Reposted by Fede HolmErik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The reductionist, data-driven arguments from the pro-permitting deal camp often reveals a lack of analytical rigor that suggests bad faith argumentation. Case in point: The narrative re: 17-year timeline for SunZia. It's not the talking point pro-deal folks think it is. 274
Reposted by Fede HolmJames Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If you're not already tracking this case, here's my preview of what's at stake progressivereform.org/cpr-blog/cli...progressivereform.orgClimate Change Is Already Expensive. The Supreme Court May Stick You with the Bill. - Center for Progressive ReformThis past summer, the United States endured a string of climate change-linked heat waves, contributing to an estimated 70 deaths and wrecking food production at farms and ranches across the country. W... 1154
Reposted by Fede HolmJames Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Check out my latest for @progressivereform.bsky.social: State courts have always been about holding irresponsible businesses accountable. The Supreme Court could use Suncor to give Big Oil a free pass. progressivereform.org/cpr-blog/cli...progressivereform.orgClimate Change Is Already Expensive. The Supreme Court May Stick You with the Bill. - Center for Progressive ReformThis past summer, the United States endured a string of climate change-linked heat waves, contributing to an estimated 70 deaths and wrecking food production at farms and ranches across the country. W... 077
Reposted by Fede HolmJames Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Check out my latest @slate.com with @profdanwalters.bsky.social on Suncor v. Boulder. This could be the biggest case of the Supreme Court's next term. slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comThe Supreme Court’s Term-Opening Blockbuster Will Test the Conservative Justices Like No Other CaseThe results could shape responses to climate change for decades to come. 066
Reposted by Fede HolmErik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 29/09/20261. The Senate "permitting reform" bill will (likely) be released this week. 2. It is a data center & energy development bill, not a climate bill. 3. It will erode bedrock environmental safeguards—in particular the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act. 11813
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026And these are just a small sample of the inherent problems of this recission, which also interacts with gov-wide assaults on agency capacity and environmental safeguards (see FWS and ESA, NEPA, relocation of key offices, closure and budget cuts, etc.). Multigenerational damage. 000
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Forest Service claims that elimination of the Roadless Rule’s prohibitions on road building and timber construction will mitigate wildfire risks, but the Forest Service's own research has found that road construction increases rather than decreases opportunities for wildfire activity 100
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Despite the recognition of this fact in the EIS, the CBA fails to account for how the increased road density will affect canopy cover and landscape connectivity, which will in turn degrade the economic, ecologic, and cultural value of public lands. 100
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation are an ongoing and ever-increasing challenge across the U.S. They do not represent speculative harms, but rather a pressing issue that policymakers, scientists, and land managers must deal with on a daily basis. 100
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It also fails to account for the vast majority of environmental and cultural impacts of the recission, bundling everything under the category of "Unquantified costs". So yeah, if you close your eyes, those annoying environmental and economic impacts do go away! F***ing magic. 100
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The proposed rule makes it clear that the upshot (and intended purpose) of the rescission will be increased timber harvesting and leasable mineral development, and the road construction necessary to support those activities. 100
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm not a fan of cost-benefit analysis in any way, but if the agency is dead set on using is to justify a course of action, it should at least prove that the rule will result in a net benefit. It categorically does not. 100
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026However, the need for additional flexibility as it is accounted for in the rule's environmental impact statement and cost-benefit analysis do not support these conclusions. Moreover, the agency fails to prove how this deregulatory measure will result in likely overall benefits in their CBA 100
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Second, the desire to “return management of inventoried roadless areas to the land management process at the individual national forest level. Doing so, the agency claims, would provide “increased management flexibility in the administration of these lands.”. 100
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The agency never explains what these alleged burdens are, however, or why they would be alleviated by replacement of the Roadless Rule with an approach based on forest-by-forest implementation of land use plans. 100
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026As we detail in our comment, the justifications and analysis for the proposed rescission of the Roadless Rule fail on multiple counts. First, the preamble to the proposed rule repeatedly refers to the agency’s intent to “reduce regulatory burden.” 100
