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Clark Mindock

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Climate law & insurance regs reporter. •Insurance writing is here: www.insuranceinsiderus.com/clark-mi… •My Substack “Landmark” covers climate law: www.landmark.earth Formerly Reuters, Law360, The Independent, etc.

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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
At a Climate Week event rn and the only thing I’m hearing anyone talk about is financing oil and gas development
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Personally I love paywalls
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NEW: A federal judge just said the EPA's arguments to support its attack on California's Clean Air Act waiver include "mind-numbing word calisthenics" that require "Orwellian" double-think. www.landmark.earth/p/trump-epa-...
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A federal judge just suggested that EPA’ Zeldin may have misled Congress to kill California’s tailpipe emissions waivers
The judge said the Trump administration is asking her to engage in “Orwellian” double-think, and engaged in “mind-numbing word calisthenics.”
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
BREAKING: Environmental groups have sued President Donald Trump seeking to block his attempt to dismantle protections for the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments in Utah.
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Environmentalists, Patagonia sue Trump over effort to shrink Grand Staircase, Bears Ears National Monuments
The litigation — which involves conservationists, tribes and a clothing apparel brand — will hinge on a careful reading of a 120-year-old law that Chief Justice John Roberts has criticized.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
You’re Canadian?
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Will Pletcher, Consumer Watchdog's litigation director, told me that the new reforms "could make the right to participate practically meaningless." Link to the story, here for Insurance Insider subscribers: www.insuranceinsiderus.com/article/2gr4...
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INTELLIGENCE FOR THE (RE)INSURANCE MARKET
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Earlier this year, Consumer Watchdog helped broker a settlement that blocked State Farm's proposed 30% rate hike for homeowners insurance following the LA wildfires (the company ended up agreeing to just a 17% rate hike). That deal also cut a proposed 52% rate hike for renters down to 15.65%.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Putting aside the insurance industry's position -- while anyone can challenge the rates their actuaries cook up, it's a technical and complex process. In reality, there's basically one group that files the vast majority of challenges to rate increases: Consumer Watchdog.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
(Insurers, of course, don't think their rate requests are unreasonable. And they have repeatedly said that they need to increase their prices in California due to growing wildfire risks and climate change, otherwise the insurance market will collapse)
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The new rules add limitations to a process that gives Californians and public interest groups the right to challenge unreasonable rate increases that insurance companies submit.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
News: The California Dept. of Insurance just finalized contentious new rules that are sure to make insurers happy, but are already raising alarms for consumer advocates. At stake is billions of dollars in premium hikes, and the intervenor process that gives Californians the tools to fight them.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The Texas AG's office has announced a sweeping "birth tourism" investigation, citing as evidence a website that redirects to a GoDaddy parking page
The url that the Texas attorney general's office linked to to illustrate its concerns with "birth tourism" doesn't lead to an active website.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Really nice motion here by State Farm to prohibit homeowners from showing a California jury pictures of their kids and baby deer at their home before it burned down
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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BREAKING: Trump orders supporting Ambler Road, Alaska mining gets court green light Environmentalists lost a bid to block a land transfer to Alaska that is seen as crucial for projects to access mini...
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
BREAKING: Trump orders supporting Ambler Road, Alaska mining gets court green light Environmentalists lost a bid to block a land transfer to Alaska that is seen as crucial for projects to access mining resources in the state’s pristine northwest, including the 211-mile Ambler Road.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Link: www.landmark.earth/p/the-land-w...
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The land war is heating up: Trump slashes Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante
National monuments are almost always popular. Will Trump's effort to gut two of the newest ones survive in court?
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
President Donald Trump has drastically cut protections for two national monuments in Utah: Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalanate. In this morning’s Landmark, read about the brewing legal fight and history of the Antiquities Act — a 100-year-old law likely to be at the center of that dispute.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
A friend sent me a link to this "AI news" site Prism today, and I can't get over that it has affiliated links bringing you to stuff like this Ebay listing for a reconditioned Ford E-450 shuttle bus I wonder what their small commission is if I buy this bad boy...
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I mean, I do love knowing where the American people stand in ghosts, telepathy and the ballroom!
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Cc: @johncluverius.bsky.social
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Love these two together on the timeline today
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Great piece, Dave!
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Read more in my note on Substack: substack.com/profile/1044...
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Breaking Supreme Court News: The U.S. Supreme Court has undermined a $745 million coastal land loss suit filed by a Louisiana Parish against fossil fuel companies, including Chevron. In a unanimous r...
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Breaking Supreme Court News: The high court has undermined a $745 million coastal land loss suit filed by a Louisiana Parish against fossil fuel companies, including Chevron.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Update: On Thursday, the Senate voted 50-49 to send a measure revoking mining prohibitions on U.S. forest land near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to President Donald Trump for a signature.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Today, the Senate is due to vote to strip legal protections from a pristine wilderness in Minnesota. I spoke to locals about it, and discovered the issue is about more than just jobs. It's also deeply rooted in American nostalgia. New in Landmark: www.landmark.earth/p/trump-boun...
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Update: On Thursday, the Senate voted 50-49 to send a measure revoking mining prohibitions on U.S. forest land near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to President Donald Trump for a signature.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Today, the Senate is due to vote to strip legal protections from a pristine wilderness in Minnesota. I spoke to locals about it, and discovered the issue is about more than just jobs. It's also deeply rooted in American nostalgia. New in Landmark: www.landmark.earth/p/trump-boun...
