Serena Renner
@serenarenner.com
Journalist and editor with an eye on climate, science, Indigenous sovereignty, and the coast. Associate Editor @earthislandjournal.bsky.social. Opinions my own.
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While the public has been defending Minnesota against ICE assaults, Congress has been pushing for copper mining in the Boundary Waters.
“Most Americans wouldn’t support it if they knew about it,” writes @jasondovemark.bsky.social. “The proposed pillage is happening under the cover of tear gas.”
“Most Americans wouldn’t support it if they knew about it,” writes @jasondovemark.bsky.social. “The proposed pillage is happening under the cover of tear gas.”
Under the Cover of Tear Gas
As the federal siege of Minnesota continues, the Boundary Waters wilderness is also under attack.
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/while-ice-raids-grab-headlines-trump-mounts-quieter-attack-on-minnesotas-boundary-waters##
February 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
While the public has been defending Minnesota against ICE assaults, Congress has been pushing for copper mining in the Boundary Waters.
“Most Americans wouldn’t support it if they knew about it,” writes @jasondovemark.bsky.social. “The proposed pillage is happening under the cover of tear gas.”
“Most Americans wouldn’t support it if they knew about it,” writes @jasondovemark.bsky.social. “The proposed pillage is happening under the cover of tear gas.”
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“Community is being built,” says Chloe Maxmin of Dirtroad Organizing. “It’s not just showing up for the sake of showing up; it’s showing up because your community needs you.”
In this Winter 2026 Conversation, Maxmin discusses how to connect across differences, and shares what else gives her hope.
In this Winter 2026 Conversation, Maxmin discusses how to connect across differences, and shares what else gives her hope.
Connecting with Rural America
Climate activist and political organizer Chloe Maxmin on authenticity, climate conversations, and democracy in rural spaces.
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/The-road-to-equitable-democracy-runs-through-rural-America-Chloe-Maxmin##
February 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
“Community is being built,” says Chloe Maxmin of Dirtroad Organizing. “It’s not just showing up for the sake of showing up; it’s showing up because your community needs you.”
In this Winter 2026 Conversation, Maxmin discusses how to connect across differences, and shares what else gives her hope.
In this Winter 2026 Conversation, Maxmin discusses how to connect across differences, and shares what else gives her hope.
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A reminder that, while some of the damage that Trump & GOP are doing might seems temporary, the damage they're doing to the planet is permanent:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM
A reminder that, while some of the damage that Trump & GOP are doing might seems temporary, the damage they're doing to the planet is permanent:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
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The Washington Post was consistently doing some of the best climate reporting out there in recent years. This is a huge loss (h/t @sammyroth.bsky.social) open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:40 PM
The Washington Post was consistently doing some of the best climate reporting out there in recent years. This is a huge loss (h/t @sammyroth.bsky.social) open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
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Scientists at @projectceti.bsky.social record and listen to sperm whales off Dominica to decode their complex communication.
The research is moving us closer to interspecies communication, opening up legal and ethical questions as well as opportunities for conservation, writes Georgia Good.
The research is moving us closer to interspecies communication, opening up legal and ethical questions as well as opportunities for conservation, writes Georgia Good.
Whales Speak. What Would It Mean to Listen?
Researchers are working to decode sperm whale communication, opening up legal and ethical questions as well as opportunities for conservation.
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/could-understanding-whale-communication-help-save-species##
February 3, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Scientists at @projectceti.bsky.social record and listen to sperm whales off Dominica to decode their complex communication.
The research is moving us closer to interspecies communication, opening up legal and ethical questions as well as opportunities for conservation, writes Georgia Good.
The research is moving us closer to interspecies communication, opening up legal and ethical questions as well as opportunities for conservation, writes Georgia Good.
Beautiful writing about finding sanctuary in the night sky. A balm for a heavy week in a mad world.
By @gabriel-furshong.bsky.social, in the Winter 2026 issue of @earthislandjournal.bsky.social.
By @gabriel-furshong.bsky.social, in the Winter 2026 issue of @earthislandjournal.bsky.social.
For the Winter 2026 issue, writer @gabriel-furshong.bsky.social visited a Dark Sky Sanctuary in Montana and lost himself in the endless night sky.