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026IRAs support wildlife and plant biodiversity, viewsheds and soundscapes, climate resilience and local economies, as well as air and water quality. The rule was finalized in 2001 after years of tremendous public outreach and overwhelming support. 100
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We documented and provided extensive scientific and legal references for many issues that are missing or have been improperly accounted for in the proposed rescission (EIS/CBA). You can read the full comment here: progressivereform.org/publications...drive.google.comcpr-comments-us-forest-service-roadless-rule-repeal-092326.pdf 110
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Recently, Rob Glicksman (GW Law) and I submitted a public comment in opposition to USDA's proposed recission of the Roadless Rule. This move by USDA/Forest Service is as unnecessary as it is shortsighted. 144
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Yeah, we should stop asking billionaires for advice as, like, a rule of thumb. 010
Reposted by Fede HolmGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comDriving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George MonbiotIn towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 1151582493
Reposted by Fede HolmErik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Abundance-aligned pundits, here @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social, are obsessed w/embracing the fossil fuel industry’s politics and creating a permission structure for policy that would: 1) entrench & further coddle fossil fuels; & 2) undercut action to manage a just, effective fossil fuel transition.nytimes.comOpinion | Mary Peltola’s Energy Politics Fits Alaska. Democrats Need Her. (Gift Article)To win in states such as Alaska, the party needs a faction that can live with fossil fuels. 4154
Reposted by Fede HolmRebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Another thoughtful post considering my new book Teaching Environmental Law, this one by Cal Poly Prof. Anastasia Telesetsky. Thank you @progressivereform.bsky.social for hosting this incredible series. progressivereform.org/cpr-blog/tea...progressivereform.orgTeaching Environmental Law in Perilous Times: Learning Common Ground for Ecological Solidarity - Center for Progressive ReformThese are challenging times for environmental management because we are losing our social cohesion and are increasingly detached from the lives, both human and more than human, around us. Political sc... 076
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026hey land management folks - I'm trying to find some studies that estimate the ecological impact of cattle vs. wild/feral horses and burros in the western US. I've come across some papers but I feel like there must be more out there. Any recommendation/sharing would be greatly appreciated! 000
Reposted by Fede HolmKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.” 379153185988
Reposted by Fede HolmErik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Reading @gilduran.com’s Nerd Reich this morning, I was reminded that Trump’s ballroom is funded by Apple, Coinbase, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir. Internalize the fact of Billionaire tech lords funding the desecration of the People’s House and consider it alongside the rise of Tech fascism. 39840
Reposted by Fede HolmKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026Meta is so unbelievably evil. They make a technology primarily designed to enable abuse, harassment and privacy violations, but also embed real disability aids. The tactic now is to use an entire community as human shields to defend against criticisms www.engadget.com/2236054/meta... 13038221426
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Glad to see that we're finally -decisively- past the "is the women's peloton as good as the men's" and firmly into the "why the hell do we not get full coverage and more stages" part of the story. Vollering's win was far from over until the last climb of the race www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...theguardian.comTour de France Femmes steps out of Pogacar’s shadow to showcase truly compelling racing | Jeremy WhittleOverall winner of Tour de France Femmes was uncertain until final climb – a world away from Tadej Pogacar’s dominance of men’s event 100
Reposted by Fede HolmJosh Morsell @joshmorsell.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Alaska: 10 years work & 20 tribes on Central Yukon plan ended on a 50 to 46 floor vote. 66 communities negatively impacted. ANILCA Explained: The Most Consequential Public Lands Law in American History morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/anilca-exp...morethanjustparks.substack.comANILCA Explained: The Most Consequential Public Lands Law in American HistoryIt protected 104 million acres in a single signature. It also wrote in the escape hatches that are being used against those same acres right now. 032
Reposted by Fede HolmKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 04/08/2026That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas? 10895432183
Reposted by Fede HolmJames Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Welcome @progressivereform.bsky.social's new Executive Director Terrill North progressivereform.org/cpr-blog/joi...progressivereform.orgJoining the Center for Progressive Reform Community as Executive Director - Center for Progressive ReformThis is a hard moment for the work we care about. The rules that keep our air breathable, our water clean, our workplaces safe, and our government answerable to the people are under real pressure. Age... 021
