Climate change & the affordability crisis are increasing heat stress for workers, leading to preventable illnesses & deaths. @sharblock.bsky.social & Dr. Satchit Balsari explain how inaction from OSHA & Congress is hurting Americans in a @usatoday.com op-ed. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

When you can't afford to stay cool, the risks are life-and-death | Opinion

As temperatures rise and inflation persists, workers will continue to sicken and die prematurely.

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Trump’s AI push is encouraging regulators to cut corners on pollution permits. In some cases, this shuts out the public. @profdanwalters.bsky.social tells @nytimes.com, "There’s just no feasible way to do a meaningful review of a permit application in so few days." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/c...

Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution

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Our Project 2025 tracker with Governing for Impact was cited in a recent @bgrumet.bsky.social @statesman.com commentary about attacks on Title IX. www.statesman.com/opinion/comm...

Who decided girls don't really want to compete? | Opinion

The latest fight over Title IX isn't just about roster spots. It's about whether assumptions about gender should affect opportunities for women, Bridget Grumet writes.

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🚨 BGE is failing on customer service, safety, and reliability – now they are asking for ANOTHER rate hike and to lock in a higher profit rate. Tell the our utility regulators to stop wasteful spending and reject BGEs request for higher profits. Sign the petition – bit.ly/noBGEratehike

Please join us in welcoming Terrill North as our new executive director! He comes to the Center with more than 20 years of experience building sustainable organizations, with professional interests in democracy, conservation, environmental justice, public health, and effective policy advocacy.

On Friday, @progressivereform.bsky.social submitted a public comment for a proposed rule from USDA to amend regulations governing the Forest Service, redefining the USFS Directive System, which traditionally comprised both the FS Manual and FS Handbooks.

1/3 Our Project 2025 tracker has been a widely used resource! "According to the liberal Center for Progressive Reform, the Trump administration had initiated or completed 53% of Project 2025’s domestic administrative policy agenda in the first 12 months following the president’s inauguration..." 👇

The Endangered Species Act can create challenges for industries operating near wildlife habitat, says environmental law professor and CPR Member Scholar Dave Owen.

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“The administration is firing on conservation across the board,” CPR's Justin Pidot said. “Whether it's getting rid of national monuments, rolling back environmental rules, opening up lands to mining, issuing more oil and gas leases..." www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Trump rule would allow drilling, mining on critical species habitat

The Interior Department adopted a new rule that would allow oil and gas drilling and other activities on species habitat.

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The Supreme Court last month took away a pillar of agency independence. It is a monumental change in the law, and one made more important when we recognize why we had agency independence in the first place.

"The problem now is that these conservation plans — which wildlife advocates say are critical for species recovery — are rooted in the defunct definition of harm," according to CPR's Daniel Rohlf, of Lewis & Clark Law School. ✍️ Informative piece by @benjij.bsky.social www.vox.com/climate/4960...

It’s no longer illegal to destroy the one thing endangered species need most to survive

The Trump administration’s twisted definition of one word is putting hundreds of rare animals at risk.

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EPA analyses have long considered the value of human lives. CPR's Rob Verchick, a Loyola New Orleans law professor and former EPA official, says assigning zero value is “departing from what has been the norm at the EPA” across administrations. @robverchick.bsky.social www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

Opinion | Republicans ignore U.S. pollution and blow smoke about Canada's

Jarvis DeBerry: Trump demands Canada show more concern for American air quality than he does

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Healthy Housing's @ruthannnorton.bsky.social says: “Energy efficiency helps families make their homes more comfortable, makes them affordable, creates space on the grid, improves health, and we are cutting back on those savings.” @healthyhousing.bsky.social www.wypr.org/wypr-news/20...

Cuts to Maryland’s energy efficiency program are underway, advocates warn against going too far

State lawmakers mandated cuts to the EmPOWER program under one of this year’s biggest bills, but environmental advocates are concerned some proposed cuts exceed what’s necessary.

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When [Trump] took office for the 2nd time, he wasted no time catering to his base with policy decisions on housing, health care, food assistance, and public education.

Why was the sloop Clearwater removed from New York Harbor's July 4 parade? CPR Member Scholar Dan Farber, of @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social, chats with Board Member Rob Verchick on Blue Tomorrow to break it down. @dfarber1950.bsky.social @robverchick.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/robverch...

Inside the Clearwater Free Speech Controversy

Berkeley Law's Dan Farber and I unpack the legal questions behind the Coast Guard's removal of the sloop Clearwater from New York Harbor's July 4th Parade.

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"How has Loper Bright been applied by lower courts? Center for Progressive Reform researchers Federico Holm and James Goodwin compare lower courts’ use of the 2024 Loper Bright precedent to datasets on courts’ use of the Skidmore and now-defunct Chevron precedents." More here: bit.ly/4bu522g

Wendy Wagner @progressivereform.bsky.social scholar & I submitted these comments on OMB's proposed rule enabling political appointees to determine federal research funding based on their arbitrary judgement that a researcher or institution complies with an undefined "gold standard".

Wendy Wagner and David Michaels Public Comments to White House Office of Management and Budget on Proposed Rules Governing Federal Grants - Center for Progressive Reform

On July 9, Member Scholar Wendy Wagner joined George Washington University professor and former OSHA Administrator David Michaels in public comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget....

