Ted Zukoski
@tedzukoski.bsky.social
Lawyer working to protect public lands & the climate in the US Southwest. Would-be backpacker. Birder. "World's Okayest Dad" (says 1 of my kids). Personal (not professional) account.
Some fun posters here.
“Secretary Burgum’s ongoing cuts to the National Park Service are a recipe for disaster. Our national parks are the pride and joy of America—why would the administration threaten what the American public loves so much by cutting NPS funding and staffing?”
#nationalparks #protectourparks #nps
#nationalparks #protectourparks #nps
Bold New Ad Campaign Calls Out Cuts to the National Park Service
The Association of National Park Rangers slams Doug Burgum's management of national parks
thenationalparksexperience.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Some fun posters here.
Reposted by Ted Zukoski
EPA To Monarch Butterflies: ‘Count Your Fucking Days’ https://theonion.com/epa-to-monarch-butterflies-count-your-fucking-days/
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
EPA To Monarch Butterflies: ‘Count Your Fucking Days’ https://theonion.com/epa-to-monarch-butterflies-count-your-fucking-days/
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Kavanaugh kidnapping.
apnews.com/article/immi...
Federal immigration officers in Los Angeles arrested a U.S. citizen during a raid outside a Home Depot store, then two of them got into his car and drove off with the man’s toddler strapped into a car seat in the back
Federal immigration officers in Los Angeles arrested a U.S. citizen during a raid outside a Home Depot store, then two of them got into his car and drove off with the man’s toddler strapped into a car seat in the back
Federal agents drive off with 1-year-old girl after arresting her father in Los Angeles
Federal immigration agents arrested a U.S. citizen in Los Angeles and drove off with his car, which had his one-year-old daughter inside.
apnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Kavanaugh kidnapping.
Believe them when they show you who they are.
And thank goodness for honest headline writers.
www.dailycamera.com/2025/11/03/l...
And thank goodness for honest headline writers.
www.dailycamera.com/2025/11/03/l...
Lauren Boebert stirs controversy with racist Halloween costume making light of ICE crackdown
“She should be ashamed of herself,” Stacy Suniga, the president of the Latino Coalition of Weld County, said of a Mexican-themed costume U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert wore at a Halloween par…
www.dailycamera.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Believe them when they show you who they are.
And thank goodness for honest headline writers.
www.dailycamera.com/2025/11/03/l...
And thank goodness for honest headline writers.
www.dailycamera.com/2025/11/03/l...
Good news!
From me: ‘EPA begins uranium cleanup at Lukachukai Superfund site on the Navajo Nation’
EPA begins uranium mine cleanup at Lukachukai Superfund site on the Navajo Nation
The U.S. EPA has started the long-awaited cleanup of Cold War-era uranium mine sites at a Superfund site on the Navajo Nation.
www.azcentral.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Good news!
Give if you can. Our neighbors need help.
Food lines were 2X normal this morning at the Weld Food Bank, which told me 2/3rds of their visitors said they were impacted by the SNAP food benefit freeze. Our microgiving campaign has raised $50,000 for Weld Food Bank so far. Even $5 helps: weldfoodbank.org/wordofthanks/
November 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Give if you can. Our neighbors need help.
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will more than make up for the 2% of LA’s water that comes from Mono Basin streams. Construction is already underway.
Board President Richard Katz said that once the recycled water starts flowing, “we won’t need Mono Lake water to meet the supplies in L.A.” www.monolake.org/today/major-...
Board President Richard Katz said that once the recycled water starts flowing, “we won’t need Mono Lake water to meet the supplies in L.A.” www.monolake.org/today/major-...
Major water recycling project will benefit Mono Lake, reports LA Times
The Los Angeles Times reports today on a significant step for LA’s water resilience and security that will also allow the city to stop taking water from
www.monolake.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
will more than make up for the 2% of LA’s water that comes from Mono Basin streams. Construction is already underway.
Board President Richard Katz said that once the recycled water starts flowing, “we won’t need Mono Lake water to meet the supplies in L.A.” www.monolake.org/today/major-...
Board President Richard Katz said that once the recycled water starts flowing, “we won’t need Mono Lake water to meet the supplies in L.A.” www.monolake.org/today/major-...
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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For Trump, the oil industry > national parks (or anything else). Pollute, baby, pollute!
Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the sole employee at the National Park Service responsible for cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells at national parks across the U.S. He wasn't replaced. Now, the wells are at risk of spewing planet-warming gases and contaminating groundwater.
The Only National Parks Employee Who Tracks Leaky Oil Wells Is Out of a Job
Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the National Park Service’s chief petroleum engineer. He wasn’t replaced.
nyti.ms
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
For Trump, the oil industry > national parks (or anything else). Pollute, baby, pollute!
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A new BYU student coalition is planning a campuswide fast to raise awareness about the water-starved Great Salt Lake.
BYU students to fast for the Great Salt Lake, but ‘the fast itself is not the fix’
A new BYU student coalition is planning a campuswide fast to raise awareness about the water-starved Great Salt Lake.
www.sltrib.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A new BYU student coalition is planning a campuswide fast to raise awareness about the water-starved Great Salt Lake.
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State regulators are seeking to strike a deal with a Colorado company that failed to meet its obligation to clean up one of the state’s most polluted sites — a settlement that local watchdogs say is a bailout for the now-insolvent company.
Colorado’s proposed settlement with company that failed to clean up defunct uranium mill draws criticism
The proposed settlement would relieve the company of its obligations under the Radiation Control Act while allowing the state to recoup unpaid fees and an additional $3 million.
trib.al
October 31, 2025 at 1:40 AM
State regulators are seeking to strike a deal with a Colorado company that failed to meet its obligation to clean up one of the state’s most polluted sites — a settlement that local watchdogs say is a bailout for the now-insolvent company.
"Despite this evidence, managers of three of the worst-offending LNG terminals are seeking authorization for major expansions in the coming years." #energy #pollution #naturalgas #oilandgas
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
All operational US liquefied natural gas terminals have violated pollution limits, says report
Analysis of public records comes as Trump administration aims to fast-track approval of new LNG export terminals
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"Despite this evidence, managers of three of the worst-offending LNG terminals are seeking authorization for major expansions in the coming years." #energy #pollution #naturalgas #oilandgas
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Tell me again about coal being reliable baseload power?
Xcel Energy’s on-again, off-again Pueblo power plant is offline again, this time for up to 8 months
coloradosun.com/2025/10/29/c...
coloradosun.com/2025/10/29/c...
Xcel Energy’s on-again, off-again Pueblo power plant is offline again, this time for up to 8 months
The $1.3 billion Comanche 3 coal-fired plant has been offline this year during some of the summer’s hottest days when demand soared.
coloradosun.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Tell me again about coal being reliable baseload power?
“We simply can’t ... allow development in our big game migration corridors if we want our kids ... to have the same hunting & wildlife viewing opportunities we’ve enjoyed"
‘Energy dominance’ meets migration: All Wyoming corridors overlap with proposed oil and gas leases wyofile.com/energy-domin...
‘Energy dominance’ meets migration: All Wyoming corridors overlap with proposed oil and gas leases wyofile.com/energy-domin...
‘Energy dominance’ meets migration: All Wyoming corridors overlap with proposed oil and gas leases - WyoFile
A Bureau of Land Management auction planned for next summer could test the state’s migration policy to an unprecedented degree.
wyofile.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“We simply can’t ... allow development in our big game migration corridors if we want our kids ... to have the same hunting & wildlife viewing opportunities we’ve enjoyed"
‘Energy dominance’ meets migration: All Wyoming corridors overlap with proposed oil and gas leases wyofile.com/energy-domin...
‘Energy dominance’ meets migration: All Wyoming corridors overlap with proposed oil and gas leases wyofile.com/energy-domin...
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Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil & gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground & threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.
MUST READ @nickbowlin.bsky.social's dive into one of OK's largest, most powerful industries
MUST READ @nickbowlin.bsky.social's dive into one of OK's largest, most powerful industries
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.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil & gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground & threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.
MUST READ @nickbowlin.bsky.social's dive into one of OK's largest, most powerful industries
MUST READ @nickbowlin.bsky.social's dive into one of OK's largest, most powerful industries
"This report shows how the U.S. is about to set off an explosion of dirty data center emissions, entrenching more fossil fuels when we need their rapid phaseout."
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Report: AI Data Center Boom Threatens U.S. Climate Goals
All Other Sectors Would Need to Increase CO2 Emissions Cuts by 60%
biologicaldiversity.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"This report shows how the U.S. is about to set off an explosion of dirty data center emissions, entrenching more fossil fuels when we need their rapid phaseout."
