John Walke
@johndwalke.bsky.social
I am the Federal Clean Air Director and a senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council. This is my personal account.
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Just last year, the EPA strengthened its own soot standard that would protect public health and clean air for millions of Americans. But now, President Trump’s EPA is siding with corporate polluters, trying to get rid of this vital rule.
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Just last year, the EPA strengthened its own soot standard that would protect public health and clean air for millions of Americans. But now, President Trump’s EPA is siding with corporate polluters, trying to get rid of this vital rule.
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Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
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Republican Rep. Don Bacon calls for Witkoff to be fired. May it be the first call of many. Witkoff needs to go, now.
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Republican Rep. Don Bacon calls for Witkoff to be fired. May it be the first call of many. Witkoff needs to go, now.
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The entire world can clearly see that Putin owns Steve Witkoff and yet Witkoff is the one that Trump wants leading the negotiations on a peace deal. If Putin owns Witkoff, and Trump doesn’t care, that means Putin owns Trump - either directly, by proxy, or by stupidity.
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The entire world can clearly see that Putin owns Steve Witkoff and yet Witkoff is the one that Trump wants leading the negotiations on a peace deal. If Putin owns Witkoff, and Trump doesn’t care, that means Putin owns Trump - either directly, by proxy, or by stupidity.
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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
also stolen?
Griffin Protome from a Cauldron (Greece, Samos, 650-640 BCE)
Harvard Art Museums, Boston
Harvard Art Museums, Boston
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
also stolen?
Trump's EPA & DOJ are asking 3 federal judges to ignore & defy a 9-0 Supreme Court decision authored by Antonin Scalia that concludes the Clean Air Act's plain language bars EPA from weighing compliance costs when deciding how much air pollution is medically unsafe to breathe.
Brazenly reckless.
Brazenly reckless.
'“EPA now confesses error,” DOJ attorneys wrote, adding EPA should have put greater weight on the “extraordinary” compliance costs associated with the new limit.
But a VT law prof noted a SCt ruling bars EPA from considering potential compliance costs when setting clean air health standards.'
Yup.
But a VT law prof noted a SCt ruling bars EPA from considering potential compliance costs when setting clean air health standards.'
Yup.
Trump’s EPA Abandons Defense of National Soot Standard That Saves Lives.
Abandoning soot standards would cause more asthma attacks, heart disease, and early death — especially in vulnerable communities. www.nrdc.org/press-releas...
Abandoning soot standards would cause more asthma attacks, heart disease, and early death — especially in vulnerable communities. www.nrdc.org/press-releas...
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Trump's EPA & DOJ are asking 3 federal judges to ignore & defy a 9-0 Supreme Court decision authored by Antonin Scalia that concludes the Clean Air Act's plain language bars EPA from weighing compliance costs when deciding how much air pollution is medically unsafe to breathe.
Brazenly reckless.
Brazenly reckless.
'“EPA now confesses error,” DOJ attorneys wrote, adding EPA should have put greater weight on the “extraordinary” compliance costs associated with the new limit.
But a VT law prof noted a SCt ruling bars EPA from considering potential compliance costs when setting clean air health standards.'
Yup.
But a VT law prof noted a SCt ruling bars EPA from considering potential compliance costs when setting clean air health standards.'
Yup.
Trump’s EPA Abandons Defense of National Soot Standard That Saves Lives.
Abandoning soot standards would cause more asthma attacks, heart disease, and early death — especially in vulnerable communities. www.nrdc.org/press-releas...
Abandoning soot standards would cause more asthma attacks, heart disease, and early death — especially in vulnerable communities. www.nrdc.org/press-releas...
Trump’s EPA Abandons Defense of National Soot Standard That Saves Lives
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave up defending the national, health-based limits on fine particulate matter (PM2.5), also known as soot, that EPA strengthened last ...
www.nrdc.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
'“EPA now confesses error,” DOJ attorneys wrote, adding EPA should have put greater weight on the “extraordinary” compliance costs associated with the new limit.
But a VT law prof noted a SCt ruling bars EPA from considering potential compliance costs when setting clean air health standards.'
Yup.
But a VT law prof noted a SCt ruling bars EPA from considering potential compliance costs when setting clean air health standards.'
Yup.
Trump’s EPA Abandons Defense of National Soot Standard That Saves Lives.
Abandoning soot standards would cause more asthma attacks, heart disease, and early death — especially in vulnerable communities. www.nrdc.org/press-releas...
Abandoning soot standards would cause more asthma attacks, heart disease, and early death — especially in vulnerable communities. www.nrdc.org/press-releas...
Trump’s EPA Abandons Defense of National Soot Standard That Saves Lives
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave up defending the national, health-based limits on fine particulate matter (PM2.5), also known as soot, that EPA strengthened last ...
www.nrdc.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Trump’s EPA Abandons Defense of National Soot Standard That Saves Lives.
Abandoning soot standards would cause more asthma attacks, heart disease, and early death — especially in vulnerable communities. www.nrdc.org/press-releas...
Abandoning soot standards would cause more asthma attacks, heart disease, and early death — especially in vulnerable communities. www.nrdc.org/press-releas...
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EPA estimated its strengthened soot standard would avoid 800,000 cases of asthma symptoms, 2,000 hospital visits, and 4,500 premature deaths.
