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Biodegradable Plastics: Help or Hype? https://therevelator.org/biodegradable-plastics-help-or-hype/
Biodegradable Plastics: Help or Hype? • The Revelator
Plastic pollution is poisoning the planet. Some experts suggest making plastics from more “natural” materials, but research shows those still have risks.
therevelator.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Biodegradable Plastics: Help or Hype? https://therevelator.org/biodegradable-plastics-help-or-hype/
We just filed a petition today seeking protection for Stansell's daisy under the #ESA.
A botanical unicorn, these rare flowering plants only survive on low-nutrient, rocky soils at two sites in #Oregon on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4qSaBh9
A botanical unicorn, these rare flowering plants only survive on low-nutrient, rocky soils at two sites in #Oregon on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4qSaBh9
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We just filed a petition today seeking protection for Stansell's daisy under the #ESA.
A botanical unicorn, these rare flowering plants only survive on low-nutrient, rocky soils at two sites in #Oregon on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4qSaBh9
A botanical unicorn, these rare flowering plants only survive on low-nutrient, rocky soils at two sites in #Oregon on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4qSaBh9
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It’s critical that AI become part of global climate negotiations—not as an escape hatch for how it could save the planet, but as an urgent threat to people, wildlife, and the atmosphere, say Jean Su and John Fleming of @biologicaldiversity.org.
Behind AI Hype, Climate Consequences
AI’s massive energy use is giving fossil fuels a lifeline when they should be rapidly phased out in response to the climate emergency.
www.commondreams.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
It’s critical that AI become part of global climate negotiations—not as an escape hatch for how it could save the planet, but as an urgent threat to people, wildlife, and the atmosphere, say Jean Su and John Fleming of @biologicaldiversity.org.
The fight for Alaska’s wild future is happening right now.
Join our Nov. 13 webinar at noon PT / 3 p.m. ET to learn how we’re using litigation, science, and partnerships with Alaska Native Tribes to defend the wildlife and habitats that define #Alaska.
Register to stand with us ➡️ bit.ly/47YG0qJ
Join our Nov. 13 webinar at noon PT / 3 p.m. ET to learn how we’re using litigation, science, and partnerships with Alaska Native Tribes to defend the wildlife and habitats that define #Alaska.
Register to stand with us ➡️ bit.ly/47YG0qJ
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The fight for Alaska’s wild future is happening right now.
Join our Nov. 13 webinar at noon PT / 3 p.m. ET to learn how we’re using litigation, science, and partnerships with Alaska Native Tribes to defend the wildlife and habitats that define #Alaska.
Register to stand with us ➡️ bit.ly/47YG0qJ
Join our Nov. 13 webinar at noon PT / 3 p.m. ET to learn how we’re using litigation, science, and partnerships with Alaska Native Tribes to defend the wildlife and habitats that define #Alaska.
Register to stand with us ➡️ bit.ly/47YG0qJ
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"We spend so much time focused on distant birds that we don’t always see the birds closest to us.
Like the birds on our plates." -- @jyunker.bsky.social today on @therevelator.org #birding #birds #animalwelfare therevelator.org/birding-blin...
Like the birds on our plates." -- @jyunker.bsky.social today on @therevelator.org #birding #birds #animalwelfare therevelator.org/birding-blin...
Birding’s Tragic Blind Spot • The Revelator
Humans love to watch birds in nature. So why do we ignore the lives of the birds destined for our plates?
therevelator.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"We spend so much time focused on distant birds that we don’t always see the birds closest to us.
Like the birds on our plates." -- @jyunker.bsky.social today on @therevelator.org #birding #birds #animalwelfare therevelator.org/birding-blin...
Like the birds on our plates." -- @jyunker.bsky.social today on @therevelator.org #birding #birds #animalwelfare therevelator.org/birding-blin...
There’s a lot of misinformation out there about #CEQA (the California Environmental Quality Act). As special interest groups continue to pressure lawmakers to dismantle the law, it’s important to know how it works.
Let's set the facts straight ➡️ bit.ly/4nEX7T1
Let's set the facts straight ➡️ bit.ly/4nEX7T1
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
There’s a lot of misinformation out there about #CEQA (the California Environmental Quality Act). As special interest groups continue to pressure lawmakers to dismantle the law, it’s important to know how it works.
Let's set the facts straight ➡️ bit.ly/4nEX7T1
Let's set the facts straight ➡️ bit.ly/4nEX7T1
Ship strikes are a leading cause of death for gray, blue, fin, and humpback #whales off California’s coast.
So the Center and Friends of the Earth just sued the Trump admin. for failing to study how CA shipping-lane designations hurt whales (and #SeaTurtles).
Help us fight ➡️ bit.ly/4oV6RcX
So the Center and Friends of the Earth just sued the Trump admin. for failing to study how CA shipping-lane designations hurt whales (and #SeaTurtles).
Help us fight ➡️ bit.ly/4oV6RcX
November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Ship strikes are a leading cause of death for gray, blue, fin, and humpback #whales off California’s coast.
So the Center and Friends of the Earth just sued the Trump admin. for failing to study how CA shipping-lane designations hurt whales (and #SeaTurtles).
Help us fight ➡️ bit.ly/4oV6RcX
So the Center and Friends of the Earth just sued the Trump admin. for failing to study how CA shipping-lane designations hurt whales (and #SeaTurtles).
Help us fight ➡️ bit.ly/4oV6RcX
#Whales may be the biggest animals on the planet, but they’re also some of the most vulnerable.
These giants are forced to contend with offshore drilling, industrial noise, and fast-moving ships traveling through their home waters.
Get the rest in our newest episode of Sounds Wild ➡️ bit.ly/4pNp0e5
These giants are forced to contend with offshore drilling, industrial noise, and fast-moving ships traveling through their home waters.
Get the rest in our newest episode of Sounds Wild ➡️ bit.ly/4pNp0e5
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#Whales may be the biggest animals on the planet, but they’re also some of the most vulnerable.
These giants are forced to contend with offshore drilling, industrial noise, and fast-moving ships traveling through their home waters.
Get the rest in our newest episode of Sounds Wild ➡️ bit.ly/4pNp0e5
These giants are forced to contend with offshore drilling, industrial noise, and fast-moving ships traveling through their home waters.
Get the rest in our newest episode of Sounds Wild ➡️ bit.ly/4pNp0e5
The EPA just approved the pesticide cyclobutrifluram for golf courses, lawns, cotton, soybeans, and lettuce. It's another #ForeverChemical — one of a group called #PFAS.
Despite the vast agency furloughs, the pesticide office remains open for business.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/47qlFKO
Despite the vast agency furloughs, the pesticide office remains open for business.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/47qlFKO
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The EPA just approved the pesticide cyclobutrifluram for golf courses, lawns, cotton, soybeans, and lettuce. It's another #ForeverChemical — one of a group called #PFAS.
Despite the vast agency furloughs, the pesticide office remains open for business.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/47qlFKO
Despite the vast agency furloughs, the pesticide office remains open for business.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/47qlFKO
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The nominee to lead the BLM *actively hates the BLM* — He’s a shill for ranching, logging and Big Oil, a rabid anti environmentalist and conspiracy nut.
He’s featured in this list of Public Lands Enemies www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pub...
Nominees can be blocked. Call your reps.
He’s featured in this list of Public Lands Enemies www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pub...
Nominees can be blocked. Call your reps.
Hey rest of the United States!Head’s up! New Mexico oilman Steve Pearce is going to be nominated to lead the BLM. Millions of acres of pristine BLM land is vulnerable to mining & oil exploitation. Unleashed Steve will destroy our public lands. Call your reps and senators and block his appointment.
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The nominee to lead the BLM *actively hates the BLM* — He’s a shill for ranching, logging and Big Oil, a rabid anti environmentalist and conspiracy nut.
He’s featured in this list of Public Lands Enemies www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pub...
Nominees can be blocked. Call your reps.
He’s featured in this list of Public Lands Enemies www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pub...
Nominees can be blocked. Call your reps.
The @reviewjournal.com wrote a story about the #SaveAshMeadows campaign’s fight against the kitty litter mine near Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.
We signed on in Oct. to a notice of intent to sue the BLM over its approval alongside the Amargosa Conservancy.
Full story here ➡️ bit.ly/4ovCIBa
We signed on in Oct. to a notice of intent to sue the BLM over its approval alongside the Amargosa Conservancy.
Full story here ➡️ bit.ly/4ovCIBa
November 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The @reviewjournal.com wrote a story about the #SaveAshMeadows campaign’s fight against the kitty litter mine near Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.
We signed on in Oct. to a notice of intent to sue the BLM over its approval alongside the Amargosa Conservancy.
Full story here ➡️ bit.ly/4ovCIBa
We signed on in Oct. to a notice of intent to sue the BLM over its approval alongside the Amargosa Conservancy.
Full story here ➡️ bit.ly/4ovCIBa
Did you know that more than 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used in the US every year?
And they don't just disappear. They pollute the air, water, and soil long after they're applied.
Tell the EPA to ban #pesticides that other countries already consider too dangerous to use ➡️ bit.ly/4otOUCz
And they don't just disappear. They pollute the air, water, and soil long after they're applied.
Tell the EPA to ban #pesticides that other countries already consider too dangerous to use ➡️ bit.ly/4otOUCz
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Did you know that more than 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used in the US every year?
And they don't just disappear. They pollute the air, water, and soil long after they're applied.
Tell the EPA to ban #pesticides that other countries already consider too dangerous to use ➡️ bit.ly/4otOUCz
And they don't just disappear. They pollute the air, water, and soil long after they're applied.
Tell the EPA to ban #pesticides that other countries already consider too dangerous to use ➡️ bit.ly/4otOUCz
The EPA has proposed approving the dangerously persistent pesticide epyrifenacil on canola, corn, soybean and wheat.
Epyrifenacil is yet another forever chemical, and this marks the fifth proposed approval of a PFAS pesticide since Trump took office.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/49z9TyX
Epyrifenacil is yet another forever chemical, and this marks the fifth proposed approval of a PFAS pesticide since Trump took office.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/49z9TyX
November 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The EPA has proposed approving the dangerously persistent pesticide epyrifenacil on canola, corn, soybean and wheat.
Epyrifenacil is yet another forever chemical, and this marks the fifth proposed approval of a PFAS pesticide since Trump took office.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/49z9TyX
Epyrifenacil is yet another forever chemical, and this marks the fifth proposed approval of a PFAS pesticide since Trump took office.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/49z9TyX
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Join @biologicaldiversity.org on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET to learn about American burying beetles from a panel of conservation experts from across the country working to protect them.
▶️Register today: act.biologicaldiversity.org/p9pliWeJq0aG...
▶️Register today: act.biologicaldiversity.org/p9pliWeJq0aG...
November 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Join @biologicaldiversity.org on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET to learn about American burying beetles from a panel of conservation experts from across the country working to protect them.
▶️Register today: act.biologicaldiversity.org/p9pliWeJq0aG...
▶️Register today: act.biologicaldiversity.org/p9pliWeJq0aG...
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In the Himalayas unchecked development has caused devastating floods, erosion, and landslides. Our latest commentary explains what’s happening and offers a roadmap to protect Himalayan communities and ecosystems. https://therevelator.org/himalayas-climate-change/
The Last Breath of the Himalayas: Can We Stop the Collapse? • The Revelator
Unchecked development is rapidly dismantling the life-support system for the entire North Indian subcontinent.
therevelator.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In the Himalayas unchecked development has caused devastating floods, erosion, and landslides. Our latest commentary explains what’s happening and offers a roadmap to protect Himalayan communities and ecosystems. https://therevelator.org/himalayas-climate-change/
Huge win for humpbacks!
Dozens of humpbacks are entangled in fishing gear off the Pacific Coast every year, but it was just announced that a federal task force will be formed to curb these entanglements.
This announcement stems from our 2023 legal victory.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/47C4sNj
Dozens of humpbacks are entangled in fishing gear off the Pacific Coast every year, but it was just announced that a federal task force will be formed to curb these entanglements.
This announcement stems from our 2023 legal victory.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/47C4sNj
November 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Huge win for humpbacks!
Dozens of humpbacks are entangled in fishing gear off the Pacific Coast every year, but it was just announced that a federal task force will be formed to curb these entanglements.
This announcement stems from our 2023 legal victory.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/47C4sNj
Dozens of humpbacks are entangled in fishing gear off the Pacific Coast every year, but it was just announced that a federal task force will be formed to curb these entanglements.
This announcement stems from our 2023 legal victory.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/47C4sNj
Are you hurting #wildlife without even knowing it?
Lots of things we do every day, whether in pest control or #PetCare, are detrimental to the wild creatures and plants we share the planet with. But product labels don’t tell us that.
We hope this new webpage can help ➡️ bit.ly/4qBspgt
Lots of things we do every day, whether in pest control or #PetCare, are detrimental to the wild creatures and plants we share the planet with. But product labels don’t tell us that.
We hope this new webpage can help ➡️ bit.ly/4qBspgt
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Are you hurting #wildlife without even knowing it?
Lots of things we do every day, whether in pest control or #PetCare, are detrimental to the wild creatures and plants we share the planet with. But product labels don’t tell us that.
We hope this new webpage can help ➡️ bit.ly/4qBspgt
Lots of things we do every day, whether in pest control or #PetCare, are detrimental to the wild creatures and plants we share the planet with. But product labels don’t tell us that.
We hope this new webpage can help ➡️ bit.ly/4qBspgt
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Save This Species: The ‘Little Three-Horned Devil,’ One of Puerto Rico’s Rarest Plants https://therevelator.org/save-little-three-horned-devil/
October 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Save This Species: The ‘Little Three-Horned Devil,’ One of Puerto Rico’s Rarest Plants https://therevelator.org/save-little-three-horned-devil/
It’s #Halloween. All around we see spine-tingling representations of witches, cats, bats, and more.
But some bats are real, wild painted woolly bats — killed, stuffed, and hung on walls so far from their homes.
Tell Amazon to stop selling them so their populations can recover ➡️ bit.ly/49tKl6k
But some bats are real, wild painted woolly bats — killed, stuffed, and hung on walls so far from their homes.
Tell Amazon to stop selling them so their populations can recover ➡️ bit.ly/49tKl6k
October 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It’s #Halloween. All around we see spine-tingling representations of witches, cats, bats, and more.
But some bats are real, wild painted woolly bats — killed, stuffed, and hung on walls so far from their homes.
Tell Amazon to stop selling them so their populations can recover ➡️ bit.ly/49tKl6k
But some bats are real, wild painted woolly bats — killed, stuffed, and hung on walls so far from their homes.
Tell Amazon to stop selling them so their populations can recover ➡️ bit.ly/49tKl6k
An enzyme found in the blue blood of #HorseshoeCrabs has been key to testing #vaccines for decades, but Will Harlan, our Southeast Director, believes crab-free alternatives are the future.
Our work to save these ancient creatures was recently covered in Smithsonian Magazine ➡️ bit.ly/4qmHPFf
Our work to save these ancient creatures was recently covered in Smithsonian Magazine ➡️ bit.ly/4qmHPFf
October 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
An enzyme found in the blue blood of #HorseshoeCrabs has been key to testing #vaccines for decades, but Will Harlan, our Southeast Director, believes crab-free alternatives are the future.
