David Doniger
@daviddoniger.bsky.social
Senior Strategist and Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council's Climate & Energy Department. https://www.nrdc.org/bio/david-doniger Bluesky views my own.
Pinned
Two questions:
How much methane (a powerful climate-changing gas) burps out with the geysers of wastewater?
And why aren’t the drillers, rather than the public, paying to clean up the mess?
www.wsj.com/business/ene...
How much methane (a powerful climate-changing gas) burps out with the geysers of wastewater?
And why aren’t the drillers, rather than the public, paying to clean up the mess?
www.wsj.com/business/ene...
America’s Biggest Oil Field Is Turning Into a Pressure Cooker
Drillers’ injection of wastewater is creating mayhem across the Permian Basin, raising concern about the future of fossil-fuel production there.
www.wsj.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Two questions:
How much methane (a powerful climate-changing gas) burps out with the geysers of wastewater?
And why aren’t the drillers, rather than the public, paying to clean up the mess?
www.wsj.com/business/ene...
How much methane (a powerful climate-changing gas) burps out with the geysers of wastewater?
And why aren’t the drillers, rather than the public, paying to clean up the mess?
www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Santa has needs!
December 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Santa has needs!
Meanwhile, a NY court yesterday *upheld* NY State’s nation-leading HFC rules that lock in and accelerate the transition to safer alternatives that the Trump EPA wants to weaken.
Trump Administration Moves to Relax Rules on Climate Super Pollutants www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/c...
Trump Administration Moves to Relax Rules on Climate Super Pollutants www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/c...
Trump Administration Moves to Relax Rules on Climate Super Pollutants
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Meanwhile, a NY court yesterday *upheld* NY State’s nation-leading HFC rules that lock in and accelerate the transition to safer alternatives that the Trump EPA wants to weaken.
Trump Administration Moves to Relax Rules on Climate Super Pollutants www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/c...
Trump Administration Moves to Relax Rules on Climate Super Pollutants www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/c...
Wright is wrong. More coal in our stockings for Xmas men’s more death, illness, and climate chaos.
Trump Tosses Lifelines to the Struggling Coal Industry www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/c...
Trump Tosses Lifelines to the Struggling Coal Industry www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/c...
Trump Tosses Lifelines to the Struggling Coal Industry
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Wright is wrong. More coal in our stockings for Xmas men’s more death, illness, and climate chaos.
Trump Tosses Lifelines to the Struggling Coal Industry www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/c...
Trump Tosses Lifelines to the Struggling Coal Industry www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/c...
Reposted by David Doniger
As warm as it is right now, your annual reminder this is the coldest winter you will experience for the rest of your life.
December 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
As warm as it is right now, your annual reminder this is the coldest winter you will experience for the rest of your life.
More coal in our stockings. Wright is wrong — extending coal plants will *cost* lives, not save them. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: DOE orders 2 Indiana coal plants to continue operating
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the move could save lives.
subscriber.politicopro.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
More coal in our stockings. Wright is wrong — extending coal plants will *cost* lives, not save them. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
Breaking: NY court upholds NY State’s nation-leading HFC transition regulations. Chalk one up for state climate leadership.
December 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Breaking: NY court upholds NY State’s nation-leading HFC transition regulations. Chalk one up for state climate leadership.
That there’s no similar concern about offshore oil platforms shows that this is complete nonsense.
Burgum: "Today we're sending notifications to the 5 large offshore wind projects that are under construction that their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns ... the Dept of War has come back conclusively that these large offshore wind programs create radar interference"
December 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
That there’s no similar concern about offshore oil platforms shows that this is complete nonsense.
Coal (and oil and gas) for America’s stocking for Christmas.
The Trump administration said it would pause leases for five wind farms under construction off the East Coast, citing unspecified security risks.
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast
The Interior Department said the projects posed national security risks, without providing details. The decision imperils billions of dollars of investments.
nyti.ms
December 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Coal (and oil and gas) for America’s stocking for Christmas.
JD Self-AdVancement.
JD Vance: "Wouldn't you rather lead a movement of freethinkers who sometimes disagree than a bunch of drones who take their orders from George Soros?"
December 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
JD Self-AdVancement.
When even a Trump rally-goer can’t afford a MAGA hat. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
When even a Trump rally-goer can’t afford a MAGA hat. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
What would Jesus do with AI?
“Text with Jesus”, an app built with OpenAI’s ChatGPT model, allows users to pose personal and theological questions. The app has about 150,000 users. But it also has some doubters
The race for an AI Jesus is on
A chatbot offers personalised counsel on faith
econ.st
December 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
What would Jesus do with AI?
