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
"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
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
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.”
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.
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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
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.