# Blue Tomorrow

Notes on a changing planet

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## [A Phantom Tollbooth in the Strait of Hormuz?](https://robverchick.substack.com/p/a-phantom-tollbooth-in-the-strait)

_2026-08-13 · Rob Verchick_

Four things to know about the Law of the Sea—and whether Iran and Oman can charge ships for passage

## [What This Summer’s Wildfires Are Teaching Us About Climate Law](https://robverchick.substack.com/p/what-this-summers-wildfires-are-teaching)

_2026-08-06 · Rob Verchick_

Climate change is a stress test that shows flaws in our insurance markets, worker-safety protections, and in coastal management.

## [See you next week.](https://robverchick.substack.com/p/see-you-next-week)

_2026-07-30 · Rob Verchick_

There’s no new post this week.

## [Must we sacrifice the ocean to save the climate?](https://robverchick.substack.com/p/must-we-sacrifice-the-ocean-to-save)

_2026-07-23 · Rob Verchick_

Field Notes: Three Ways to Think about Deep-Sea Mining (part 2)

## [Inside the Clearwater Free Speech Controversy](https://robverchick.substack.com/p/inside-the-clearwater-free-speech)

_2026-07-16 · Rob Verchick_

Berkeley Law's Dan Farber and I unpack the legal questions behind the Coast Guard's removal of the sloop Clearwater from New York Harbor's July 4th Parade.

## [Did the Coast Guard Fillet Free Speech on the Fourth of July?](https://robverchick.substack.com/p/did-the-coast-guard-fillet-free-speech)

_2026-07-06 · Rob Verchick_

A Hudson Valley sloop is booted out of a parade for speaking its mind.

## [When Schools Are Captured by Carbon](https://robverchick.substack.com/p/when-schools-are-captured-by-carbon)

_2026-07-02 · Rob Verchick_

Big Oil is invading our university research centers and middle-school classrooms

## [The Reflecting Pool Is Green. Part of the Gulf Is Dying. Guess Which One Made the News.](https://robverchick.substack.com/p/the-reflecting-pool-is-green-part)

_2026-06-22 · Rob Verchick_

Day 12: Reflecting Pool is still green.

## [Killer Heat: Why FEMA Ignores Our Most Lethal Type of Disaster](https://robverchick.substack.com/p/killer-heat-why-fema-ignores-our)

_2026-06-19 · Rob Verchick_

All Sizzle and No Steak

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_2026-06-19 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Field Notes: Three Ways to Think about Deep-Sea Mining (part 1)](https://robverchick.substack.com/p/field-notes-three-ways-to-think-about)

_2026-06-11 · Rob Verchick_

A Battery in a Rock?