“Darkness decentered me. It frightened me,” Furshong writes, but it also delivers us from distraction and provides sanctuary that has no bounds.
“Darkness decentered me. It frightened me,” Furshong writes, but it also delivers us from distraction and provides sanctuary that has no bounds.
Let This Darkness Be
Losing self and finding sanctuary under Montana’s night sky.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Beautiful writing about finding sanctuary in the night sky. A balm for a heavy week in a mad world.
By @gabriel-furshong.bsky.social, in the Winter 2026 issue of @earthislandjournal.bsky.social.
By @gabriel-furshong.bsky.social, in the Winter 2026 issue of @earthislandjournal.bsky.social.
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Through unchecked resource extraction and fossil fuel consumption, “we’re doing nothing less than cooking ourselves,” writes @coxstan.bsky.social in today’s opinion column.
The exit path is #degrowth, which would not only help us stave off collapse but also usher in a better, more beautiful world.
The exit path is #degrowth, which would not only help us stave off collapse but also usher in a better, more beautiful world.
We’re Racing Down the Highway to a Mad Max World
But there’s a degrowth exit up ahead.
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/were-racing-down-the-highway-to-a-mad-max-world##
January 22, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Through unchecked resource extraction and fossil fuel consumption, “we’re doing nothing less than cooking ourselves,” writes @coxstan.bsky.social in today’s opinion column.
The exit path is #degrowth, which would not only help us stave off collapse but also usher in a better, more beautiful world.
The exit path is #degrowth, which would not only help us stave off collapse but also usher in a better, more beautiful world.
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“Treating individual fish as interchangeable reinforces the belief that they are livestock at best, that there’s not much going on in the underwater world,” writes @tkdano.bsky.social in her Winter 2026 Beyond Human column.
Read about her discovery of fish blindness and a desire to see.
Read about her discovery of fish blindness and a desire to see.
What’s in a Name?
“Herman” should have his own name. And his own story.
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/acknowledge-herman-the-sturgeon-and-other-fish-are-more-than-livestock##
January 20, 2026 at 5:35 PM
“Treating individual fish as interchangeable reinforces the belief that they are livestock at best, that there’s not much going on in the underwater world,” writes @tkdano.bsky.social in her Winter 2026 Beyond Human column.
Read about her discovery of fish blindness and a desire to see.
Read about her discovery of fish blindness and a desire to see.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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The solution to protecting loons from lead poisoning is straightforward, writes @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social.
Yet efforts to educate anglers about the dangers of lead tackle and convince them to switch gear have hardly moved the needle. Why? In two words: gun rights.
From @biographic.bsky.social
Yet efforts to educate anglers about the dangers of lead tackle and convince them to switch gear have hardly moved the needle. Why? In two words: gun rights.
From @biographic.bsky.social
Why Are Loons Still Dying from Lead Poisoning?
In the United States, efforts to save a beloved species face pushback from a surprising foe: gun rights advocates.
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/why-are-loons-still-dying-from-lead-poisoning##
January 15, 2026 at 7:17 PM
The solution to protecting loons from lead poisoning is straightforward, writes @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social.
Yet efforts to educate anglers about the dangers of lead tackle and convince them to switch gear have hardly moved the needle. Why? In two words: gun rights.
From @biographic.bsky.social
Yet efforts to educate anglers about the dangers of lead tackle and convince them to switch gear have hardly moved the needle. Why? In two words: gun rights.
From @biographic.bsky.social
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This past year
ICE arrested and put zip ties on children
Shot *priests* in the head with nonlethal rounds
Raided an entire apartment building (which led to zero arrests)
And today, proved Tim Walz right by shooting and killing a woman-a citizen-in Minneapolis
Republicans
When does it end
ICE arrested and put zip ties on children
Shot *priests* in the head with nonlethal rounds
Raided an entire apartment building (which led to zero arrests)
And today, proved Tim Walz right by shooting and killing a woman-a citizen-in Minneapolis
Republicans
When does it end
Walz: "Do you have no decency? We have someone dead in their car for no reason whatsoever. I don't want to be right about this, but I said if they do this they're gonna create a chaotic situation where someone innocent is gonna get killed. And they did it."
