W. P. Mueller
@wpmueller.bsky.social
Ornithologist/environmentalist focused on biodiversity conservation and ethical behavior toward all of life; Emeritus Director of Lake Michigan Bird Observatory, in Wisconsin, USA. (He, him). Online at https://futureofbirds.blogspot.com/
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= Consumers lose: Trump claims that vehicles will be cheaper, but you'll pay more for gas + possible health impacts.
= Vehicle mfrs lose: Outside the US, the push is for EVs, leaving US automakers at a disadvantage if they abandon that market.
More: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/c... (gift). 🌎
= Vehicle mfrs lose: Outside the US, the push is for EVs, leaving US automakers at a disadvantage if they abandon that market.
More: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/c... (gift). 🌎
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:29 AM
= Consumers lose: Trump claims that vehicles will be cheaper, but you'll pay more for gas + possible health impacts.
= Vehicle mfrs lose: Outside the US, the push is for EVs, leaving US automakers at a disadvantage if they abandon that market.
More: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/c... (gift). 🌎
= Vehicle mfrs lose: Outside the US, the push is for EVs, leaving US automakers at a disadvantage if they abandon that market.
More: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/c... (gift). 🌎
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"More than three dozen Democratic senators have begun an independent inquiry into the [US EPA] following a huge change in how the agency measures the health benefits of reducing air pollution." 🌎🧪 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Democratic senators launch inquiry into EPA’s repeal of key air pollution enforcement measure
Senators said repeal was ‘particularly troubling’ and was counter to EPA’s mandate to protect human health
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:48 PM
"More than three dozen Democratic senators have begun an independent inquiry into the [US EPA] following a huge change in how the agency measures the health benefits of reducing air pollution." 🌎🧪 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Not to mention, there are health benefits to a walk in the woods!
Study: Forests store carbon, moderate extreme temperatures, and regulate water flows, creating localized beneficial microclimates, especially evident with native forest. 🌎🌿🧪🌱
news.mongabay.com/2026/02/fore...
Study: Forests store carbon, moderate extreme temperatures, and regulate water flows, creating localized beneficial microclimates, especially evident with native forest. 🌎🌿🧪🌱
news.mongabay.com/2026/02/fore...
Forests don’t just store carbon. They keep people alive, scientists say
For decades, a dominant argument for protecting forests has focused on carbon. Trees absorb carbon dioxide, store it in wood and soils, and slow the accumulation of greenhouse gases. A new scientific ...
news.mongabay.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Not to mention, there are health benefits to a walk in the woods!
Study: Forests store carbon, moderate extreme temperatures, and regulate water flows, creating localized beneficial microclimates, especially evident with native forest. 🌎🌿🧪🌱
news.mongabay.com/2026/02/fore...
Study: Forests store carbon, moderate extreme temperatures, and regulate water flows, creating localized beneficial microclimates, especially evident with native forest. 🌎🌿🧪🌱
news.mongabay.com/2026/02/fore...
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Purple sandpiper on the rocks.
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#SuperSeabirdSunday
February 15, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Purple sandpiper on the rocks.
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#SuperSeabirdSunday
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First UK Curlew back on territory!
Busy few months ahead for conservation volunteers who are trying to improve breeding outcomes.
Need to increase productivity by 10,000 fledgelings each year.
More here:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/m...
#ornithology
Busy few months ahead for conservation volunteers who are trying to improve breeding outcomes.
Need to increase productivity by 10,000 fledgelings each year.
More here:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/m...
#ornithology
February 16, 2026 at 8:34 PM
First UK Curlew back on territory!
Busy few months ahead for conservation volunteers who are trying to improve breeding outcomes.
Need to increase productivity by 10,000 fledgelings each year.
More here:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/m...
#ornithology
Busy few months ahead for conservation volunteers who are trying to improve breeding outcomes.
Need to increase productivity by 10,000 fledgelings each year.
More here:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/m...
#ornithology
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🐺 Feral Lines, a collection of four rewilding-themed tales, has been narrated for The Ecological Citizen’s YouTube channel.
Watch here:
youtu.be/QZWLnLtS_XE?...
Read the stories: ecologicalcitizen.net/pdfs/epub-15...
#EcoFiction #RewildingStories #EcoLit
Watch here:
youtu.be/QZWLnLtS_XE?...
Read the stories: ecologicalcitizen.net/pdfs/epub-15...
#EcoFiction #RewildingStories #EcoLit
Feral Lines - Rewilding Fiction
YouTube video by The Ecological Citizen
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February 3, 2026 at 3:01 PM
🐺 Feral Lines, a collection of four rewilding-themed tales, has been narrated for The Ecological Citizen’s YouTube channel.
