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
Trump is messing with our oceans again! The courts should not let him get away with it. 🌎🦑https://open.substack.com/pub/robverchick/p/trump-v-the-seamounts?r=7j5v2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Trump v. The Seamounts
A Test of Presidential Power at Sea
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February 12, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Trump is messing with our oceans again! The courts should not let him get away with it. 🌎🦑https://open.substack.com/pub/robverchick/p/trump-v-the-seamounts?r=7j5v2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Hope you like my new post on Greenland and the Arctic! Let me know what you think. 🌎🦑
Why Trump Has has the Hots for Greenland
Three reasons are in the ocean.
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February 5, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Hope you like my new post on Greenland and the Arctic! Let me know what you think. 🌎🦑
The Ocean Was Born on Land.
Look what I just saw! And, yes, it involves the ocean.🦑🌏
Look what I just saw! And, yes, it involves the ocean.🦑🌏
The Ocean Was Born on Land.
A dispatch from Hawaiʻiʻs Kīlauea Caldera
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January 29, 2026 at 2:54 AM
The Ocean Was Born on Land.
Look what I just saw! And, yes, it involves the ocean.🦑🌏
Look what I just saw! And, yes, it involves the ocean.🦑🌏
🌏🦑Test your ocean knowledge! open.substack.com/pub/robverch...
Want to learn more about the ocean? Take this 2-minute quiz.
So, what do you know about clown fish, ocean heating, SpongeBob SquarePants?
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January 22, 2026 at 3:55 AM
🌏🦑Test your ocean knowledge! open.substack.com/pub/robverch...
#marinelife 🐋🌏Tommorrow the High Seas are officially protected by international law! Find out more! Remember to celebrate the victories. It keeps you going when the work gets hard robverchick.substack.com
Blue Tomorrow | Rob Verchick | Substack
Notes on a changing planet. Click to read Blue Tomorrow, by Rob Verchick, a Substack publication. Launched 8 days ago.
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January 16, 2026 at 11:02 PM
#marinelife 🐋🌏Tommorrow the High Seas are officially protected by international law! Find out more! Remember to celebrate the victories. It keeps you going when the work gets hard robverchick.substack.com
🐋🌏Good news. Take a look. robverchick.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:41 AM
🐋🌏Good news. Take a look. robverchick.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:37 PM
🌎🐙For the new year, let’s set some goals to protect our ocean. Do I have to like sharks? Can you still have that tuna melt?
I’ll write more on Substack later this week.
I’ll write more on Substack later this week.
January 5, 2026 at 1:09 PM
🌎🐙For the new year, let’s set some goals to protect our ocean. Do I have to like sharks? Can you still have that tuna melt?
I’ll write more on Substack later this week.
I’ll write more on Substack later this week.
Y'all, I’m launching a Substack in early January focused on ocean resilience and climate stories. More soon.
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December 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Y'all, I’m launching a Substack in early January focused on ocean resilience and climate stories. More soon.
I'm attending No Kings's event, “No Kings NOLA” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
No Kings NOLA · Indivisible
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.
On 10/18/25 there w...
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October 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “No Kings NOLA” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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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
www.nola.com/opinions/gue...
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
www.nola.com/opinions/gue...
🌎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.
https://gothamist.com/news/feds-accidentally-publish-secret-plan-to-kill-nyc-congestion-pricing?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=nypr-email&utm_campaign=Newsletter+-+Early+Addition+Lite+-+20250527&utm_term=a+list+of+flaws+in+their+own+legal+strategy+to+shut+down+the+MTA’s+congestion+pricing+tolls.&utm_id=451420&sfmc_id=53651894&utm_content=2025527&nypr_member=Unknown
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
www.theguardian.com
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.