Evan George
@evanlgeorge.bsky.social
Writer, editor, strategist on climate policy & environmental law. Communications Director at the UCLA Emmett Institute. I write The Drain column, a weekly roundup of climate and environmental news.
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Brazil launched a $125 billion tropical forest protection fund ahead of COP30, combining government money and private investors to counter the economic incentives driving deforestation. But the structure has a critical flaw, according to an environmental law scholar: buff.ly/J4jPDAZ
A bold new investment fund aims to channel billions into tropical forest protection – one key change can make it better
The Tropical Forest Forever Facility is designed to reward countries for preventing deforestation. Charts show the magnitude of the problem.
theconversation.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Brazil launched a $125 billion tropical forest protection fund ahead of COP30, combining government money and private investors to counter the economic incentives driving deforestation. But the structure has a critical flaw, according to an environmental law scholar: buff.ly/J4jPDAZ
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The just-launched Tropical Forests Forever Facility is a bold new investment fund that aims to channel billions into tropical forest protection – "One key change can make it better," writes our Jason Gray at @us.theconversation.com as #COP30 gets underway.
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A bold new investment fund aims to channel billions into tropical forest protection – one key change can make it better
The Tropical Forest Forever Facility is designed to reward countries for preventing deforestation. Charts show the magnitude of the problem.
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The just-launched Tropical Forests Forever Facility is a bold new investment fund that aims to channel billions into tropical forest protection – "One key change can make it better," writes our Jason Gray at @us.theconversation.com as #COP30 gets underway.
theconversation.com/a-bold-new-i...
theconversation.com/a-bold-new-i...
For all the advice about touching grass— touching dirt , and digging a bunch of holes and planting little shrubs like California sagebrush and Mountain Mahogany, is a lot more satisfying. Thanks @treepeople-org.bsky.social for letting UCLA get dirty volunteering.
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
For all the advice about touching grass— touching dirt , and digging a bunch of holes and planting little shrubs like California sagebrush and Mountain Mahogany, is a lot more satisfying. Thanks @treepeople-org.bsky.social for letting UCLA get dirty volunteering.
The editor in me loves seeing a publication push out a story where an edit didn't get resolved correctly, like here where one word was inserted to replace the other. Which do you think was the reporter's? "Threatened" or "told"?
November 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The editor in me loves seeing a publication push out a story where an edit didn't get resolved correctly, like here where one word was inserted to replace the other. Which do you think was the reporter's? "Threatened" or "told"?
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A good day to re-up this thread on why tariffs are a poor tax policy instrument.
Also relevant today, this broad use of tariffs definitely exceeds the President's authority under IEEPA.
Early indications suggest the court agrees.
Also relevant today, this broad use of tariffs definitely exceeds the President's authority under IEEPA.
Early indications suggest the court agrees.
🧵 (1/8) My new working paper with Maurice Obstfeld, “Tariffs as Fiscal Policy”, was just posted today @piie.com. Within, we evaluate the new role that tariffs are playing in the US economy.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A good day to re-up this thread on why tariffs are a poor tax policy instrument.
Also relevant today, this broad use of tariffs definitely exceeds the President's authority under IEEPA.
Early indications suggest the court agrees.
Also relevant today, this broad use of tariffs definitely exceeds the President's authority under IEEPA.
Early indications suggest the court agrees.
Justice Neil Gorsuch: "Could the president impose a 50 percent tariff on gas-powered cars and autoparts to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat from abroad of climate change?"
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ALT: a thinking smiley face with the words hmmmm written underneath it
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Justice Neil Gorsuch: "Could the president impose a 50 percent tariff on gas-powered cars and autoparts to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat from abroad of climate change?"
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Thanks to @blancabegert.bsky.social for covering this important topic and a bunch of work by my colleagues @uclalawemmett.bsky.social, @uclaioes.bsky.social looking at the LADWP/SoCal Edison comparison +
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Why Are Rates Rising Faster at Investor-Owned Utilities Than at Public Utilities? - Inside Climate News
Case studies from California offer a look into the pros and cons of public and private utilities.
insideclimatenews.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Thanks to @blancabegert.bsky.social for covering this important topic and a bunch of work by my colleagues @uclalawemmett.bsky.social, @uclaioes.bsky.social looking at the LADWP/SoCal Edison comparison +
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This headline asks a question that makes investor-owned utilities squirm. Nice work from my colleague @blancabegert.bsky.social:
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Why Are Rates Rising Faster at Investor-Owned Utilities Than at Public Utilities? - Inside Climate News
Case studies from California offer a look into the pros and cons of public and private utilities.
insideclimatenews.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This headline asks a question that makes investor-owned utilities squirm. Nice work from my colleague @blancabegert.bsky.social:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0511202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0511202...
