Meredith Fowlie's EI blog on disturbing econ of race among US AI firms and weak or absent enviro regs for off-grid data centers, even ignoring safety risks that AI CEOs are calling out. China threat may justify all this, but POTUS hasn't shown any evidence.
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The Right's campaign against modern medicine seems to be homing in on a new set of villains: doctors. Paxton is targeting pediatricians for vaccinating kids.
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The Defense Production Act, which Trump has abused to support the oil industry, actually makes clean energy a priority.
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The new fuel efficiency standards are a master class in how to pretend to scrupulously implement a statute while actually gutting it.
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In case you missed @progressivereform.bsky.social webinar previewing the Suncor oral arguments, you can catch the recording. Featuring @profrrothschild.bsky.social, @alejandrocamacho.bsky.social, and @dfarber1950.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=00dC...

People who study elections prospects in the key states see the Senate as a toss-up and the House leaning Democratic but with enough toss-up districts to give the GOP a chance of a comeback. Here's what you need to know.
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Here's an unfortunately timely question: Why do chief executives obey the law -- and why do some of them choose to violate it.? This new paper in the journal Public Choice teases out the answers.
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"Justice Gorsuch is wrong about the cure, but delegation has gotten out of hand." @dfarber1950.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2026/09/30/g...

It's kind of hard to believe that Pete Hegseth is as much of an idiot as he seems. But why, then, is he trying to do so much damage of national security? Testosterone overdose causing roid rage?
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The Trump administration’s illegal cuts to FEMA have undermined the nation’s ability to prepare for and respond to natural disasters. Congress must hold the line against further efforts to weaken FEMA and rebuild the agency’s capacity. bit.ly/4ypsAyP

Justice Gorsuch has been complaining that Congress has given the President too much unchecked power. He's certainly right in terms of national security & emergency powers. Here's what we need to do.
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Talking about the Suncor case and the quest for compensation for harm done by climate change.

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The Trump administration unveiled new CAFE standards that actually make cars LESS fuel efficient, defy Congressional intent, and increase air and climate pollution. @uclalawemmett.bsky.social

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State regulations are more important than ever while the Feds are doing their best to trash the environment. Here are the key Governor's races that will help shape the next four years of state environmental policy.
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Whenever he wants to roll back environmental protections, Trump cooks up a new national security justification. @dfarber1950.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2026/09/24/n...