Despite the public health benefits, EPA has asked the D.C. Circuit to strike down this important update 👉 www.catf.us/2025/11/epa-...
Despite the public health benefits, EPA has asked the D.C. Circuit to strike down this important update 👉 www.catf.us/2025/11/epa-...
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
EPA estimated its strengthened soot standard would avoid 800,000 cases of asthma symptoms, 2,000 hospital visits, and 4,500 premature deaths.
Despite the public health benefits, EPA has asked the D.C. Circuit to strike down this important update 👉 www.catf.us/2025/11/epa-...
Despite the public health benefits, EPA has asked the D.C. Circuit to strike down this important update 👉 www.catf.us/2025/11/epa-...
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So either Trump spoke to Bolsonaro about plotting to escape to the US right before the latter got caught trying to saw off his ankle monitor, or Trump imagined a conversation he didn’t have. Both scenarios are incredibly dark
An amazing new Trump controversy, Part II of II:
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Bolsonaro White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
Did the Republican president talk to Bolsonaro as the Brazilian plotted to escape? Trump said yes, but the White House isn’t so sure.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
So either Trump spoke to Bolsonaro about plotting to escape to the US right before the latter got caught trying to saw off his ankle monitor, or Trump imagined a conversation he didn’t have. Both scenarios are incredibly dark
“The administration wants to take away Americans’ right to breathe clean, safe air, free from deadly soot pollution,” said John Walke, senior attorney with @nrdc.org, an advocacy group. “The Trump EPA is siding with big polluters, challenging safer standards and asking a court to do its dirty work.”
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths.
“The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.”
The worst EPA ever.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
“The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.”
The worst EPA ever.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“The administration wants to take away Americans’ right to breathe clean, safe air, free from deadly soot pollution,” said John Walke, senior attorney with @nrdc.org, an advocacy group. “The Trump EPA is siding with big polluters, challenging safer standards and asking a court to do its dirty work.”
Worse, the Trump EPA & Justice Dept. took the unprecedented step late last night of asking a court to do its dirty work for them & to kill safer health standards against deadly soot pollution for all Americans—without the court even hearing the merits of the health standards, science & law. Reckless
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths.
“The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.”
The worst EPA ever.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
“The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.”
The worst EPA ever.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Worse, the Trump EPA & Justice Dept. took the unprecedented step late last night of asking a court to do its dirty work for them & to kill safer health standards against deadly soot pollution for all Americans—without the court even hearing the merits of the health standards, science & law. Reckless
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths.
“The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.”
The worst EPA ever.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
“The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.”
The worst EPA ever.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths.
“The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.”
The worst EPA ever.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
“The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.”
The worst EPA ever.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump went after Tish James and James Comey because he can’t stand anyone who tells the truth and holds him accountable—and today, the judge made it clear that the courtroom isn’t his personal revenge tour.
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Trump went after Tish James and James Comey because he can’t stand anyone who tells the truth and holds him accountable—and today, the judge made it clear that the courtroom isn’t his personal revenge tour.
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Two things can be true:
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Two things can be true:
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
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🇺🇸🇺🇦 U.S. official said that Truml hasn't
been as involved in the specifics, - WP
"You tell him, T'm going to try to get a deal.' He will say, 'Great, go see what you can do.' And that's the level of detail he has."
"It's been absolute chaos all day. It's embarrassing."
been as involved in the specifics, - WP
"You tell him, T'm going to try to get a deal.' He will say, 'Great, go see what you can do.' And that's the level of detail he has."
"It's been absolute chaos all day. It's embarrassing."
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🇺🇸🇺🇦 U.S. official said that Truml hasn't
been as involved in the specifics, - WP
"You tell him, T'm going to try to get a deal.' He will say, 'Great, go see what you can do.' And that's the level of detail he has."
"It's been absolute chaos all day. It's embarrassing."
been as involved in the specifics, - WP
"You tell him, T'm going to try to get a deal.' He will say, 'Great, go see what you can do.' And that's the level of detail he has."
"It's been absolute chaos all day. It's embarrassing."
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Looks like it’s going to be another perfectly normal day from the American right-wing.
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Looks like it’s going to be another perfectly normal day from the American right-wing.
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Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
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"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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This is exactly right
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is exactly right
“An affordability crisis is sweeping the US, as high prices of food, rents and healthcare force lower-income Americans to cut back on necessities just as the Trump administration curbs government supports.” on.ft.com/49F2DSn
‘Scraping for crumbs’: Americans squeezed by affordability crisis
Rising food, shelter and healthcare costs are hitting hard in Bethlehem and the surrounding Lehigh valley
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“An affordability crisis is sweeping the US, as high prices of food, rents and healthcare force lower-income Americans to cut back on necessities just as the Trump administration curbs government supports.” on.ft.com/49F2DSn
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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"Vietnam has been hit by 14 typhoons this year. Five was the average a few decades ago. The rain from the past few days did not even come from a cyclone — but to add inundation on top of injury, a 15th major storm has just formed off the country’s south central coast."
Vietnam’s Year of Floods, Mud and Death
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"Vietnam has been hit by 14 typhoons this year. Five was the average a few decades ago. The rain from the past few days did not even come from a cyclone — but to add inundation on top of injury, a 15th major storm has just formed off the country’s south central coast."