Abbie Dillen
@abbiedillen.bsky.social
President of Earthjustice + Earthjustice Action
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Adopting this warmed-over BTI perspective is kind of goofy at any time, but doing it today, in the year of our lord 2025 -- while clean energy represents the *only* way to accelerate economic growth without breaking the bank -- is so sad. Not just hackery but moldy, past-its-expiration-date hackery.
I actually think the *core* of Democrats’ unwise leftward move was on climate because it creates direct tensions with a classic kitchen table pitch.
All the other stuff (crime, immigration, guns, gender) matters too but the post-2012 pivot off of “all of the above” energy is the most important.
All the other stuff (crime, immigration, guns, gender) matters too but the post-2012 pivot off of “all of the above” energy is the most important.
“Dems moved too far left” means BLM and trans equality—and for some, taking COVID seriously—and many Dem politicians really do support those things.
There’s tons of noise and euphemism, but that’s the core argument.
And it is a misguided one, since Dems won the election after that move, in 2020.
There’s tons of noise and euphemism, but that’s the core argument.
And it is a misguided one, since Dems won the election after that move, in 2020.
November 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Adopting this warmed-over BTI perspective is kind of goofy at any time, but doing it today, in the year of our lord 2025 -- while clean energy represents the *only* way to accelerate economic growth without breaking the bank -- is so sad. Not just hackery but moldy, past-its-expiration-date hackery.
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Planet Earth vs. Trump — lawsuits, lots of them. @earthjustice.org President, @abbiedillen.bsky.social, breaks down what the heck is happening in environmental law. Listen wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/1773809532
October 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Planet Earth vs. Trump — lawsuits, lots of them. @earthjustice.org President, @abbiedillen.bsky.social, breaks down what the heck is happening in environmental law. Listen wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/1773809532
What the heck indeed! Any time I get to talk to @ayanaeliza.bsky.social, we always get to go to what matters most.
What the heck is going on with environmental law right now?
This week on on the podcast, @earthjustice.org president @abbiedillen.bsky.social breaks it down.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts www.getitright.earth/podcast
This week on on the podcast, @earthjustice.org president @abbiedillen.bsky.social breaks it down.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts www.getitright.earth/podcast
TUNE IN: Earthjustice President @abbiedillen.bsky.social joins @ayanaeliza.bsky.social on the latest podcast episode to unpack the Trump administration’s sweeping attacks on climate progress, the Supreme Court, and the fight to hold the government accountable.
October 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
What the heck indeed! Any time I get to talk to @ayanaeliza.bsky.social, we always get to go to what matters most.
Must tune in to @stevevladeck.bsky.social in this instance and truly, all the time, to understand — and be real about — where SCOTUS is going. If you aren’t following One First yet, you need to.
#ICYMI, I joined @kateshaw.bsky.social and @williambaude.bsky.social for (another) @nytopinion.nytimes.com roundtable on #SCOTUS — as the Roberts Court marks its twentieth anniversary and with a momentous new term set to begin next Monday.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
Opinion | ‘Hypercharged’ Is the Only Word for This Supreme Court
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Must tune in to @stevevladeck.bsky.social in this instance and truly, all the time, to understand — and be real about — where SCOTUS is going. If you aren’t following One First yet, you need to.
Excited for this conversation with two of two of my heroes @billmckibben.bsky.social and @manishbapna.bsky.social
Tomorrow, Earthjustice President @abbiedillen.bsky.social will be speaking at @nytimes.com Climate Forward 2025.
Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 9:40 am ET. Register for the livestream: nyt.swoogo.com/climateforwa...
Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 9:40 am ET. Register for the livestream: nyt.swoogo.com/climateforwa...
September 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Excited for this conversation with two of two of my heroes @billmckibben.bsky.social and @manishbapna.bsky.social
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Certiorari "before judgment" is how #SCOTUS takes up a full appeal *before* the intermediate federal courts have heard it.
It used to be exceedingly rare. For instance, there wasn't a *single* grant of such expedited review b/w August 2004 & February 2019.
This is the *23rd* such grant since then.
It used to be exceedingly rare. For instance, there wasn't a *single* grant of such expedited review b/w August 2004 & February 2019.
This is the *23rd* such grant since then.
#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.
September 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Certiorari "before judgment" is how #SCOTUS takes up a full appeal *before* the intermediate federal courts have heard it.
It used to be exceedingly rare. For instance, there wasn't a *single* grant of such expedited review b/w August 2004 & February 2019.
This is the *23rd* such grant since then.
It used to be exceedingly rare. For instance, there wasn't a *single* grant of such expedited review b/w August 2004 & February 2019.
This is the *23rd* such grant since then.
The Trump administration’s next move to crush effective climate policy.
E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...
E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...
E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The Trump administration’s next move to crush effective climate policy.
E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...
E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...
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"The scale and urgency of the current threat should settle a long-simmering debate about the strategic value of targeting oil and gas production directly."
