Frank Sturges
@franksturges.bsky.social
Mandolin player & environmental lawyer. Most of my favorite trails are portages.
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EPA is siding with polluters by illegally delaying methane rules for oil and gas.
EPA’s own data shows that a 1-year delay results in the emissions of 3.8M tons of methane and 36K tons of toxic air pollution – at the expense of public health and the climate.
www.catf.us/2025/11/us-e...
EPA’s own data shows that a 1-year delay results in the emissions of 3.8M tons of methane and 36K tons of toxic air pollution – at the expense of public health and the climate.
www.catf.us/2025/11/us-e...
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
EPA is siding with polluters by illegally delaying methane rules for oil and gas.
EPA’s own data shows that a 1-year delay results in the emissions of 3.8M tons of methane and 36K tons of toxic air pollution – at the expense of public health and the climate.
www.catf.us/2025/11/us-e...
EPA’s own data shows that a 1-year delay results in the emissions of 3.8M tons of methane and 36K tons of toxic air pollution – at the expense of public health and the climate.
www.catf.us/2025/11/us-e...
Nod to Loudon Wainwright III
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Nod to Loudon Wainwright III
www.catf.us/2025/09/cftc... CFTC withdrawal of carbon market guidance will weaken market integrity and undermine climate mitigation, warns CATF – Clean Air Task Force
CFTC withdrawal of carbon market guidance will weaken market integrity and undermine climate mitigation, warns CATF
Washington, D.C. – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the withdrawal of its “Guidance Regarding the Listing of Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivative Contracts,” reversing a d...
www.catf.us
September 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
www.catf.us/2025/09/cftc... CFTC withdrawal of carbon market guidance will weaken market integrity and undermine climate mitigation, warns CATF – Clean Air Task Force
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OPINION: The EPA's proposed reversal of the "endangerment finding" threatens Wyoming's way of life and economy, writes guest columnist Shana Tarter.
Opinion | Clean air is essential to Wyoming’s outdoor recreation and tourism industry
EPA's proposed reversal of the “endangerment finding” threatens Wyoming's way of life and economy, writes guest columnist Shana Tarter.
wyofile.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
OPINION: The EPA's proposed reversal of the "endangerment finding" threatens Wyoming's way of life and economy, writes guest columnist Shana Tarter.
"Now hellbent on advancing a deregulatory agenda on political grounds, EPA completely ignores its own factual findings, disregards scientific evidence, and relies on unreasonable assumptions. ...
August 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"Now hellbent on advancing a deregulatory agenda on political grounds, EPA completely ignores its own factual findings, disregards scientific evidence, and relies on unreasonable assumptions. ...
Sent a few thoughts to EPA yesterday about its proposal to scrap carbon pollution standards for power plants www.catf.us/resource/cle...
Clean Air Task Force and Partner Organizations' Comments to EPA on Proposed Repeal of the Carbon Pollution Standards for Existing Coal-fired and New Gas-fired Power Plants
CATF, Center for Biological Diversity, Earthjustice, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and Sierra Club submitted comments strongly urging EPA to maintain the ...
www.catf.us
August 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Sent a few thoughts to EPA yesterday about its proposal to scrap carbon pollution standards for power plants www.catf.us/resource/cle...
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Sharing my piece out today on the Trump administration proposal to rescind the scientific "endangerment finding" and surrender EPA's role fighting climate change. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Trump's EPA proposes to end the U.S. fight against climate change
How much damage will Americans suffer as climate-denial politics masquerade as good policy?
www.latimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Sharing my piece out today on the Trump administration proposal to rescind the scientific "endangerment finding" and surrender EPA's role fighting climate change. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Today's proposal from the U.S. EPA to repeal the greenhouse gas endangerment finding is a drastic step in its attack on clean air regulations – putting the health of millions of Americans at risk.
July 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Today's proposal from the U.S. EPA to repeal the greenhouse gas endangerment finding is a drastic step in its attack on clean air regulations – putting the health of millions of Americans at risk.
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it would be great if, on the day the EPA decides to rescind a massive decision allowing it to regulate greenhouse gasses, it could make sure the website is updated so i dont get a 404 PAGE NOT FOUND when attempting to access info about said rollback
July 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
it would be great if, on the day the EPA decides to rescind a massive decision allowing it to regulate greenhouse gasses, it could make sure the website is updated so i dont get a 404 PAGE NOT FOUND when attempting to access info about said rollback
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New issue brief 🚗 EPA is expected to scrap a 15-year-old finding that emissions from vehicles contribute to climate change and harm public heath and welfare.
