Jean Chemnick
@chemnick.bsky.social
EPA reporter with E&ENews. Tracking the Inflation Reduction Act, climate regulation, and the federal workforce. Always looking for tips. | Washington, DC | eenews.net
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Anybody know if a University of Chicago economist who wasn't even in the government at the time wrote almost half of the regulatory impact analysis for EPA's endangerment/car rules draft repeal? Because it sure looks like he did. Signal jchemnick.01.
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White House wrote half of EPA’s cost-benefit analysis for climate rule rollback
The move — revealed in emails and internal drafts — sidelined EPA's deep bench of career economists.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Anybody know if a University of Chicago economist who wasn't even in the government at the time wrote almost half of the regulatory impact analysis for EPA's endangerment/car rules draft repeal? Because it sure looks like he did. Signal jchemnick.01.
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Are you an OAR employee who worked on climate issues and has been reassigned somewhere else? I'd love to know where they're sending you. On Signal at jchemnick.01
October 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Are you an OAR employee who worked on climate issues and has been reassigned somewhere else? I'd love to know where they're sending you. On Signal at jchemnick.01
EPA still has a "walking around money" left over in fy 2026. But it's choosing to furlough some people while others remain on the job and drawing a paycheck. It appears to be keeping those working on deregulation and other priorities. @ellieborst.bsky.social and I: www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
EPA flush with cash for ‘priority’ staff
The agency is taking an unprecedented approach to furloughs during this latest government shutdown.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
EPA still has a "walking around money" left over in fy 2026. But it's choosing to furlough some people while others remain on the job and drawing a paycheck. It appears to be keeping those working on deregulation and other priorities. @ellieborst.bsky.social and I: www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
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We break down EPA's $45 billion in carryover funds and why only a fraction of the agency's workforce has been furloughed so far.
My latest with @chemnick.bsky.social for @eenews.bsky.social
My latest with @chemnick.bsky.social for @eenews.bsky.social
EPA flush with cash for ‘priority’ staff
The agency is taking an unprecedented approach to furloughs during this latest government shutdown.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
We break down EPA's $45 billion in carryover funds and why only a fraction of the agency's workforce has been furloughed so far.
My latest with @chemnick.bsky.social for @eenews.bsky.social
My latest with @chemnick.bsky.social for @eenews.bsky.social
I'm generally interested in how EPA is making progress on regs during the shutdown -- if it is. Always welcome thoughts (Signal jchemnick.01). AI could help speed up the process some: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: How EPA could use AI in the endangerment repeal
The agency indicated that it could use the technology to sort and summarize thousands of public comments.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm generally interested in how EPA is making progress on regs during the shutdown -- if it is. Always welcome thoughts (Signal jchemnick.01). AI could help speed up the process some: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
EPA's removal of the endangerment finding for greenhouse gas emissions (starting with vehicles) could increase state regulation of other sources. @adamaton.bsky.social and my piece : www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
EPA’s climate rollback squeezes states
States will have few options for fighting local air pollution if EPA repeals federal rules to limit vehicle emissions.
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October 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
EPA's removal of the endangerment finding for greenhouse gas emissions (starting with vehicles) could increase state regulation of other sources. @adamaton.bsky.social and my piece : www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
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When a collaborator is targeted because her scientific findings that attribute extreme weather to human-caused climate change is being used (effectively) in climate lawsuits against oil companies, you know times are dark indeed.
ICYMI @davidho.bsky.social
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ICYMI @davidho.bsky.social
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Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming
Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.
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October 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
When a collaborator is targeted because her scientific findings that attribute extreme weather to human-caused climate change is being used (effectively) in climate lawsuits against oil companies, you know times are dark indeed.
ICYMI @davidho.bsky.social
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ICYMI @davidho.bsky.social
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Have any EPA staff NOT been notified they're exempted or excluded from furlough? I'd love to hear from you! on Signal at jchemnick.01.
October 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Have any EPA staff NOT been notified they're exempted or excluded from furlough? I'd love to hear from you! on Signal at jchemnick.01.
The DOE climate report creates a lot of problems for EPA's endangerment finding for greenhouse gases. It will be interesting to see if EPA uses it in the final, or if decides to just double down on legal arguments:
www.eenews.net/articles/doe...
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DOE climate report could create problems for EPA
The agency may need to ditch its scientific justification for repealing the endangerment finding that underpins most climate rules.
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September 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The DOE climate report creates a lot of problems for EPA's endangerment finding for greenhouse gases. It will be interesting to see if EPA uses it in the final, or if decides to just double down on legal arguments:
www.eenews.net/articles/doe...
www.eenews.net/articles/doe...
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Trump's UN speech was one of his most unfiltered and extended climate denial riffs ever, full of falsehoods, lies and distortions.
“I’m really good at predicting things...I don’t say that in a braggadocios way, but it’s true. I’ve been right about everything.”
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“I’m really good at predicting things...I don’t say that in a braggadocios way, but it’s true. I’ve been right about everything.”
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‘Con,’ ‘scam,’ ‘hoax’: Trump’s UN speech on climate
The president used a large chunk of his speech to world leaders to condemn climate science and clean energy policies.
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September 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Trump's UN speech was one of his most unfiltered and extended climate denial riffs ever, full of falsehoods, lies and distortions.
“I’m really good at predicting things...I don’t say that in a braggadocios way, but it’s true. I’ve been right about everything.”
www.eenews.net/articles/con...
“I’m really good at predicting things...I don’t say that in a braggadocios way, but it’s true. I’ve been right about everything.”
www.eenews.net/articles/con...
