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Josh Morsell
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Writer. Private investigator. Green transitionist. Northern Californian. joshmorsell.com. @greenintel.bsky.social.
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Three-year Heatwave Bleached Half The Planet's Coral Reefs: Study
A study published on Tuesday showed that more than half of the world's coral reefs were bleached between 2014-2017 -- a record-setting episode now being eclipsed by another series of devastating heatw...
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February 11, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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The price of ignoring the social cost of carbon
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The price of ignoring the social cost of carbon
When it comes to digging ourselves out of the climate mess, the nation is back to square one.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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Trump is wiping out all climate regulation. Big Oil may regret it.
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Trump is wiping out all climate regulation. Big Oil may regret it.
For decades, oil majors fought climate regulation. Now, they’re afraid Trump’s extreme rollbacks could leave them on the hook to pay for what they’ve done.
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February 10, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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The Senate Vote That Could Change Public Lands Forever
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The Senate Vote That Could Change Public Lands Forever
This week Republicans are pushing a legal maneuver that would undo a century of public land protections — starting with America’s most beloved wilderness.
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February 10, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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UK projects will allow local areas to control and profit from renewable power generation, says UK energy secretary--
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Miliband pledges up to £1bn for community green energy schemes
UK projects will allow local areas to control and profit from renewable power generation, says energy secretary
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February 10, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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Trump to Repeal Landmark Climate Finding in Huge Regulatory Rollback--
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Exclusive | Trump to Repeal Landmark Climate Finding in Huge Regulatory Rollback
The move would reverse a legal determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health.
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February 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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IPBES: Four key takeaways on how nature loss threatens the global economy - Carbon Brief
The "undervaluing" of nature by businesses is fuelling its decline and putting the global economy at risk, according to a major new report.
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February 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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“We must place true value on the environment and go beyond gross domestic product as a measure of human progress and wellbeing. Let us not forget that when we destroy a forest, we are creating GDP. When we overfish, we are creating GDP.”
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Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
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February 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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How America Got So Sick
The health of a nation reflects the health of a democracy.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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The US lost $35B in clean energy projects last year
The US lost $35B in clean energy projects last year
A new report indicates that Trump administration policies led to billions of dollars in canceled investment and tens of thousands of lost jobs.
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February 6, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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What over a century of ice data can tell us about the Great Lakes’ future
What over a century of ice data can tell us about the Great Lakes’ future
Using old records, scientists created a new dataset on how ice coverage has shifted since 1897. Researchers are already using it to study a declining fish species.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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Freedom is solidarity and solidarity is freedom
-Timothy Snyder
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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"The study shows that by 2065-2100, many parts of Africa (apart from Madagascar) could experience heatwaves on 250-300 days per year" !!! 🌡🥵

#ClimateEmergency
#Africa 🌍
Heat with no end: climate model sets out an unbearable future for parts of Africa
By the end of this century, parts of Africa could face heatwaves for 250-300 days a year, which will make it difficult for people to survive.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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Severe weather--
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All state offices, public schools, UH campuses to close Monday
Affected state employees will receive administrative leave for the day.
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February 9, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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There may be no turning back this climate crisis www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
There may be no turning back this climate crisis
As warming breaches a critical threshold, scientists fear cascading consequences.
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February 8, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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Western Canada glaciers suffered 2nd-greatest ice loss on record in 2025 | CBC News
"We have to understand that it's not a question of if the glaciers are going to disappear, they are going to disappear," warns Brian Menounos, a professor of earth sciences at the University of Northe...
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February 8, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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Aaron Parnas: A U.S. district judge has overturned a federal stop-work order for the fifth time, allowing major offshore wind projects..to resume construction..paving the way for..clean, cost-stable electricity to power about 2.5 million East Coast homes and businesses.
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Courts Strike Down All Five Stop-Work Orders for Offshore Wind Projects
A district court judge struck down the stop-work order on the Sunrise Wind project.
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February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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Restoring fish and improving water quality, targeted conservation can deliver wide ecosystem benefits on private farmland.
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Hundreds of Ponds Restored Across Iowa Bring This Endangered Fish Back, Along with 100s of Species
Topeka shiners have been documented in 60% of the over 200 oxbow lakes restored across Iowa's landscape, 97% of which is privately-owned.
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February 8, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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Japan embarks on a deep-sea mining experiment with unknown consequences--

“To create a sufficient reserve for rare earth [minerals].. a large amount of electricity is required..[Will we] use, liquified natural gas or coal? What is the environmental cost?”
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Japan embarks on a deep-sea mining experiment with unknown consequences
“We are not prepared.”
www.motherjones.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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Mourn the species declared extinct in 2025 -- then fight like hell to prevent other plants and animals from the same fate. https://therevelator.org/extinct-2025/
Rocket Frog, Damselfish, and Bandicoots: The Species Declared Extinct in 2025 • The Revelator
This year’s list includes a notable extinction caused by climate change — and several caused by introduced predators.
therevelator.org
February 7, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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Tonight’s #FridayLimericks look past the memes to the far right’s assaults on voting. (Thread)

While the president aims to distract,
Watch destruction he wants to enact.
This democracy foe
Is now having a go
At the power that’s left to extract.
Photo by Tom Barrett on Unsplash. Large sign on a Milwaukee building, a woman of color on a large red and teal sign that reads “Voting rights are human rights.”
February 7, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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What a bunch of dipshits
#FreedomFromReligion
February 7, 2026 at 2:46 AM
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Hear my account of Judi Bari & Darryl Cherney's historic civil-rights trial against the FBI. They won a $4.4M award in 2002 finding that, after Bari was terribly injured by a car bomb, agents directed their false arrest to disrupt their environmental organizing:

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Bonus: Judi's Trial with Josh Morsell
Podcast Episode · Rip Current · S2 Bonus · 37m
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February 6, 2026 at 8:08 PM