John H
@jhocevar.bsky.social
Oceans Campaign Director, Greenpeace USA
More of this please
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., rolls out his demand for supporting a DHS appropriations bill: fire Stephen Miller
January 28, 2026 at 12:03 PM
More of this please
It was great to see @dropkickmurphys.com at the Remove the Regime rally in DC a couple months ago. I hope this new anthem becomes a hit and I hope you let your members of congress know this week that you expect them to oppose any appropriations bill that funds ICE. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PUO...
ICE, F**K You - A Protest Song for Minneapolis
YouTube video by scaredketchup
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January 26, 2026 at 4:37 PM
It was great to see @dropkickmurphys.com at the Remove the Regime rally in DC a couple months ago. I hope this new anthem becomes a hit and I hope you let your members of congress know this week that you expect them to oppose any appropriations bill that funds ICE. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PUO...
The #PlasticsTreaty is a powerful opportunity to #BeatPollution right now, with a majority of states calling for measures to reduce production and regulate chemicals of concern. #BreakFreeFromPlastic
Chemicals are part of modern life. But when they aren’t managed well, they contribute to pollution that harms ecosystems and causes ≈9 million deaths a year.
Science shows it's possible to #BeatPollution: smarter design → safer use → sound management → healthier people and planet.
bit.ly/49w9L33
Science shows it's possible to #BeatPollution: smarter design → safer use → sound management → healthier people and planet.
bit.ly/49w9L33
January 26, 2026 at 12:05 PM
The #PlasticsTreaty is a powerful opportunity to #BeatPollution right now, with a majority of states calling for measures to reduce production and regulate chemicals of concern. #BreakFreeFromPlastic
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AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
January 22, 2026 at 11:29 PM
AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
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Today, the Aquarium’s Executive Director Julie Packard joined voices with the former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta in a firm defense of sound science, community and our shared environment, and protecting the California coast from new offshore drilling. mbayaq.co/4qHvLO5
Trump’s plan to open California’s coastline to oil drilling threatens more than ocean life
OPINION: The Trump administration plans to open the length of California’s coast to offshore oil and gas development, regardless of the law and the consequences.
mbayaq.co
January 6, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Today, the Aquarium’s Executive Director Julie Packard joined voices with the former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta in a firm defense of sound science, community and our shared environment, and protecting the California coast from new offshore drilling. mbayaq.co/4qHvLO5
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1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
Five years later, these 10 corporations still aren’t funding election deniers
Five years ago today, on January 6, 2021, a violent mob stormed the Capitol building.
popular.info
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
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Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
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Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
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Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.
President Trump said on Saturday that the U.S. had captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.
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Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
There is no justification for Trump's action against Maduro and Venezuela that cannot be applied to Trump himself.
We cannot wait until 2028 to remove him from office.
The Congressional elections this year need to remove enough of Trump's enablers that he can be effectively impeached and removed.
We cannot wait until 2028 to remove him from office.
The Congressional elections this year need to remove enough of Trump's enablers that he can be effectively impeached and removed.
January 3, 2026 at 12:55 PM
There is no justification for Trump's action against Maduro and Venezuela that cannot be applied to Trump himself.
We cannot wait until 2028 to remove him from office.
The Congressional elections this year need to remove enough of Trump's enablers that he can be effectively impeached and removed.
We cannot wait until 2028 to remove him from office.
The Congressional elections this year need to remove enough of Trump's enablers that he can be effectively impeached and removed.
2025: The Year in Books
Commentary and the full list:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
How about you? Read anything good lately?
#BookSky
Commentary and the full list:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
How about you? Read anything good lately?
#BookSky
2025: the year in books
2025: The Year in Books I’ve been downsizing a bit, as I’m planning to move closer to the ocean in 2026. It has been a slow process, hauling stuff on my bike to Goodwill, giving it away to neighbor...
docs.google.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:40 PM
2025: The Year in Books
Commentary and the full list:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
How about you? Read anything good lately?
#BookSky
Commentary and the full list:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
How about you? Read anything good lately?
#BookSky
And now, your Moment of Cringe
I can’t do this anymore, not one more fucking day
Gotta break out of this silo
We can picture collapse but not the world we want
Don’t even matter where I go
What if we stopped pretending nothing we do matters
Gotta break out of this silo
I can’t do this anymore, not one more fucking day
Gotta break out of this silo
We can picture collapse but not the world we want
Don’t even matter where I go
What if we stopped pretending nothing we do matters
Gotta break out of this silo
December 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
And now, your Moment of Cringe
I can’t do this anymore, not one more fucking day
Gotta break out of this silo
We can picture collapse but not the world we want
Don’t even matter where I go
What if we stopped pretending nothing we do matters
Gotta break out of this silo
I can’t do this anymore, not one more fucking day
Gotta break out of this silo
We can picture collapse but not the world we want
Don’t even matter where I go
What if we stopped pretending nothing we do matters
Gotta break out of this silo
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250+ public health & enviro groups sent Congress a clear message: protect public health & reject the chemical lobby’s push to weaken #TSCA, our nation’s chemical safety law.
Read the letter and TAKE ACTION!
#PolluterProtectionAct #PFAS #phthalates
Read the letter and TAKE ACTION!
#PolluterProtectionAct #PFAS #phthalates
250+ groups urge Congress to reject chemical lobby push to weaken TSCA - Toxic-Free Future
Toxic-Free Future, Safer States, and more than 250 state, local, and national public health and environmental groups sent a joint letter to Congress this week, urging lawmakers to reject the chemical ...
toxicfreefuture.org
December 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
250+ public health & enviro groups sent Congress a clear message: protect public health & reject the chemical lobby’s push to weaken #TSCA, our nation’s chemical safety law.
Read the letter and TAKE ACTION!
#PolluterProtectionAct #PFAS #phthalates
Read the letter and TAKE ACTION!
#PolluterProtectionAct #PFAS #phthalates
This retraction of a glyphosate study ghost-written by Monsanto is welcome, if long overdue. To regain the public's trust in science, we have to disclose conflicts of interest. We have to support independent science that is free from industry influence. cen.acs.org/research-int...
Glyphosate study from 2000 retracted amid corporate-influence concerns
The authors didn’t disclose financial compensation they received from Monsanto for their work on a ghostwritten paper about the herbicide’s safety
cen.acs.org
December 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This retraction of a glyphosate study ghost-written by Monsanto is welcome, if long overdue. To regain the public's trust in science, we have to disclose conflicts of interest. We have to support independent science that is free from industry influence. cen.acs.org/research-int...
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The chance to deliver a treaty that helps to end the plastic pollution crisis is still on the table. Ambitious countries have yet to use all the tools at their disposal, including voting, to secure real progress.
There Is Still Hope for an Ambitious Plastics Treaty
The plastics crisis must remain a priority in international negotiations.
www.commondreams.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The chance to deliver a treaty that helps to end the plastic pollution crisis is still on the table. Ambitious countries have yet to use all the tools at their disposal, including voting, to secure real progress.
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That’s right – plastic recycling is actually a MYTH.
In our new report, Merchants of Myth, we explore the failures of plastic recycling after decades of being touted by corporations as a solution to the pollution crisis.
Read the full report here:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/merchant...
In our new report, Merchants of Myth, we explore the failures of plastic recycling after decades of being touted by corporations as a solution to the pollution crisis.
Read the full report here:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/merchant...
Merchants of Myth: new report exposes plastic recycling as costly failure - Greenpeace - Greenpeace
A new report from Greenpeace USA reveals plastic recycling has largely failed after decades of being touted by corporations as a solution to the pollution crisis.
www.greenpeace.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
That’s right – plastic recycling is actually a MYTH.
In our new report, Merchants of Myth, we explore the failures of plastic recycling after decades of being touted by corporations as a solution to the pollution crisis.
Read the full report here:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/merchant...