Our work to save these ancient creatures was recently covered in Smithsonian Magazine ➡️ bit.ly/4qmHPFf
Our work to save these ancient creatures was recently covered in Smithsonian Magazine ➡️ bit.ly/4qmHPFf
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Hurricane Melissa made 4 TIMES more likely by global warming. Reliance on oil, gas and coal increased its likelihood and intensity. These storms will become even more devastating if we continue overheating the planet by burning fossil fuels. By Xantha Leatham
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
Hurricane Melissa was made 4 TIMES more likely by climate change
Hurricane Melissa - the most powerful storm in Jamaica's history - was made four times more likely by climate change , according to a study.
www.dailymail.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Hurricane Melissa made 4 TIMES more likely by global warming. Reliance on oil, gas and coal increased its likelihood and intensity. These storms will become even more devastating if we continue overheating the planet by burning fossil fuels. By Xantha Leatham
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
The #ESA is one of the most powerful laws on Earth.
In the newest episode of Sounds Wild, Noah Greenwald, co-director of our #EndangeredSpecies program, talks about how the Act works and why it’s so hard for some species to get protection.
Listen here ➡️ bit.ly/4pNp0e5
In the newest episode of Sounds Wild, Noah Greenwald, co-director of our #EndangeredSpecies program, talks about how the Act works and why it’s so hard for some species to get protection.
Listen here ➡️ bit.ly/4pNp0e5
October 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The #ESA is one of the most powerful laws on Earth.
In the newest episode of Sounds Wild, Noah Greenwald, co-director of our #EndangeredSpecies program, talks about how the Act works and why it’s so hard for some species to get protection.
Listen here ➡️ bit.ly/4pNp0e5
In the newest episode of Sounds Wild, Noah Greenwald, co-director of our #EndangeredSpecies program, talks about how the Act works and why it’s so hard for some species to get protection.
Listen here ➡️ bit.ly/4pNp0e5
A fossil-fueled surge in U.S. data center growth to serve the #ArtificialIntelligence boom threatens to sabotage the country’s already faltering climate goals, according to our recent report: Data Crunch.
Get the full report ➡️ bit.ly/4hvYguI
Get the full report ➡️ bit.ly/4hvYguI
October 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A fossil-fueled surge in U.S. data center growth to serve the #ArtificialIntelligence boom threatens to sabotage the country’s already faltering climate goals, according to our recent report: Data Crunch.
Get the full report ➡️ bit.ly/4hvYguI
Get the full report ➡️ bit.ly/4hvYguI
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A new op-ed from a writer in the Himalayas warns that "unchecked development is rapidly dismantling the life-support system for the entire North Indian subcontinent." https://therevelator.org/himalayas-climate-change/
The Last Breath of the Himalayas: Can We Stop the Collapse? • The Revelator
Unchecked development is rapidly dismantling the life-support system for the entire North Indian subcontinent.
therevelator.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A new op-ed from a writer in the Himalayas warns that "unchecked development is rapidly dismantling the life-support system for the entire North Indian subcontinent." https://therevelator.org/himalayas-climate-change/
Lawsuit 53. October 29, 2025 🚨
We sued the Trump admin. today for failing to decide whether to protect Olympic marmots, a rare species that lives only on the Olympic Peninsula in #Washington state. The marmots are threatened by climate change and predation by coyotes.
Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3WuS64o
We sued the Trump admin. today for failing to decide whether to protect Olympic marmots, a rare species that lives only on the Olympic Peninsula in #Washington state. The marmots are threatened by climate change and predation by coyotes.
Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3WuS64o
October 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Lawsuit 53. October 29, 2025 🚨
We sued the Trump admin. today for failing to decide whether to protect Olympic marmots, a rare species that lives only on the Olympic Peninsula in #Washington state. The marmots are threatened by climate change and predation by coyotes.
Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3WuS64o
We sued the Trump admin. today for failing to decide whether to protect Olympic marmots, a rare species that lives only on the Olympic Peninsula in #Washington state. The marmots are threatened by climate change and predation by coyotes.
Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3WuS64o