Policy Integrity authors show that EPA's expected proposal is contradicted by clear and vast evidence.
policyintegrity.org/publications...
Policy Integrity authors show that EPA's expected proposal is contradicted by clear and vast evidence.
policyintegrity.org/publications...
The Scale of Contribution: Vehicles
The Trump Administration is expected to rescind the Environmental Protection Agency’s fifteen-year-old finding that greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles contribute to climate change and harm p...
policyintegrity.org
July 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New issue brief 🚗 EPA is expected to scrap a 15-year-old finding that emissions from vehicles contribute to climate change and harm public heath and welfare.
Policy Integrity authors show that EPA's expected proposal is contradicted by clear and vast evidence.
policyintegrity.org/publications...
Policy Integrity authors show that EPA's expected proposal is contradicted by clear and vast evidence.
policyintegrity.org/publications...
Needed Justice Kagan to throw in a “see also” to Sturgill Simpson here
July 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Needed Justice Kagan to throw in a “see also” to Sturgill Simpson here
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
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Today NASA backtracked on its statement earlier this month that the National Climate Assessments would be hosted on their website.
“NASA has no legal obligations to host globalchange.gov’s data,” a spokeswoman said today. “We never did and will not host the data.”www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/c...re
“NASA has no legal obligations to host globalchange.gov’s data,” a spokeswoman said today. “We never did and will not host the data.”www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/c...re
NASA Website Will Not Provide Previous National Climate Reports
www.nytimes.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Today NASA backtracked on its statement earlier this month that the National Climate Assessments would be hosted on their website.
“NASA has no legal obligations to host globalchange.gov’s data,” a spokeswoman said today. “We never did and will not host the data.”www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/c...re
“NASA has no legal obligations to host globalchange.gov’s data,” a spokeswoman said today. “We never did and will not host the data.”www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/c...re
MJ gonna start filing amicus briefs in FERC cases after this
July 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
MJ gonna start filing amicus briefs in FERC cases after this
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"Erecting new policy barriers for clean energy sources will only harm domestic industry and deter investment."
Read CATF's statement on the Trump administration's executive order to roll back tax credits for solar and wind energy projects: www.catf.us/2025/07/roll...
Read CATF's statement on the Trump administration's executive order to roll back tax credits for solar and wind energy projects: www.catf.us/2025/07/roll...
Rolling back clean energy incentives undermines U.S. innovation and energy leadership, warns CATF
The Trump administration issued an executive order directing federal agencies to strictly enforce sections of the One Big Beautiful Bill that roll back tax credits for solar and wind energy projects.
www.catf.us
July 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"Erecting new policy barriers for clean energy sources will only harm domestic industry and deter investment."
Read CATF's statement on the Trump administration's executive order to roll back tax credits for solar and wind energy projects: www.catf.us/2025/07/roll...
Read CATF's statement on the Trump administration's executive order to roll back tax credits for solar and wind energy projects: www.catf.us/2025/07/roll...
Dude calls for withdrawal of proposed repeal from his basement, where he at least put a tie on
"EPA's proposed repeal of power plant carbon pollution standards would be devastating for public health."
Today, CATF Attorney @franksturges.bsky.social provided testimony on EPA's proposed repeal of carbon pollution standards for power plants.
Today, CATF Attorney @franksturges.bsky.social provided testimony on EPA's proposed repeal of carbon pollution standards for power plants.
July 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Dude calls for withdrawal of proposed repeal from his basement, where he at least put a tie on
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"EPA's proposed repeal of power plant carbon pollution standards would be devastating for public health."
Today, CATF Attorney @franksturges.bsky.social provided testimony on EPA's proposed repeal of carbon pollution standards for power plants.
Today, CATF Attorney @franksturges.bsky.social provided testimony on EPA's proposed repeal of carbon pollution standards for power plants.
July 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"EPA's proposed repeal of power plant carbon pollution standards would be devastating for public health."
Today, CATF Attorney @franksturges.bsky.social provided testimony on EPA's proposed repeal of carbon pollution standards for power plants.
Today, CATF Attorney @franksturges.bsky.social provided testimony on EPA's proposed repeal of carbon pollution standards for power plants.