EPA is moving fast to finalize its repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding for greenhouse gases and tailpipe emissions rules. Internal notes and slides show options for the final rule will be selected this week and next. Public comment closed Monday.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
EPA is moving fast to finalize its repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding for greenhouse gases and tailpipe emissions rules. Internal notes and slides show options for the final rule will be selected this week and next. Public comment closed Monday.
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The oil and gas industry didn't expect EPA to suspend its greenhouse gas reporting, and for the most part it doesn't see it doing the sector any favors. I focus mostly on challenges it could create for gas exports to the E.U., but there are other issues. www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
EPA proposal puts US gas exporters in a bind
The bid to halt greenhouse gas reporting could cause problems for petroleum companies — especially those hoping to sell gas to the EU.
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September 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The oil and gas industry didn't expect EPA to suspend its greenhouse gas reporting, and for the most part it doesn't see it doing the sector any favors. I focus mostly on challenges it could create for gas exports to the E.U., but there are other issues. www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
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The Trump administration's climate science report is riddled with cherry-picked data, sweeping claims easily contradicted by a vast body of research and long-debunked climate denial tropes. @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social and I fact-check some claims here: www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
EPA attacks climate science. Here are the facts.
The Trump administration's proposal to roll back the endangerment finding includes many misleading and inaccurate claims.
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July 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Trump administration's climate science report is riddled with cherry-picked data, sweeping claims easily contradicted by a vast body of research and long-debunked climate denial tropes. @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social and I fact-check some claims here: www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
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Here's EPA's press release announcing its intent to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding about GHGs. www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
The document should be available here -- but [metaphor alert] the link is currently broken... www.epa.gov/regulations-...
The document should be available here -- but [metaphor alert] the link is currently broken... www.epa.gov/regulations-...
EPA Releases Proposal to Rescind Obama-Era Endangerment Finding, Regulations that Paved the Way for Electric Vehicle Mandates | US EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released the agency’s proposal to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which has been used to justify over $1 trillion in regu...
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July 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Here's EPA's press release announcing its intent to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding about GHGs. www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
The document should be available here -- but [metaphor alert] the link is currently broken... www.epa.gov/regulations-...
The document should be available here -- but [metaphor alert] the link is currently broken... www.epa.gov/regulations-...
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EPA will move tomorrow to revoke the endangerment finding, the foundation for all US climate regulations, and emissions limits for cars and trucks.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will make the announcement in Indiana.
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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will make the announcement in Indiana.
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POLITICO Pro: EPA to launch plan Tuesday for undoing climate rule cornerstone
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is planning to announce the move at an Indiana transportation facility.
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July 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
EPA will move tomorrow to revoke the endangerment finding, the foundation for all US climate regulations, and emissions limits for cars and trucks.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will make the announcement in Indiana.
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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will make the announcement in Indiana.
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"Airdrops will not reverse the deepening starvation," UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini wrote on X on Saturday. "They are expensive, inefficient & can even kill starving civilians. It is a distraction & screensmoke."
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Israeli military says airdrops of aid into Gaza set to begin tonight amid increased starvation deaths
For months, the U.N. and experts have warned that Palestinians in Gaza are at risk of famine, with reports of increasing numbers of people dying from causes related to malnutrition.
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July 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
"Airdrops will not reverse the deepening starvation," UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini wrote on X on Saturday. "They are expensive, inefficient & can even kill starving civilians. It is a distraction & screensmoke."
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The Trump administration's proposal on the endangerment finding is coming -- possibly tomorrow. I'd love to talk to anyone with intel about how OIRA (and EPA) are going to try and do this. I'm on Signal at jchemnick.01.
July 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Trump administration's proposal on the endangerment finding is coming -- possibly tomorrow. I'd love to talk to anyone with intel about how OIRA (and EPA) are going to try and do this. I'm on Signal at jchemnick.01.
EPA's latest reorg moved oversight of the IRA "green banks" program out of the air pollution office and into a new "Office of Finance and Administration." The program's former career director, who had been placed on administrative leave, is at WRI: www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
EPA shuffles major climate program office
The office created under President Joe Biden to run the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund has been turned into an oversight arm.
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July 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
EPA's latest reorg moved oversight of the IRA "green banks" program out of the air pollution office and into a new "Office of Finance and Administration." The program's former career director, who had been placed on administrative leave, is at WRI: www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
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Key climate change reports removed from US government websites #Climate
Key climate change reports removed from US government websites
The national climate assessments help state and local governments prepare for the impacts of a warming world
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July 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Key climate change reports removed from US government websites #Climate
We're hearing that the Trump administration's repeal of EPA carbon curbs for the power sector will probably come out Wednesday, along with the MATs rule rollback. Anyone out there know exactly what's in it?
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June 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We're hearing that the Trump administration's repeal of EPA carbon curbs for the power sector will probably come out Wednesday, along with the MATs rule rollback. Anyone out there know exactly what's in it?
I'm on Signal at jchemnick.01
I'm on Signal at jchemnick.01
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I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.
May 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.
EPA seems poised to use (at least) two separate strategies to tackle GHG endangerment: taking on the 2009 finding itself, and trying to argue that power plant emissions aren't a "significant" contributor to public endangerment.
May 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
EPA seems poised to use (at least) two separate strategies to tackle GHG endangerment: taking on the 2009 finding itself, and trying to argue that power plant emissions aren't a "significant" contributor to public endangerment.
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May 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM