Michael Reinemer
@michaelreinemer.bsky.social
Editor, Outdoor America, environmental quarterly at Izaak Walton League; 4th gen Montanan. Grinnell College + Wilderness Society alum. Member @sciencewriters.org #envhist. Words in Wash Post, WSJ. Reader: Poetry Daily. Views here=mine
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Tonight, @NewsHour airs a segment about They Poisoned the World and the wonderful, courageous people at the heart of the book. I promise their stories will inspire you! #PFAS #ForeverChemicals @CrownPublishing
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Tonight, @NewsHour airs a segment about They Poisoned the World and the wonderful, courageous people at the heart of the book. I promise their stories will inspire you! #PFAS #ForeverChemicals @CrownPublishing
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The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts raised by some scientists and activists.
Here’s what to look out for:
Here’s what to look out for:
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts raised by some scientists and activists.
Here’s what to look out for:
Here’s what to look out for:
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Seems like a good time to remind ourselves that in 1931, when Mussolini forced academics to sign an oath of allegiance to the fascist regime, only twelve refused.
Academic freedom and fascism: A new book on the Italian professors who said NO in 1931
Inclusive searches & sources @UvA Romance languages (32) Earlier addressed in the Library333 series Inclusive searches & sources @FMG Library – with posts on the Academic Freedom Inde…
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November 7, 2024 at 2:15 AM
Seems like a good time to remind ourselves that in 1931, when Mussolini forced academics to sign an oath of allegiance to the fascist regime, only twelve refused.
I'm shocked. SHOCKED! Paraphrasing: Judge says Justice Department railroaded Comey
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Judge scolds Justice Department for 'profound investigative missteps' in Comey case
A federal judge says the Justice Department engaged in a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” when it secured an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I'm shocked. SHOCKED! Paraphrasing: Judge says Justice Department railroaded Comey
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apnews.com/article/come...
How To Join ICE — theonion.com/how-to-join-...
How To Join ICE
As Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeks to increase its presence across the country, the agency is actively recruiting new agents to carry out the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
How To Join ICE — theonion.com/how-to-join-...
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“The cuts to EPA staffing are ‘the biggest blow that agency has ever had’, says Christopher Sellers at Stony Brook University in New York, who interviews EPA scientists for the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative.”
Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“The cuts to EPA staffing are ‘the biggest blow that agency has ever had’, says Christopher Sellers at Stony Brook University in New York, who interviews EPA scientists for the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative.”
Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Every oil state disposes of toxic wastewater underground. But in Oklahoma, it hasn't been staying there, creating large, ongoing pollution events known as "purges."
An investigation a year in the making for @readfrontier.bsky.social and @propublica.org
www.readfrontier.org/stories/toxi...
An investigation a year in the making for @readfrontier.bsky.social and @propublica.org
www.readfrontier.org/stories/toxi...
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
www.readfrontier.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Every oil state disposes of toxic wastewater underground. But in Oklahoma, it hasn't been staying there, creating large, ongoing pollution events known as "purges."
An investigation a year in the making for @readfrontier.bsky.social and @propublica.org
www.readfrontier.org/stories/toxi...
An investigation a year in the making for @readfrontier.bsky.social and @propublica.org
www.readfrontier.org/stories/toxi...
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Kristi Noem claims that ICE has not detained or arrested any US citizens. We're calling BS.
More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents
ProPublica uncovered that Americans have been kicked, dragged, and detained for days.
www.motherjones.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Kristi Noem claims that ICE has not detained or arrested any US citizens. We're calling BS.
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John Guider reports in a photo essay on the Duck River in TN: its troubled state (the river, but yes, TN 🤭) and the hopes for working on its survival.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
🎩 mokurai atDK
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🎩 mokurai atDK
After a 28-day Duck River trip, I know this Tennessee waterway is in trouble | Opinion
John Guider has traveled thousands of waterways and his most recent excursion was a 28-day jaunt along the Duck River and he worries about its health.
www.tennessean.com
December 26, 2024 at 5:32 PM
John Guider reports in a photo essay on the Duck River in TN: its troubled state (the river, but yes, TN 🤭) and the hopes for working on its survival.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
🎩 mokurai atDK
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
🎩 mokurai atDK
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The Izaak Walton League of America’s Iowa division has started a grassroots campaign to raise funds for a water quality monitoring program, formerly funded by the state, at the University of Iowa, Cami Koons reports.
Izaak Walton League launches fundraising campaign for Iowa water quality monitoring • Iowa Capital Dispatch
The Izaak Walton League of America has started a campaign to raise funds for a water quality monitoring program.
iowacapitaldispatch.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The Izaak Walton League of America’s Iowa division has started a grassroots campaign to raise funds for a water quality monitoring program, formerly funded by the state, at the University of Iowa, Cami Koons reports.