It’s public hearing day for the fundamentally flawed proposed repeal of EPA’s carbon pollution standards for power plants—tune in here as yours truly and so many others call for the proposal to be withdrawn www.youtube.com/live/-OJFfXD...
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July 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It’s public hearing day for the fundamentally flawed proposed repeal of EPA’s carbon pollution standards for power plants—tune in here as yours truly and so many others call for the proposal to be withdrawn www.youtube.com/live/-OJFfXD...
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Trump has replaced oherent, all-of-government rules for environmental impact statements with a welter of agency-specific rules and guidance. The resulting chaos is to no one's benefit. You won't be surprised that the new rules limit public participation.
legal-planet.org/2025/07/07/a...
legal-planet.org/2025/07/07/a...
Shortchanging the Environment While Making NEPA More Chaotic - Legal Planet
Trump's agencies are each issuing their own rules for doing environmental reviews, with no clear benefit over the previous unified approach.
legal-planet.org
July 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Trump has replaced oherent, all-of-government rules for environmental impact statements with a welter of agency-specific rules and guidance. The resulting chaos is to no one's benefit. You won't be surprised that the new rules limit public participation.
legal-planet.org/2025/07/07/a...
legal-planet.org/2025/07/07/a...
Terry Tempest Williams on protecting the Boundary Waters, public lands, and the open space of democracy www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/o...
Opinion | Americans Fought Off This Awful Idea in Trump’s Bill
www.nytimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Terry Tempest Williams on protecting the Boundary Waters, public lands, and the open space of democracy www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/o...
This seems pretty…..significant
Global carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector hit a record high for the fourth year running last year as fossil fuel use kept rising even as renewable energy reached a record high, the Energy Institute's annual statistical review of world energy showed on Thursday.
Global energy CO2 emissions reached record high last year, report says
Global carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector hit a record high for the fourth year running last year as fossil fuel use kept rising even as renewable energy reached a record high, the Energy Institute's annual statistical review of world energy showed on Thursday.
reut.rs
June 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This seems pretty…..significant
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Is NEPA the barrier to clean energy deployment? Will the recent Supreme Court decision restricting it lead to a new golden era of clean energy abundance?
No. In our new blog, @franksturges.bsky.social and I explain why--and what we can do to speed permitting instead.
No. In our new blog, @franksturges.bsky.social and I explain why--and what we can do to speed permitting instead.
Our latest blog breaks down:
🔶 What the ruling says (and doesn’t say)
🔶 Why #NEPA isn’t the culprit behind slow permitting
🔶 Sensible reforms that can speed clean energy while safeguarding public input and environmental protections
www.catf.us/2025/06/rece...
🔶 What the ruling says (and doesn’t say)
🔶 Why #NEPA isn’t the culprit behind slow permitting
🔶 Sensible reforms that can speed clean energy while safeguarding public input and environmental protections
www.catf.us/2025/06/rece...
The recent Supreme Court decision is the latest unjustified attack on NEPA. Here’s how to actually improve permitting.
The Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County ruling, aimed at weakening NEPA, will not improve project outcomes.
www.catf.us
June 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Is NEPA the barrier to clean energy deployment? Will the recent Supreme Court decision restricting it lead to a new golden era of clean energy abundance?
No. In our new blog, @franksturges.bsky.social and I explain why--and what we can do to speed permitting instead.
No. In our new blog, @franksturges.bsky.social and I explain why--and what we can do to speed permitting instead.
The only thing hotter than this heat wave is our NEPA hot takes*
*actually very well-considered analysis
*actually very well-considered analysis
Our latest blog breaks down:
🔶 What the ruling says (and doesn’t say)
🔶 Why #NEPA isn’t the culprit behind slow permitting
🔶 Sensible reforms that can speed clean energy while safeguarding public input and environmental protections
www.catf.us/2025/06/rece...
🔶 What the ruling says (and doesn’t say)
🔶 Why #NEPA isn’t the culprit behind slow permitting
🔶 Sensible reforms that can speed clean energy while safeguarding public input and environmental protections
www.catf.us/2025/06/rece...
The recent Supreme Court decision is the latest unjustified attack on NEPA. Here’s how to actually improve permitting.
The Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County ruling, aimed at weakening NEPA, will not improve project outcomes.
www.catf.us
June 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The only thing hotter than this heat wave is our NEPA hot takes*
*actually very well-considered analysis
*actually very well-considered analysis