Victoria Bogdan Tejeda
@vbogg.bsky.social
Climate law attorney, Bay Area nerd.
w/ Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute.
w/ Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute.
I encourage folks to check out this thread (and those linked) as they digest the big NYT article about Sierra Club's organizational woes.
This article contends that the Sierra Club's effort to integrate social justice into its mission was the cause of turmoil. My perspective suggests a simpler reason: Poor leadership.
The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I encourage folks to check out this thread (and those linked) as they digest the big NYT article about Sierra Club's organizational woes.
Reposted by Victoria Bogdan Tejeda
UPDATE: The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents, including from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Alameda and they will begin to arrive Thursday, according to a source.
Exclusive: Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area
More than 100 federal agents, including some from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Alameda base.
bit.ly
October 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
UPDATE: The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents, including from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Alameda and they will begin to arrive Thursday, according to a source.
#Abundance bros act like civil society is the enemy & enviro laws aren't relevant.
Even the pope disagrees ;)
"Everyone in society, through [NGOs] and advocacy groups, must put pressure on governments to develop and implement more rigorous regulations, procedures and controls."
Even the pope disagrees ;)
"Everyone in society, through [NGOs] and advocacy groups, must put pressure on governments to develop and implement more rigorous regulations, procedures and controls."
E&E News: Pope Leo calls for environmental action worldwide
The first American pope urged people everywhere to become politically active on issues like climate change.
subscriber.politicopro.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#Abundance bros act like civil society is the enemy & enviro laws aren't relevant.
Even the pope disagrees ;)
"Everyone in society, through [NGOs] and advocacy groups, must put pressure on governments to develop and implement more rigorous regulations, procedures and controls."
Even the pope disagrees ;)
"Everyone in society, through [NGOs] and advocacy groups, must put pressure on governments to develop and implement more rigorous regulations, procedures and controls."
Excellent piece by @emdashsanders.bsky.social for
@levernews.com
California set to unleash CO2 pipelines for CCS, thanks in part to fossil fuel lobbyists:
@levernews.com
California set to unleash CO2 pipelines for CCS, thanks in part to fossil fuel lobbyists:
California opens the door for Big Oil’s CO2 pipeline plans
States will be responsible for keeping people safe as the oil industry pushes a massive buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines near communities.
www.exxonknews.org
September 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Excellent piece by @emdashsanders.bsky.social for
@levernews.com
California set to unleash CO2 pipelines for CCS, thanks in part to fossil fuel lobbyists:
@levernews.com
California set to unleash CO2 pipelines for CCS, thanks in part to fossil fuel lobbyists:
Reposted by Victoria Bogdan Tejeda
California is setting a path to lift its moratorium on CO2 pipelines with new safety regs. But the state won't set a distance requirement protecting communities, which oil lobbyists opposed.
Advocates say it's a recipe for disaster. from me & @levernews.com
www.exxonknews.org/p/california...
Advocates say it's a recipe for disaster. from me & @levernews.com
www.exxonknews.org/p/california...
California opens the door for Big Oil’s CO2 pipeline plans
States will be responsible for keeping people safe as the oil industry pushes a massive buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines near communities.
www.exxonknews.org
September 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
California is setting a path to lift its moratorium on CO2 pipelines with new safety regs. But the state won't set a distance requirement protecting communities, which oil lobbyists opposed.
Advocates say it's a recipe for disaster. from me & @levernews.com
www.exxonknews.org/p/california...
Advocates say it's a recipe for disaster. from me & @levernews.com
www.exxonknews.org/p/california...
Yesterday we launched CACTI, a #SanFrancisco Bay Area coalition against carbon capture & storage (CCS). I spoke, along with others. It was a powerful event!
Huge thanks @foodandwater.bsky.social for your key organizing role 💙
Learn more here: cacticoalition.org
Huge thanks @foodandwater.bsky.social for your key organizing role 💙
Learn more here: cacticoalition.org
September 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Yesterday we launched CACTI, a #SanFrancisco Bay Area coalition against carbon capture & storage (CCS). I spoke, along with others. It was a powerful event!
