lesley clark
@lesleyclark
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Covering climate law for @EENewsUpdates/@politico Previously: @mcclatchydc @miamiherald 🚲 + 😼 + 🖼️ person/reach me @ [email protected]
Washington, D.C.
Joined February 2009
“Sometimes it takes the perspective of a different generation to show the way,” says the dad of one young activist suing the EPA over #climate. “I believe these children are going to be on the right side of history.”
eenews.net
"We can change the world for the better," said one young Californian suing EPA for falling short on climate action.
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ICYMI: Trump suffers major court losses in his offshore wind war. What it means going forward. “Trump is getting his butt kicked again. The question is whether he learns from that,” Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.). W/ @kelseytam, @lesleyclark, @niina_h_farah
politico.com
The administration’s arguments that offshore wind farms present a national security risk failed to convince judges in three separate courts.
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Read an excerpt from @MCJalonick's stellar oral history of Jan. 6 from those who were there -- including the first moments that rioters broke into the Capitol on the Senate side
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A new book reveals how a Capitol police officer, a QAnon believer and a HuffPost reporter each navigated one of the tensest moments of the insurrection.
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Happy publication day to "Storm at the Capitol: An Oral History of January 6th," by Mary Clare Jalonick (@MCJalonick). This is the definitive, unbiased account of the twenty-four hours surrounding the historic January 6th attack on the Capitol.
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NEW -- Trump's White House is hiding the vast majority of the transcripts of his remarks. Why? The White House won't say... But maybe reading the following might offer a clue: https://t.co/BZzdlMcmp8
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The firing occurred one day after Hamilton told a House Appropriations subcommittee that the nation needs FEMA, which Trump has suggested abolishing or shrinking: https://t.co/8jpgkoX7Hu
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Cameron Hamilton, the acting disaster chief, appeared to contradict Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem by defending the agency on Wednesday.
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How can Journalism not win today? It's National Press Freedom Day! See what its owner says about his journalism career + why his horse is so special.
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Tesla is celebrating its contributions to a "sustainable future for Earth" as its CEO works with the Trump administration to gut and destroy federal climate science and policy.
Thanks to all of our owners & certified installers for helping us accelerate a sustainable future for Earth over the past 10 years
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I spoke with @lesleyclark about the President's memo directing agencies to use the APA's "good cause" exception to undo rules it thinks are illegal. I've been very critical of the notice-and-comment process, but this is not how the APA's meant to work. https://t.co/a85hSFBgxU
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Lancet study on US global aid drawdown Complete cessation w/o replacement would lead to dramatic increases in deaths from 2025-2040: 15.2m additional AIDS deaths, 2.2 m additional TB deaths, 7.9m additional child deaths from other causes, 40-55m additional unplanned pregnancies.
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“Trying to sic the Justice Department on state officials who are protecting their people from pollution will fail because the US attorney general has no power to declare state laws illegal,” @JasonRylander @CenterForBioDiv @lesleyclark @AdamAton
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But the president’s allies contend the White House should intervene when the rules of one state affect another.
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🚨 #WTAF⁉️😳 #Trump DECLARES WAR on #State #Climate #Laws. "The president signed an executive order late Tuesday that aims to “stop the enforcement” of a broad swath of state climate regulations." By @AdamAton & @lesleyclark
https://t.co/4MPjhqf4rT via @politico
politico.com
The president signed an executive order late Tuesday that aims to "stop the enforcement" of a broad swath of state climate regulations.
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BREAKING: Trump appointed federal judge sides with AP in lawsuit over WH access, writing, "...under the First Amendment, if the Govt opens its doors to some journalists—be it to the Oval Office, the East Room, or elsewhere—it cannot then shut those doors to other journalists
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The Atlantic released the entire Signal chat among Trump senior national security officials Wednesday, showing that @SecDef Pete Hegseth provided the exact times of warplane launches and when bombs would drop — before the men and women flying those attacks against Yemen’s Houthis
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The Atlantic has released the Signal chat among Trump senior national security officials. It shows that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided the exact times of warplane launches and when bombs...
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For decades, Voice of America has provided fact-based journalism to millions. Now, after its parent agency was gutted, its journalists are being sidelined en masse. This raises urgent questions about the future of press freedom. Full @PressClubDC statement:
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Supreme Court Rejects Red States’ Bid To Quash #Climate Cases #news #environment
@lesleyclark reports for @EENewsUpdates EJ Today Headlines: https://t.co/nnLS0bOV3X Bluesky: https://t.co/4TmFoPUhAa
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Two conservative justices said they would have allowed Republican state attorneys general to sue their Democratic counterparts for pursuing climate lawsuits
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EXCLUSIVE: The @AP has obtained and tonight published a database of the file names and descriptions of more than 26,000 military images flagged for removal --because the pictures highlight contributions by women or minorities, or celebrate heritage -- or "DEI." A team of us went
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References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorities are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts...
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The U.S. State Department abruptly canceled foreign aid programs supporting opposition activists, political prisoners and religious groups in #Cuba, #Nicaragua , and #Venezuela, raising concerns about a shift in U.S. foreign policy.
miamiherald.com
The suspension of foreign aid programs supporting democracy promotion in authoritarian countries has left many wondering if U.S. policy has abandoned that goal.
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“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.” https://t.co/qmzZiadqhy via @NYTimes
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Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
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"A lost generation of would-be federal scientists, public land managers and park rangers"
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For many of the fired federal workers, their abrupt terminations in recent weeks not only bring personal hardship, but also the end of dreams to work in
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Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding
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Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth.
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