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“What we’re seeing today in the U.S. is increasingly fascist. MAGA, I believe — and I study fascism, I don’t say this lightly — is a fascist movement.”
Anti-Fascism Scholar Flees U.S. Fearing for His Family’s Safety Amid Trump’s “Antifa” Fearmongering
We speak with Rutgers University professor Mark Bray, who fled from the U.S. to Spain with his family after receiving death threats over his scholarship. He is the author of the 2017 book Antifa: The ...
www.democracynow.org
October 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“What we’re seeing today in the U.S. is increasingly fascist. MAGA, I believe — and I study fascism, I don’t say this lightly — is a fascist movement.”
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When the DOE issued a report this summer questioning a central precept of U.S. climate change policy, it kicked off backlash from scientific experts who fear it undermines decades of peer-reviewed research — and the very basis for climate action. #SEJournalBackgrounder
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www.sej.org/publications...
October 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
When the DOE issued a report this summer questioning a central precept of U.S. climate change policy, it kicked off backlash from scientific experts who fear it undermines decades of peer-reviewed research — and the very basis for climate action. #SEJournalBackgrounder
www.sej.org/publications...
www.sej.org/publications...
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Crane-fly Orchid
On December’s forest floor
a solitary leaf erupts:
Tipularia discolor
its conspicuous greenery
soaking sunlight
through the bare scenery
never letting on that
its single mottled leaf
is royal purple underneath
its summer stem emerges
as a splurge of winged blooms
and namesake
On December’s forest floor
a solitary leaf erupts:
Tipularia discolor
its conspicuous greenery
soaking sunlight
through the bare scenery
never letting on that
its single mottled leaf
is royal purple underneath
its summer stem emerges
as a splurge of winged blooms
and namesake
February 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Crane-fly Orchid
On December’s forest floor
a solitary leaf erupts:
Tipularia discolor
its conspicuous greenery
soaking sunlight
through the bare scenery
never letting on that
its single mottled leaf
is royal purple underneath
its summer stem emerges
as a splurge of winged blooms
and namesake
On December’s forest floor
a solitary leaf erupts:
Tipularia discolor
its conspicuous greenery
soaking sunlight
through the bare scenery
never letting on that
its single mottled leaf
is royal purple underneath
its summer stem emerges
as a splurge of winged blooms
and namesake
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Since 2023, the city has drawn between $70 million and $90 million of an approximately $325 million federal loan for lead service line replacements that expires next year
via @keertigopal.bsky.social and @juanpab.bsky.social grist.org/economics/ch...
via @keertigopal.bsky.social and @juanpab.bsky.social grist.org/economics/ch...
September 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Since 2023, the city has drawn between $70 million and $90 million of an approximately $325 million federal loan for lead service line replacements that expires next year
via @keertigopal.bsky.social and @juanpab.bsky.social grist.org/economics/ch...
via @keertigopal.bsky.social and @juanpab.bsky.social grist.org/economics/ch...
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
A local group in Iowa, fed up with nitrate crisis and threats to drinking water, will start putting up billboards this week urging the local community to Know What You Drink and testing for nitrate. Nitrate pollution is a national problem.
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Fed up with nitrate pollution, local group puts up billboards in Iowa - Izaak Walton League of America
The problem of nitrate pollution in drinking water has swelled to a crisis in parts of the Midwest, California, the Gulf of Mexico and other places where agricultural runoff or…
iwla.org
September 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A local group in Iowa, fed up with nitrate crisis and threats to drinking water, will start putting up billboards this week urging the local community to Know What You Drink and testing for nitrate. Nitrate pollution is a national problem.
iwla.org/fed-up-with-...
iwla.org/fed-up-with-...
In an effort to keep Nature in balance, Fairfax County Va lets archers help to manage the local deer population | FFXtnow www.ffxnow.com/2025/09/08/f...
Fairfax lets archers loose on local deer population | FFXnow
Some local hunters are getting their Legolas on: it's bow hunting season. Fairfax County kicked off its annual archery program for qualified bowhunters this past weekend to help control the local deer...
www.ffxnow.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
In an effort to keep Nature in balance, Fairfax County Va lets archers help to manage the local deer population | FFXtnow www.ffxnow.com/2025/09/08/f...
Federal public lands have attracted & inspired generations. The US created the template for saving wild places worldwide. But threats persist from Congress & this administration to privatize the land & prioritize extraction. What's at stake, from Outdoor America magazine.
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Why we fight to protect America's public lands and what's at stake - Izaak Walton League of America
By Michael Reinemer, Editor, Outdoor America: The envy of the world. Our scenic, iconic public lands have attracted and inspired generations of Americans and visitors from abroad as well. The…
iwla.org
September 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Federal public lands have attracted & inspired generations. The US created the template for saving wild places worldwide. But threats persist from Congress & this administration to privatize the land & prioritize extraction. What's at stake, from Outdoor America magazine.
iwla.org/why-we-fight...
iwla.org/why-we-fight...
