Evan George
@evanlgeorge.bsky.social
Writer, editor, strategist on climate policy & environmental law. Communications Director at the UCLA Emmett Institute. I write The Drain column, a weekly roundup of climate and environmental news.
UCLA’s STOP Methane Project just released our Spotlight on the Top 25 in ’25: Oil and Gas Sector. Top 25 sites are mostly in Turkmenistan — but also Venezuela, Iran, Pakistan, and the U.S.
Why is a Texas gas well on this list of extreme methane emissions?
stopmethane.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
Why is a Texas gas well on this list of extreme methane emissions?
stopmethane.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
UCLA’s STOP Methane Project just released our Spotlight on the Top 25 in ’25: Oil and Gas Sector. Top 25 sites are mostly in Turkmenistan — but also Venezuela, Iran, Pakistan, and the U.S.
Why is a Texas gas well on this list of extreme methane emissions?
stopmethane.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
Why is a Texas gas well on this list of extreme methane emissions?
stopmethane.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
LA looks like it will record its wettest November in 40 years, and register one-fifth of its annual average rainfall by the end of the weekend. Blessing and a curse like always.
November 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
LA looks like it will record its wettest November in 40 years, and register one-fifth of its annual average rainfall by the end of the weekend. Blessing and a curse like always.
For all the advice about touching grass— touching dirt , and digging a bunch of holes and planting little shrubs like California sagebrush and Mountain Mahogany, is a lot more satisfying. Thanks @treepeople-org.bsky.social for letting UCLA get dirty volunteering.
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
For all the advice about touching grass— touching dirt , and digging a bunch of holes and planting little shrubs like California sagebrush and Mountain Mahogany, is a lot more satisfying. Thanks @treepeople-org.bsky.social for letting UCLA get dirty volunteering.
The editor in me loves seeing a publication push out a story where an edit didn't get resolved correctly, like here where one word was inserted to replace the other. Which do you think was the reporter's? "Threatened" or "told"?
November 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The editor in me loves seeing a publication push out a story where an edit didn't get resolved correctly, like here where one word was inserted to replace the other. Which do you think was the reporter's? "Threatened" or "told"?
Unusual, prolonged periods of both drought and rain are confusing coffee plants on this Brazil farm I toured. This means some of the plants start flowering at the wrong time of year — twice a year sometimes instead of just once — which drains the energy of the plant and the fruit goes to waste.
November 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Unusual, prolonged periods of both drought and rain are confusing coffee plants on this Brazil farm I toured. This means some of the plants start flowering at the wrong time of year — twice a year sometimes instead of just once — which drains the energy of the plant and the fruit goes to waste.
Your coffee is more expensive thanks to the dangerous duo of climate change and Donald Trump. But Trump tariffs — at SCOTUS this week — are tame compared to the climate crisis. I saw firsthand why this is happening on a trip to Acre, Brazil where I met coffee farmers legal-planet.org/2025/11/04/c...
November 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Your coffee is more expensive thanks to the dangerous duo of climate change and Donald Trump. But Trump tariffs — at SCOTUS this week — are tame compared to the climate crisis. I saw firsthand why this is happening on a trip to Acre, Brazil where I met coffee farmers legal-planet.org/2025/11/04/c...
Our 2-year-old cattle dog rescue, Deanie, finds all sorts of ways to cuddle.
October 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Our 2-year-old cattle dog rescue, Deanie, finds all sorts of ways to cuddle.
Lots of media moves this week including: Ex-LAT climate columnist @sammyroth.bsky.social launched “Climate-Colored Goggles” a new Substack newsletter about “climate and culture: to encourage America’s most influential storytellers to get in the game.” legal-planet.org/2025/10/22/i...
October 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Lots of media moves this week including: Ex-LAT climate columnist @sammyroth.bsky.social launched “Climate-Colored Goggles” a new Substack newsletter about “climate and culture: to encourage America’s most influential storytellers to get in the game.” legal-planet.org/2025/10/22/i...
Looks like the federal government has literally folded up its tent and gone home, here at Yosemite.
But talk with a park ranger here and there and they’ll tell you, “We are working.”
But talk with a park ranger here and there and they’ll tell you, “We are working.”
October 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Looks like the federal government has literally folded up its tent and gone home, here at Yosemite.
But talk with a park ranger here and there and they’ll tell you, “We are working.”
But talk with a park ranger here and there and they’ll tell you, “We are working.”
I see hawks in LA all the time, but rarely foraging on the ground, like here at Stoneview Nature Center.
October 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I see hawks in LA all the time, but rarely foraging on the ground, like here at Stoneview Nature Center.
EPA plans to end the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. No more reporting of CO2, methane, and other emissions data from about 8,000 facilities You cannot fight what you can't see, and you cannot reduce what you don’t track. How perfect is this license plate a friend of mine saw in LA recently?
September 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
EPA plans to end the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. No more reporting of CO2, methane, and other emissions data from about 8,000 facilities You cannot fight what you can't see, and you cannot reduce what you don’t track. How perfect is this license plate a friend of mine saw in LA recently?
