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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.

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." news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

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." news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

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.) news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

A new Trump executive order mandates "zero-based regulatory budgeting" for energy agencies. This is a potential game-changer for the administrative state. The EO is focused on energy regulators to start, including EPA, DOE, FERC, NRC, and others. It’s inspired by Idaho’s

Trump endorses himself (?) in today's Canadian election

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

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

President Trump's budget request would cut EPA's funding to its lowest level since the year of Chernobyl and the Buckner play. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

McGill platform becomes safe space for conserving U.S. climate research under threat - The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

David Uhlmann, who led EPA enforcement under Biden, is joining a boutique enviro law firm and returning to academia. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

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

DC Circuit appears split on the legality of EPA's attempted seizure of green bank funding. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The EPA is rolling out an agency-wide AI chat tool and is encouraging all employees to use it as much as possible to analyze data, write statements, and do environmental monitoring. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Emily Domenech, new head of the federal Permitting Council, says her goal is to get more data centers, AI facilities, and mines not just through the process faster, but also to a "yes." (No paywall.) news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Solar power is so obviously the future for anyone who can do elementary math

EPA employees who signed a letter critical of Lee Zeldin have been placed on administrative leave. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Most dominant athletes in the world today: Chestnut and Ledecky. You can’t even imagine anyone giving either of them a run for their money

It's not that unusual to let people pay extra for faster government service, as the One Big Beautiful Bill does for NEPA reviews, sources say. But will it actually improve permitting? news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…