Zachary Evans
@zacharyevans.bsky.social
J.D. • Tax Law/Trusts & Estates • Climate & Conservation • 🇨🇱-born/🇺🇸-raised
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Blue spotted salamanders have been seen walking across snow and new research suggests how they get by in the cold. n.pr/3L6Mqvo
In the snow, these salamanders get supercool
Blue spotted salamanders have been seen walking across snow and new research suggests how they get by in the cold.
n.pr
December 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Blue spotted salamanders have been seen walking across snow and new research suggests how they get by in the cold. n.pr/3L6Mqvo
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Where the Appalachian brook trout vanish, something human goes missing, too.
As climate change reshapes the Blue Ridge, Appalachia’s native trout are losing ground — but dedicated anglers and scientists are racing to save them.
grist.org/culture/wher...
#Trout #Culture #Fish #NC #Virginia #VA
As climate change reshapes the Blue Ridge, Appalachia’s native trout are losing ground — but dedicated anglers and scientists are racing to save them.
grist.org/culture/wher...
#Trout #Culture #Fish #NC #Virginia #VA
Where the Appalachian brook trout vanish, something human goes missing, too
As climate change reshapes the Blue Ridge, Appalachia’s native trout are losing ground - but anglers and scientists are racing to save them.
grist.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away due to natural causes.
She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.
She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.
October 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away due to natural causes.
She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.
She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.
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This week on Amicus: A fascinating conversation about the meaning of the Constitution as understood by Native nations in 1789—and whether squeezing their perspectives into an “originalist” framework risks legitimizing the government-led atrocities that followed. slate.com/podcasts/ami...
Conservative Judges Love to Tell a Certain Story About American History. It’s Dead Wrong.
The glaring omissions in originalists’ version of the country’s founding document.
slate.com
August 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This week on Amicus: A fascinating conversation about the meaning of the Constitution as understood by Native nations in 1789—and whether squeezing their perspectives into an “originalist” framework risks legitimizing the government-led atrocities that followed. slate.com/podcasts/ami...
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Good luck to all the bar exam takers this week.
Visualize your own success. Rest tonight. Tomorrow: own that damned thing and never look back.
Visualize your own success. Rest tonight. Tomorrow: own that damned thing and never look back.
a man wearing a red jacket and a red shirt is making a face .
ALT: a man wearing a red jacket and a red shirt is making a face .
media.tenor.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Good luck to all the bar exam takers this week.
Visualize your own success. Rest tonight. Tomorrow: own that damned thing and never look back.
Visualize your own success. Rest tonight. Tomorrow: own that damned thing and never look back.
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I wrote about how Trump is dismantling the country's disaster forecasting infrastructure. But this isn't going to stop disasters from piling up -- quite the contrary.
Flash Floods and Climate Policy
As the death toll climbs in Texas, the Trump Administration is actively undermining the nation’s ability to predict—and to deal with—climate-related disasters.
www.newyorker.com
July 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I wrote about how Trump is dismantling the country's disaster forecasting infrastructure. But this isn't going to stop disasters from piling up -- quite the contrary.
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NEW: Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon
The administration has canceled a deal, signed under President Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmon.
With @opb.org
The administration has canceled a deal, signed under President Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmon.
With @opb.org
Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon
The Trump administration canceled a deal, signed under President Joe Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmo...
www.propublica.org
June 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
NEW: Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon
The administration has canceled a deal, signed under President Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmon.
With @opb.org
The administration has canceled a deal, signed under President Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmon.
With @opb.org
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Exclusive: Until it gets more clarity on new grant language, Williams College won’t accept more National Institutes of Health or National Science Foundation funding for research on its campus.
U.S. college is first to decline federal science grants because of new DEI language
Williams College says NSF and NIH requirement related to discrimination “undermines” academic freedom
www.science.org
June 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Exclusive: Until it gets more clarity on new grant language, Williams College won’t accept more National Institutes of Health or National Science Foundation funding for research on its campus.
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What happens to the offshore wind industry without tax credits?
“The tax credits knock off about a quarter of the price,” reports @emilypont.bsky.social. “Without them, buyers will be back on the hook.”
Read the full story below.
“The tax credits knock off about a quarter of the price,” reports @emilypont.bsky.social. “Without them, buyers will be back on the hook.”
Read the full story below.
Can Offshore Wind Survive the Tax Credit Purge?
Empire Wind has been spared — but it may be one of the last of its kind in the U.S.
heatmap.news
May 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
What happens to the offshore wind industry without tax credits?
“The tax credits knock off about a quarter of the price,” reports @emilypont.bsky.social. “Without them, buyers will be back on the hook.”
