Alan Ramo
@envirolawprof.bsky.social
Prof. Emeritus, School of Law, Golden Gate University, env. justice, climate justice, Former director, Environmental Law & Justice Clinic, Former legal director Communities for a Better Environment, B.A. Poli.Sci. Stanford, JD UC Berkeley School of Law
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"Dems must pivot to energy affordability and also embrace nuclear power" is a take I've read several times just today, and not a single time did the author pause to contemplate the dissonance.
December 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"Dems must pivot to energy affordability and also embrace nuclear power" is a take I've read several times just today, and not a single time did the author pause to contemplate the dissonance.
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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2/2 link:
Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
2/2 link:
Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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Bad day for anyone who breathes air in Oakland & the East Bay. Remember to mask up if you go outside & also help dismantle the fossil fuel dependency which leads to dangerous air and an unstable climate
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Bad day for anyone who breathes air in Oakland & the East Bay. Remember to mask up if you go outside & also help dismantle the fossil fuel dependency which leads to dangerous air and an unstable climate
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Hundreds of CA & Bay Area Hazardous Sites Could Face Future Flooding
Power plants. Sewage plants. Fossil fuel ports. Radioactively contaminated sites. These are a few of the 249 sites across the Bay Area that could flood.
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
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Power plants. Sewage plants. Fossil fuel ports. Radioactively contaminated sites. These are a few of the 249 sites across the Bay Area that could flood.
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Hundreds of California and Bay Area Hazardous Sites Could Face Future Flooding | KQED
A new study warns that rising seas could flood nearly 250 Bay Area Hazardous sites, putting already vulnerable communities at greater risk of toxic exposure.
www.kqed.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Hundreds of CA & Bay Area Hazardous Sites Could Face Future Flooding
Power plants. Sewage plants. Fossil fuel ports. Radioactively contaminated sites. These are a few of the 249 sites across the Bay Area that could flood.
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1999...
Power plants. Sewage plants. Fossil fuel ports. Radioactively contaminated sites. These are a few of the 249 sites across the Bay Area that could flood.
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1999...
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Ignore the performative, disingenuous cries of "antisemitism" Trump & GOP have so cynically used as a political shield. Look instead at what they're actually doing: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Ignore the performative, disingenuous cries of "antisemitism" Trump & GOP have so cynically used as a political shield. Look instead at what they're actually doing: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Filming at an abandoned uranium mine in Arizona. The mining waste is uncontained, open to the winds. Professor Kearfott, University of Michigan, telks me the Geiger counter readings I took here are similar to those remaining around Chernobyl.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Filming at an abandoned uranium mine in Arizona. The mining waste is uncontained, open to the winds. Professor Kearfott, University of Michigan, telks me the Geiger counter readings I took here are similar to those remaining around Chernobyl.
vimeo.com/ondemand/thi...
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As long as fossil fuel emissions are continuing, let alone increasing, the impact of climate change will continue to grow. (You can read it for free without a subscription). www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/c...
There’s a New Forecast for Peak Oil Demand. It’s Increasingly Cloudy.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 AM
As long as fossil fuel emissions are continuing, let alone increasing, the impact of climate change will continue to grow. (You can read it for free without a subscription). www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/c...
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U.N.: World Likely to Surpass 1.5 Degrees Celsius Climate Goal
U.N.: World Likely to Surpass 1.5 Degrees Celsius Climate Goal
A new U.N. environment report warns nations have made very little progress in the fight against climate change, putting the world on track toward dangerous global warming as greenhouse gas emissions remain too high. The U.N.'s annual emissions gap report suggests countries will not be…
www.democracynow.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
U.N.: World Likely to Surpass 1.5 Degrees Celsius Climate Goal
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The blueprint for winning big on climate also came out last night. No more technocratic, policy wonk approaches. People showed they care about utility bills, free buses, affordable housing, etc. These are all climate issues. Talk about climate in terms people understand and experience.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The blueprint for winning big on climate also came out last night. No more technocratic, policy wonk approaches. People showed they care about utility bills, free buses, affordable housing, etc. These are all climate issues. Talk about climate in terms people understand and experience.
"Uranium concentrations in urine samples of Navajo women are almost three times higher than the national median and are associated with significantly increased risks of preterm births, according to studies in 2020 and 2023." insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...
Western States Brace for a Uranium Boom as the Nation Looks to Recharge its Nuclear Power Industry - Inside Climate News
After years of federal efforts to revive nuclear power, old mines are stirring again in Wyoming, Texas and Arizona, while new ones line up for permitting expedited by a Trump executive order.
insideclimatenews.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Uranium concentrations in urine samples of Navajo women are almost three times higher than the national median and are associated with significantly increased risks of preterm births, according to studies in 2020 and 2023." insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...