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When did States know enough to act on climate change? That question is no longer just historical. It's increasingly a legal one. Our 🆕 report provides evidence that many governments knew about fossil fuel-driven climate change far before they admitted: www.ciel.org/reports/what... 🧵

The Abundance Liberalism movement must be so pleased utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/07/14/t...

‘Zero consultation’: Tribal reps say they were left out of monument reduction decisions  • Utah News Dispatch

Two coalitions of Native American tribes say they weren’t consulted about the dramatic downsizing of two national monuments in Utah.

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Join me tomorrow for an Environmental Law Institute webinar on toxic chemical regulation! Thanks to both ELI and @progressivereform.bsky.social for promoting this 😊

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CPR Member Scholar Rachel Rothschild of the University of Michigan Law School joins the Summer School panel on toxic chemical regulation. Learn about FIFRA, TSCA, and recent legal developments. Register at the link below! 👇 @profrrothschild.bsky.social @umichlaw.bsky.social

ICYMI: Luke Herrine @lookheron.bsky.social and I wrote a (pretty chill, I think) response to being called part of an "intellectual vacuum"

The Economics that Law and Economics Ignores

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

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Madison Condon@madisoncondon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

law and econ ppl really will call the law and political economy movement an "intellectual abdication," a "vaccuum," "curiously unlettered" and that econ explores inequality "at a level of sophistication beyond LPE's wildest comprehension" and then be like LPE ppl should stop being mean to us

It's been 2 years since @govwesmoore.bsky.social signed the EO launching MD's Clean Heat Rules. Where do things stand now? Join state officials, contractors, & advocates for a convo on what's needed to invest in healthy, affordable homes & get the standards across the finish line. RSVP Below.

Check out my latest with @progressivereform.bsky.social Legal Research Intern Arvind Salem. The recent Trump - Anthropic fight illustrates the dangers to democracy of replacing the public sector with AI. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...

Can Government of and by API Still Be Government ‘for the People’?

Government dependence on private AI shifts policymaking from Congress and the civil service to procurement contracts—with no public input.

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CPR Member Scholar Rachel Rothschild of the University of Michigan Law School joins the Summer School panel on toxic chemical regulation. Learn about FIFRA, TSCA, and recent legal developments. Register at the link below! 👇 @profrrothschild.bsky.social @umichlaw.bsky.social

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Join ELI's Summer School to explore the legal tools used to address toxic chemicals, hazardous waste, and contaminated sites. Learn from leading experts as they unpack key statutes like FIFRA, TSCA, CERCLA, and RCRA. ☀️Register now: www.eli.org/events/eli-s...

As AI becomes more common in government, agencies may rely less on career civil servants and more on AI systems. The policymaking shift from public rulemaking to procurement could reduce transparency and expert oversight. ✍️ Policy Director @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social and Policy Intern Arvind Salem.

Lawfare@lawfaremedia.org · 4w ago

James Goodwin and Arvind Salem: the Anthropic-Pentagon standoff exposed a deeper problem. As government leans on AI systems like Claude, procurement contracts are displacing notice-and-comment rulemaking and Congress as the venue where policy actually gets made. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...

"James Goodwin, interim co-executive director and policy director at @progressivereform.bsky.social... said that is creating a pile-on effect, straining agencies left understaffed by Trump’s campaign to downsize the federal workforce." subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

E&E News: Trump plans rollbacks as rules agenda piles high

The president has made deregulation a top priority since his return to the White House.

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The Declaration’s promise has always meant freedom for some and exclusion for others. We reflect on that tension and recommit to building a more just democracy for all. Read our full statement on America's 250th: progressivereform.org/cpr-blog/ame...

America at 250: The Story is Still Being Written - Center for Progressive Reform

As the United States reaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we at the Center for Progressive Reform find ourselves reflecting on a history that is both extraordinary and in ...

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Vought used a recent hearing to double down on the Trump administration's OMB radical Grants Proposal. @progressivereform.bsky.social Legal Intern Arvind Salem reports from the trenches. progressivereform.org/cpr-blog/at-...

At House Hearing, Russell Vought Grilled on OMB Grants Proposal - Center for Progressive Reform

On June 30, the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Subcommittee questioned Russell Vought, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Given t...

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Heat wave hits the east coast, and data centers are being looked to run "backup" generation to meet the challenge. This is the third time this year it has happened, and its looking more and more like "emergency" is to be the rule, not the exception. progressivereform.org/cpr-blog/pjm...

PJM Emergency Energy Generation Order Request for Eastern U.S. Heatwave Will Increase Health-Harming Air Pollution - Center for Progressive Reform

PJM, the regional transmission organization (RTO) responsible for grid operations in all or part of 13 Eastern U.S. states and Washington, DC, just asked the federal Department of Energy (DOE) to issu...

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My statement for @progressivereform.bsky.social on today's Supreme Court decision in Slaughter. This is a dangerous decision for the the future our democracy. Supreme Court reform must be on the top of a pro-democracy agenda. progressivereform.org/cpr-blog/in-...

In Trump v. Slaughter, Supreme Court’s Conservatives Continue Campaign Toward Imperial Presidency - Center for Progressive Reform

With today’s decision in Trump v. Slaughter, the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority takes another step toward building an imperial presidency on the ashes of the U.S. Constitution’s visio...

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