@bendeangelo
Principal and Founder, Operation Future, LLC. Adjunct Professor, Howard University. Senior Advisor for Earth Knowledge and Silvestrum Climate Associates. Former Director, EPA Office of Climate Adaptation & Sustainability. Dad, drummer, cyclist.
Calling all climate resilience people attending DC Climate Week. Save the date for April 24, 4-6pm. Am putting together an event hosted at Howard University, "Investable Resilience: Turning Climate Metrics into Capital." #DCClimateWeek luma.com/kojy9eaa
Great additional analysis on the EPA repeal of the greenhouse gas endangerment finding from someone who I know knows
EPA's previous analyses showed large net benefits. For the medium/light-duty rule alone, monetized benefits using SCC were on the order of $72B. Yes, now those benefits are assumed to be zero. Couple of us ex-feds who worked on 2009 finding have our commentary here substack.com/home/post/p-...
I love how it sounds like electronica but it's all old school humans playing instruments live
John Hannon and I share our own commentaries about EPA's move to repeal the 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment finding. Both John and I were members of the EPA team that developed the 2009 finding. bendeangelo.substack.com/p/american-t...
The Supreme Court, not the Obama EPA, ruled that GHGs are air pollutants under the Clean Air Act. The first draft tech support doc with all supporting science that eventually supported 2009 finding was released for public comment under the Bush Admin.
Today's EPA statement says that the endangerment finding was overreach by the Obama Admin. Actually, this process dates back to 1999 when EPA was petitioned to regulate GHGs under the Clean Air Act. That led to 2007 Mass v EPA Supreme Court decision which directed EPA to make a science-based finding
Of course EPA has now decided that it will assign the benefits of GHG or other pollution reductions, including lives saved, a value of zero.
EPN pointed out in their comments that the rules EPA is rescinding have positive net benefits. The Clean Car Rule avoids over 3,000 deaths and has annual net benefits of $96 billion. The Clean Truck Rule (phase 3) will save over 100 lives and has annual net benefits of over $10 billion.
Other arguments from last year's proposal seem to be at odds with the 2007 Mass v EPA Supreme Court decision, which held that GHGs meet the Clean Air Act's definition of an air pollutant and directed EPA to make a science-based decision whether GHGs cause endangerment
I'm quoted in this Politico article about the pending repeal of EPA's 2009 GHG endangerment finding which I had a large hand in. We shall see to what extent EPA makes scientific arguments in the repeal. EPA's proposal didn't have compelling scientific justification
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
This EPA decided not to count benefits of pollution controls. No quantified accounting for avoided morbidity and mortality. This abandons decades of cost-benefit practice, economics and science. Claims that $ benefits estimates are too uncertain don't hold water theconversation.com/epas-new-way...
I just posted the second in my Endangerment substack series: thesaraphreport.substack.com/p/did-epa-ge...
I was interviewed for this article in E&E News about EPA's forthcoming and expected repeal of the 2009 GHG endangerment finding. Remain very proud of the work we did for the original GHG finding and the work to uphold it in subsequent years. www.eenews.net/articles/anx...
Yesterday I started teaching the undergraduate class on global climate change at Howard University. This is in their Dept of Earth, Environment and Equity. Always wanted to do more teaching after federal service. Honored to be part of Howard in this way!
Grateful to be part of this newly expanded team with earthknowledge.com as an advisor for climate adaptation and environmental risk. Earth Knowledge provides weather and climate information for use in decision making, including risk assessment and resilience planning.
Gwyneth Fries and I published the blog, the Business Case for Climate Resilience. Businesses and investors need to transition from viewing climate adaptation solely as a risk management strategy to exploring it as a driver of innovation. www.operationfuture.net/blog/the-bus...
Updated blog to reflect the final key decisions on adaptation at COP30. bendeangelo.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What’s happening on adaptation at COP30?
open.substack.com/pub/bendeang...
Thank you Penn State for this feature! Really humbled by it but hugely appreciate the support. WE ARE going to continue to provide Pennsylvanians and all citizens with the best available info to deal with a rapidly changing climate. www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...
Happy to announce I joined Silvestrum Climate Associates as a senior fellow focused on climate adaptation. Silvestrum bridges science, policy and law and focuses on nature-based solutions domestically and internationally. Great to be part of this mission-driven team! www.silvestrum.com
During #NYClimateWeek Louie Woodall of @climateproof.news sat down with me for this interview about my initial reactions to NYClimateWeek, gave me an opp to discuss my federal career working on climate, and my new venture Operation Future, LLC www.youtube.com/watch?v=0olG...
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Was great to participate in this panel last week sponsored by @kogodbiz.bsky.social @americanuniversity.bsky.social. Lots of diverse perspectives on climate and the role of the private sector to advance progress in terms of certification, branding, and communication tools.
