Clark Mindock
@clarkmindock.bsky.social
Climate law & insurance regs reporter.
•Insurance writing is here: https://www.insuranceinsiderus.com/clark-mindock
•My Substack “Landmark” covers climate law: www.landmark.earth
Formerly Reuters, Law360, The Independent, etc.
•Insurance writing is here: https://www.insuranceinsiderus.com/clark-mindock
•My Substack “Landmark” covers climate law: www.landmark.earth
Formerly Reuters, Law360, The Independent, etc.
After Zohran Mamdani's election last week in NYC, I think a lot of people are wondering how feasible his 200k apartments plan is.
I've seen a lot of emotional takes. But I took a crack at explaining an oft-overlooked, unsexy but very important system that could be a big obstacle: Insurance. (1/x)
I've seen a lot of emotional takes. But I took a crack at explaining an oft-overlooked, unsexy but very important system that could be a big obstacle: Insurance. (1/x)
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
After Zohran Mamdani's election last week in NYC, I think a lot of people are wondering how feasible his 200k apartments plan is.
I've seen a lot of emotional takes. But I took a crack at explaining an oft-overlooked, unsexy but very important system that could be a big obstacle: Insurance. (1/x)
I've seen a lot of emotional takes. But I took a crack at explaining an oft-overlooked, unsexy but very important system that could be a big obstacle: Insurance. (1/x)
Big news here
Today New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation approved a controversial gas pipeline it had previously rejected three times in the past.
The pipeline will be sited off the Rockaways and National Grid gas customers will pay for it.
Background:
www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/04/n...
The pipeline will be sited off the Rockaways and National Grid gas customers will pay for it.
Background:
www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/04/n...
Gas Pipeline Rejected Three Times Is Back Under Consideration in New York
The move follows a reported deal between Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Trump administration.
www.thecity.nyc
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Big news here
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Earlier this year, the Trump administration killed NOAA's billion-dollar disaster database - one of many attempts to censor climate change in the federal gov
But the climatologist who compiled the program just revived it, launching just this morning with the folks
@climatecentral.org
But the climatologist who compiled the program just revived it, launching just this morning with the folks
@climatecentral.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Earlier this year, the Trump administration killed NOAA's billion-dollar disaster database - one of many attempts to censor climate change in the federal gov
But the climatologist who compiled the program just revived it, launching just this morning with the folks
@climatecentral.org
But the climatologist who compiled the program just revived it, launching just this morning with the folks
@climatecentral.org
Earlier this year, the Trump administration killed NOAA's billion-dollar disaster database - one of many attempts to censor climate change in the federal gov
But the climatologist who compiled the program just revived it, launching just this morning with the folks
@climatecentral.org
But the climatologist who compiled the program just revived it, launching just this morning with the folks
@climatecentral.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Earlier this year, the Trump administration killed NOAA's billion-dollar disaster database - one of many attempts to censor climate change in the federal gov
But the climatologist who compiled the program just revived it, launching just this morning with the folks
@climatecentral.org
But the climatologist who compiled the program just revived it, launching just this morning with the folks
@climatecentral.org
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Federal agents are staging a massive operation downtown near Canal street. Show of force with reportedly dozens of agents from agencies including ICE, FBI, IRS, DEA, etx
October 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Federal agents are staging a massive operation downtown near Canal street. Show of force with reportedly dozens of agents from agencies including ICE, FBI, IRS, DEA, etx
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After this far-right propagandist put an inflammatory spotlight on vendors on Canal Street, ICE agents were spotted at the location making indiscriminate arrests of anyone they think looks like a delivery person or vendor (ie: not white)
October 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
After this far-right propagandist put an inflammatory spotlight on vendors on Canal Street, ICE agents were spotted at the location making indiscriminate arrests of anyone they think looks like a delivery person or vendor (ie: not white)
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If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
September 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
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My latest, analyzing the legal justification for the Trump admin’s latest attack on climate regs, just posted.
Featuring commentary from Joe Goffman, a former Biden EPA air & radiation office official:
Featuring commentary from Joe Goffman, a former Biden EPA air & radiation office official:
August 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
My latest, analyzing the legal justification for the Trump admin’s latest attack on climate regs, just posted.
