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David Doniger

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Endangerment is my middle name. Senior Strategist and Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council's Climate & Energy Department. www.nrdc.org/bio/david-doniger Bluesky views my own.

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 5h
You can count on the Wall Street Journal editorial writers to argue climate change lawsuits are a greater menace than climate change itself. www.wsj.com/opinion/sunc...
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Opinion | Boulder Gives Away Its Climate Game in the Suncor Case
There’s no limiting principle to its suit on harm from CO2.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 9h
The Department formerly known as Justice. Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
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Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks
The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 19h
Whether he can spell judg[e]ment or not, he plainly doesn’t have any.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sean Parnell can’t spell Judgment.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
For the last 20 years, polluters have screamed “federalism” to block EPA and leave greenhouse gas regulation to the states that are in their pocket. Now that EPA is in their pocket, “federalism” means block the states and leave it EPA. www.wsj.com/opinion/sunc...
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Opinion | A Big Moment for Federalism at the Supreme Court
Boulder’s climate lawsuit would return the U.S. to the era of the Articles of Confederation.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
School kids? They can walk to school in the dark, uphill both ways.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And PGA golfers’ need for afternoon light trump school kids’ need for light on the way to school.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
More worried about 5 o’clock shadows than 3 AM phone calls.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Supreme Court ruled in AEP that federal common law was displaced by the EPA’s Clean Air Act authority to regulate GHGs. But it did *not* hold EPA’s CAA authority preempts state common law. And now EPA says it has no authority to regulate after all. Go figure.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The oil industry flaks on the @WSJ editorial board don’t know the difference between federal and state common law and between displacement and preemption. www.wsj.com/opinion/sunc...
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Opinion | A Big Moment for Federalism at the Supreme Court
Boulder’s climate lawsuit would return the U.S. to the era of the Articles of Confederation.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yeah, but the money goes to Big Oil fat cats instead of to the long-suffering American people.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nationals Park, Yes. National Parks, No. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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MLB drops proposal to host a baseball game at Grand Teton National Park
After The Washington Post reported on the proposal, local leaders sent letters to the Trump administration and the MLB commissioner expressing strong opposition.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Centuries after Rome burned, praetorian guard reviews whether Nero got a raw deal www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Exclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal
A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How EPA cooked the books and broke the law when repealing power plant carbon rules. www.nrdc.org/bio/meredith...
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The EPA Cooks the Books in Trying to Cook the Planet
The agency’s power plant rollback—right after the hottest summer on record—will raise your power bills and worsen the climate crisis.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Can’t wait for the next SI swimsuit edition.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Now it's Canada??!! subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...
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POLITICO Pro: Navarro warns Canada against election interference
Trump's trade adviser also told Canadians lobbying on K Street to "get the hell out of our country" during an event in Washington Tuesday morning.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Entering the Matrix.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump White House has “for sale” sign out front. Polluters win. Breathers lose. The Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/c...
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The Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Clown car, with guns. Andrew Bailey, a Deputy Director at the F.B.I., Leaves His Job www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Andrew Bailey, a Deputy Director at the F.B.I., Leaves His Job
Mr. Bailey, who was part of a three-person leadership team atop the bureau, lasted barely a year.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
And if the end times come, so be it.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Stupidest idea in years. Major League Baseball should stay the hell out of the National Parks. Nationals Park ⬆️, National Parks ⬇️. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Chinese EV companies are leaving U.S. automakers in the dust. www.wsj.com/business/aut...
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China’s Geely Unveils EV Charging Under Five Minutes
The automaker rivals ultrafast charging from BYD as automakers aim to entice buyers in China’s slowing market.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump accomplished a moronic two-fer yesterday. *Trying to rebrand AI as SuperIntelligence. (Can't wait for the next SI Swimsuit edition.) *Dismissing AI risks by comparing to climate change after the world's hottest summer killed tens of thousands. youtu.be/OYGNuYZ_jt0?...
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WATCH: Trump dismisses concerns about AI risks at UN, says he won't rein it in
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Le code ces’t moi,” said King Donald the XIVth.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Oh good. Waiting for the SI Swimsuit Edition.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Cut off his air conditioning in August for 3 days and he’ll do a 180 on this.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Uh-oh. The Environmental Protection Agency just knocked the legs out from under the oil companies' and the Justice Department's Clean Air Act preemption theory in Suncor v. Boulder. www.yalejreg.com/nc/did-the-s...