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Here's our new user-friendly ranking of super-polluting methane emissions across multiple sectors called STOP Methane (Spotlight on Top Plumes). Our UCLA experts will regularly publish lists as a new resource for journalists, industry leaders, policymakers, and the public. ucla.in/3JB9yBt
Announcing the UCLA Emmett Institute's STOP Methane Project
The Emmett Institute’s STOP Methane Project aims to make the new data more visible, understandable, and usable in guiding and motivating efforts to cut emissions.
ucla.in
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Here's our new user-friendly ranking of super-polluting methane emissions across multiple sectors called STOP Methane (Spotlight on Top Plumes). Our UCLA experts will regularly publish lists as a new resource for journalists, industry leaders, policymakers, and the public. ucla.in/3JB9yBt
Climate change was rarely mentioned during Mamdani's campaign, but many of his biggest pitches like the free fare bus program and green schools have the co-benefits of climate action.
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What Mamdani's Win Means for Climate Action
Affordability and climate action, can go hand in hand, argues Mamdani.
time.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Climate change was rarely mentioned during Mamdani's campaign, but many of his biggest pitches like the free fare bus program and green schools have the co-benefits of climate action.
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Huge deal!
Democrats—with strong climate credentials—edge toward control of Georgia’s giant energy system
Democrats—with strong climate credentials—edge toward control of Georgia’s giant energy system
OH MY GOD, DDHQ CALLS IT AND DEMS FLIP BOTH STATEWIDE ELECTIONS IN GEORGIA
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Huge deal!
Democrats—with strong climate credentials—edge toward control of Georgia’s giant energy system
Democrats—with strong climate credentials—edge toward control of Georgia’s giant energy system
Your morning fix is becoming more expensive thanks to the dangerous duo of climate change and Donald Trump. This week: a look at climate impacts on coffee, COP30, Climate Leader lists, Billie Eilish, and a response to Bill Gates. 🧵
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Climate Change is Coming for Your Coffee - Legal Planet
The cost of coffee keeps going up thanks to Trump and climate change. The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental news from Legal Planet.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Your morning fix is becoming more expensive thanks to the dangerous duo of climate change and Donald Trump. This week: a look at climate impacts on coffee, COP30, Climate Leader lists, Billie Eilish, and a response to Bill Gates. 🧵
legal-planet.org/2025/11/04/c...
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Your coffee is more expensive thanks to the dangerous duo of climate change and Donald Trump. But Trump tariffs — at SCOTUS this week — are tame compared to the climate crisis. I saw firsthand why this is happening on a trip to Acre, Brazil where I met coffee farmers legal-planet.org/2025/11/04/c...
November 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Your coffee is more expensive thanks to the dangerous duo of climate change and Donald Trump. But Trump tariffs — at SCOTUS this week — are tame compared to the climate crisis. I saw firsthand why this is happening on a trip to Acre, Brazil where I met coffee farmers legal-planet.org/2025/11/04/c...
Los Angeles counties have a higher % of households receiving SNAP benefits than the state AND national average and many families are about to go hungry thanks to the GOP shutdown. Would be great to see the Dodgers donate to the LA Regional Food Bank today while the city celebrates.
November 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Los Angeles counties have a higher % of households receiving SNAP benefits than the state AND national average and many families are about to go hungry thanks to the GOP shutdown. Would be great to see the Dodgers donate to the LA Regional Food Bank today while the city celebrates.
TFW your heart wants the Dodgers. But your head wants Canada to beat USA.
November 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
TFW your heart wants the Dodgers. But your head wants Canada to beat USA.
"As Hurricane Melissa raced toward Jamaica on Monday, CBS News senior coordinating producer Tracy Wholf sent an email to the newsroom, detailing the historic storm’s scientific connection to climate change. It was also the last."
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The fall of the CBS News climate team
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
heated.world
October 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"As Hurricane Melissa raced toward Jamaica on Monday, CBS News senior coordinating producer Tracy Wholf sent an email to the newsroom, detailing the historic storm’s scientific connection to climate change. It was also the last."