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
In her defense, I haven’t really told her about money yet
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
This was my dog’s reaction when I told her about the new inflation numbers. Not fussed, I guess…
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
These sorts of graphs are just so rad to see
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
New in Landmark: The fight over the Trump admin's repeal of rules that reduce the amount of mercury coming from coal-fired power plants has just begun. Read about it here: www.landmark.earth/p/epa-lawsui...
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The fight over the Trump EPA’s mercury air pollution rollback has begun
States, local governments and environmental groups argue the rollback puts the health of kids and pregnant women at risk.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
BREAKING: Trump "God Squad" voted unanimously to exempt oil and gas activities in the Gulf from Endangered Species Act protections. The group (named for its power to effectively sentence species to extinction) said national security compelled the decision Decision risks whale, sea turtle lives.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
New in Landmark: A judge just handed the Trump administration a big loss on the Endangered Species Act. But the ruling landed one day before the so-called "God Squad" convenes to potentially sentence Gulf wildlife to extinction in the name of oil and gas. www.landmark.earth/p/federal-ju...
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Federal judge throws a wrench in Trump's plan to defang the Endangered Species Act
The decision comes as a federal group dubbed the ‘God Squad’ is set to discuss, on Tuesday, exempting oil and gas development in the Gulf from ESA restrictions.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
New in Landmark: A federal judge just handed the Trump administration a loss on the Endangered Species Act. But the ruling landed one day before the so-called "God Squad" convenes to potentially sentence Gulf wildlife to extinction in the name of oil and gas. www.landmark.earth/p/federal-ju...
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Federal judge throws a wrench in Trump's plan to defang the Endangered Species Act
The decision comes as a federal group dubbed the ‘God Squad’ is set to discuss, on Tuesday, exempting oil and gas development in the Gulf from ESA restrictions.
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Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
"I don't think they should be given any benefit of the doubt that what they’re doing here is a lawful approach, or that they have the authorization to do what they are doing," former BOEM head Liz Klein told me. heatmap.news/energy/trump...
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What We Don’t Know About Trump’s $1 Billion Deal With Total Could Kill It
It’s not even clear where the money is coming from.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
It’s not me it’s you www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Iran War Is Pushing Consumers to Break Up With Fossil Fuels
EVs, solar panels, induction stoves and heat pumps, now cheaper than ever, are becoming more attractive as the conflict upends oil and gas markets.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Huge news on the DOGE front, a federal judge has allowed a lawsuit challenging the advisory commission's authority to proceed, rejecting the Trump administration's motion to dismiss the case. www.eenews.net/articles/cou...
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Court advances lawsuit against DOGE
A federal judge said that while Elon Musk has left the administration, his project to break the federal government is still having an impact.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Could be. $75 a month is ~$17 a week. If the crew they send only did my building, and had to travel, that’d be a bad deal for them. So I guess it depends on how many buildings they move trash for nearby. So yeah. Your bet seems good! Thanks!
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Ah got it. My block is just two days a week, and I only see people put trash out one day a week. Which I think is similar to what my other Brooklyn apartments have been, at least in practice. But even so — interesting to think about the hidden cost!
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Is there a tl;dr for how you get to $75 per unit? I’m in a 4 unit building in Brooklyn. Everyone brings out their own trash (and I’ve never lived in a building where tenants didn’t takeout their own trash). So there is a 10ft space between the outdoor cans and the curb. What’m I missing
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Link: www.landmark.earth/p/heres-what...
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Here’s what’s coming next in the biggest environmental fight of Trump’s second term
Timing will be a big issue in the lawsuit challenging the EPA’s endangerment finding repeal.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
New in Landmark today: Expect some tricky legal maneuvering behind the scenes as lawsuits challenging the Trump EPA’s endangerment finding repeal progress.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
www.landmark.earth/p/heres-what...
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Here’s what’s coming next in the biggest environmental fight of Trump’s second term
Timing will be a big issue in the lawsuit challenging the EPA’s endangerment finding repeal.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
New in Landmark today: Expect some tricky legal maneuvering behind the scenes as lawsuits challenging the Trump EPA’s endangerment finding repeal progress.
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I mean.. yikes. Would not want to be this attorney
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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. “What am I not asking you that I should be asking you?”
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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
One of my favourite guys on here are the ones who doesn’t get that newspapers employ people to write on a number of topics. They’re always like “good to see the NYT Cooking section focusing on a carbonara recipe instead of the war in the Middle East 🙄”
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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
“Oil lobbyists have made the case to Trump officials in recent weeks that his attacks on wind farms off the U.S. coast risk derailing congressional efforts to speed up permits for energy projects, according to people familiar with the matter.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Big Oil Is Urging Trump to Stop Battle on Offshore Wind
The president’s assault on wind farms is stalling a legislative push to speed permitting for energy projects.
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Charlie Richmond (Gyro Gearloose) 311.3ppm 🇨🇦🇬🇧☮️⚛️🇺🇦🌈🦋 @charlierichmond.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
As U.S. forces attack Iran, a dark-money network of anti-Muslim billionaires, fossil fuel empires, and arms dealers is suddenly far closer to its goal. www.levernews.com/the-shadow-c...
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The Shadow Campaign Behind The Iran Strike
As U.S. forces attack Iran, a dark-money network of anti-Muslim billionaires, fossil fuel empires, and arms dealers is suddenly far closer to its goal.
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