Dana Drugmand
@danad1012
Climate/enviro journalist covering climate accountability & litigation. New England native & citizen of 🌎
The court said this case was distinguishable from other climate suits seeking damages from #BigOil & that it is clearly *not* about regulating emissions
More gaslighting here from former fracking exec turned Energy Secretary Chris Wright Pretending batteries don't exist & that wind and solar are expensive, when they're actually the cheapest forms of energy Meanwhile, electricity rates are up under this administration
BREAKING: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed dismissal of the youth climate case Lighthiser v. Trump challenging three of Trump's pro-fossil fuel executive orders
The US representative called the climate justice resolution "highly problematic" and claimed that it makes "alarmist political statements." She also said the duty to prevent transboundary harm to the climate system was "legally wrong."
Iowa climate liability shield bill has been signed into law That's now 4 states that have enacted laws to immunize polluters - double the number of states that have enacted polluter pays climate superfund laws
BREAKING: #SCOUTS is taking up Big Oil's petition to intervene in a climate deception lawsuit filed by Boulder, CO - a move that could stymie dozens of other pending climate cases against the industry if the court rules in Exxon's favor
Classic Green Day American Idiot seems especially appropriate for this moment. But no lyric swap out this time #GreenDay #SuperBowlLX
BREAKING: The Hague District Court 🇳🇱 rules that the Dutch government's climate mitigation measures are insufficient & that it has failed to adequately protect residents of Bonaire (an overseas Dutch territory) from climate impacts, violating European #humanrights law Big #climatelitigation win
API today unveiled its 2026 policy agenda One of its top priorities is stopping state climate liability laws and lawsuits #BigOil #climateliability
It is also an internationally wrongful act, as suggested by the world's highest court, the ICJ, in its climate change advisory opinion Yet another way the Trump regime is violating international law
What the Trump admin & its fossil fuel industry donors don't want you to know about offshore wind 👇 (h/t to @billmckibben.bsky.social for sharing!)
New England's grid operator: "canceling or delaying these projects will increase costs and risks to reliability in our region" Vineyard Wind is already supplying electricity to the region, & Revolution Wind was expected to come online in 2026
Trump admin loses once again in court A Massachusetts federal court has struck down Trump's Day 1 executive order halting all leasing & permitting of wind energy projects, finding the order to be arbitrary & capricious, and clearly unlawful
Offshore wind - despite the severe headwinds from the current US administration - is starting to take shape here. Magnificent to see up close #offshorewind #southforkwindfarm #cleanenergy
The US Energy Secretary (along w/ Qatar's energy minister) urging the EU here to get rid of its Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive entirely or otherwise remove its most meaningful provisions, claiming it hurts LNG export competitiveness
No Kings demonstration (round 2) in Pittsfield, MA Gotta keep showing up
BREAKING: A federal district judge in Montana has dismissed the youth constitutional climate case challenging Trump's fossil fuel executive orders. The court found the orders are (plausibly) harming children, but "reluctantly" concludes it cannot grant relief Lawyers for youth say they will appeal
"Five or ten years from now, if we’re going to give a climate hero award…President Trump is going to win that award" said Energy Secretary Chris Wright moments ago during a press briefing You can't make this shit up
Trump speaking at the UN right now just called climate change "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world"
Nothing like a solar-powered bookstore if you’re an environmental writer! #SunDayofAction
Just picked up my copy of @billmckibben.bsky.social’s Here Comes the Sun and heard him speak live in New Marlborough, MA Naturally had to follow that talk w/ a stop at the local brewpub that is solar powered ☀️ Sun Day is coming up Sept 21. Find an event near you sunday.earth
"Phase 2 was robust. Billions of dollars. Stables of fake scientists. Massive Madison Avenue propaganda campaigns. Even attack goons to go after scientists and reporters. It was and probably is the biggest fraud operation in history." - @whitehouse.senate.gov on the Senate floor rn
The strategy & messaging of the Trump DOE's Climate Working Group report closely resembles that of the fossil fuel industry, says @ucs.org's Carlos Martinez The tactic of assembling 5 seemingly independent scientists to manufacture debate comes straight from a 1998 API strategy document
Trump's Dept. of Interior is expediting coal leasing and cancelling a wind energy project - all announced on the same day This is not even an "all of the above" energy strategy. It's clearly fossil fuels above all
#GoodTrouble event in Pittsfield, MA carrying on the resistance to Trump’s fascist regime
Thousands come out in Pittsfield, MA to say No Kings in America! #NoKings