Doug Obey
@dougobey.bsky.social
Personal account. Reporter for Inside EPA, Inside EPA’s Climate Extra. Reposts are not endorsements. NCC-1701 compliant.
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Doug Obey
@dougobey.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Testing 1,2,3 . . .
Greetings all. Just set up this Bluesky account to see what I have been missing over on X. For my day job, I write for both Inside EPA and Inside EPA's Climate Extra (the latter has a broader focus than EPA). But feel free to engage on other topics, including good music.
Greetings all. Just set up this Bluesky account to see what I have been missing over on X. For my day job, I write for both Inside EPA and Inside EPA's Climate Extra (the latter has a broader focus than EPA). But feel free to engage on other topics, including good music.
50 years ago today…”the searchers all say they’d have made Whitefish Bay if they’d put 15 more miles behind her.” youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI?...
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Gordon Lightfoot
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
50 years ago today…”the searchers all say they’d have made Whitefish Bay if they’d put 15 more miles behind her.” youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI?...
So the deadline for EPA to advise OMB on the legality of its own greenhouse gas endangerment finding, per Trump EO, was yesterday. Result TBD.
February 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So the deadline for EPA to advise OMB on the legality of its own greenhouse gas endangerment finding, per Trump EO, was yesterday. Result TBD.
New Rhodium analysis rhg.com/research/pre... says 2024 U.S. GHG emissions were basically flat. And that emissions would have to drop 7.6% annually to hit 2030 U.S. climate goal.
Preliminary US Greenhouse Gas Estimates for 2024
In 2024, US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions did something a bit unusual—they stayed nearly unchanged from last year. Since peaking in 2004, emissions have trended downward in a bumpy fashion.…
rhg.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
New Rhodium analysis rhg.com/research/pre... says 2024 U.S. GHG emissions were basically flat. And that emissions would have to drop 7.6% annually to hit 2030 U.S. climate goal.
A musical Christmas gift. My mom, gone 2 Christmases now, would have simply said upon hearing this, “that’s WONDERFUL.”
youtu.be/QAXw5t_a6lM?...
Stay til the end for Jones’ pure joy at just nailing this song. Two incredible artists and nothing else.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
youtu.be/QAXw5t_a6lM?...
Stay til the end for Jones’ pure joy at just nailing this song. Two incredible artists and nothing else.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (from “Norah Jones is Playing Along” Podcast)
YouTube video by norahjonesVEVO
youtu.be
December 25, 2024 at 2:05 PM
A musical Christmas gift. My mom, gone 2 Christmases now, would have simply said upon hearing this, “that’s WONDERFUL.”
youtu.be/QAXw5t_a6lM?...
Stay til the end for Jones’ pure joy at just nailing this song. Two incredible artists and nothing else.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
youtu.be/QAXw5t_a6lM?...
Stay til the end for Jones’ pure joy at just nailing this song. Two incredible artists and nothing else.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
The Supreme Court has agreed to review the D.C. Circuit’s denial of fuels groups’ standing to challenge California’s vehicle standards to model year 2025. Whether they will review states’ constitutional challenge is still pending.
December 13, 2024 at 11:01 PM
The Supreme Court has agreed to review the D.C. Circuit’s denial of fuels groups’ standing to challenge California’s vehicle standards to model year 2025. Whether they will review states’ constitutional challenge is still pending.
History nod (corrected)
83 years ago, House page John Dingell ignored instructions to stop broadcaster Fulton Lewis from recording after FDR's Pearl Harbor speech. (www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...)
Result: this audio of the House debate on entering World War II.
www.c-span.org/video/?79064...
83 years ago, House page John Dingell ignored instructions to stop broadcaster Fulton Lewis from recording after FDR's Pearl Harbor speech. (www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...)
Result: this audio of the House debate on entering World War II.
www.c-span.org/video/?79064...
Declaration of War on Japan Debate and Vote
An audio recording was heard of House members debating the Declaration of War on Japan immediately after President Roosevelt's speech declaring war. Still shots of Speaker Sam Rayburn and other member...
www.c-span.org
December 7, 2024 at 4:44 PM
History nod (corrected)
83 years ago, House page John Dingell ignored instructions to stop broadcaster Fulton Lewis from recording after FDR's Pearl Harbor speech. (www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...)
Result: this audio of the House debate on entering World War II.
www.c-span.org/video/?79064...
83 years ago, House page John Dingell ignored instructions to stop broadcaster Fulton Lewis from recording after FDR's Pearl Harbor speech. (www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...)
Result: this audio of the House debate on entering World War II.
www.c-span.org/video/?79064...
Nod to history.
73 years ago, House page John Dingell ignored instructions to stop broadcaster Fulton Lewis from recording after FDR's Pearl Harbor speech. (www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...)
That preserved this audio of the House debate on entering World War II.
www.c-span.org/video/?79064...
73 years ago, House page John Dingell ignored instructions to stop broadcaster Fulton Lewis from recording after FDR's Pearl Harbor speech. (www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...)
That preserved this audio of the House debate on entering World War II.
www.c-span.org/video/?79064...
December 7, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Nod to history.
73 years ago, House page John Dingell ignored instructions to stop broadcaster Fulton Lewis from recording after FDR's Pearl Harbor speech. (www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...)
That preserved this audio of the House debate on entering World War II.
www.c-span.org/video/?79064...
73 years ago, House page John Dingell ignored instructions to stop broadcaster Fulton Lewis from recording after FDR's Pearl Harbor speech. (www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...)
That preserved this audio of the House debate on entering World War II.
www.c-span.org/video/?79064...
Tidbit from EPA’s 50th vehicle trends report showing impact of EVs and plug in hybrids.
Average real world CO2 reduction in model 2023 compared to model year 2022 = 18 grams per mile.
Exclude EVs and plug in hybrids from the calculation = 1.4 grams per mile.
Report at www.epa.gov/system/files...
Average real world CO2 reduction in model 2023 compared to model year 2022 = 18 grams per mile.
Exclude EVs and plug in hybrids from the calculation = 1.4 grams per mile.
Report at www.epa.gov/system/files...
www.epa.gov
November 27, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Tidbit from EPA’s 50th vehicle trends report showing impact of EVs and plug in hybrids.
Average real world CO2 reduction in model 2023 compared to model year 2022 = 18 grams per mile.
Exclude EVs and plug in hybrids from the calculation = 1.4 grams per mile.
Report at www.epa.gov/system/files...
Average real world CO2 reduction in model 2023 compared to model year 2022 = 18 grams per mile.
Exclude EVs and plug in hybrids from the calculation = 1.4 grams per mile.
Report at www.epa.gov/system/files...
Testing 1,2,3 . . .
Greetings all. Just set up this Bluesky account to see what I have been missing over on X. For my day job, I write for both Inside EPA and Inside EPA's Climate Extra (the latter has a broader focus than EPA). But feel free to engage on other topics, including good music.
Greetings all. Just set up this Bluesky account to see what I have been missing over on X. For my day job, I write for both Inside EPA and Inside EPA's Climate Extra (the latter has a broader focus than EPA). But feel free to engage on other topics, including good music.
November 22, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Testing 1,2,3 . . .
Greetings all. Just set up this Bluesky account to see what I have been missing over on X. For my day job, I write for both Inside EPA and Inside EPA's Climate Extra (the latter has a broader focus than EPA). But feel free to engage on other topics, including good music.
Greetings all. Just set up this Bluesky account to see what I have been missing over on X. For my day job, I write for both Inside EPA and Inside EPA's Climate Extra (the latter has a broader focus than EPA). But feel free to engage on other topics, including good music.