@earthjustice.org president @abbiedillen.bsky.social writes in SSIR on the next chapter of the climate fight:
@earthjustice.org president @abbiedillen.bsky.social writes in SSIR on the next chapter of the climate fight:
No Way Out Without a Fight (SSIR)
The ground-up work to stop US oil and gas expansion and create new climate politics
ssir.org
September 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"The scale and urgency of the current threat should settle a long-simmering debate about the strategic value of targeting oil and gas production directly."
@earthjustice.org president @abbiedillen.bsky.social writes in SSIR on the next chapter of the climate fight:
@earthjustice.org president @abbiedillen.bsky.social writes in SSIR on the next chapter of the climate fight:
There’s a lot to worry about right now. The quiet part is a U.S. oil & gas renaissance. As extreme weather rocks the country, it’s time to invest in brass tacks planning, deep organizing, and the essential state and local fights to achieve clean energy transition … in time.
ssir.org/articles/ent...
ssir.org/articles/ent...
No Way Out Without a Fight (SSIR)
The ground-up work to stop US oil and gas expansion and create new climate politics
ssir.org
September 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
There’s a lot to worry about right now. The quiet part is a U.S. oil & gas renaissance. As extreme weather rocks the country, it’s time to invest in brass tacks planning, deep organizing, and the essential state and local fights to achieve clean energy transition … in time.
ssir.org/articles/ent...
ssir.org/articles/ent...
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An effort to kill off lawsuits against oil giants is gaining steam
- my latest in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/c...
- my latest in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/c...
An Effort to Kill Off Lawsuits Against Oil Giants Is Gaining Steam
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
An effort to kill off lawsuits against oil giants is gaining steam
- my latest in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/c...
- my latest in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/c...
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Sing it from the rooftops: congestion pricing in NYC is an unambiguous triumph. It is succeeding beyond its backers wildest aspirations & none of the second-order effects people worried about have come to pass.
It's a pure win. Celebrate it! Talk about it! For once, let's own the f'ing narrative.
It's a pure win. Celebrate it! Talk about it! For once, let's own the f'ing narrative.
Here Is Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Started in New York
Fewer cars. Faster travel. Less honking. And some questions we still can’t answer.
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Sing it from the rooftops: congestion pricing in NYC is an unambiguous triumph. It is succeeding beyond its backers wildest aspirations & none of the second-order effects people worried about have come to pass.
It's a pure win. Celebrate it! Talk about it! For once, let's own the f'ing narrative.
It's a pure win. Celebrate it! Talk about it! For once, let's own the f'ing narrative.
On a tough day in Congress, loving this point of light! Messing up farmers is terrible for everyone, and going to court can still unlock solutions. Grateful to our courageous clients.
Farmers Sued Over Deleted Climate Data. So the Government Will Put It Back.
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
On a tough day in Congress, loving this point of light! Messing up farmers is terrible for everyone, and going to court can still unlock solutions. Grateful to our courageous clients.
It’s been an eventful first 92 days of Trump. My take on (some of) what’s different this time around. Stiff headwinds but we will stay the course. Happy Earth Day. www.propublica.org/article/eart...
Earthjustice President Describes a “Fundamentally Different” Era of Hostility Toward Environmentalists
Abigail Dillen sees the increase of lawsuits targeting green groups as just one of the growing threats to environmental advocacy organizations — and the people who staff them.
www.propublica.org
April 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It’s been an eventful first 92 days of Trump. My take on (some of) what’s different this time around. Stiff headwinds but we will stay the course. Happy Earth Day. www.propublica.org/article/eart...
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"It is hard to imagine a more sweeping agenda to make Americans less healthy," says Earthjustice President @abbiedillen.bsky.social in today's New York Times.
"The most important thing to understand is that we are seeing a wholesale approach to eradicating environmental protections."
"The most important thing to understand is that we are seeing a wholesale approach to eradicating environmental protections."
Opinion | Trump’s Environmental Agenda Is Actually Toxic
Trump says one thing about toxins — and does another.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"It is hard to imagine a more sweeping agenda to make Americans less healthy," says Earthjustice President @abbiedillen.bsky.social in today's New York Times.
"The most important thing to understand is that we are seeing a wholesale approach to eradicating environmental protections."
"The most important thing to understand is that we are seeing a wholesale approach to eradicating environmental protections."
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A federal court’s jurisdiction does *not* stop at the water’s edge. The question is whether the *defendants* are subject to the court order, not *where* the conduct being challenged takes place.
Were it otherwise, the government could act lawlessly overseas and courts would be powerless to stop it.
Were it otherwise, the government could act lawlessly overseas and courts would be powerless to stop it.
March 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A federal court’s jurisdiction does *not* stop at the water’s edge. The question is whether the *defendants* are subject to the court order, not *where* the conduct being challenged takes place.
Were it otherwise, the government could act lawlessly overseas and courts would be powerless to stop it.
Were it otherwise, the government could act lawlessly overseas and courts would be powerless to stop it.
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Remarkable climate news from Germany!
Conservatives (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD) agreed in principle with the Green Party on plans for a massive increase in state borrowing for infrastructure and military.
The Greens secured a €100 billion fund for climate and economic transformation.
Conservatives (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD) agreed in principle with the Green Party on plans for a massive increase in state borrowing for infrastructure and military.
