly/3Gr82zP

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🎧Listen to this podcast featuring our executive director Michael Burger, who discusses the latest news in climate law at the international & local levels with @ayanaeliza.bsky.social: ayanaelizabeth.substack.com/p/the-wild-w...

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It's especially galling that Trump administration stops construction of an offshore wind farm, purportedly because it would hurt whales (no evidence that it would), on the same day it announces plans to gut the Endangered Species Act. And this runs directly counter to two big Trump goals: 🧵

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Trump appointee orders halt to ongoing construction of fully permitted offshore wind project, possibly because of speculation about impacts on whales and birds, on same day government announces proposed gutting of Endangered Species Act. And shortly after he calls for "energy dominance" and 🧵

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"Improvements since 2007 reduced costs by 19%, averaging $5 billion per hurricane. This exceeds the annual budget for all federal weather forecasting." #NOAA

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The historic $745 million verdict against Chevron in Plaquemines "is one of the largest … ever won by a local government for environmental damage — not only in the United States, but globally,” says @michaelgerrard.bsky.social. But the verdict is just the beginning of a much larger fight.

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““Several legal experts said Mr. Trump’s executive order was essentially a news release with no legal authority. “Presidents do not have the power to unilaterally annul state laws” - @michaelgerrard.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c... via @lisafriedman.bsky.social

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I don't think this order does anything. Sec. 5(c) says, "This order shall not apply to regulatory permitting regimes authorized by statute." Every one of the items listed is a regulatory permitting regime authorized by statute. The order itself lists the statutes. And if any regulation was 🧵

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The President has no authority on his own to nullify state laws. This Executive Order is toothless. Trump is directing the Department of Justice to attempt to intervene in the numerous lawsuits that are challenging the state efforts he doesn't like. It will be up to the state court judges who 🧵

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And my new paper, "Wildfire Smoke and U.S. Law," has now been published. bit.ly/4jmerdF

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📣NEW Sabin Center report on the Attribution Science & Climate Law Conference: scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sabin_climat... 🌎 The conference brought together researchers to discuss the status of climate attribution research and its relevance to climate law & policy Check out the 🪡⤵️

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Congratulations to you, Martin!

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As of Friday, there have been 46 cases in which federal judges have blocked Trump policies. The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits. Maybe it's not the judges?

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Coming soon to a bookstore near you! After many months, I finally submitted the manuscript for my new book - Climate Change and Infrastructure Law - to the publisher today. 21 chapters covering energy, transportation, urban infrastructure, & more. Thanks to all the contributors! You were great!

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🚀 🧰 The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and @envdefensefund.bsky.social‬ have launched an additional resource on the Inflation Reduction Act Tracker website: the IRA litigation case chart: iratracker.org/litigation/.

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ICYMI, @michaelgerrard.bsky.social on the law & climate activism after the judgment against Greenpeace: www.wnyc.org/story/climat...

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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University. www.chronicle.com/article/were...

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Corporate Climate Litigation in the Americas: Legal Strategies, Challenges, and Trends 1 April | Washington DC and online Keynote Speaker: Professor Michael Gerrard @michaelgerrard.bsky.social of the @sabincenter.bsky.social Org with Environmental Law Institute @eliorg.bsky.social buff.ly/osgP7LW

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My summary of climate change litigation in New York. Some wins for climate protection, some losses, much still pending.

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As I told The Verge, this is a cluster bomb of moves to demolish a broad swath of environmental regulations. We’ll see if it explodes in EPA’s face when the inevitable barrage of lawsuits hits the courts. Watch the Sabin Center's Climate Backtracker for further developments, bit.ly/40FK6Aq

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In 2015 Mark Carney, then Governor of the Bank of England, gave a speech, "Breaking the Tragedy of the Horizon -- Climate Change and Financial Stability." It became a classic statement of the grave risks that climate change pose to the world economy. He and Michael Bloomberg then led efforts 🧵

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Don't miss this #webinar next week! ⤵️

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We have added nearly 30 entries to the Silencing Science Tracker covering the many anti-science actions this administration has already taken in this horrific first month, with more certainly to come. climate.law.columbia.edu/Silencing-Sc... @sabincenter.bsky.social

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Back in 1997 I wrote a law review article, "Asteroids and Comets: U.S. and International Law and the Lowest-Probability, Highest-Consequence Risk." I hope I won't have to dust it off. bit.ly/3Ren4bN

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Our February #Newsletter is out. We've been busy since Inauguration Day: 📢3 online tracking tools launched/relaunched to monitor climate rollbacks 📜 Amicus brief 💼 Summer internship, writing contest opportunities 📆 Upcoming events 📚 New publications ⚖️ 🌍 Climate Case Update buff.ly/4hyGCG2

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