David J. Hayes

Stanford’s David Hayes, Former White House Climate Advisor, Explains the Rollback of the EPA Endangerment Finding | Stanford Law School On February 12, President Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the repeal of the climate change “Endangerment Finding” that the Agency

The Trump Administration has launched an audacious, unlawful, and scientifically unsupportable effort to negate the Clean Air Act's authority to restrict the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change. My explainer lays out why this effort should fail.
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Stanford Law and Policy Lab Tackles the Climate Data Gap | Stanford Law School To advance meaningful climate action, decision-makers need reliable, accessible data about what’s actually working to reduce greenhouse gas emission

Despite the availability of new technologies and data-sharing tools, we do not have systems in place to confirm performance claims around #carbondioxideremoval (#CDR), #forestcarbon interventions, and #methane emissions reductions. We can fix this -- see our report.
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Life Without FEMA: Early Financial Storm Warning for States? A high-pressure financial system is building and may be headed directly towards the states. Recently, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) tied distr...

Great post by @stateimpactcenter.bsky.social on how the Administration's dismantling of FEMA is holding essential state and local “critical emergency preparedness and response funding hostage.” stateimpactcenter.org/insights/lif...

Think this is our best episode yet!

Big pod dropping tomorrow.

I chatted with Special Assistant to the President and former Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes about how Joe Biden did more on climate change than any president in history.

And also how Trump’s “Drill baby drill” won’t happen.

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Trump Wants Oil Drilling in Alaska. A Lease Sale There Just Flopped. No companies bid for the chance to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It was the second auction in four years that failed draw strong interest.

Mic drop: "There are some places too special and sacred to exploit with oil and gas drilling.” Well said, Laura Daniel-Davis, #2 at DOI.
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FACT SHEET: President Biden Protects Atlantic and Pacific Coasts from Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling | The White House President Biden has now conserved over 670 million acres of America’s lands and waters, more than any other president in history Today President Biden

Buckle up for the fight to protect special places from oil drilling. "It is clear to me that the relatively minimal fossil fuel potential in the areas I am withdrawing do not justify the env'tal, public health and economic risks...from new leasing and drilling." www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...