Read the full story below.
“The tax credits knock off about a quarter of the price,” reports @emilypont.bsky.social. “Without them, buyers will be back on the hook.”
Read the full story below.
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🚨 📣🦇🐋🐦 📣 🚨
Endangered species & the laws protecting them are under the gravest threats of our lifetimes. Come join a lively, in-person panel with Gotham Whale, Gotham Bat Conservancy & NYC Plover Project to hear about the endangered species in our city, and how you can help them.
Endangered species & the laws protecting them are under the gravest threats of our lifetimes. Come join a lively, in-person panel with Gotham Whale, Gotham Bat Conservancy & NYC Plover Project to hear about the endangered species in our city, and how you can help them.
May 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
🚨 📣🦇🐋🐦 📣 🚨
Endangered species & the laws protecting them are under the gravest threats of our lifetimes. Come join a lively, in-person panel with Gotham Whale, Gotham Bat Conservancy & NYC Plover Project to hear about the endangered species in our city, and how you can help them.
Endangered species & the laws protecting them are under the gravest threats of our lifetimes. Come join a lively, in-person panel with Gotham Whale, Gotham Bat Conservancy & NYC Plover Project to hear about the endangered species in our city, and how you can help them.
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NEW: The Great Lakes hold 95% of all the surface freshwater in the United States.
Severe cuts have decimated the NOAA Great Lakes lab.
Scientists worry they’ve lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
My story for @propublica.org
Severe cuts have decimated the NOAA Great Lakes lab.
Scientists worry they’ve lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
My story for @propublica.org
Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.
The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and...
www.propublica.org
May 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NEW: The Great Lakes hold 95% of all the surface freshwater in the United States.
Severe cuts have decimated the NOAA Great Lakes lab.
Scientists worry they’ve lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
My story for @propublica.org
Severe cuts have decimated the NOAA Great Lakes lab.
Scientists worry they’ve lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
My story for @propublica.org
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Wildlife, not livestock: Why the Eastern Shoshone in Wyoming are reclassifying buffalo.
"Bringing the buffalo back is about our relationship with them, not domination over them."
grist.org/indigenous/w...
#Wyoming #Indigenous #Buffalo #Animals #Climate #Tribe #Environment
"Bringing the buffalo back is about our relationship with them, not domination over them."
grist.org/indigenous/w...
#Wyoming #Indigenous #Buffalo #Animals #Climate #Tribe #Environment
Wildlife, not livestock: Why the Eastern Shoshone in Wyoming are reclassifying buffalo
(This story was published in partnership with The Associated Press.) In Wyoming, the Eastern Shoshone want to redefine how we see buffalo.
grist.org
May 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Wildlife, not livestock: Why the Eastern Shoshone in Wyoming are reclassifying buffalo.
"Bringing the buffalo back is about our relationship with them, not domination over them."
grist.org/indigenous/w...
#Wyoming #Indigenous #Buffalo #Animals #Climate #Tribe #Environment
"Bringing the buffalo back is about our relationship with them, not domination over them."
grist.org/indigenous/w...
#Wyoming #Indigenous #Buffalo #Animals #Climate #Tribe #Environment
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Riverbank stabilization, lead and asbestos contamination are just some of the projects tribes planned to address before the Trump administration froze funds.
Federal funding freeze halts key infrastructure projects in tribal communities
Riverbank stabilization, lead and asbestos contamination are just some of the projects tribes planned to address before the Trump administration froze funds.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Riverbank stabilization, lead and asbestos contamination are just some of the projects tribes planned to address before the Trump administration froze funds.
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A new Government Accountability Office report on offshore wind is "far from the smoking gun Republicans were looking for," @emilypont.bsky.social reports.
"As for whales, it basically shrugs."
"As for whales, it basically shrugs."
Republicans Asked For an Offshore Wind Exposé. They Got a Letdown Instead.
“NOAA Fisheries does not anticipate any death or serious injury to whales from offshore wind related actions.”
heatmap.news
April 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
A new Government Accountability Office report on offshore wind is "far from the smoking gun Republicans were looking for," @emilypont.bsky.social reports.
"As for whales, it basically shrugs."
"As for whales, it basically shrugs."
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File your taxes using IRS Direct File, a free, secure, accurate and accessible product from the IRS. It is available in 25 states and allows you to import your tax information, like your W-2, directly from the IRS.
Visit DirectFile.irs.gov to check eligibility and learn more.
Visit DirectFile.irs.gov to check eligibility and learn more.
DirectFile.irs.gov
April 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
File your taxes using IRS Direct File, a free, secure, accurate and accessible product from the IRS. It is available in 25 states and allows you to import your tax information, like your W-2, directly from the IRS.
