Rob Verchick
@robverchick.bsky.social
Author: OCTOPUS IN THE PARKING GARAGE, environmental law prof, former Obama admin, former Harvard Radcliffe Fellow, host: "Connect the Dots" podcast. And I play blues harp to porpoises. www.robverchick.com
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Our rights were never given — they were won. From the ballot box to the picket line, generations of Americans have fought to secure fundamental freedom and dignity for all of us.
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October 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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The day's finally here: Auridia has launched! Thanks again to everybody who has tested it, given feedback, or just shown support over the last year or so.
It's 15% off this week, get it here! store.steampowered.com/app/3443080/...
It's 15% off this week, get it here! store.steampowered.com/app/3443080/...
September 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The day's finally here: Auridia has launched! Thanks again to everybody who has tested it, given feedback, or just shown support over the last year or so.
It's 15% off this week, get it here! store.steampowered.com/app/3443080/...
It's 15% off this week, get it here! store.steampowered.com/app/3443080/...
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Auridia's been shortlisted for Best International Game at SXSW Sydney 2025! Great way to wrap up launch week.
I'll have a booth there Oct 17-18, I'm looking forward to my first visit to Sydney!
I'll have a booth there Oct 17-18, I'm looking forward to my first visit to Sydney!
September 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Auridia's been shortlisted for Best International Game at SXSW Sydney 2025! Great way to wrap up launch week.
I'll have a booth there Oct 17-18, I'm looking forward to my first visit to Sydney!
I'll have a booth there Oct 17-18, I'm looking forward to my first visit to Sydney!
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It is widely accepted that #ocean & #marine #ecosystems are seriously at risk from #human-induced #stressors. Esteban-Cantillo et al. propose 6 #policy recommendations re marine conservation, eg, using transdisciplinary & innovative knowledge to drive #conservation strategies doi.org/10.1038/s441...
September 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It is widely accepted that #ocean & #marine #ecosystems are seriously at risk from #human-induced #stressors. Esteban-Cantillo et al. propose 6 #policy recommendations re marine conservation, eg, using transdisciplinary & innovative knowledge to drive #conservation strategies doi.org/10.1038/s441...
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Lawmakers push carbon capture & storage, putting LA residents at risk and sacrificing safety and property rights.
Check out the latest guest column from @nolanews.bsky.social featuring Board Member Rob Verchick and colleague Martha Thibaut. @robverchick.bsky.social
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Check out the latest guest column from @nolanews.bsky.social featuring Board Member Rob Verchick and colleague Martha Thibaut. @robverchick.bsky.social
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June 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Lawmakers push carbon capture & storage, putting LA residents at risk and sacrificing safety and property rights.
Check out the latest guest column from @nolanews.bsky.social featuring Board Member Rob Verchick and colleague Martha Thibaut. @robverchick.bsky.social
www.nola.com/opinions/gue...
Check out the latest guest column from @nolanews.bsky.social featuring Board Member Rob Verchick and colleague Martha Thibaut. @robverchick.bsky.social
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🌎Carbon-capture-and-storage piles big risks on Louisiana residents. Lawmakers are sacrificing safety and private property rights too. See my op-ed with Martha Thibaut.
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June 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🌎Carbon-capture-and-storage piles big risks on Louisiana residents. Lawmakers are sacrificing safety and private property rights too. See my op-ed with Martha Thibaut.
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Hazard mitigation funding “didn’t just pop out of nowhere — it actually came in response to a really big financial problem the federal government was experiencing," said Board Member Robert Verchick. @robverchick.bsky.social
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Trump Administration Is Rolling Out a New Way to Shrink FEMA's Role
When a series of deadly storms and tornadoes pummeled Arkansas in mid-March, downing power lines and tearing up homes, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders
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May 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Hazard mitigation funding “didn’t just pop out of nowhere — it actually came in response to a really big financial problem the federal government was experiencing," said Board Member Robert Verchick. @robverchick.bsky.social
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GOP is giving up on law and order. Its budget bill would shield Trump from legal rulings by defanging court enforcement power. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A hidden measure in the Republican budget bill would crown Trump king | Robert Reich
The bill could stop federal courts from enforcing their rulings, eliminating any restraint on Trump
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May 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
GOP is giving up on law and order. Its budget bill would shield Trump from legal rulings by defanging court enforcement power. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Really? The incompetence is breathtaking. gothamist.com/news/feds-ac...
Feds accidentally publish secret plan to kill NYC congestion pricing
Lawyers for the federal government briefly uploaded a letter laying out a longshot argument to revoke approval for the MTA's congestion pricing tolls.
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May 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Really? The incompetence is breathtaking. gothamist.com/news/feds-ac...
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Not good, not safe. Climate crisis is here Now. Weather is more unpredictable and violent.
May 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Not good, not safe. Climate crisis is here Now. Weather is more unpredictable and violent.
Always been a fan of due process. Here’s where it all started apnews.com/article/harv...
Harvard thought it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta. It turned out to be extremely rare
Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30.
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May 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Always been a fan of due process. Here’s where it all started apnews.com/article/harv...
🌎More government waste: Trump says FEMA will scale back its Hazard Mitigation program. This program SAVES many times the $$$ it costs by helping people rebuild more safely or move to safer areas. Pro tip: Caring about people is good for the bottom line.