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Did the Sun Set Last Week on Suncor’s Clean Air Act Preemption Theory? - Yale Journal on Regulation
When the Supreme Court hears arguments October 5th in Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder, the oil companies will argue that municipalities cannot pursue state-law claims for damages caus...
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Climate May Have Some Surprises in Store www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o...
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Opinion | Climate Catastrophe Is Still on the Table
Harrowing temperature increases remain unnervingly possible.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Xi knows how to play on Trump’s vanity. With Time on His Side, Xi Seeks to Extend Truce With Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/w...
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China’s Leader Xi Seeks to Extend Truce with Trump During U.S. Summit
Facing an American president constrained by war and politics, China’s leader may seek to lock in a tactical truce while he shores up a fragile economy at home.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Won’t that raise US natural gas prices?
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If it were a sincere claim, you would not need the underlying arch, and not in that location. Just a simple tower somewhere less conspicuous. A president should not be allowed a triumphal arch — at least without a triumph.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It *is* called the STRAIT of Hormuz.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Very sad news.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I just watched S4E1. I KNEW it! I’ve known it for YEARS!
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hunting and fishing is good but lead ammo and tackle is bad bad bad. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...
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POLITICO Pro: Trump signs executive orders to promote hunting, fishing
The move came as the president hosted hunters and anglers at a White House Rose Garden dinner.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Here's how totally f***ed up this administration is: RFK Jr. is raising an alarm about completely fictional chemicals in the atmosphere, while he and the rest of the Trump administration are calling the chemicals that ARE literally changing the planet's #climate a "hoax."
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Looney Tunes. Vaccines, chemtrails, and electromagnetic radiation, oh my! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/h...
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RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’
The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
But they're staying around tonight to take another vote against fuel-saving clean air standards when gas prices are through the roof.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Which is to say that Trump's economy is so bad that the Fed Chair Trump picked to lower interest rates has to raise them instead. Fed Raises Interest Rates in Push for ‘Timelier’ Retreat in Inflation www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...
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Live Updates: Warsh and Fed Officials Raise Interest Rates to Fight Inflation
Kevin M. Warsh, chairman of the Federal Reserve, is taking questions about the bank’s first rate increase in more than three years.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/09/2026
Deeply. Unserious.
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The EPA would rather monitor abortion pills in water than pollution
The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Cosmic level vanity and spite. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Trump says Kennedy Center board voted to close building, hours after judge rules building can’t bear his name
Trump said a planned renovation won’t happen until the building is allowed to be renamed.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Reading the Kavanaugh concurrence and Alito/Thomas dissent, you could think they hadn’t overruled Chevron deference. 🤔 Here’s the latest. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
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Supreme Court Blocks Trump Administration Plan to Screen Mail-In Ballots
The Trump administration had asked the justices to allow a new Postal Service plan to screen ballots just weeks before the midterm elections.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Might even call this “pro-life.”
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NRDC’s statement here. www.nrdc.org/press-releas...
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EPA Repeals Climate Rules for Power Plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency repealed critical standards for power plant carbon pollution, the largest industrial source of those emissions with more than 1.5 billion tons emitted each yea...
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
More climate denial and coal and gas fantasies from the Tump EPA. We will sue and they will lose. www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
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EPA Finalizes Repeal of 2024 Power Plant Regulations, Delivering $300+ Billion in Savings, Proposes Repeal of All Remaining Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Power Plants | US EPA
Today, U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the repeal of the majority of the Biden administration's greenhouse gas requirements for U.S. power plants and proposed rescinding every remaining gr...
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“So the two biggest slices of the U.S. carbon emissions are, together, still too small to matter? That's crazy. Like saying that over half of a super large pizza has no calories,” www.axios.com/2026/09/14/e...
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EPA is repealing Biden-era carbon emissions rules for power plants
The plan also looks to prevent new CO2 emissions standards in the future.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
No power company should expect Trump’s climate rollbacks to stand up in court. Any company that invests in reliance on them is committing business malpractice. E.P.A. Expected to Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
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E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
No power company should expect Trump’s climate rollbacks to stand up in court. Any company that invests in reliance on them is committing business malpractice. E.P.A. Expected to Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
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E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Rolling Scones
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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Duffy and Zeldin are doing EXACTLY what the automakers DON’T want. They don’t want stop/start regulatory policy. They want stability. And they know zeroing out CAFE and climate rules won’t last. subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/2...
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