Huge thanks @foodandwater.bsky.social for your key organizing role 💙
Learn more here: cacticoalition.org
Huge thanks @foodandwater.bsky.social for your key organizing role 💙
Learn more here: cacticoalition.org
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It's (beyond) time to stop paying polluters to wreck our planet.
*This year alone* the fed gov't will give $34.8 billion to fossil fuel companies 😱
New report: www.commondreams.org/news/us-foss...
*This year alone* the fed gov't will give $34.8 billion to fossil fuel companies 😱
New report: www.commondreams.org/news/us-foss...
'Paying for Climate Chaos': Report Exposes $35 Billion a Year in US Handouts to Big Oil | Common Dreams
New report reveals US government will hand out $34.8 billion in subsidies to fossil fuel companies this year.
www.commondreams.org
September 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It's (beyond) time to stop paying polluters to wreck our planet.
*This year alone* the fed gov't will give $34.8 billion to fossil fuel companies 😱
New report: www.commondreams.org/news/us-foss...
*This year alone* the fed gov't will give $34.8 billion to fossil fuel companies 😱
New report: www.commondreams.org/news/us-foss...
From the lead author of this new study:
“We have to avoid giving people false hope by suggesting that climate change can be fixed without cutting carbon emissions, which is the only real solution." 👈
insideclimatenews.org/news/0909202...
“We have to avoid giving people false hope by suggesting that climate change can be fixed without cutting carbon emissions, which is the only real solution." 👈
insideclimatenews.org/news/0909202...
Geoengineering Won’t Save Us From Global Warming, New Study Says - Inside Climate News
New research by a team of top ice and climate scientists debunks some speculative technological climate fixes for preserving the polar ice caps.
insideclimatenews.org
September 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
From the lead author of this new study:
“We have to avoid giving people false hope by suggesting that climate change can be fixed without cutting carbon emissions, which is the only real solution." 👈
insideclimatenews.org/news/0909202...
“We have to avoid giving people false hope by suggesting that climate change can be fixed without cutting carbon emissions, which is the only real solution." 👈
insideclimatenews.org/news/0909202...
Reposted by Victoria Bogdan Tejeda
Justice Sotomayor, joined by Kagan and Jackson, in dissent: "We should not have to live in a country where the Government
can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent."
can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent."
September 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Justice Sotomayor, joined by Kagan and Jackson, in dissent: "We should not have to live in a country where the Government
can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent."
can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent."
Reposted by Victoria Bogdan Tejeda
Ask anyone in the "Abundance Faction" why the Koch brothers are funding their movement, and they'll say it's good to have a big tent.
But the Koch brothers are truly evil, not least for their decades-long (and successful) work to destroy US understanding of climate science.
1/2
But the Koch brothers are truly evil, not least for their decades-long (and successful) work to destroy US understanding of climate science.
1/2
September 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Ask anyone in the "Abundance Faction" why the Koch brothers are funding their movement, and they'll say it's good to have a big tent.
But the Koch brothers are truly evil, not least for their decades-long (and successful) work to destroy US understanding of climate science.
1/2
But the Koch brothers are truly evil, not least for their decades-long (and successful) work to destroy US understanding of climate science.
1/2
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A devastating review of "Abundance" (the book) in @nybooks.com. I mean, whew!
September 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A devastating review of "Abundance" (the book) in @nybooks.com. I mean, whew!
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Happening Sept 9:
Join SF #BayArea groups & residents at a press conference announcing their alliance to fight the Montezuma Carbon Hub -- a massive waste injection hub proposed near wetlands & communities.
www.mobilize.us/fww/event/83...
Join SF #BayArea groups & residents at a press conference announcing their alliance to fight the Montezuma Carbon Hub -- a massive waste injection hub proposed near wetlands & communities.
www.mobilize.us/fww/event/83...