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Great coverage from @emorwee.bsky.social of the first entire unit to be let go at CBS News under new management: the climate team 🙃 heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
The fall of the CBS News climate team
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
heated.world
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Great coverage from @emorwee.bsky.social of the first entire unit to be let go at CBS News under new management: the climate team 🙃 heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
Hadn’t seen this coming but probably should have. CBS actually had a solid climate desk. Not under Bari Weiss who has defined her career on uplifting voices that buck consensus — even if that consensus is data-supported climate science. FP did a whole story on how climate played no role in LA fires
NEWS: CBS News gutted its climate team as part of the big Paramount layoffs this week. These journalists had been doing incredible reporting on extreme heat, flooding, clean energy investments and more.
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
CBS News just gutted its climate team
Paramount and Bari Weiss aren't off to a great start. Here's why David Ellison should change course.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Hadn’t seen this coming but probably should have. CBS actually had a solid climate desk. Not under Bari Weiss who has defined her career on uplifting voices that buck consensus — even if that consensus is data-supported climate science. FP did a whole story on how climate played no role in LA fires
F’ing right!
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Samuel L. Jackson: The 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders of 2025
Find out why Samuel L. Jackson is on TIME's 2025 list of the 100 most influential leaders driving business climate action.
time.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 AM
F’ing right!
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We just filed an amicus brief defending the right of air pollution regulators to set important standards under the Clean Air Act to protect public health. Our executive director Cara Horowitz explains the strangely important case about boilers and water heaters.
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A Strangely Important Case about... Boilers? - Legal Planet
When I think about sources responsible for LA’s air pollution, I don’t first think about water heaters, boilers, and other medium-scale appliances. But it turns out that appliances that burn natural g...
legal-planet.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
We just filed an amicus brief defending the right of air pollution regulators to set important standards under the Clean Air Act to protect public health. Our executive director Cara Horowitz explains the strangely important case about boilers and water heaters.
legal-planet.org/2025/10/30/a...
legal-planet.org/2025/10/30/a...
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The burning of fossil fuels reached a new record last year.
"Avoiding every fraction of a degree of warming is critically important." @williamripple.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @petergleick.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/... @coveringclimatenow.org @sejorg.bsky.social
"Avoiding every fraction of a degree of warming is critically important." @williamripple.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @petergleick.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/... @coveringclimatenow.org @sejorg.bsky.social
Humanity is on path toward 'climate chaos,' scientists warn
Global use of fossil fuels rose to a new record last year, releasing even more greenhouse gases. Humanity is 'hurtling toward climate chaos,' scientists warn.
www.latimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The burning of fossil fuels reached a new record last year.
"Avoiding every fraction of a degree of warming is critically important." @williamripple.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @petergleick.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/... @coveringclimatenow.org @sejorg.bsky.social
"Avoiding every fraction of a degree of warming is critically important." @williamripple.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @petergleick.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/... @coveringclimatenow.org @sejorg.bsky.social
Very few of the stories, videos, investigative reports, and columns in The Los Angeles Times in the months that followed the January firestorms made any mention of climate change. I know because I counted.
About 86% of the stories were silent on the climate. legal-planet.org/2025/10/29/w...
About 86% of the stories were silent on the climate. legal-planet.org/2025/10/29/w...
What Went Wrong with News Coverage of the LA Fires - Legal Planet
The LA Times rarely mentioned climate change in covering the January 2025 fires. The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental news.
legal-planet.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Very few of the stories, videos, investigative reports, and columns in The Los Angeles Times in the months that followed the January firestorms made any mention of climate change. I know because I counted.
About 86% of the stories were silent on the climate. legal-planet.org/2025/10/29/w...
About 86% of the stories were silent on the climate. legal-planet.org/2025/10/29/w...
Great to see attention to this from @sammyroth.bsky.social. We surveyed 610 LA Times stories from Jan-Feb and found that only 13-15% of stories included a mention of “climate change” or “global warming” during those two months. Full survey is here: law.ucla.edu/news/missed-...
October 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Great to see attention to this from @sammyroth.bsky.social. We surveyed 610 LA Times stories from Jan-Feb and found that only 13-15% of stories included a mention of “climate change” or “global warming” during those two months. Full survey is here: law.ucla.edu/news/missed-...
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Dieter Ruehle is a national treasure
Fun World Series soundtrack trivia: the Dodgers’ organist plays the “Twin Peaks” theme when the count is 2-2-2. Love that!
October 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Dieter Ruehle is a national treasure
Fun World Series soundtrack trivia: the Dodgers’ organist plays the “Twin Peaks” theme when the count is 2-2-2. Love that!
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Fun World Series soundtrack trivia: the Dodgers’ organist plays the “Twin Peaks” theme when the count is 2-2-2. Love that!