Jan Hasselman
@janhasselman.bsky.social
Attorney and advocate for a livable climate with Seattle office of @Earthjustice. Pro-anti-fascism.
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Microsoft is now warning investors about the pushback against its massive data centers.
The tech giant's latest earnings reports says: “We also face community opposition, local moratoriums and hyper-local dissent that may impede or delay infrastructure development."
The tech giant's latest earnings reports says: “We also face community opposition, local moratoriums and hyper-local dissent that may impede or delay infrastructure development."
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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We are sleepwalking into one of the greatest social and economic transformations in history. There's plenty of room for a political party to come out and say, hold up a second.
Read the latest from @aaronregunberg.bsky.social
Read the latest from @aaronregunberg.bsky.social
Americans Hate AI. Will the Democrats Join Them?
There’s widespread anger at the AI industry—and last week’s elections showed that it’s a winning issue.
newrepublic.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
We are sleepwalking into one of the greatest social and economic transformations in history. There's plenty of room for a political party to come out and say, hold up a second.
Read the latest from @aaronregunberg.bsky.social
Read the latest from @aaronregunberg.bsky.social
I've been a member of the @sierraclub.org since I was 16 years old, and have been their lawyer in more cases than I can count. No organization is perfect, and they've had a bumpy few years for sure. But anyone who read the NYT hit piece from this weekend should hear their side of the story.
Letter From Executive Director Loren Blackford on Recent NYT Coverage
I know many of you are reeling right now, inundated with questions from friends and supporters who read the New York Times article. Some find the article to be a vindication, a wake-up call, or a lear...
www.sierraclub.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I've been a member of the @sierraclub.org since I was 16 years old, and have been their lawyer in more cases than I can count. No organization is perfect, and they've had a bumpy few years for sure. But anyone who read the NYT hit piece from this weekend should hear their side of the story.
Reposted by Jan Hasselman
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
No one needs to participate in this shameful venture. Don't buy his cars, stay away from his fascist AI, and hell no to house robots.
Everyone involved in this should feel profoundly ashamed.
Everyone involved in this should feel profoundly ashamed.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
Tesla shareholders approve $878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
reut.rs
November 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
No one needs to participate in this shameful venture. Don't buy his cars, stay away from his fascist AI, and hell no to house robots.
Everyone involved in this should feel profoundly ashamed.
Everyone involved in this should feel profoundly ashamed.
Companies you interact with and give your money to - Apple, Amazon, Meta, Google, etc - are actively working in cahoots with a fascist authoritarian administration and I wonder if we should let them know that we're paying attention.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Companies you interact with and give your money to - Apple, Amazon, Meta, Google, etc - are actively working in cahoots with a fascist authoritarian administration and I wonder if we should let them know that we're paying attention.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Read the dissent. The majority decision is not "merely absurd" - its dangerous.
Don't often see this kind of heat in dissents.
Don't often see this kind of heat in dissents.
Breaking News: The Trump administration can move forward with deploying National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, an appeals court ruled.
Appeals Court Ruling Allows Trump to Deploy National Guard Troops to Oregon
Deployment can move forward, for now, under a preliminary ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. But legal wrangling will likely continue.
nyti.ms
October 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Read the dissent. The majority decision is not "merely absurd" - its dangerous.
Don't often see this kind of heat in dissents.
Don't often see this kind of heat in dissents.
This is a solid retrospective on the epic fight to keep the Pacific Northwest from becoming a global coal export hub. We won through relentless organizing, brilliant political strategy, and focused legal work. Glad its getting some attention.
www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...
www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...
Washington turned back coal, maybe for good
A coal terminal, proposed for Longview, failed. Underplaying how much coal would really be exported to the terminal was the plan's proponents' first mistake.
www.seattletimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is a solid retrospective on the epic fight to keep the Pacific Northwest from becoming a global coal export hub. We won through relentless organizing, brilliant political strategy, and focused legal work. Glad its getting some attention.
www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...
www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...
Trump is working overtime to cut the "people" out of the "people's environmental law"--NEPA. Their latest step was to unilaterally revoke regulations across every agency that implement this important law. The result will be chaos and environmental harm.
We're fighting back - read more here:
We're fighting back - read more here:
Conservation, Environmental Justice, Tribal, and Civil Rights Organizations Submit Comment Letter Opposing Proposed NEPA Changes at Various Federal Agencies
"Over a dozen different sets of procedures and processes with little meaningful input from impacted communities will only result in more pollution, dirtier air, and contaminated water for all of us.”
earthjustice.org
August 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Trump is working overtime to cut the "people" out of the "people's environmental law"--NEPA. Their latest step was to unilaterally revoke regulations across every agency that implement this important law. The result will be chaos and environmental harm.
We're fighting back - read more here:
We're fighting back - read more here:
Today multiple agencies across the federal government revoked rules and standards implementing NEPA--our keystone environmental law. In their place? Not much. Here's our statement: earthjustice.org/press/2025/t...