In our new report, Merchants of Myth, we explore the failures of plastic recycling after decades of being touted by corporations as a solution to the pollution crisis.
Read the full report here:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/merchant...
New comprehensive assessment of plastic recycling in the US shows it is not and never has been a viable solution. #BreakFreeFromPlastic www.greenpeace.org/usa/merchant...
Merchants of Myth: new report exposes plastic recycling as costly failure - Greenpeace - Greenpeace
A new report from Greenpeace USA reveals plastic recycling has largely failed after decades of being touted by corporations as a solution to the pollution crisis.
www.greenpeace.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New comprehensive assessment of plastic recycling in the US shows it is not and never has been a viable solution. #BreakFreeFromPlastic www.greenpeace.org/usa/merchant...
Important story on the dangers a class of chemicals commonly used in plastic pose for human health.
EPA and FDA have known about this for decades but have failed to protect people. This is a common problem for plastic chemicals, most of which remain inadequately tested and unregulated.
EPA and FDA have known about this for decades but have failed to protect people. This is a common problem for plastic chemicals, most of which remain inadequately tested and unregulated.
Phthalates, widely used to make plastics soft and pliable, have been linked to a variety of serious health conditions, including premature birth and infertility.
But these chemicals are still everywhere. Here’s why:
But these chemicals are still everywhere. Here’s why:
How these chemicals went everywhere and threatened our health
These chemicals continue to contaminate Americans’ food, decades after scientists recognized their dangers.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Important story on the dangers a class of chemicals commonly used in plastic pose for human health.
EPA and FDA have known about this for decades but have failed to protect people. This is a common problem for plastic chemicals, most of which remain inadequately tested and unregulated.
EPA and FDA have known about this for decades but have failed to protect people. This is a common problem for plastic chemicals, most of which remain inadequately tested and unregulated.
Wisdom and powerful story telling from my friend Tenzin Bhagen that I hope you will check out.
From Logic to Limbic: My Experience of How Authoritarianism Controls Human Emotion open.substack.com/pub/tenzinbh...
From Logic to Limbic: My Experience of How Authoritarianism Controls Human Emotion open.substack.com/pub/tenzinbh...
From Logic to Limbic: My Experience of How Authoritarianism Controls Human Emotion
photo credit: Tsering Woeser
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Wisdom and powerful story telling from my friend Tenzin Bhagen that I hope you will check out.
From Logic to Limbic: My Experience of How Authoritarianism Controls Human Emotion open.substack.com/pub/tenzinbh...
From Logic to Limbic: My Experience of How Authoritarianism Controls Human Emotion open.substack.com/pub/tenzinbh...
Let this bring justice for these fishermen and let this be the wake up call the seafood industry desperately needs.
📣GOOD NEWS📣 A group of fishers from Indonesia are a step closer to justice following a U.S. court’s decision to proceed with their case alleging slavery at sea.
https://ow.ly/546o50XrnnM
https://ow.ly/546o50XrnnM
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Let this bring justice for these fishermen and let this be the wake up call the seafood industry desperately needs.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
I share this not because I think you need any more reasons to oppose #DeepSeaMining, but in case you could use a fresh example to share at your next dinner party (or chat w/ your elected officials). www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Deep-sea mining discharge can disrupt midwater food webs - Nature Communications
Deep-sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone may release waste into midwaters that support diverse marine life. This study finds such discharges could dilute key food particles and disrupt trophic l...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I share this not because I think you need any more reasons to oppose #DeepSeaMining, but in case you could use a fresh example to share at your next dinner party (or chat w/ your elected officials). www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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ICE out now!
NYC showing how it’s done.
NYC showing how it’s done.
BREAKING: In an unbelievable moment, angry New York City residents witness ICE detaining people on Canal Street, and chase them out of the area, chanting "ICE GO NOW!"
New York is fed up with Trump's fascism!
New York is fed up with Trump's fascism!
October 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
ICE out now!
NYC showing how it’s done.
NYC showing how it’s done.