Andrew Mergen
@AndrewMergen
Formerly @DOJEnvironment. Now @Harvard_Law @HarvardEnvClin. Fan of mountains and forests and rivers and seas. The Wisconsin Idea. 🦡
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He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go. nytimes.com/2025/10/31/cli… via @NYTimes
"This isn’t just another regulatory rollback. It’s an assault on the foundation of all federal climate policy," writes @JodyFreemanHLS, director of @HarvardEELP, in the @latimes. Read the op-ed: latimes.com/opinion/story/…
Scoop: EPA is preparing to cancel $7 billion in grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels. nytimes.com/2025/08/05/cli…
When she was just 26 Florence Merriam wrote the first guide to birding with binoculars in 1889. And she slipped in this incredible feminist gem:
Here we go: The Acting Solicitor General has asked #SCOTUS to immediately freeze (and vacate) the district court order that had temporarily reinstated Hampton Dellinger atop DOJ’s Office of Special Counsel: utexas.box.com/s/h0m91y7nesdr… Much more on this in tomorrow’s “One First.”
This baseless claim re impoundment is breathtakingly irresponsible. And it’s the direct result of the originalist ecosystem’s dogged complicity in accepting as “scholarship” thinly sourced hand waving that wd be returned to any undergrad covered in red pen americarenewing.com/the-presidents…
It’s not a “buyout”. Media keeps calling it a “buyout” but that’s not the offer. Their offer is to get public servants to agree now to resign in the fall, but they keep working full time virtually & get paid for the work. That’s not a “buyout”. I can think of another word though.
The Trump administration is reportedly offering buyouts to federal employees, with at least seven months pay, if they accept the offer by Feb. 6. Those who resign will get paid with benefits and be exempted from all applicable in-person work requirements until September 30.
New research: Even healthy people cannot survive the extreme heat beginning to afflict large regions of the world, writes climate scientist Kaighin McColl, explaining his new research into uncompensable heat stress. Read the Harvard Climate Blog: bit.ly/3ZB8f9w
This is a fantastic piece. Highly recommend.
The Trump administration is reportedly offering buyouts to federal employees, with at least seven months pay, if they accept the offer by Feb. 6. Those who resign will get paid with benefits and be exempted from all applicable in-person work requirements until September 30.
Today, @Interior and @USDA announced a final rule to strengthen Alaska Tribal representation on the Federal Subsistence Board, which manages subsistence use on federal lands and waters in Alaska. doi.gov/pressreleases/…
"There it is. Take it." @throughlineNPR examines the history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, and the legacy of William Mulholland's big dream: npr.org/2024/08/29/119…
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Water in the West : Throughline
What does it mean to do the greatest good for the greatest number? When the Los Angeles Aqueduct opened in 1913, it rerouted the Owens River from its natural path through an Eastern California valley...
Congrats to our fearless leader for making The Grist 50: @AmyCordalis. grist.org/fix/grist-50/2… #Grist50 via @grist
In June 2022, ~400 people fell ill from consuming tara flour, a food ingredient used without FDA review. Why was this allowed? My perspective with Pieter Cohen in NEJM talks about tara flour, the "GRAS" exception to food safety, & what to do nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
In June 2024, the Supreme Court issued an order halting implementation of a regulation intended to limit the interstate spread of ozone-forming emissions. The decision could endanger human health. Read the full Perspective: nej.md/3AKxNZ2
Today, I was thrilled to join @USFWS, state, local and Tribal leaders in Mesa, AZ to celebrate the successful delisting of the Apache trout - Arizona’s state fish - following decades of collaborative conservation grounded in Indigenous Knowledge. doi.gov/pressreleases/…
We need to talk about SCOTUS and public health.
Clinical Instructor Sommer Engels and Faculty Director @AndrewMergen co-authored The Supreme Court’s Shadowy Treatment of Public Health, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
Scanning this site for good news.
There are at least 86 wild-born pups this year! For the record, that is the largest number of wild-born pups that have ever been recorded in a single year for this critically endangered species.
The Supreme Court’s Shadowy Treatment of Public Health | New England Journal of Medicine nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
Today, @CLJEHarvard launched “Building Worker Power in Cities and States,” a policy toolkit for state and local action. The exciting policy ideas highlighted in the toolkit serve as a testament to the innovative spirit and energy in the labor movement. clje.law.harvard.edu/building-worke…
New CleanLaw Episode! Sara Dewey and @AndrewMergen discuss presidential authority under the Antiquities Act and what lies ahead for our national monuments in the Supreme Court. Listen here ➡️ eelp.law.harvard.edu/cleanlaw-monum…
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