January 7, 2026 at 9:42 PM
This past year
ICE arrested and put zip ties on children
Shot *priests* in the head with nonlethal rounds
Raided an entire apartment building (which led to zero arrests)
And today, proved Tim Walz right by shooting and killing a woman-a citizen-in Minneapolis
Republicans
When does it end
ICE arrested and put zip ties on children
Shot *priests* in the head with nonlethal rounds
Raided an entire apartment building (which led to zero arrests)
And today, proved Tim Walz right by shooting and killing a woman-a citizen-in Minneapolis
Republicans
When does it end
@billmckibben.bsky.social today in @earthislandjournal.bsky.social providing crucial perspective on US imperialism and #Greenland — namely on the country's two-mile-thick ice sheet and #climateaction the world could learn from.
Republished from billmckibben.substack.com.
Republished from billmckibben.substack.com.
Greenland Has a ʻVital Strategic Asset’
A sheet of ice two miles thick (and also some remarkable people).
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January 7, 2026 at 10:51 PM
@billmckibben.bsky.social today in @earthislandjournal.bsky.social providing crucial perspective on US imperialism and #Greenland — namely on the country's two-mile-thick ice sheet and #climateaction the world could learn from.
Republished from billmckibben.substack.com.
Republished from billmckibben.substack.com.
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With Venezuela effectively “handing over” oil to the US, the Trump administration is now ramping up threats to acquire Greenland. But “there’s only one truly vital strategic asset in Greenland,” writes @billmckibben.bsky.social, “one thing that could change the world. And that’s the ice... ”
Greenland Has a ʻVital Strategic Asset’
A sheet of ice two miles thick (and also some remarkable people).
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/after-venezuela-trump-eyes-greenlands-vital-strategic-asset-oil-and-ice##
January 7, 2026 at 6:53 PM
With Venezuela effectively “handing over” oil to the US, the Trump administration is now ramping up threats to acquire Greenland. But “there’s only one truly vital strategic asset in Greenland,” writes @billmckibben.bsky.social, “one thing that could change the world. And that’s the ice... ”
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A bit of good news: An effort to turn California forests into a feedstock for biomass energy in the UK went down in flames, via @earthislandjournal.bsky.social
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
Following Defeat in California, Wood Pellet Industry Eyes Pacific Northwest
How California pulled the plug on biomass energy.
www.earthisland.org
January 6, 2026 at 6:06 PM
A bit of good news: An effort to turn California forests into a feedstock for biomass energy in the UK went down in flames, via @earthislandjournal.bsky.social
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
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Who drops a feature two days before Christmas? I do. And I hope you'll read it! It's about a bird I love dearly, and how its survival has somehow gotten tangled up with American gun culture. Oh, and it's got some Mary Oliver in it.
www.biographic.com/why-are-loon...
www.biographic.com/why-are-loon...
Why Are Loons Still Dying from Lead Poisoning?
In the United States, efforts to save a beloved species face pushback from a surprising foe: gun rights advocates.
www.biographic.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Who drops a feature two days before Christmas? I do. And I hope you'll read it! It's about a bird I love dearly, and how its survival has somehow gotten tangled up with American gun culture. Oh, and it's got some Mary Oliver in it.
www.biographic.com/why-are-loon...
www.biographic.com/why-are-loon...
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Joel Sartore is on a mission to photograph every last species living in the world’s zoos and sanctuaries — before it’s too late.
@serenarenner.com offers a sneak peek of the photographer and his online Photo Ark, which invites viewers to discover both the wonder and fragility of nature.
@serenarenner.com offers a sneak peek of the photographer and his online Photo Ark, which invites viewers to discover both the wonder and fragility of nature.
The Last Ark
By photographing every species on Earth, Joel Sartore hopes to create a library of wonder — not remembrance.
www.earthisland.org
December 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Joel Sartore is on a mission to photograph every last species living in the world’s zoos and sanctuaries — before it’s too late.
@serenarenner.com offers a sneak peek of the photographer and his online Photo Ark, which invites viewers to discover both the wonder and fragility of nature.
@serenarenner.com offers a sneak peek of the photographer and his online Photo Ark, which invites viewers to discover both the wonder and fragility of nature.