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026These changes will deepen the debate over administrative flexibility versus transparency and evidence-based policymaking in federal land management that the administration has been pushing since early 2025. 000
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Although this action has been publicly defended as seeking to grant greater discretion to agency employees in program execution, in reality, it intends to redefine requirements for the agency's standards, criteria, and guidelines, as well as the scope of public notice and comment. 100
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The changes aim to fundamentally restructure the Forest Service's internal guidance system, recalibrate public engagement for policymaking, and undermine the guardrails that ensure that agency actions follow evidence-based procedures that would reduce arbitrary decisions and special interest capture 100
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Under the proposal, the Handbooks would be reclassified as purely "advisory and informational guidance," from which agency employees could deviate without any requirement for documentation or justification. 100
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Currently, both the Manual and the Handbooks are mandatory documents. Under the proposed change, the Manual will remain the only mandatory direction for the Agency. The Handbooks, on the other hand, are scheduled for a substantial downgrade in authority. 100
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026This seems obscure, but it's really important: the Manual sets out what the Forest Service must do to manage national forests, and the Handbooks provide technical expertise and guidelines for how to accomplish those things. 100
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The full comment can be accessed here: progressivereform.org/publications...progressivereform.orgPublic Comments to the U.S. Forest Service on Proposed Directive System Rule - Center for Progressive ReformOn July 31, Research Scientist Federico Holm submitted public comments to the U.S. Forest Service on a proposed rule for the agency's Directive System. The comments oppose the proposed rule for severa... 100
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026On Friday, @progressivereform.bsky.social submitted a public comment for a proposed rule from USDA to amend regulations governing the Forest Service, redefining the USFS Directive System, which traditionally comprised both the FS Manual and FS Handbooks. 932
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 30/07/2026And they left white space all around. The commitment to inconvenience is remarkable. 010
Reposted by Fede HolmErik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 16/07/2026This is a rigged process with a predetermined outcome: more O&G exploitation of the Greater Chaco landscape (which extends well beyond the boundaries of the NPS unit) that's already been subject to a century of injustice & exploitation. This outcome was explicitly identified in Project 2025.nmpoliticalreport.comChaco Canyon buffer zone in the crossfires of Project 2025 - New Mexico Political ReportIn 1973, it was Project Independence that brought a surge of extraction to Native American reservations to meet the energy demands of the country. Now Project 2025 includes policies with the same end ... 164
Reposted by Fede HolmErik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I would be remiss if I did not also point out that Congressional permitting reform legislation would only fuel Project 2025's goal of ever more exploitation & extraction in the Greater Chaco landscape. i.e., Project 2025 and permitting reform go together like toxic peanut butter and jelly.westernlaw.org 123
Fede Holm @federicoholm.bsky.social · 15/07/2026This is the lowest-hanging fruit imaginable when it comes to deploying more clean generation. 000
Reposted by Fede HolmWestern Environmental Law Center @westernlaw.org · 14/07/2026BREAKING: We just filed a lawsuit against the Trump admin's gutting of Endangered Species Act habitat protections on behalf of EPIC, KS Wild, Friends of the Shasta River, @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social, and fisherman Chris Daughters. Extinction is not an option. We are the resistance. 🌎westernlaw.orgSuit challenges Trump’s attempt to end protecting species’ habitat - Western Environmental Law CenterToday, conservation groups and a fishing guide filed suit in federal court in San Francisco to challenge the Trump administration’s new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that “harm” t... 22713
Reposted by Fede HolmJames Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Platner marketed himself as a progressive who looked and acted "like a Republican." The irony is that he really did act like a Republican -- racist, antisemitic, and alleged sex criminal -- but, because he identified as a *not* Republican -- these actions were all disqualifying. 0132
Reposted by Fede HolmGreenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 09/07/2026Methane heats the planet equally whether it comes from a cow or a pipeline (and heats it a LOT) Rebranding methane from farmed animals as "natural" just to avoid cutting the massive climate pollution from livestock is wishful thinking This is a scandalous move from the EU Commissionpolitico.euThe EU’s paradigm shift on cowsEurope’s plan to support livestock farmers recasts a climate problem as a strategic asset. 38442
Reposted by Fede HolmPauline Cervan @paulinecervan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Vraiment quel scandale que les gens ne veuillent pas qu'on pulvérise des pesticides à 3m de chez eux! Ils peuvent pas se taire et laisser les agriculteurs utiliser les pesticides interdits et perturbateurs endocriniens que j'aurais fait autoriser tranquilles?! 😱 031