New CleanLaw Episode! Sara Dewey and Andrew Mergen discuss presidential authority under the Antiquities Act and what lies ahead for our national monuments in the Supreme Court. Listen here ➡️ eelp.law.harvard.edu/cleanlaw-monum…

Today, Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS launched “Building Worker Power in Cities and States,” a policy toolkit for state and local action. The exciting policy ideas highlighted in the toolkit serve as a testament to the innovative spirit and energy in the labor movement. clje.law.harvard.edu/building-worke…

Today, I was thrilled to join U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 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. doi.gov/pressreleases/…

The Supreme Court’s Shadowy Treatment of Public Health | New England Journal of Medicine nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Scanning this site for good news.

We need to talk about SCOTUS and public health.

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: nej.md/3AKxNZ2

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 nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Congrats to our fearless leader for making The Grist 50: Amy Bowers Cordalis. grist.org/fix/grist-50/2… #Grist50 via grist

"There it is. Take it." Throughline examines the history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, and the legacy of William Mulholland's big dream: npr.org/2024/08/29/119…

Today, US Department of the Interior and Dept. of Agriculture 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. doi.gov/pressreleases/…

This is a fantastic piece. Highly recommend.

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: bit.ly/3ZB8f9w

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.

This baseless claim re impoundment is breathtakingly irresponsible. And it’s the direct result of the originalist ecosystem’s dogged complicity in accepting as “scholarship” thinly sourced hand waving that wd be returned to any undergrad covered in red pen americarenewing.com/the-presidents…

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: utexas.box.com/s/h0m91y7nesdr… Much more on this in tomorrow’s “One First.”

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:

"This isn’t just another regulatory rollback. It’s an assault on the foundation of all federal climate policy," writes Jody Freeman, director of HLS Environmental & Energy Law Program, in the Los Angeles Times. Read the op-ed: latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Scoop: EPA is preparing to cancel $7 billion in grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels. nytimes.com/2025/08/05/cli…

He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go. nytimes.com/2025/10/31/cli… via @NYTimes