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Israel’s war and occupation in Palestine has damaged vast amounts of cropland. In the West Bank, a social enterprise is equipping farmers with the resources they need to cultivate their lands and establish autonomy over food production. @pragathiravi.bsky.social www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
December 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Israel’s war and occupation in Palestine has damaged vast amounts of cropland. In the West Bank, a social enterprise is equipping farmers with the resources they need to cultivate their lands and establish autonomy over food production. @pragathiravi.bsky.social www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
To better understand the atmospheric rivers flooding Washington State and British Columbia — and some solutions for managing water more holistically, especially in former lakes and wetlands — check out my 2023 feature "A River Runs Above Us," published in the erstwhile Hakai Magazine. #AR #floods
A River Runs Above Us | Hakai Magazine
Atmospheric rivers can cause catastrophic flooding and landslides but are crucial for water supply. In an era of increasing weather whiplash between flood and drought, can we learn to embrace the rain...
hakaimagazine.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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After 175 years, @yuroktribe.bsky.social in Northern California is regaining ownership of a village site and section of Prairie Creek, where it will restore salmon, native plants, and Indigenous sovereignty. It's a first-ever co-management partnership with national and state parks on #triballand.
Healing Together
Yurok Tribe welcomes back salmon, native plants, and Indigenous sovereignty to a former lumber mill site in Northern California.
www.earthisland.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
After 175 years, @yuroktribe.bsky.social in Northern California is regaining ownership of a village site and section of Prairie Creek, where it will restore salmon, native plants, and Indigenous sovereignty. It's a first-ever co-management partnership with national and state parks on #triballand.
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Excellent new @commsdeclare.bsky.social work out today - read the whole thing here: commsdeclare.org/wp-content/u...
The Shell-funded education program urging students to 'design their own CCS' inspired me to re-share an original artwork of mine from a few years ago:
The Shell-funded education program urging students to 'design their own CCS' inspired me to re-share an original artwork of mine from a few years ago:
December 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Excellent new @commsdeclare.bsky.social work out today - read the whole thing here: commsdeclare.org/wp-content/u...
The Shell-funded education program urging students to 'design their own CCS' inspired me to re-share an original artwork of mine from a few years ago:
The Shell-funded education program urging students to 'design their own CCS' inspired me to re-share an original artwork of mine from a few years ago:
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Our Winter 2026 print issue is out soon. Inside, you’ll find features about the post-wildfire future of a historic French wine region, one of the last oak groves in southern Syria, an all-women Maasai ranger team in Kenya, and more.
Can't wait? Then subscribe!
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December 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Our Winter 2026 print issue is out soon. Inside, you’ll find features about the post-wildfire future of a historic French wine region, one of the last oak groves in southern Syria, an all-women Maasai ranger team in Kenya, and more.
Can't wait? Then subscribe!
donate.earthisland.org/page/20964/d...
Can't wait? Then subscribe!
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I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
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Our Winter 2026 issue starts rolling out online this week (with print copies coming soon)! And the magazine begins with a renewed call for the environmental movement to keep pushing toward justice and inclusion despite inevitable growing pains (and potential hit pieces by the likes of @nytimes.com).
Growing Pains
Building an inclusive environmental movement is challenging, but necessary.
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/move-past-lazy-tropes-that-portray-the-green-movements-efforts-to-move-beyond-its-exclusionary-past-as-failures##
December 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Our Winter 2026 issue starts rolling out online this week (with print copies coming soon)! And the magazine begins with a renewed call for the environmental movement to keep pushing toward justice and inclusion despite inevitable growing pains (and potential hit pieces by the likes of @nytimes.com).
In my pursuit to educate myself about Indigenous struggles in the US, I really appreciated today's feature in @earthislandjournal.bsky.social that traces the history of mining in the Black Hills of South Dakota — sacred to the Great Sioux Nation — and the current fight.
#Thanksgiving #gratitude
#Thanksgiving #gratitude
Protecting the Black Hills from Mining
Pe’ Sla is a sacred place to the Lakota. Soon, it could be a graphite mine.
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/the-heart-of-everything-that-is##
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
In my pursuit to educate myself about Indigenous struggles in the US, I really appreciated today's feature in @earthislandjournal.bsky.social that traces the history of mining in the Black Hills of South Dakota — sacred to the Great Sioux Nation — and the current fight.
#Thanksgiving #gratitude
#Thanksgiving #gratitude