Climate science, policy, politics, and action
Full committee business meeting.
Exact time and location to be announced.
Nominee:
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a nomination hearing for Steven Bradbury, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation, at 9:30 AM EST on Thursday, February 20, 2025.
Nominee:
Bradbury, the author of memos supporting the use of torture during the George W. Bush presidency, was narrowly confirmed as general counsel for the Department of Transportation in Trump’s first term.
On February 19th at noon, join workers, researchers and academics at the DC rally at the headquarters of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Ave. SW, for the nationwide fight against federal attacks on research and higher education. Show them that life-saving science cannot be bought by unaccountable, unqualified billionaires! federal workers and everyday Americans are coming together to say NO to Elon Musk’s push to gut federal services and impose mass layoffs.
Our demands:
Wear red, white, and/or blue. Bring signs about how your community benefits from federal services. This is a family-friendly event. All are welcome. Part of the Save Our Services national day of action.
What: Fund Don’t Freeze: Rally at HHS Headquarters
When: February 19, 12 pm noon
Where: HHS Headquarters, 200 Independence Ave. SW
Supported by Federal Unionists Network, Higher Education Labor United (HELU), University of Maryland Graduate Labor Union, George Washington University Graduate Workers Union (GWU2), John Hopkins PRO-UAW, and NIH Fellows United.
Climate Action Against Disinformation would like to invite you to Techno-Feudalism: Big Carbon and Big Tech’s Disinfo, a webinar on Wednesday about how Big Tech and Big Carbon’s team-up makes disinformation an even bigger problem than ever before. Fortunately, we’ll be talking about some big solutions, as Brazil takes the reins on international climate negotiations ahead of COP30.
This CAAD webinar will feature Professor Jennifer Jacquet, to discuss research on Big Ag’s climate disinfo, followed by new findings on Big Tech’s bad behaviour from the Center for Countering Digital Hate’s Imran Ahmed. Having laid bare the problems, we’ll hear about some potential solutions from Founder and CEO of FALA, Thais Lazzeri, who will offer some hope about Brazil’s pursuit of real regulations and policy changes to stop the spread of disinformation. After that, we’ll open the floor for attendees to ask questions and share their own perspectives.
Speakers:
Full committee hearing, originally scheduled for February 12.
Nominee:
“I’m a hard ‘no’ on her. She didn’t bow out of this job when she found out Trump was going to force her to act illegally.” - Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)
“I’m not supporting nominees as long as the lawlessness continues.” - Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.)
Ranking member Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., both said they’ll wait for the hearing before commenting.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., said she’s not ruling out a yes vote just yet: “I’ll give her a fair shake.” Asked about Democrats souring on all Trump nominations as he steamrolls over Congress, she said: “There are folks with sentiment. I try to view each nominee through the lens of whether they will help or hurt Wisconsin.”
“We need a majority. We need somebody else to vote if Rand’s going to vote negative … Rand is a chair of the right-to-work caucus. So once he establishes something, it’s hard to move him off.” HELP Chair Bill Cassidy (R-La.)
Reporting from Semafor’s Burgess Everett
A full committee hearing entitled “Improving the Federal Environmental Review and Permitting Processes.”
Witnesses:
Full committee hearing.
Nominee:
Over 1000 Veterans Affairs employees were hit by illegal mass layoffs last week.
Public service taught us to fight for the American people, and we’re gonna keep fighting.
If you are a laid off federal worker, meet us Tuesday, 2/18, 10am ET at the Dirksen cafeteria for a job search and to show senators what happens when they let an oligarch take over. We’re gonna fight for our jobs, fight for the public, and put the pressure on senators to do the same.
Protest to uphold the Constitution and limit executive overreach!
At the Reflecting Pool in front of the U.S. Capitol, noon.
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Federal workers are under attack. Many people, and the planet, are at stake. But workers are standing up and fighting back.
This Valentine’s Day, show your love for workers and the world by joining the Labor Network for Sustainability and EPA employee union AFGE Council 238 for a special solidarity call. We will hear from EPA workers and leaders on the front lines of Trump’s attacks, and learn how we can take action to defend workers, the civil service, and a livable planet.
Speakers include:
Together, we are powerful. And this moment calls on us to stand together. RSVP for the Zoom link. We will see you on Friday!