Andrew Mergen

Formerly @DOJEnvironment. Now @Harvard_Law @HarvardEnvClin. Fan of mountains and forests and rivers and seas. The Wisconsin Idea. 🦡

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

It is with deep concern that I am following the developments in Venezuela. The good of the beloved Venezuelan people must prevail over every other consideration. This must lead to the overcoming of violence, and to the pursuit of paths of justice and peace. I pray for all this, and I invite you to pray too, entrusting our prayer to the intercession of Our Lady of Coromoto, and to Saints José Gregorio Hernández and Carmen Rendiles. #PrayTogether

[Andrew Mergen @AndrewMergen]

He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go. https://t.co/LX3qPXStXt via @NYTimes

[Andrew Mergen @AndrewMergen]

@TheBirdist It has to be G or D but my poor Spanish exceeds my abysmal knowledge of Bahasa so maybe G.

[Salata Institute @HarvardSalata]

"This isn’t just another regulatory rollback. It’s an assault on the foundation of all federal climate policy," writes @JodyFreemanHLS, director of @HarvardEELP, in the @latimes.

Read the op-ed:
https://t.co/d3DuO5i0d4

[Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow]

Scoop: EPA is preparing to cancel $7 billion in grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels. https://t.co/qMRC4t6fqI

[Robert Francis @rbfrncs]

When she was just 26 Florence Merriam wrote the first guide to birding with binoculars in 1889. And she slipped in this incredible feminist gem:

[Andrew Mergen @AndrewMergen]

@maxinejoselow @nytimes Congrats!

[Steve Vladeck @steve_vladeck]

Here we go: The Acting Solicitor General has asked #SCOTUS to immediately freeze (and vacate) the district court order that had temporarily reinstated Hampton Dellinger atop DOJ’s Office of Special Counsel:

https://t.co/EcABBirexN

Much more on this in tomorrow’s “One First.”

[Charles Allen @charlesallen]

It’s not a “buyout”. Media keeps calling it a “buyout” but that’s not the offer. Their offer is to get public servants to agree now to resign in the fall, but they keep working full time virtually & get paid for the work. That’s not a “buyout”. I can think of another word though.

[Salata Institute @HarvardSalata]

New research: Even healthy people cannot survive the extreme heat beginning to afflict large regions of the world, writes climate scientist Kaighin McColl, explaining his new research into uncompensable heat stress.

Read the Harvard Climate Blog: https://t.co/d7g73PShqz

[Andrew Mergen @AndrewMergen]

This is a fantastic piece. Highly recommend.

[US Interior Press Team @USInteriorPress]

Today, @Interior and @USDA announced a final rule to strengthen Alaska Tribal representation on the Federal Subsistence Board, which manages subsistence use on federal lands and waters in Alaska.
https://t.co/xew6KBki5R

[Andrew Mergen @AndrewMergen]

@SEHarringtonDC Congrats Sarah!

[Ian James @ByIanJames]

"There it is. Take it." @throughlineNPR examines the history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, and the legacy of William Mulholland's big dream: https://t.co/tLskM2UpUG

[Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group @ridgestoriffles]

Congrats to our fearless leader for making The Grist 50: @AmyCordalis. https://t.co/BFwXTtabMs #Grist50 via @grist

[Emily Broad Leib @broademily]

In June 2022, ~400 people fell ill from consuming tara flour, a food ingredient used without FDA review. Why was this allowed? My perspective with Pieter Cohen in NEJM talks about tara flour, the "GRAS" exception to food safety, & what to do https://t.co/HF11P1mPgM

[NEJM @NEJM]

In June 2024, the Supreme Court issued an order halting implementation of a regulation intended to limit the interstate spread of ozone-forming emissions. The decision could endanger human health. Read the full Perspective: https://t.co/gCK96Q3ka5

[Secretary Deb Haaland @SecDebHaaland]

Today, I was thrilled to join @USFWS, state, local and Tribal leaders in Mesa, AZ to celebrate the successful delisting of the Apache trout - Arizona’s state fish - following decades of collaborative conservation grounded in Indigenous Knowledge. https://t.co/H6P7LOsCnf

[Andrew Mergen @AndrewMergen]

We need to talk about SCOTUS and public health.

[Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic @HarvardEnvClin]

Clinical Instructor Sommer Engels and Faculty Director @AndrewMergen co-authored The Supreme Court’s Shadowy Treatment of Public Health, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine https://t.co/Pwla6pLOQq

[Andrew Mergen @AndrewMergen]

Scanning this site for good news.

[Marmot Recovery Fdn @MarmotRecovery]

There are at least 86 wild-born pups this year! For the record, that is the largest number of wild-born pups that have ever been recorded in a single year for this critically endangered species.