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March 17, 2026 | Slate

Hannah Story Brown

Blog Post Climate and EnvironmentEthics in GovernmentJudiciarySupreme Court

Sam Alito’s Latest Reversal at the Supreme Court Is an Absolute Embarrassment

Last month, when the Supreme Court agreed to grant a petition from two oil companies, Suncor and Exxon, in a long-running dispute over whether the companies can be held liable under state law by Boulder, Colorado, for climate damages ensuing from their corporate misconduct, the most notable sentence was the one that was missing: “Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.”

March 04, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly

Hannah Story Brown Toni Aguilar Rosenthal

Newsletter Climate and EnvironmentCongressional OversightDefenseExecutive Branch

Department of Global War and Warming

Even before we had Trump as Commander in Chief committing unconstitutional strikes on the leaders of foreign nations, and Pete Hegseth as Secretary of War ordering apparent war crimes in the Caribbean, we wrote about the military-industrial complex as a “disaster multiplier” in our era of climate change and interlocking crises. 

February 23, 2026

Press Release Climate and EnvironmentEthics in GovernmentIndustry InfluenceSupreme Court

Inconsistent Recusals Continue at Corrupt Supreme Court

On Monday the Supreme Court agreed to hear a petition from oil companies Suncor and ExxonMobil who want the Court to shut down the climate deception case being brought against the companies by Boulder County, San Miguel County, and the City of Boulder. This petition is one of the oil and gas industry’s many ongoing attempts to evade liability for concealing the harms of its product.

February 13, 2026 | The American Prospect

Toni Aguilar Rosenthal Hannah Story Brown

Op-Ed Climate and EnvironmentExecutive Branch

Doug Burgum, the Regime Toady of Our Time

According to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Donald Trump is the “king of PEACE”—an odd position for a Lutheran like Burgum, as it would rank Trump above the “Prince of Peace,” Jesus Christ—and Europeans should be “cheering” for him to annex Greenland. It’s also odd for the Interior secretary, whose duties principally concern federal lands, to be commenting on European opinion.

February 11, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly

Hannah Story Brown

Newsletter Climate and Environment

Endangered Toad Says “ICE OUT”

Bad Bunny, the most streamed artist in the world for the last four years, has elevated el sapo concho’s profile by transforming the toad into a symbol of Puerto Rico’s imperiled cultural and ecological heritage. At a time of historic institutional cowardice towards combating climate change, he reminds us what the fight is about: nothing less than preserving our treasured places in the world, and those we share them with.