It’s a rare pleasure standing outside school for pickup next to an idling school bus — when it’s one of LA Unified’s 180 or so electric school buses. So much better!
September 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s a rare pleasure standing outside school for pickup next to an idling school bus — when it’s one of LA Unified’s 180 or so electric school buses. So much better!
This morning and again tomorrow: Stop by UCLA’s “Suspended Science Fair” highlighting the science impacted by cancelled research grants is going on.
September 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This morning and again tomorrow: Stop by UCLA’s “Suspended Science Fair” highlighting the science impacted by cancelled research grants is going on.
We should be getting ICE Alerts for every kidnapped resident in California the way we get Silver Alerts that blow up our phones and interrupt our daily attentions.
August 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We should be getting ICE Alerts for every kidnapped resident in California the way we get Silver Alerts that blow up our phones and interrupt our daily attentions.
Sure could use that heat pump (that we’ve been delayed in installing) right about now.
August 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Sure could use that heat pump (that we’ve been delayed in installing) right about now.
Happy CA Public Radio Day — and a big S/O to local stations covering environmental stories and employing climate reporters. They need our support! @kqednews.kqed.org @laist.com @kcrw.com @kalwradio.bsky.social @kvprnews.bsky.social @lauraklivans.bsky.social @npr.org @climatedaddykqed.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Happy CA Public Radio Day — and a big S/O to local stations covering environmental stories and employing climate reporters. They need our support! @kqednews.kqed.org @laist.com @kcrw.com @kalwradio.bsky.social @kvprnews.bsky.social @lauraklivans.bsky.social @npr.org @climatedaddykqed.bsky.social
The only times it’s a joy to see the “Bike Path Closed” sign is Ciclavia.
August 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The only times it’s a joy to see the “Bike Path Closed” sign is Ciclavia.
Solid turnout today for Ciclavia from Culver City to Venice Beach. A roomy ride on Washington Pl. and Venice Blvd. #LosAngeles
August 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Solid turnout today for Ciclavia from Culver City to Venice Beach. A roomy ride on Washington Pl. and Venice Blvd. #LosAngeles
Ugh. Six state regional parks in LA are closed Monday-Tuesday now that LA County Parks is facing a $22.2 million budget reduction.
July 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Ugh. Six state regional parks in LA are closed Monday-Tuesday now that LA County Parks is facing a $22.2 million budget reduction.
All I wanted for my birthday today was a 'good news' climate story to write about for this edition of The Drain. The World Court's recent climate opinion stands up. I talked w/ @law.ucla.edu @uclalawemmett.bsky.social experts about how it could impact future cases.
legal-planet.org/2025/07/29/t...
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July 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
All I wanted for my birthday today was a 'good news' climate story to write about for this edition of The Drain. The World Court's recent climate opinion stands up. I talked w/ @law.ucla.edu @uclalawemmett.bsky.social experts about how it could impact future cases.
legal-planet.org/2025/07/29/t...
legal-planet.org/2025/07/29/t...
A federal court in CA has upheld the SCAQMD Rule 1146.2, a zero-NOx rule for industrial boilers and weather heaters. My UCLA colleague @denisegrab.bsky.social on why this is good news for electrification regulations --> legal-planet.org/2025/07/22/w...
July 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A federal court in CA has upheld the SCAQMD Rule 1146.2, a zero-NOx rule for industrial boilers and weather heaters. My UCLA colleague @denisegrab.bsky.social on why this is good news for electrification regulations --> legal-planet.org/2025/07/22/w...
This Week on The Drain: Court fight over Santa Barbara offshore pipeline, Sacramento energy hearings, FEMA, floods, and fallout from the GOP tax measure plus good media reads on AI and heat pumps.
legal-planet.org/2025/07/16/w...
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July 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This Week on The Drain: Court fight over Santa Barbara offshore pipeline, Sacramento energy hearings, FEMA, floods, and fallout from the GOP tax measure plus good media reads on AI and heat pumps.
legal-planet.org/2025/07/16/w...
legal-planet.org/2025/07/16/w...
Waking up to another summer morning in Berkeley, California.
July 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Waking up to another summer morning in Berkeley, California.
Rather than address their Big Oil greenwashing, or comment to @sammyroth.bsky.social, the LA Dodgers Foundation is promoting the “Recycling Challenge,” whereby youth players take bottles & cans to a recycling center and bring the receipt to their coach to compete for throwing out the first pitch...
July 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Rather than address their Big Oil greenwashing, or comment to @sammyroth.bsky.social, the LA Dodgers Foundation is promoting the “Recycling Challenge,” whereby youth players take bottles & cans to a recycling center and bring the receipt to their coach to compete for throwing out the first pitch...
I hate using the word "fallout" but in this case it fits. The fallout from the Republicans' tax and spending bill is a huge climate story this week, next week, and really until 2028.
legal-planet.org/2025/07/10/w...
legal-planet.org/2025/07/10/w...
July 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I hate using the word "fallout" but in this case it fits. The fallout from the Republicans' tax and spending bill is a huge climate story this week, next week, and really until 2028.
legal-planet.org/2025/07/10/w...
legal-planet.org/2025/07/10/w...