May 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🌎More government waste: Trump says FEMA will scale back its Hazard Mitigation program. This program SAVES many times the $$$ it costs by helping people rebuild more safely or move to safer areas. Pro tip: Caring about people is good for the bottom line.
Folks, this is how it's done. Science will not be silenced. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Scientific societies to do climate assessment after Trump administration dismissed authors
Two groups join forces for peer-reviewed research after key contributors on Congress-mandated report dismissed
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May 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Folks, this is how it's done. Science will not be silenced. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Great news! www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-s...
After Trump dismisses hundreds of scientists working on climate report, two groups say they'll publish their work
The American Geophysical Union and American Meteorological Society plan to publish a special collection of work on climate change impacts in the U.S.
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May 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Great news! www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-s...
🌎After Trump’s bellicose lawsuits against MI and VT, Puerto Rico dropped its suit against Big Oil over climate impacts. A shame, given what PR has suffered from Hurricane Maria.
May 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
🌎After Trump’s bellicose lawsuits against MI and VT, Puerto Rico dropped its suit against Big Oil over climate impacts. A shame, given what PR has suffered from Hurricane Maria.
Let’s see if I understand: Trump wants Americans to have MORE children but to buy FEWER toys for them all.
May 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Let’s see if I understand: Trump wants Americans to have MORE children but to buy FEWER toys for them all.
🌎Now Trump is suing HI and MI to BLOCK them from suing Big Oil for climate damages. (HI has since filed such a lawsuit.) Kind of bonkers. The normal way is to wait for the lawsuit, intervene, then move for dismissal. Not that there's a real claim, but that's the process. This is just bullying.
May 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
🌎Now Trump is suing HI and MI to BLOCK them from suing Big Oil for climate damages. (HI has since filed such a lawsuit.) Kind of bonkers. The normal way is to wait for the lawsuit, intervene, then move for dismissal. Not that there's a real claim, but that's the process. This is just bullying.
🌎🦑So Trump just canned all authors of the upcoming National Climate Assessment. Even though (1) Congress requires an NCA and (2) states and munis depend on it to protect people and property. Hope authors complete their work anyway and publish it in a peer reviewed form. Don’t give up. We need you!
April 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
🌎🦑So Trump just canned all authors of the upcoming National Climate Assessment. Even though (1) Congress requires an NCA and (2) states and munis depend on it to protect people and property. Hope authors complete their work anyway and publish it in a peer reviewed form. Don’t give up. We need you!
🌎🦑Because a climate crisis is not enough--Trump is now courting an ocean crisis. He thinks we need these metals for batteries? Apple, Google, and BMW don't, which is why they support a moratorium! Can't we please be on the right side of future technology? So much losing. www.npr.org/2025/04/25/n...
The U.S. takes a step toward allowing mining on the ocean floor, a fragile ecosystem
President Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the ocean floor. Scientists and environmental groups say it could harm a fragile ecosystem.
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April 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
🌎🦑Because a climate crisis is not enough--Trump is now courting an ocean crisis. He thinks we need these metals for batteries? Apple, Google, and BMW don't, which is why they support a moratorium! Can't we please be on the right side of future technology? So much losing. www.npr.org/2025/04/25/n...
Here's a copy of the complaint Harvard filed in its lawsuit against the federal government to halt the funding freeze. www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
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April 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Here's a copy of the complaint Harvard filed in its lawsuit against the federal government to halt the funding freeze. www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
🌎🦑I'm skeptical of the legality on this. Marine monuments are created under the Antiquities Act. The law's text allows POTUS to create such areas, but grants no authority, as I read it, to significantly erase existing protections. The lawsuits are coming! thehill.com/policy/energ...
Trump opens national marine monument to commercial fishing
The Trump administration is opening a national marine monument to commercial fishing, it announced Thursday. The White House issued an executive order that allows for commercial fishing within the&…
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April 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
🌎🦑I'm skeptical of the legality on this. Marine monuments are created under the Antiquities Act. The law's text allows POTUS to create such areas, but grants no authority, as I read it, to significantly erase existing protections. The lawsuits are coming! thehill.com/policy/energ...
Harvard Law School, my alma mater, is centering its fundraising call to alums on these words, etched in Langdell Hall: “You are ready to aid in the shaping and application of those wise restraints that make us free.” Amen.
April 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Harvard Law School, my alma mater, is centering its fundraising call to alums on these words, etched in Langdell Hall: “You are ready to aid in the shaping and application of those wise restraints that make us free.” Amen.
Andy Borowitz is right. Trump has achieved the impossible: getting Americans to LIKE Harvard.
April 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Andy Borowitz is right. Trump has achieved the impossible: getting Americans to LIKE Harvard.
To be clear, again, there is no legal basis for the IRS to revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status. Very hard to imagine the agency doing something this bone-headed, even in these times.
April 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
To be clear, again, there is no legal basis for the IRS to revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status. Very hard to imagine the agency doing something this bone-headed, even in these times.
To be clear, POTUS broke the law when he suggested the IRS revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
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April 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
To be clear, POTUS broke the law when he suggested the IRS revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...