Stephen Lee

DC Circuit appears split on the legality of EPA's attempted seizure of green bank funding. https://t.co/sPuxt7uxFD

Citing "a time when our members are facing unprecedented attacks," AFGE is hosting a webinar on suicide prevention for federal and DC government workers.

David Uhlmann, who led EPA enforcement under Biden, is joining a boutique enviro law firm and returning to academia. https://t.co/cHtHRCarTl

McGill platform becomes safe space for conserving U.S. climate research under threat - The Globe and Mail https://t.co/IOExt3FcM5

President Trump's budget request would cut EPA's funding to its lowest level since the year of Chernobyl and the Buckner play. https://t.co/Q1Crpm1WsJ

New GSA program awards employees with cash rewards if their agency cuts travel, training, and contract spending by at least 30% by July 31.

Why does the dismissal of the National Climate Assessment authors matter? Because industry and local govt's rely on it, and national security and US prestige are on the line. https://t.co/7GR3lHE4P0

RT @josh_wingrove: Trump endorses himself (?) in today's Canadian election https://t.co/EhkLCsRYMV

RT @JamesBroughel: A new Trump executive order mandates "zero-based regulatory budgeting" for energy agencies. This is a potential game-cha…

The White House is quietly circulating guidance to the agencies about how they should change their internal permitting rules. (Agency-level rules had been seen by enviros as a bulwark against the recent nixing of the White House rules.) https://t.co/Dgd4v6P5na

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to turn the funding taps back on, nationwide. "Agencies do not have unlimited authority to further a president's agenda." https://t.co/RbSwpZ8VEj

Climate United response to EPA's request for emergency stay in grants case: "Climate United will not--and legally cannot--go on a multi-million dollar spending spree with federal funds for our own benefit." https://t.co/80yk94i8zd

EPA to staff: agency will monitor compliance with back-to-work requirements via badge swipes, laptop activity, and timecards. Failure to comply--which can include not being "forthcoming and candid"--will trigger formal discipline, up to and including removal from federal service.

The federal permitting rules under NEPA go up in smoke today, in theory paving the way for a building boom. Only developers aren't seeing it that way. https://t.co/32J4z6zTWt

.@SenDanSullivan, in re: an incident he's mentioned before in which armed EPA agents raided mechanic shops in Alaska: "Why does the EPA have SWAT teams? Calling DOGE, calling DOGE! Let's get rid of the EPA's armed brigades." (EPA does have some special agents who carry firearms.)

AFGE warns EPA employees to gird themselves for RIFs, which union says now seem inevitable. Email provides staffers with a checklist of things to do if they get a RIF notice.

EPA is pilot-testing a new tool to automate the "what did you do last week" emails. "Collecting your accomplishments in a standard way will make it easier for you."