Hostage-taking to get his election denier out of Colorado jail. *All* states depend on the National Center for Atmospheric Research. *All* Senators and Representatives need to stand up to protect it.
The White House plans to break up a key weather and climate research center in Colorado, a move experts say could jeopardize the accuracy of forecasting and prediction systems.
Scientists push back on Trump plan to break up a critical climate and weather center
The White House plans to break up a key weather and climate research center in Colorado, a move experts say could jeopardize the accuracy of forecasting and prediction systems.
n.pr
December 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Hostage-taking to get his election denier out of Colorado jail. *All* states depend on the National Center for Atmospheric Research. *All* Senators and Representatives need to stand up to protect it.
Federal workers deserve $1776. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: Trump sets 1% pay raise for feds
Government workers also will not receive a locality pay increase next year.
subscriber.politicopro.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Federal workers deserve $1776. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
The Trump administration portrays no-holds-barred oil, gas, coal, and nuclear power as essential to achieve "AI Dominance" over China. We should think of it the other way around. Their real goal is enriching fossil and nuclear power. Great Power AI competition is just political cover.
December 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The Trump administration portrays no-holds-barred oil, gas, coal, and nuclear power as essential to achieve "AI Dominance" over China. We should think of it the other way around. Their real goal is enriching fossil and nuclear power. Great Power AI competition is just political cover.
Nothing screams “I feel your concerns for affordability” like renaming the Kennedy Centrr for yourself. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center board votes to rename to ‘Trump Kennedy Center’
Trustees voted to rename the center after President Donald Trump, who is also the board chair. Kennedy family members and Democrats blasted the move as illegal.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Nothing screams “I feel your concerns for affordability” like renaming the Kennedy Centrr for yourself. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Reposted by David Doniger
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Another reason not to go.
Trump and His Loyalists Move to Name the Kennedy Center for Him www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Trump and His Loyalists Move to Name the Kennedy Center for Him www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Trump and His Loyalists Move to Name the Kennedy Center for Him
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Another reason not to go.
Trump and His Loyalists Move to Name the Kennedy Center for Him www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Trump and His Loyalists Move to Name the Kennedy Center for Him www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Trump’s speech is all Biden-blaming. Sounds like a lo-o-o-ng Truth Social rant.
December 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Trump’s speech is all Biden-blaming. Sounds like a lo-o-o-ng Truth Social rant.
OMB's Russ Vought, the guy out to destroy the National Center for Atmospheric Research, is “a right-wing absolute zealot,” said Chief of Staff Susie Wiles in Vanity Fair. She lamented DOGE's destruction of USAID. Will she let Vought destroy NCAR the same way?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
OMB's Russ Vought, the guy out to destroy the National Center for Atmospheric Research, is “a right-wing absolute zealot,” said Chief of Staff Susie Wiles in Vanity Fair. She lamented DOGE's destruction of USAID. Will she let Vought destroy NCAR the same way?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
EPA undermines the HFC phasedown, Trump’s first-term environmental achievement. www.nrdc.org/bio/david-do...
EPA Undermines the HFC Phasedown
In the sea of conflict over climate change policies, there’s been one island of relative calm, where industry and environmentalists—and officials of both political parties—have worked together to phas...
www.nrdc.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
EPA undermines the HFC phasedown, Trump’s first-term environmental achievement. www.nrdc.org/bio/david-do...
Congressional appropriators must stop this.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Congressional appropriators must stop this.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
“They don’t know about truck customers in the U.S. We do,” Mr. Farley said in an interview Monday, referring to Chinese automakers.
Translation: Ford is giving up the car market to China. Global car market now, US car market later.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/b...
Translation: Ford is giving up the car market to China. Global car market now, US car market later.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/b...
Ford Will Take $19.5 Billion Hit as It Rolls Back E.V. Plans
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“They don’t know about truck customers in the U.S. We do,” Mr. Farley said in an interview Monday, referring to Chinese automakers.
Translation: Ford is giving up the car market to China. Global car market now, US car market later.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/b...
Translation: Ford is giving up the car market to China. Global car market now, US car market later.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/b...
No surprise here. But the Trump team’s head in the sand promotion of fossil fuels does not only ignore real dangers and human suffering. It also cedes markets to China and European leaders in the electro technologies of the future.
White House: Up is down. Left is right. False is true.
www.eenews.net/articles/whi...
www.eenews.net/articles/whi...
White House says the real threat is climate policy — not global warming itself
The latest version of the National Security Strategy departs sharply from the edition released by the Biden administration.
www.eenews.net
December 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
No surprise here. But the Trump team’s head in the sand promotion of fossil fuels does not only ignore real dangers and human suffering. It also cedes markets to China and European leaders in the electro technologies of the future.