Itai Vardi
@itai_vardi
Research manager with climate watchdog group @EnergyandPolicy, keeping an eye on fossil fuel and utility interests. Tips? DM is open for Signal #
A pesticide lobbyist has been put in charge of pesticide policy at the Trump EPA. readsludge.com/2025/07/08/tru…
The Warming Coordination Specialist in the Austin/San Antonio area was forced into early retirement by Trump and Elon’s DOGE firings. Via @ryangrim
Texas lawmakers failed to pass a bill that could have helped fund alarm systems for flood warnings in local areas earlier this year. Rep. Wes Virdell, who represents Texas Hill Country, says he would have voted differently (He voted no). The bill died. texastribune.org/2025/07/06/tex…
Scientists have long found links between PM2.5 exposure and health concerns like asthma, lung disease and heart attacks. But a risk analyst backed by the American Chemistry Council now seeks to sow doubt on this science using artificial intelligence. theguardian.com/technology/ng-…
New tactics to keep you from knowing about dangerous products - Cox has obtained funding to develop the new AI reviewer from the American Chemistry Council, the nation’s largest chemical industry advocacy group... @guardian theguardian.com/technology/ng-…
NEW: Trump admin seeks to defund US network of labs that monitor CO2 levels in the atmosphere, including Mauna Loa, home to the famous "Keeling Curve." cnn.com/2025/07/01/cli…
The proposed NOAA budget for 2026 contains the literal line: Total, Climate Research: $0 commerce.gov/sites/default/…
Diabolical moves by @NVEnergy asking to charge ratepayers for luxury hotels, limo rides + payments to parent company Berkshire Hathaway during NVE's huge overcharge investigation and skyrocketing utility bills. Amazing work Alonzo @TheNVIndy thenevadaindependent.com/article/limos-…
new investigation: An industry-backed researcher who has forged a career sowing doubt about the dangers of pollutants is attempting to use AI to amplify his perspective. The project is funded by the lobby group American Chemistry Council. shorturl.at/yXv6i
I've been having a running conversation w/Tony Cox since college, abt. how a preference for certainty over precaution is--wait--a PREFERENCE. Nothing wrong w/that except the dishonesty of claiming otherwise. Now he's torturing AI until it agrees w/him. theguardian.com/technology/ng-…
The American Chemistry Council is supporting a new effort to weaponize AI to combat science it doesn't like, according to materials obtained by EPI. Story by @dharnanoor. theguardian.com/technology/ng-…
🚨 From @dharnanoor and @GuardianUS: An industry-backed former Trump adviser and risk analyst who has spent his career sowing doubt about pollutants is now attempting to use an AI application to amplify his perspective and weed out "propaganda." theguardian.com/technology/ng-…
New from @karleeweinmann: recent court filings show DTE Energy employees directed the transfer of funds from one dark money nonprofit to another tied to a Michigan official. energyandpolicy.org/dte-dark-money…
Israeli forces and drones opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza early Tuesday, killing at least 25 people, Palestinian witnesses and hospitals said, as health authorities said the number of Palestinians killed in the war has risen above…