Jeremy Symons

@jeremysymons.bsky.social meta-analysis of BAAJA added to 9 climate policy scenarios shows that although the extent of this bill's impact on fossil fuel permitting may be uncertain, "even a modest contribution in this direction could swamp the clean energy benefits."

The Senate will take up permitting reform in early November, so it's time to grapple w what Dem negotiators gave up to streamline permitting for clean energy. @jeremysymons.bsky.social finds that the provisions won by the fossil & tech lobbies would cause lasting damage to our climate & clean air.

@jeremysymons.bsky.social critiques the rationale for permitting reform, that market forces alone will accelerate the clean energy transition. Big Tech cares about "speed to power" more than cost, which "primarily means building gas turbines on site, or in close proximity, to data centers."

Americans shouldn’t have to worry about the safety of their air, water & food. They rely on the EPA to do its job by setting & enforcing safeguards against toxic chemicals and pollution. But the Trump admin is weakening these protections at a high cost kids' and families' health. safernotsicker.org

What an oil grab in Venezuela means for America... #venezuela #oil #trump tinyurl.com/u23wajhy

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin caught by @cbsnews.com hiding EPA's own forecast that gas prices will go up for consumers by 76 cents/gallon due to elimination of pollution and fuel economy standards for automobiles. @jeremysymons.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/jeremysy...

There’s another scandal buried in the Trump-Republican budget plan that’s not getting enough attention: massive giveaways to Big Oil.

Trump’s EPA aims to roll back 30+ environmental rules. AP’s analysis: ➡️ +25,000 deaths a year ➡️ +2.8B tons CO₂ by 2035 ➡️ Billions in lost health benefits The cost of reversing science-backed protections is deadly. Read the full AP story: buff.ly/WVyuJHU #SaveEPA

From @apnews.com: The EPA rules Trump is rolling back "could prevent an estimated 30,000 deaths and save $275 billion each year they are in effect," according to EPA's own studies + research from AP, @enviroprotnet.bsky.social, others apnews.com/article/epa-...

Outrageously bad journalism from @facethenation.bsky.social. EPA's Zeldin didn't answer the question on health impacts and CBS rewarded him with this headline. The real answer, based on EPA's OWN analysis: the rollbacks will cause 200,000 deaths and 100 MILLION asthma attacks. See EPAFacts.org.

"The EPA’s plan to roll back regulations and cut climate programs will increase the cost of living for millions of people and bring about hundreds of thousands of premature deaths." #saveEPA www.latimes.com/environment/...

If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.

I still have almost 2,000 followers on X but for some reason my posts to my account, @EfDOGE, are getting only 20 views. Any idea what I am doing wrong? ;-)

The Trump administration has canceled funding for communities across the country to improve air & water quality, lower energy costs and protect against extreme weather, putting Americans’ health and safety at risk. Learn more ➡️ www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

It's hard to fight chaos. Steve Bannon calls it "flooding the zone." To withstand any flood, we need to find high ground and make our stand. THE FIGHT TO SAVE EPA IS THE HIGH GROUND. Here are 4 things we must do to reclaim our right to breathe clean air and drink clean water.

Symons... was at the agency when President George W. Bush assumed office after President Bill Clinton. “That transition was defined by a different policy agendas, but not this vindictive purge of public servants who haven’t done anything wrong,” he said. www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

"Trump's wealthiest supporters won't be satisfied until they tear EPA down, leaving corporate polluters in charge of the air we breathe and the water we drink,” Environmental Protection Network Senior Advisor Jeremy Symons www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

“It’s an alarming retreat from EPA’s mission of protecting public health and the environment, in service of a political agenda.” www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...

The Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act were not written to advance AI, they were put in place to protect our air and water. That seems to have fallen off the list of priorities of the Trump administration.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Elon Musk Wants to Use AI to Cut Government Programs. So I asked Musk's AI program what it would recommend.... open.substack.com/pub/jeremysy...

I ran $100 billion in Infrastructure and IRA programs at EPA. We obligated over $70 billion onto signed awards and contracts to protect public health and the environment. All that funding is currently frozen. Here are the facts… 🔌💡 1/X

Thank you @kaine.senate.gov for calling OMB nominee Russel Vought to account for his outrageous statements about traumatizing government employees. www.youtube.com/watch?featur...

I'm at the Senate hearing on Lee Zeldin's nomination for @EPA, where he just promised to spend all EPA funds appropriated by Congress & affirmed that only Congress can cut EPA's budget. This matters bc/ Congress rejected Trump's EPA cuts in 1st term but Trump's OMB pick wants to "traumatize" EPA.

As the senate considers confirmation of Lee Zeldin to lead #EPA, the shadow of another Trump pick looms large. www.environmentalprotectionnetwork.org/20250114_vou...

My Substack post on why Trump can't make the new DOE LNG study go away. open.substack.com/pub/jeremysy...

A healthy environment is a basic human right. The Montana Supreme Court got this right! www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...