Trump Administration Unleashes Across-the-Board Regulatory Weakening of Key Environmental Law
Multiple federal agencies revoked longstanding regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
earthjustice.org
June 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Today multiple agencies across the federal government revoked rules and standards implementing NEPA--our keystone environmental law. In their place? Not much. Here's our statement: earthjustice.org/press/2025/t...
Today we went to court to overturn the administration's reckless and illegal freeze of funding for electric vehicle chargers. Congress passed this funding in a bipartisan bill - Trump has no authority to refuse to distribute it.
Read more here: earthjustice.org/press/2025/n...
Read more here: earthjustice.org/press/2025/n...
Nonprofits Sue Trump Administration Over Illegal Freeze of Billions For Electric Vehicle Charging
Everyone deserves access to EV charging. That's why a coalition is suing to restore NEVI funds slated to build charging stations every 50 miles on major corridors across all 50 states.
earthjustice.org
May 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Today we went to court to overturn the administration's reckless and illegal freeze of funding for electric vehicle chargers. Congress passed this funding in a bipartisan bill - Trump has no authority to refuse to distribute it.
Read more here: earthjustice.org/press/2025/n...
Read more here: earthjustice.org/press/2025/n...
Today the Admin filed 4 cases attacking state climate policies and initiatives - in Hawaii, Vermont, NY, and Michigan. West coast states likely next.
Outrageous and abusive litigation. The HI and MI cases challenge the states' *intention* to bring lawsuits against oil companies for climate harm.
Outrageous and abusive litigation. The HI and MI cases challenge the states' *intention* to bring lawsuits against oil companies for climate harm.
Trump administration sues Michigan to block planned climate change lawsuit reut.rs/4cYdq9W
Trump administration sues Michigan to block planned climate change lawsuit
The Trump administration has sued the state of Michigan, seeking to prevent it from suing major oil companies over the role they have played in causing climate change, saying the Democratic-led state was standing in the way of domestic energy production.
reut.rs
May 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Today the Admin filed 4 cases attacking state climate policies and initiatives - in Hawaii, Vermont, NY, and Michigan. West coast states likely next.
Outrageous and abusive litigation. The HI and MI cases challenge the states' *intention* to bring lawsuits against oil companies for climate harm.
Outrageous and abusive litigation. The HI and MI cases challenge the states' *intention* to bring lawsuits against oil companies for climate harm.
What a joke. The only "emergency" here is a lawless and corrupt administration.
Any project proponent that tries to use these illegal procedures will be hanging an illuminated "SUE ME" sign on themselves.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/c...
Any project proponent that tries to use these illegal procedures will be hanging an illuminated "SUE ME" sign on themselves.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/c...
Interior Department to Fast-Track Oil, Gas and Mining Projects
The Trump administration plans to dramatically reduce environmental reviews before permitting drilling and mining projects on public lands and in federal waters.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
What a joke. The only "emergency" here is a lawless and corrupt administration.
Any project proponent that tries to use these illegal procedures will be hanging an illuminated "SUE ME" sign on themselves.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/c...
Any project proponent that tries to use these illegal procedures will be hanging an illuminated "SUE ME" sign on themselves.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/c...
Trump Admin continues its effort to gut the nation's keystone environmental law, NEPA, by revoking the rules that govern its implementation.
Its a recipe for chaos and confusion. Tossing out the rulebook isn't going to get projects permitted faster.
news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
Its a recipe for chaos and confusion. Tossing out the rulebook isn't going to get projects permitted faster.
news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
White House Moves to Soften Project Permitting Rules at Agencies
The Trump administration is moving to reshape the way individual agencies handle environmental permitting, according to a White House document reviewed by Bloomberg Law.
news.bloomberglaw.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Trump Admin continues its effort to gut the nation's keystone environmental law, NEPA, by revoking the rules that govern its implementation.
Its a recipe for chaos and confusion. Tossing out the rulebook isn't going to get projects permitted faster.
news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
Its a recipe for chaos and confusion. Tossing out the rulebook isn't going to get projects permitted faster.
news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
Drew Ensign's statement that "if Abrego shows up at a port of entry we will facilitate his entry" is beyond shameful. It is sanctionable misconduct.
We are a self-regulating profession. We get to determine who has a license to practice law. It is past time to hold DOJ lawyers accountable.
We are a self-regulating profession. We get to determine who has a license to practice law. It is past time to hold DOJ lawyers accountable.
On this day, April 14, 2025, the President of the United States openly defied the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion of April 10, 2025, ordering him to “facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador
April 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Drew Ensign's statement that "if Abrego shows up at a port of entry we will facilitate his entry" is beyond shameful. It is sanctionable misconduct.
We are a self-regulating profession. We get to determine who has a license to practice law. It is past time to hold DOJ lawyers accountable.