Any USDA reorganization needs to preserve the priority on conservation programs that promote protection and health of our soil and water quality.
iwla.org/preserve-con...
iwla.org/preserve-con...
Preserve Conservation as a Priority in USDA Reorganization, Urges Izaak Walton League - Izaak Walton League of America
Today, the Izaak Walton League of America sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins with five recommendations regarding the proposed restructuring of the Department. The...
iwla.org
August 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Any USDA reorganization needs to preserve the priority on conservation programs that promote protection and health of our soil and water quality.
iwla.org/preserve-con...
iwla.org/preserve-con...
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High nitrate levels result in preventable suffering the Midwest. Izaak Walton League's Nitrate Watch helps volunteers keep tabs on dangerous levels in drinking water and wells. www.thegazette.com/environment-...
Environmental experts, lawyers say health risks in Iowa's water leads to 'preventable suffering'
The water quality forum – which was hosted by the national nonprofit Food & Water Watch – comes on the heels of a spike in nitrate levels in Iowa's waterways
www.thegazette.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
High nitrate levels result in preventable suffering the Midwest. Izaak Walton League's Nitrate Watch helps volunteers keep tabs on dangerous levels in drinking water and wells. www.thegazette.com/environment-...
Bayer, maker of Roundup pesticide, boosted spending on lobbying since introduction of a pesticide labeling bill in 2024. Bayer has spent more than $10B settling lawsuits in which customers claim Roundup, which contains glyphosate, gave them cancer.
iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/07/31/b...
iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/07/31/b...
Pesticide manufacturer spent more than $200K lobbying in Iowa • Iowa Capital Dispatch
Bayer has substantially increased its spending on lobbying in Iowa since the introduction of a pesticide labeling bill in 2024.
iowacapitaldispatch.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Bayer, maker of Roundup pesticide, boosted spending on lobbying since introduction of a pesticide labeling bill in 2024. Bayer has spent more than $10B settling lawsuits in which customers claim Roundup, which contains glyphosate, gave them cancer.
iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/07/31/b...
iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/07/31/b...
High nitrate levels result in preventable suffering the Midwest. Izaak Walton League's Nitrate Watch helps volunteers keep tabs on dangerous levels in drinking water and wells. www.thegazette.com/environment-...
Environmental experts, lawyers say health risks in Iowa's water leads to 'preventable suffering'
The water quality forum – which was hosted by the national nonprofit Food & Water Watch – comes on the heels of a spike in nitrate levels in Iowa's waterways
www.thegazette.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
High nitrate levels result in preventable suffering the Midwest. Izaak Walton League's Nitrate Watch helps volunteers keep tabs on dangerous levels in drinking water and wells. www.thegazette.com/environment-...
Des Moines Banned Lawn Watering, but Polluted Tap Water Keeps Flowing: Inside Iowa’s Nitrate Problem. Residents use the League's Nitrate Watch tools to monitor local drinking water - sentientmedia.org/inside-iowas...
Des Moines Banned Lawn Watering, but Polluted Tap Water Keeps Flowing: Inside Iowa's Nitrate Problem
Amid rising cancer rates, citizens are demanding Governor Reynolds take more meaningful action.
sentientmedia.org
July 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Des Moines Banned Lawn Watering, but Polluted Tap Water Keeps Flowing: Inside Iowa’s Nitrate Problem. Residents use the League's Nitrate Watch tools to monitor local drinking water - sentientmedia.org/inside-iowas...
Ag fertilizer runoff likely will force more drinking water restrictions. Stateline story mentions Izaak Walton League's Nitrate Watch program to monitor levels in waterways stateline.org/2025/07/10/a...
Ag fertilizer runoff likely will force more drinking water restrictions • Stateline
Experts say unprecedented water use restrictions in Iowa will likely become more common as agriculture runoff forces more cities to grapple with dangerous levels of nitrates in their drinking water su...
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July 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Ag fertilizer runoff likely will force more drinking water restrictions. Stateline story mentions Izaak Walton League's Nitrate Watch program to monitor levels in waterways stateline.org/2025/07/10/a...
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The Inflation Reduction Act, the largest climate law ever to pass the US Congress, is now almost entirely repealed.
Again, a nail in the coffin for the hope that projects in red states would protect the law.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Again, a nail in the coffin for the hope that projects in red states would protect the law.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
House passes tax and immigration bill, sending it to Trump’s desk
Republicans passed a mammoth tax and immigration agenda they hope will reshape the U.S. economy and unwind many of the Biden administration’s accomplishments.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Inflation Reduction Act, the largest climate law ever to pass the US Congress, is now almost entirely repealed.
Again, a nail in the coffin for the hope that projects in red states would protect the law.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Again, a nail in the coffin for the hope that projects in red states would protect the law.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...