CA Press Conference: Stop the Montezuma Carbon Hub! · Food & Water Watch
Join other Bay Area residents as we come together to protect our communities and health against the proposed Montezuma Carbon Hub Project.
**A new coalition, Communities Against Carbon Transport & In...
www.mobilize.us
September 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Happening Sept 9:
Join SF #BayArea groups & residents at a press conference announcing their alliance to fight the Montezuma Carbon Hub -- a massive waste injection hub proposed near wetlands & communities.
www.mobilize.us/fww/event/83...
Join SF #BayArea groups & residents at a press conference announcing their alliance to fight the Montezuma Carbon Hub -- a massive waste injection hub proposed near wetlands & communities.
www.mobilize.us/fww/event/83...
🚨 Breaking:
Judge's order: halt construction, stop bringing new detainees, & begin winding down operations. ✊ ⚖️
So-called Alligator Alcatraz should have never been built. This is an important victory.
Grateful to @biologicaldiversity.org colleagues & others for this!
Judge's order: halt construction, stop bringing new detainees, & begin winding down operations. ✊ ⚖️
So-called Alligator Alcatraz should have never been built. This is an important victory.
Grateful to @biologicaldiversity.org colleagues & others for this!
Judge Halts Operations at Everglades Detention Center With Preliminary Injunction
MIAMI— A federal judge today ordered the state of Florida and the Trump administration to halt construction, stop bringing new detainees and begin winding down operations at the mass detention center ...
biologicaldiversity.org
August 22, 2025 at 4:07 AM
🚨 Breaking:
Judge's order: halt construction, stop bringing new detainees, & begin winding down operations. ✊ ⚖️
So-called Alligator Alcatraz should have never been built. This is an important victory.
Grateful to @biologicaldiversity.org colleagues & others for this!
Judge's order: halt construction, stop bringing new detainees, & begin winding down operations. ✊ ⚖️
So-called Alligator Alcatraz should have never been built. This is an important victory.
Grateful to @biologicaldiversity.org colleagues & others for this!
Reposted by Victoria Bogdan Tejeda
No way around it: California is starting to backslide on climate. And it’s (mostly) Gavin Newsom’s fault.
My column today looks at Newsom’s failures on rooftop solar, oil industry accountability, home electrification and more: www.latimes.com/environment/...
My column today looks at Newsom’s failures on rooftop solar, oil industry accountability, home electrification and more: www.latimes.com/environment/...
Commentary: California is backsliding on climate progress. It's (mostly) Gavin Newsom's fault
From rooftop solar to oil drilling, the Golden State governor is failing to live up to his soaring rhetoric.
www.latimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
No way around it: California is starting to backslide on climate. And it’s (mostly) Gavin Newsom’s fault.
My column today looks at Newsom’s failures on rooftop solar, oil industry accountability, home electrification and more: www.latimes.com/environment/...
My column today looks at Newsom’s failures on rooftop solar, oil industry accountability, home electrification and more: www.latimes.com/environment/...
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📢 NEW: CCEJN reports —
31% of oil & gas sites near Kern County homes, schools & parks are leaking
37% of leaks are allowed by regulatory loopholes
The “heavy oil” exemption shields 68% of CA’s oil & gas sites from leak monitoring & repair rules
#ClimateJustice
👉🏽 ccejn.org/2025/08/12/p...
31% of oil & gas sites near Kern County homes, schools & parks are leaking
37% of leaks are allowed by regulatory loopholes
The “heavy oil” exemption shields 68% of CA’s oil & gas sites from leak monitoring & repair rules
#ClimateJustice
👉🏽 ccejn.org/2025/08/12/p...
August 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
📢 NEW: CCEJN reports —
31% of oil & gas sites near Kern County homes, schools & parks are leaking
37% of leaks are allowed by regulatory loopholes
The “heavy oil” exemption shields 68% of CA’s oil & gas sites from leak monitoring & repair rules
#ClimateJustice
👉🏽 ccejn.org/2025/08/12/p...