We are a self-regulating profession. We get to determine who has a license to practice law. It is past time to hold DOJ lawyers accountable.
Just can't imagine why Dems are struggling to inspire their voters!
We are in the middle of a slow motion coup and economy-wide vandalism and this cringe garbage is their response. So painful.
We are in the middle of a slow motion coup and economy-wide vandalism and this cringe garbage is their response. So painful.
Today I introduced my first bill in the U.S. Senate, and its to ban Chinese vehicles in the U.S. market.
Learn more here:
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
Learn more here:
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
April 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Just can't imagine why Dems are struggling to inspire their voters!
We are in the middle of a slow motion coup and economy-wide vandalism and this cringe garbage is their response. So painful.
We are in the middle of a slow motion coup and economy-wide vandalism and this cringe garbage is their response. So painful.
The office of management and budget has invited the public to send in ideas for getting rid of government regulations.
I will be submitting my idea to repeal whatever regulation allowed OMB to hire a dope and failed coup plotter like Jeff Clark public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06316.pdf
I will be submitting my idea to repeal whatever regulation allowed OMB to hire a dope and failed coup plotter like Jeff Clark public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06316.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
April 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The office of management and budget has invited the public to send in ideas for getting rid of government regulations.
I will be submitting my idea to repeal whatever regulation allowed OMB to hire a dope and failed coup plotter like Jeff Clark public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06316.pdf
I will be submitting my idea to repeal whatever regulation allowed OMB to hire a dope and failed coup plotter like Jeff Clark public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06316.pdf
Reposted by Jan Hasselman
Kidnapping.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
stop calling things deportation just because they call it deportation.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Kidnapping.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
Not surprised but profoundly disappointed in my profession. The Perkins Coie order is cartoonishly illegal. This is a chance to stand up and speak with one voice that the legal profession will not be bullied. But nope, its everyone for themselves.
www.ft.com/content/494a...
www.ft.com/content/494a...
Top US law firms balk at backing Perkins’ challenge to Trump sanctions
Legal industry split over whether to join amicus brief against president’s order for fear of retaliation
www.ft.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Not surprised but profoundly disappointed in my profession. The Perkins Coie order is cartoonishly illegal. This is a chance to stand up and speak with one voice that the legal profession will not be bullied. But nope, its everyone for themselves.
www.ft.com/content/494a...
www.ft.com/content/494a...
#BREAKING: Court in D.C. finds that govt violated federal law when it issued leases for over a BILLION BARRELS of oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Court faulted their analysis of climate impacts (which absurdly said greenhouse gas emissions would be minor) ....
financialpost.com/pmn/business...
financialpost.com/pmn/business...
Judge Rules Against Sale of Gulf of Mexico Oil Drilling Rights
A federal district judge on Thursday ruled against a Biden administration sale of oil and gas drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico, faulting the government with fa…
financialpost.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
#BREAKING: Court in D.C. finds that govt violated federal law when it issued leases for over a BILLION BARRELS of oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Court faulted their analysis of climate impacts (which absurdly said greenhouse gas emissions would be minor) ....
financialpost.com/pmn/business...
financialpost.com/pmn/business...
It is past time to take the streets and shout a collective NO to the chaos, cruelty, and destruction. April 5.
Spread the word. handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Spread the word. handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
handsoff2025.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It is past time to take the streets and shout a collective NO to the chaos, cruelty, and destruction. April 5.
Spread the word. handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Spread the word. handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
#BREAKING: King Co Superior Court STRIKES DOWN Washington Initiative 2066 for violating the state constitution.
NPI staff are at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, Washington, for the oral argument in Climate Solutions v. State, the legal challenge to the BIAW's Initiative 2066. Will share observations and thoughts on the proceedings as it transpires. 🧵
March 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
#BREAKING: King Co Superior Court STRIKES DOWN Washington Initiative 2066 for violating the state constitution.
Craven submission by Paul, Weiss to flagrantly illegal and un-American bullying. Law students -- shame these cowards.
After being targeted and bullied by Trump by way of an absurd Executive Order, the Big Law firm of Paul, Weiss has apparently been cowed into submission.
Incredibly disappointing to see this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Incredibly disappointing to see this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Big Law Firm Reaches Deal With Trump Over Executive Order
Paul, Weiss — one of three law firms targeted by President Trump as part of his retribution campaign — said it resolved the conflict by agreeing to a range of commitments.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Craven submission by Paul, Weiss to flagrantly illegal and un-American bullying. Law students -- shame these cowards.
This guy is live-tweeting the hearing in front of Judge Boasberg now.
Okay, I'm on the public line and going to do another live-skeeting of the hearing for those who can't join (it seems the public line is now full).
Hearing is set to start in moments.
Hearing is set to start in moments.
DENIED. Boasberg says the hearing goes on at 5p as planned.
March 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This guy is live-tweeting the hearing in front of Judge Boasberg now.