The Greens secured a €100 billion fund for climate and economic transformation.
Germany: Parties agree on historic debt deal – DW – 03/14/2025
The CDU/CSU bloc and the SPD have reached an agreement with the Greens on a massive increase in government borrowing.
www.dw.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Remarkable climate news from Germany!
Conservatives (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD) agreed in principle with the Green Party on plans for a massive increase in state borrowing for infrastructure and military.
The Greens secured a €100 billion fund for climate and economic transformation.
Conservatives (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD) agreed in principle with the Green Party on plans for a massive increase in state borrowing for infrastructure and military.
The Greens secured a €100 billion fund for climate and economic transformation.
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1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed.
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
March 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed.
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
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We're suing. Earthjustice is representing Inflation Reduction Act grant recipients & holding the Trump administration accountable for illegally freezing funds that were meant to benefit communities.
March 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We're suing. Earthjustice is representing Inflation Reduction Act grant recipients & holding the Trump administration accountable for illegally freezing funds that were meant to benefit communities.
Just because you aren’t surprised doesn’t mean you shouldn’t read this extraordinary artifact of March 2025. Will be of special interest to all of you practicing that cult “climate change religion.”
Trump EPA Kicks Off Formal Reconsideration of Endangerment Finding with Agency Partners | US EPA
EPA News Release: Trump EPA Kicks Off Formal Reconsideration of Endangerment Finding with Agency Partners
www.epa.gov
March 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Just because you aren’t surprised doesn’t mean you shouldn’t read this extraordinary artifact of March 2025. Will be of special interest to all of you practicing that cult “climate change religion.”
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By 5-4 vote, #SCOTUS *denies* Trump’s emergency application in foreign aid funding cases, but in a way that sends things back to the district court *before* the payments will have to be made:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
March 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
By 5-4 vote, #SCOTUS *denies* Trump’s emergency application in foreign aid funding cases, but in a way that sends things back to the district court *before* the payments will have to be made:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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#ERCOT has been running at 85% clean today: 75% wind and solar and 10% nuclear. You would have been laughed out of the room if you predicted this 10 years ago. But the smallest interconnection in North America is cranking away at 75% variable resources. Beautiful sight.
@gridstatus.io
#EnergySky
@gridstatus.io
#EnergySky
March 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
#ERCOT has been running at 85% clean today: 75% wind and solar and 10% nuclear. You would have been laughed out of the room if you predicted this 10 years ago. But the smallest interconnection in North America is cranking away at 75% variable resources. Beautiful sight.
@gridstatus.io
#EnergySky
@gridstatus.io
#EnergySky
Policies can rarely deliver an immediate, positive change that people can see and feel every day. Excited that my colleagues have filed suit to defend congestion pricing in NYC!
New Challenge on Trump Administration's Attempt to "Terminate” New York’s Congestion Pricing Program
Groups join MTA’s Lawsuit Against DOT’s Approval Reversal of Congestion Pricing Tolling Program that results in cleaner air, less traffic, and crucial funding for public transportation improvements an...
earthjustice.org
March 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Policies can rarely deliver an immediate, positive change that people can see and feel every day. Excited that my colleagues have filed suit to defend congestion pricing in NYC!
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Front page of today's NYT:
"This is not the kind of stately tennis match of the usual switch-over in administrations. This is full on Fight Club," said @abbiedillen.bsky.social, President of Earthjustice, on the Trump admini's blitz on environmental regulations.
Earthjustice is fighting back.
"This is not the kind of stately tennis match of the usual switch-over in administrations. This is full on Fight Club," said @abbiedillen.bsky.social, President of Earthjustice, on the Trump admini's blitz on environmental regulations.
Earthjustice is fighting back.
How Trump Has Undermined U.S. Climate Policy
President Trump has quickly transformed America’s approach to the environment, withholding funds and stretching the limits of presidential power.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Front page of today's NYT:
"This is not the kind of stately tennis match of the usual switch-over in administrations. This is full on Fight Club," said @abbiedillen.bsky.social, President of Earthjustice, on the Trump admini's blitz on environmental regulations.
Earthjustice is fighting back.
"This is not the kind of stately tennis match of the usual switch-over in administrations. This is full on Fight Club," said @abbiedillen.bsky.social, President of Earthjustice, on the Trump admini's blitz on environmental regulations.
Earthjustice is fighting back.
The Trump administration is now deploying the FBI and trying to invoke criminal law to go after Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund recipients. Thank goodness prosecutors and courts are not going along so far.
February 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Trump administration is now deploying the FBI and trying to invoke criminal law to go after Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund recipients. Thank goodness prosecutors and courts are not going along so far.
Will SCOTUS provide a check to lawless spending freezes and back up lower courts that hold the Trump administration accountable? We will soon find out. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
127. Chief Justice Roberts's Administrative Stay in the Foreign Aid Funding Cases
There are two very different ways to understand Wednesday night's order temporarily absolving the government from spending $1.5 billion in obligated funds. We'll know soon enough which one is correct.
open.substack.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Will SCOTUS provide a check to lawless spending freezes and back up lower courts that hold the Trump administration accountable? We will soon find out. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...