Featuring commentary from Joe Goffman, a former Biden EPA air & radiation office official:
Featuring commentary from Joe Goffman, a former Biden EPA air & radiation office official:
I can vouch for the em-dash here. We’ve known each other for years.
I have photos with the em-dash from college in the early 2010s — it DJ’ed parties on an iPod. It played MGMT and The Blow (I think that was because the em-dash had a thing for Parentheses though).
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
I have photos with the em-dash from college in the early 2010s — it DJ’ed parties on an iPod. It played MGMT and The Blow (I think that was because the em-dash had a thing for Parentheses though).
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
www.mcsweeneys.net
August 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I can vouch for the em-dash here. We’ve known each other for years.
I have photos with the em-dash from college in the early 2010s — it DJ’ed parties on an iPod. It played MGMT and The Blow (I think that was because the em-dash had a thing for Parentheses though).
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
I have photos with the em-dash from college in the early 2010s — it DJ’ed parties on an iPod. It played MGMT and The Blow (I think that was because the em-dash had a thing for Parentheses though).
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
My latest, analyzing the legal justification for the Trump admin’s latest attack on climate regs, just posted.
Featuring commentary from Joe Goffman, a former Biden EPA air & radiation office official:
Featuring commentary from Joe Goffman, a former Biden EPA air & radiation office official:
August 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
My latest, analyzing the legal justification for the Trump admin’s latest attack on climate regs, just posted.
Featuring commentary from Joe Goffman, a former Biden EPA air & radiation office official:
Featuring commentary from Joe Goffman, a former Biden EPA air & radiation office official:
I’m in Rwanda for the first time. Very surprised to see so many Uhauls with Arizona license plates tbh
August 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I’m in Rwanda for the first time. Very surprised to see so many Uhauls with Arizona license plates tbh
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EXCLUSIVE: Brown University has reached an agreement with the Trump administration to restore the university’s federal research funding and address allegations that it failed to do enough to stop the harassment of Jewish students. @bostonglobe.com
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/m...
Brown University reaches agreement with Trump administration to restore federal research funding - The Boston Globe
The deal settles three open investigations into the university, and does not require the Ivy League institution to admit any wrongdoing or make a payment to the federal government.
www.bostonglobe.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Brown University has reached an agreement with the Trump administration to restore the university’s federal research funding and address allegations that it failed to do enough to stop the harassment of Jewish students. @bostonglobe.com
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/m...
I would NEVER draw a picture!
and another thing: i don't draw pictures. please dont put in the newspaper that i draw pictures.
“Also, I don’t draw pictures”
July 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I would NEVER draw a picture!
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I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.
July 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.
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NEW: Our study in @theguardian.com shows that the new $1T Pentagon budget in Trump’s bill— paid for by cuts to education, food stamps, disaster management, etc—will raise its carbon emissions higher than the entire country of Ethiopia, and cause 47B in damages.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump’s $1tn for Pentagon to add huge planet-heating emissions, study shows
Exclusive: 17% increase in military spending will add emissions equivalent to those of some entire countries
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
NEW: Our study in @theguardian.com shows that the new $1T Pentagon budget in Trump’s bill— paid for by cuts to education, food stamps, disaster management, etc—will raise its carbon emissions higher than the entire country of Ethiopia, and cause 47B in damages.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Email filters may be the world's great equalizer.
Just switched to a new email at work and whether you're emailing me from an "@amazon1claimservices.freestuff.com" or "@harvard.edu" account... it's all junk now!
Just switched to a new email at work and whether you're emailing me from an "@amazon1claimservices.freestuff.com" or "@harvard.edu" account... it's all junk now!
July 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Email filters may be the world's great equalizer.
Just switched to a new email at work and whether you're emailing me from an "@amazon1claimservices.freestuff.com" or "@harvard.edu" account... it's all junk now!
Just switched to a new email at work and whether you're emailing me from an "@amazon1claimservices.freestuff.com" or "@harvard.edu" account... it's all junk now!
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NEW: A coalition of 20 Democratic-led states have sued the Trump administration for illegally eliminating FEMA’s BRIC pre-disaster grant program.
Billions of dollars needed to fortify communities against hurricanes, floods and earthquakes (among other climate change risks) are at stake.
Billions of dollars needed to fortify communities against hurricanes, floods and earthquakes (among other climate change risks) are at stake.