31% of oil & gas sites near Kern County homes, schools & parks are leaking
37% of leaks are allowed by regulatory loopholes
The “heavy oil” exemption shields 68% of CA’s oil & gas sites from leak monitoring & repair rules
#ClimateJustice
👉🏽 ccejn.org/2025/08/12/p...
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Take a listen: Latino USA digs into CCS in California, & the massive taxpayer subsidy that pays for it (and more oil production!)
feat. @biologicaldiversity.org attorney Maggie Coulter & community advocates, incl. CCEJN
www.latinousa.org/2025/08/03/c...
feat. @biologicaldiversity.org attorney Maggie Coulter & community advocates, incl. CCEJN
www.latinousa.org/2025/08/03/c...
Trump Supports This Climate Solution: Is That A Bad Thing? - Latino USA
Carbon capture promises to fight climate change—but in California’s Central Valley, locals question who really benefits from this controversial technology.
www.latinousa.org
August 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Take a listen: Latino USA digs into CCS in California, & the massive taxpayer subsidy that pays for it (and more oil production!)
feat. @biologicaldiversity.org attorney Maggie Coulter & community advocates, incl. CCEJN
www.latinousa.org/2025/08/03/c...
feat. @biologicaldiversity.org attorney Maggie Coulter & community advocates, incl. CCEJN
www.latinousa.org/2025/08/03/c...
Cheers to @mjhankins.bsky.social on this AP video explaining the endangerment finding rollback!
So appreciate clear communication of this super important issue to the public:
apnews.com/video/trump-...
So appreciate clear communication of this super important issue to the public:
apnews.com/video/trump-...
Trump EPA moves to repeal 'endangerment finding' used to regulate greenhouse gas emissions
The proposed rule would rescind a 2009 declaration that determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare.
apnews.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Cheers to @mjhankins.bsky.social on this AP video explaining the endangerment finding rollback!
So appreciate clear communication of this super important issue to the public:
apnews.com/video/trump-...
So appreciate clear communication of this super important issue to the public:
apnews.com/video/trump-...
Reposted by Victoria Bogdan Tejeda
This Energy Department report is cited nearly two dozen times in the EPA's rollback of the endangerment finding and some of the claims are, well, let's look at a few of them
I can't imagine there will be any problems with this summary of climate science
July 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This Energy Department report is cited nearly two dozen times in the EPA's rollback of the endangerment finding and some of the claims are, well, let's look at a few of them
Surprise, surprise: CCS is bad 😠 😔
"Exxon sold carbon capture & storage as a climate solution — but under new Trump tax credits, public funds will be directed toward more oil extraction with less regulation."
by @emdashsanders.bsky.social
"Exxon sold carbon capture & storage as a climate solution — but under new Trump tax credits, public funds will be directed toward more oil extraction with less regulation."
by @emdashsanders.bsky.social
Exxon’s new project will capture carbon to drill for more oil
Exxon sold carbon capture and storage as a climate solution — but under new Trump tax credits, public funds will be directed toward more oil extraction with less regulation.
www.exxonknews.org
July 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Surprise, surprise: CCS is bad 😠 😔
"Exxon sold carbon capture & storage as a climate solution — but under new Trump tax credits, public funds will be directed toward more oil extraction with less regulation."
by @emdashsanders.bsky.social
"Exxon sold carbon capture & storage as a climate solution — but under new Trump tax credits, public funds will be directed toward more oil extraction with less regulation."
by @emdashsanders.bsky.social
Reposted by Victoria Bogdan Tejeda
📰The #CIJ_ICJ has spoken—fossil fuel production is no longer just bad policy, it’s a violation of international law.
