Rob Verchick

DoJ renews fight against law firms that stood up to Trump in abrupt reversal Move comes day after department said it would drop fight against law firms that stood up to Trump’s executive orders

Well, that didn’t last long. Glad the law firms are still standing tall. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

EPA's Climate Thinking Is Upside Down EPA's retrenchment is not about science, but a very unusual view of the law.

Check out my new post on EPA's abandonment of climate action. 🌏 open.substack.com/pub/robverch...

Trump administration drops bid to revive executive orders punishing law firms The U.S. Justice Department has dropped a legal bid to ​revive President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting four prominent law firms over their past legal work, diversity policies and ‌politica...

Kudos to the four law firms that stood firm against Trump's illegal campaign of intimidation: Jenner & Block, Susman Godfrey, Perkins Coie and WilmerHale. Nice when law firms defend the rule of law.

Chronic ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds Fish levels fall by 7.2% with as little as 0.1C of warming per decade, northern hemisphere research shows

Yikes!🦑🌏

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Field Notes What one law professor does "behind the scenes"

A look behind the scenes. Check out my new post!🌏🦑

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[2/26 THURS] 출근길 영어뉴스 I Morning Wave in Busan YouTube video by 부산영어방송 Busan English Broadcasting

🌎EPA’s axing of its endangerment finding is international news. I was interviewed yesterday about it by Morning Wave in Busan, South Korea.

You can watch the segment on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIiT....

Guest Column: Louisiana residents and Congress must remain vigilant when it comes to EPA cuts Gutting the EPA’s was stymied once by Congress. Now, the agency needs to do its job, especially for the health of Louisianans., argues Loyola University law professor Rob Verchick.

I have a new op-ed out about the terrible beating EPA is taking—from POTUS and the agency’s political leadership. An agency I was once so proud and grateful to serve.

“If [Congress doesn’t] step up, then the EPA will step back, and Americans will be on their own when facing toxic pollution.”

Guest Column: Louisiana residents and Congress must remain vigilant when it comes to EPA cuts Gutting the EPA’s was stymied once by Congress. Now, the agency needs to do its job, especially for the health of Louisianans., argues Loyola University law professor Rob Verchick.

In a new column, @robverchick.bsky.social details the devastating levels of political threat against the Environmental Protection Agency.

“If [Congress doesn’t] step up, then the EPA will step back, and Americans will be on their own when facing toxic pollution.”

Climate, oceans, resilience, and hope. We need to talk more about that. So happy to have started this conversation. Thank you all!! And spread the word.

BOOM!

‘Based on two words separated by 16 others in the IEEPA, the President asserts the independent power to impose tariffs on imports from any country, of any product, at any rate, for any amount of time. Those words cannot bear such weight.’

—C.J. Roberts

U2 - American Obituary (Lyric Video) YouTube video by U2

U2's outstanding tribute to Minn. protester Renee Good. youtu.be/Y3ziTSYyook?...

When Ghost Ships Smuggle Oil Iran's network of secret tankers is playing Russian Roulette with ocean health.

What you don't know about those Iranian tankers. I'm almost at 100 subscriptions! Help me break through. Thanks! 🦑🌎
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Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...

Looks like Trump’s revocation focuses on legal arguments, not the scientific findings, which even his team must know are unassailable. (I was working at the EPA when the endangerment finding was first issued.) More chaos on the horizon.

Trump v. The Seamounts A Test of Presidential Power at Sea

Trump is messing with our oceans again! The courts should not let him get away with it. 🌎🦑https://open.substack.com/pub/robverchick/p/trump-v-the-seamounts?r=7j5v2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Why Trump Has has the Hots for Greenland Three reasons are in the ocean.

Hope you like my new post on Greenland and the Arctic! Let me know what you think. 🌎🦑

This looks great! I can’t wait to try it out.

The Ocean Was Born on Land. A dispatch from Hawaiʻiʻs Kīlauea Caldera

The Ocean Was Born on Land.
Look what I just saw! And, yes, it involves the ocean.🦑🌏

Want to learn more about the ocean? Take this 2-minute quiz. So, what do you know about clown fish, ocean heating, SpongeBob SquarePants?

🌏🦑Test your ocean knowledge! open.substack.com/pub/robverch...

Blue Tomorrow | Rob Verchick | Substack Notes on a changing planet. Click to read Blue Tomorrow, by Rob Verchick, a Substack publication. Launched 8 days ago.

#marinelife 🐋🌏Tommorrow the High Seas are officially protected by international law! Find out more! Remember to celebrate the victories. It keeps you going when the work gets hard robverchick.substack.com

Well hello. Just fine. School’s starting up and I’m teaching a new course on ocean law.

🐋🌏Good news. Take a look. robverchick.substack.com

Please join, share, and comment. #oceans #climateaction #resilience #sustainability #law

🌎🐙For the new year, let’s set some goals to protect our ocean. Do I have to like sharks? Can you still have that tuna melt?
I’ll write more on Substack later this week.

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Y'all, I’m launching a Substack in early January focused on ocean resilience and climate stories. More soon.

I had no idea! How cool is that?

No Kings NOLA · Indivisible Our rights were never given — they were won. From the ballot box to the picket line, generations of Americans have fought to secure fundamental freedom and dignity for all of us. On 10/18/25 there w...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “No Kings NOLA” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

The day's finally here: Auridia has launched! Thanks again to everybody who has tested it, given feedback, or just shown support over the last year or so.

It's 15% off this week, get it here! store.steampowered.com/app/3443080/...

Auridia's been shortlisted for Best International Game at SXSW Sydney 2025! Great way to wrap up launch week.

I'll have a booth there Oct 17-18, I'm looking forward to my first visit to Sydney!

Title, authors’ names, and abstract from a commentary paper about policy recommendations for marine conservation

It is widely accepted that #ocean & #marine #ecosystems are seriously at risk from #human-induced #stressors. Esteban-Cantillo et al. propose 6 #policy recommendations re marine conservation, eg, using transdisciplinary & innovative knowledge to drive #conservation strategies doi.org/10.1038/s441...

Lawmakers push carbon capture & storage, putting LA residents at risk and sacrificing safety and property rights.

Check out the latest guest column from @nolanews.bsky.social featuring Board Member Rob Verchick and colleague Martha Thibaut. @robverchick.bsky.social

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