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
The Utah GOP is happy to have their constituents lose federal funding that makes health insurance affordable, as long as the hurt happens gradually. So compassionate!
www.moabtimes.com/articles/tho...
www.moabtimes.com/articles/tho...
Thousands of Utahns could face a hard choice if ‘enhanced’ Affordable Care Act subsidies expire
www.moabtimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The Utah GOP is happy to have their constituents lose federal funding that makes health insurance affordable, as long as the hurt happens gradually. So compassionate!
www.moabtimes.com/articles/tho...
www.moabtimes.com/articles/tho...
Seems bad.
"Disclosures show that oil and gas companies in Colorado — the fourth largest oil producer and eighth largest natural gas producer in the country — have long been using state-banned chemicals, including the cancer-causing 1,4-Dioxane" to frack wells. coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/24/c...
"Disclosures show that oil and gas companies in Colorado — the fourth largest oil producer and eighth largest natural gas producer in the country — have long been using state-banned chemicals, including the cancer-causing 1,4-Dioxane" to frack wells. coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/24/c...
Despite new law, Colorado oil and gas companies still get away with secrecy | Colorado Newsline
Colorado oil and gas regulators have been slow to ensure compliance with a new law, and their interpretation of the law allows undue secrecy.
coloradonewsline.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Seems bad.
"Disclosures show that oil and gas companies in Colorado — the fourth largest oil producer and eighth largest natural gas producer in the country — have long been using state-banned chemicals, including the cancer-causing 1,4-Dioxane" to frack wells. coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/24/c...
"Disclosures show that oil and gas companies in Colorado — the fourth largest oil producer and eighth largest natural gas producer in the country — have long been using state-banned chemicals, including the cancer-causing 1,4-Dioxane" to frack wells. coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/24/c...
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Wow, sweeping coverage of how the oil and gas industry is seeking to kill lawsuits by states and cities to recoup the costs they've had to spend to deal with climate change-worsened disasters.
The oil majors knew the dangers of their products, and lied to us.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2610202...
The oil majors knew the dangers of their products, and lied to us.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2610202...
Trump and Republicans Join Big Oil’s All-Out Push to Shut Down Climate Liability Efforts - Inside Climate News
Republican attorneys general, GOP lawmakers, industry groups and the president himself are all maneuvering to foreclose the ability of cities and states to hold the fossil fuel industry liable for dam...
insideclimatenews.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Wow, sweeping coverage of how the oil and gas industry is seeking to kill lawsuits by states and cities to recoup the costs they've had to spend to deal with climate change-worsened disasters.
The oil majors knew the dangers of their products, and lied to us.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2610202...
The oil majors knew the dangers of their products, and lied to us.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2610202...
Our most powerful and respected institutions, with a few notable exceptions, have turned out to be craven cowards at confronting the dismantling of American democracy and rule of law. Pathetic.
Nation’s biggest law firms back off from challenging Trump policies
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Nation’s biggest law firms back off from challenging Trump policies
The pace generated by more than 390 lawsuits challenging Trump administration actions has lawyers from many firms working around-the-clock.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Our most powerful and respected institutions, with a few notable exceptions, have turned out to be craven cowards at confronting the dismantling of American democracy and rule of law. Pathetic.
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The "Fix Our Forests Act" passed out of committee this week and will now go to the Senate for a vote. Passage of this bill would be terrible news for our national forests -- let your Senator know this is a disaster in the making (for anyone but the timber industry). dailydispatch.com/news/wildlan...
US Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry advances the Fix Our Forests Act - Daily Dispatch
Learn National Fire News: US Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, from Action News Now featured on Daily Dispatch (DD).
dailydispatch.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The "Fix Our Forests Act" passed out of committee this week and will now go to the Senate for a vote. Passage of this bill would be terrible news for our national forests -- let your Senator know this is a disaster in the making (for anyone but the timber industry). dailydispatch.com/news/wildlan...
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“The Trump administration is weaponizing the government shutdown to gut staffing, weaken environmental protections, and normalize their ultimate goal of privatizing public lands,” writes @jackieostfeld.bsky.social in @thehill.com .
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
October 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“The Trump administration is weaponizing the government shutdown to gut staffing, weaken environmental protections, and normalize their ultimate goal of privatizing public lands,” writes @jackieostfeld.bsky.social in @thehill.com .
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
thehill.com/opinion/ener...