Read our NYT op-ed on why this ruling is a legal game-changer for climate justice.
nyti.ms/3IKYNvs
Read our NYT op-ed on why this ruling is a legal game-changer for climate justice.
nyti.ms/3IKYNvs
Opinion | Climate Science Is Now the Law
A landmark legal ruling leaves no doubt that continuing fossil fuel production and use, let alone expanding it, violates the law.
nyti.ms
July 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
📰The #CIJ_ICJ has spoken—fossil fuel production is no longer just bad policy, it’s a violation of international law.
Read our NYT op-ed on why this ruling is a legal game-changer for climate justice.
nyti.ms/3IKYNvs
Read our NYT op-ed on why this ruling is a legal game-changer for climate justice.
nyti.ms/3IKYNvs
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Big news: After nearly a decade, DuPont has agreed to settle a class-action suit brought by the people of Hoosick Falls, NY, the community I spent years following for my book. All told, the village's roughly 3,000 residents will receive about $90 million in damages. #PFAS #ForeverChemicals
DuPont agrees to settle lawsuit over Hoosick Falls water pollution
DuPont Co. has agreed to settle a federal class-action lawsuit that was filed nearly a decade ago on behalf of residents in and around the village of Hoosick Falls.
timesunion.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Big news: After nearly a decade, DuPont has agreed to settle a class-action suit brought by the people of Hoosick Falls, NY, the community I spent years following for my book. All told, the village's roughly 3,000 residents will receive about $90 million in damages. #PFAS #ForeverChemicals
Essay by @savelifeonearth.bsky.social 💙
Hellbenders as emissaries:
"The same forces that drove the decline of these amphibians sacrificed public health in Appalachia. Their demise echoes the struggle of communities that continue to be jeopardized by extractive industries & betrayed by politics."
Hellbenders as emissaries:
"The same forces that drove the decline of these amphibians sacrificed public health in Appalachia. Their demise echoes the struggle of communities that continue to be jeopardized by extractive industries & betrayed by politics."
mds.marshall.edu
July 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Essay by @savelifeonearth.bsky.social 💙
Hellbenders as emissaries:
"The same forces that drove the decline of these amphibians sacrificed public health in Appalachia. Their demise echoes the struggle of communities that continue to be jeopardized by extractive industries & betrayed by politics."
Hellbenders as emissaries:
"The same forces that drove the decline of these amphibians sacrificed public health in Appalachia. Their demise echoes the struggle of communities that continue to be jeopardized by extractive industries & betrayed by politics."
Reposted by Victoria Bogdan Tejeda
Lost in the wave of many terrible things, this is so dumb. The bill changes DOE sec. 1706 loan guarantees from repurposing and repowering of energy infrastructure to reduce emissions to "Energy Dominance Finance". 🤦
![SEC. 50403. ENERGY DOMINANCE FINANCING.
(a) In General.--Section 1706 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 16517) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the
end;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``avoid'' and all
that follows through the period at the end and
inserting ``increase capacity or output; or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) support or enable the provision of known or
forecastable electric supply at time intervals necessary to
maintain or enhance grid reliability or other system adequacy
needs.'';
(2) by striking subsection (c);
(3) by redesignating subsections (d) through (f) as
subsections (c) through (e), respectively;
(4) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by adding ``and'' at the end;
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph
(2);
(5) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), by striking
``for--'' in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and all that
follows through the period at the end of paragraph (2) and
inserting ``for enabling the identification, leasing,
development, production, processing, transportation,
transmission, refining, and generation needed for energy and
critical minerals.''; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Funding.--
``(1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise
available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal
year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, $1,000,000,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2028 [...]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:la4o3hamobkdf5ab36f7rpnd/bafkreif67mxrfewwdled7v2pvsc6owikq6kndb47vwyvgvprxe6vtsdwou@jpeg)
July 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Lost in the wave of many terrible things, this is so dumb. The bill changes DOE sec. 1706 loan guarantees from repurposing and repowering of energy infrastructure to reduce emissions to "Energy Dominance Finance". 🤦