July 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
NEW: A coalition of 20 Democratic-led states have sued the Trump administration for illegally eliminating FEMA’s BRIC pre-disaster grant program.
Billions of dollars needed to fortify communities against hurricanes, floods and earthquakes (among other climate change risks) are at stake.
Billions of dollars needed to fortify communities against hurricanes, floods and earthquakes (among other climate change risks) are at stake.
NEW: A coalition of 20 Democratic-led states have sued the Trump administration for illegally eliminating FEMA’s BRIC pre-disaster grant program.
Billions of dollars needed to fortify communities against hurricanes, floods and earthquakes (among other climate change risks) are at stake.
Billions of dollars needed to fortify communities against hurricanes, floods and earthquakes (among other climate change risks) are at stake.
July 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
NEW: A coalition of 20 Democratic-led states have sued the Trump administration for illegally eliminating FEMA’s BRIC pre-disaster grant program.
Billions of dollars needed to fortify communities against hurricanes, floods and earthquakes (among other climate change risks) are at stake.
Billions of dollars needed to fortify communities against hurricanes, floods and earthquakes (among other climate change risks) are at stake.
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"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
www.theatlantic.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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I was sorry to disappoint him!
And as nice as the reception was, the truth is that I was there as a fanboy to meet the incredible @mikeduncan.bsky.social amazing history podcaster of Revolutions and now sci-fi writer too!
#EveryMartianMatters
#EveryNewYorkerToo
And as nice as the reception was, the truth is that I was there as a fanboy to meet the incredible @mikeduncan.bsky.social amazing history podcaster of Revolutions and now sci-fi writer too!
#EveryMartianMatters
#EveryNewYorkerToo
July 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I was sorry to disappoint him!
And as nice as the reception was, the truth is that I was there as a fanboy to meet the incredible @mikeduncan.bsky.social amazing history podcaster of Revolutions and now sci-fi writer too!
#EveryMartianMatters
#EveryNewYorkerToo
And as nice as the reception was, the truth is that I was there as a fanboy to meet the incredible @mikeduncan.bsky.social amazing history podcaster of Revolutions and now sci-fi writer too!
#EveryMartianMatters
#EveryNewYorkerToo
Just saw @bradlander.bsky.social get a standing ovation in the backyard of Sunny’s in Red Hook
And then a guy asked him if he is Sunny
And then a guy asked him if he is Sunny
July 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Just saw @bradlander.bsky.social get a standing ovation in the backyard of Sunny’s in Red Hook
And then a guy asked him if he is Sunny
And then a guy asked him if he is Sunny
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We've seen news on how Trump's bill will kill clean energy projects and jobs.
I wanted to know which were most at risk in Arizona.
But report authors won't share and companies won't talk. It suggests outcomes may be even worse than estimated.
with Austin Corona:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
I wanted to know which were most at risk in Arizona.
But report authors won't share and companies won't talk. It suggests outcomes may be even worse than estimated.
with Austin Corona:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Arizona's clean energy industry falls silent as Trump bill threatens progress
President Donald Trump's tax and policy bill could slow Arizona's clean energy industry, but companies aren't talking.
www.azcentral.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We've seen news on how Trump's bill will kill clean energy projects and jobs.
I wanted to know which were most at risk in Arizona.
But report authors won't share and companies won't talk. It suggests outcomes may be even worse than estimated.
with Austin Corona:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
I wanted to know which were most at risk in Arizona.
But report authors won't share and companies won't talk. It suggests outcomes may be even worse than estimated.
with Austin Corona:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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NEWS: Green groups asked a federal court to immediately block the Trump admin from building its "Alligator Alcatraz" ICE immigrant detention center in the Everglades.
The legal fight is reminiscent of a decades-old battle that helped establish the nation's cornerstone environmental review law.
The legal fight is reminiscent of a decades-old battle that helped establish the nation's cornerstone environmental review law.
June 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
NEWS: Green groups asked a federal court to immediately block the Trump admin from building its "Alligator Alcatraz" ICE immigrant detention center in the Everglades.
The legal fight is reminiscent of a decades-old battle that helped establish the nation's cornerstone environmental review law.
The legal fight is reminiscent of a decades-old battle that helped establish the nation's cornerstone environmental review law.