Watch here:
youtu.be/QZWLnLtS_XE?...
Read the stories: ecologicalcitizen.net/pdfs/epub-15...
#EcoFiction #RewildingStories #EcoLit
Watch here:
youtu.be/QZWLnLtS_XE?...
Read the stories: ecologicalcitizen.net/pdfs/epub-15...
#EcoFiction #RewildingStories #EcoLit
February 16, 2026 at 9:11 PM
February 16, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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Making America Stagnate Again
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Making America Stagnate Again
Deportations don’t create jobs and will increase deaths of native-born Americans. Who knew?
open.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Making America Stagnate Again
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I highly recommend this conversation with Barack Obama, in part because he's so calm and his ideas are so practical and reasonable.
However, you might consider listening to it on an app that enables you to listen to it at 1.5 or 2x speed - Barack speaks almost painfully slowly and deliberately.😄
However, you might consider listening to it on an app that enables you to listen to it at 1.5 or 2x speed - Barack speaks almost painfully slowly and deliberately.😄
Barack Obama BREAKS SILENCE on Trump's ape video, Bad Bunny, and 2028 election
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I highly recommend this conversation with Barack Obama, in part because he's so calm and his ideas are so practical and reasonable.
However, you might consider listening to it on an app that enables you to listen to it at 1.5 or 2x speed - Barack speaks almost painfully slowly and deliberately.😄
However, you might consider listening to it on an app that enables you to listen to it at 1.5 or 2x speed - Barack speaks almost painfully slowly and deliberately.😄
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The transition from the alpine* back to the subalpine at 12,000’. In the far distance is the actual South Park. *foreground
#Fallback to August 16 🌿
#Fallback to August 16 🌿
February 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The transition from the alpine* back to the subalpine at 12,000’. In the far distance is the actual South Park. *foreground
#Fallback to August 16 🌿
#Fallback to August 16 🌿
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Did I hear someone say #mammalmonday? 🌿
February 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Did I hear someone say #mammalmonday? 🌿
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1/5 Mammal Monday: Meet the Stone Marten (𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘢 )
Ever heard mysterious footsteps in the attic at night? In many parts of Europe, the culprit might be the stone marten — one of the most adaptable small carnivores.
🧪 🦊 🦤 🌍
Photos: © janconl, CC-BY-SA, iNaturalist
Ever heard mysterious footsteps in the attic at night? In many parts of Europe, the culprit might be the stone marten — one of the most adaptable small carnivores.
🧪 🦊 🦤 🌍
Photos: © janconl, CC-BY-SA, iNaturalist
February 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
1/5 Mammal Monday: Meet the Stone Marten (𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘢 )
Ever heard mysterious footsteps in the attic at night? In many parts of Europe, the culprit might be the stone marten — one of the most adaptable small carnivores.
🧪 🦊 🦤 🌍
Photos: © janconl, CC-BY-SA, iNaturalist
Ever heard mysterious footsteps in the attic at night? In many parts of Europe, the culprit might be the stone marten — one of the most adaptable small carnivores.
🧪 🦊 🦤 🌍
Photos: © janconl, CC-BY-SA, iNaturalist
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"Marine-based sectors in East Antarctica, representing ~5 m of potential sea-level rise, are at risk of losing stability at 2–5 °C."
Not one #TippingPoint — a network of them. The clock is ticking.
#ClimateChange 🌍🌐🧪
Not one #TippingPoint — a network of them. The clock is ticking.
#ClimateChange 🌍🌐🧪
Antarctica isn’t one big tipping point.
New research maps 18 separate ice basins, each with its own threshold. Some in West Antarctica may tip at just ~1–2C warming (i.e close to today’s levels).
Cross the line, and you commit to m’s of sea-level rise over centuries
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New research maps 18 separate ice basins, each with its own threshold. Some in West Antarctica may tip at just ~1–2C warming (i.e close to today’s levels).
Cross the line, and you commit to m’s of sea-level rise over centuries
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mapping tipping risks from Antarctic ice basins under global warming - Nature Climate Change
Climate change threatens the future of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Here the authors show that individual drainage basins have different thresholds and loss patterns, suggesting the need to consider the d...
www.nature.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:27 PM
"Marine-based sectors in East Antarctica, representing ~5 m of potential sea-level rise, are at risk of losing stability at 2–5 °C."
Not one #TippingPoint — a network of them. The clock is ticking.
#ClimateChange 🌍🌐🧪
Not one #TippingPoint — a network of them. The clock is ticking.
#ClimateChange 🌍🌐🧪
February 16, 2026 at 5:53 PM