While it is encouraging renewable power is growing, climate change remains an ever accelerating problem as long as fossil fuel emissions grow and continue to be added to our atmosphere. enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/art... - More fossil fuels were burned in '24 than ever before, scientists say
More fossil fuels were burned in ’24 than ever before, scientists say
More fossil fuels were burned in ’24 than ever before, scientists say
enewspaper.latimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
While it is encouraging renewable power is growing, climate change remains an ever accelerating problem as long as fossil fuel emissions grow and continue to be added to our atmosphere. enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/art... - More fossil fuels were burned in '24 than ever before, scientists say
"Climate change is not a separate Bucket. The reason we care about climate change is that it's the hole in every bucket." @katharinehayhoe.com --- So well said.
If you take the time to read the whole Gates memo (which I did), the bulk of the content was mostly solid and encouraging. Really!
It was the FRAME that was off--very off, from the first line.
And when your framing is off, then how you make decisions and set priorities is off. THAT'S the problem.
It was the FRAME that was off--very off, from the first line.
And when your framing is off, then how you make decisions and set priorities is off. THAT'S the problem.
October 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Climate change is not a separate Bucket. The reason we care about climate change is that it's the hole in every bucket." @katharinehayhoe.com --- So well said.
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Interesting stuff here:
Why Is Trump Autocracy Rising? These Dems Have an Unnerving Answer.
A new Biden administration autopsy, based on internal assessments from many government insiders, has crystal clear lessons for the future.
newrepublic.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Interesting stuff here:
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Carbon offsetting does not work. Not because of implementation details but because there are fundamental issues with the very idea of 'offsetting'. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Carbon credits are failing to help with climate change — here’s why | Nature
The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed. The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed.
www.nature.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Carbon offsetting does not work. Not because of implementation details but because there are fundamental issues with the very idea of 'offsetting'. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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These were grown men in their 30s www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
October 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
These were grown men in their 30s www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Excellent perspective by Evan George in Legal Planet. "Energy affordability is important, but oil and gas facilities always come with costs, usually paid by vulnerable communities." Good News About the El Segundo Chevron Explosion legal-planet.org/2025/10/07/s...
Some Good News About the El Segundo Chevron Explosion - Legal Planet
The El Segundo explosion is a good reminder of the air pollution from oil and gas: The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental news.
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October 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Excellent perspective by Evan George in Legal Planet. "Energy affordability is important, but oil and gas facilities always come with costs, usually paid by vulnerable communities." Good News About the El Segundo Chevron Explosion legal-planet.org/2025/10/07/s...
“It seems there is now no path that remains for Valero to remain" - It appears Newsom and state legislative leaders got played by oil interests, allowing increased oil drilling and suspending cap on profits to try to save Valero refinery. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Major Bay Area refinery on track to close, city official says
Benicia leaders said this oil refinery’s departure in Solano County could reduce the city’s budget by more than $10 million.
www.sfchronicle.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“It seems there is now no path that remains for Valero to remain" - It appears Newsom and state legislative leaders got played by oil interests, allowing increased oil drilling and suspending cap on profits to try to save Valero refinery. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
"It probably also disadvantaged environmental justice advocates who have spent years organizing in California but were largely relegated to the backseat." California Takes a Stab at Climate and Energy Costs legal-planet.org/2025/09/16/w...
California Takes a Stab at Climate and Energy Costs - Legal Planet
Which Climate and Energy Bills Did California Pass? The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.
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September 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"It probably also disadvantaged environmental justice advocates who have spent years organizing in California but were largely relegated to the backseat." California Takes a Stab at Climate and Energy Costs legal-planet.org/2025/09/16/w...
Stanfod Prof. Sivas correctly identifies the fallacy in California's laast minute capitulation to oil interests and California's reall opportunity for a transition away from oil production. calmatters.org/commentary/2...
Fast-tracking new oil drilling won’t lower California gas prices but it’ll raise environmental risks | Opinion
Lawmakers just enabled fast-tracking of new oil drilling permits in Kern County. If gas prices move, though, expect other economic forces at work.
calmatters.org
September 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Stanfod Prof. Sivas correctly identifies the fallacy in California's laast minute capitulation to oil interests and California's reall opportunity for a transition away from oil production. calmatters.org/commentary/2...
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We need a better approach to deal with falling demand for oil in California than 'drill more' — that's just not useful from a climate standpoint or from a consumer cost standpoint.
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California lawmakers pass climate deal extending cap-and-trade, permitting more drilling
One progressive Democrat from San Jose called it a “regulatory giveaway to Big Oil”
www.sacbee.com
September 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
We need a better approach to deal with falling demand for oil in California than 'drill more' — that's just not useful from a climate standpoint or from a consumer cost standpoint.
www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
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The 16-year-old who shot two students in a Colorado high school on the same day Charlie Kirk was killed was a virulent white supremacist and antisemite www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...
‘Radicalized’ Evergreen High School shooter appeared to hold antisemitic, violent views in online accounts
Social media accounts that appear to be connected to the 16-year-old shooter are littered with references to mass shootings and antisemitic views, The Denver Post found.
www.denverpost.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The 16-year-old who shot two students in a Colorado high school on the same day Charlie Kirk was killed was a virulent white supremacist and antisemite www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...