Visit DirectFile.irs.gov to check eligibility and learn more.
Visit DirectFile.irs.gov to check eligibility and learn more.
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A guide to the 4 minerals shaping the world’s energy future.
To address climate change, we're going to need a whole lot of metal.
grist.org/energy/criti...
#Lithium #Cobalt #Mining #EV #Batteries
To address climate change, we're going to need a whole lot of metal.
grist.org/energy/criti...
#Lithium #Cobalt #Mining #EV #Batteries
A guide to the 4 minerals shaping the world's energy future
To address climate change, we're going to need a whole lot of metal.
grist.org
April 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A guide to the 4 minerals shaping the world’s energy future.
To address climate change, we're going to need a whole lot of metal.
grist.org/energy/criti...
#Lithium #Cobalt #Mining #EV #Batteries
To address climate change, we're going to need a whole lot of metal.
grist.org/energy/criti...
#Lithium #Cobalt #Mining #EV #Batteries
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Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source.
grist.org/energy/chile...
#Lithium #Chile #Mining #Environment #GreenSky
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#Lithium #Chile #Mining #Environment #GreenSky
Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source
The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are racing to protect already scarce water supplies and their way of life.
grist.org
March 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source.
grist.org/energy/chile...
#Lithium #Chile #Mining #Environment #GreenSky
grist.org/energy/chile...
#Lithium #Chile #Mining #Environment #GreenSky
Just asked my local leaders in Albany, NY to protect monarch butterflies and pollinators 🦋
You can send a message to your city or town’s leaders in less than 30 seconds with this @nationalwildlife.bsky.social link 👉 support.nwf.org/page/80450/a...
You can send a message to your city or town’s leaders in less than 30 seconds with this @nationalwildlife.bsky.social link 👉 support.nwf.org/page/80450/a...
March 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Just asked my local leaders in Albany, NY to protect monarch butterflies and pollinators 🦋
You can send a message to your city or town’s leaders in less than 30 seconds with this @nationalwildlife.bsky.social link 👉 support.nwf.org/page/80450/a...
You can send a message to your city or town’s leaders in less than 30 seconds with this @nationalwildlife.bsky.social link 👉 support.nwf.org/page/80450/a...
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Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, companies are telling regulators they plan to move ahead, whether or not rules are in place.
There's no rulebook for deep-sea mining. Companies want to push forward anyway
Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, companies are telling regulators they plan to move ahead, whether or not rul...
www.npr.org
March 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, companies are telling regulators they plan to move ahead, whether or not rules are in place.
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Did you know that Piping Plovers have been found in 35 states?! Wow. It’s true Piping Plovers breed or winter across many parts of the Lower 48!
How cool is that?
Protecting a fragile species like plovers — where they nest AND winter — is important work for us all!
How cool is that?
Protecting a fragile species like plovers — where they nest AND winter — is important work for us all!
March 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Did you know that Piping Plovers have been found in 35 states?! Wow. It’s true Piping Plovers breed or winter across many parts of the Lower 48!
How cool is that?
Protecting a fragile species like plovers — where they nest AND winter — is important work for us all!
How cool is that?
Protecting a fragile species like plovers — where they nest AND winter — is important work for us all!
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Back when I was presenting my Fulbright research on “tax weapons”—the use of tax policy to target vulnerable minorities—I got so much pushback. One Prof even called my work “anti-tax”. But tax administration is a longstanding tool for political targeting, including nominally universal taxes.
IRS nears deal with ICE to share addresses of suspected undocumented immigrants
The move toward information-sharing comes as President Donald Trump pushes his administration to use every resource to conduct what he hopes will be the largest mass deportation of immigrants in U.S. ...
www.washingtonpost.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Back when I was presenting my Fulbright research on “tax weapons”—the use of tax policy to target vulnerable minorities—I got so much pushback. One Prof even called my work “anti-tax”. But tax administration is a longstanding tool for political targeting, including nominally universal taxes.
Very proud to have my article on the lasting influence of US empire-building in Chile published in the @penncareylaw.bsky.social Journal of Law & Social Change. The student editors were a joy to work with & much appreciation to @albanylaw.bsky.social profs! scholarship.law.upenn.edu/jlasc/vol28/...
Reckoning with the Violent Legacy of Racialized U.S. Foreign Policy in Chile
Critical Race Theory scholars have shone a spotlight on the legal underpinnings of imperial power and violence in numerous topics, including foreign policy. Absent from this critical scholarship is an...
scholarship.law.upenn.edu
March 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Very proud to have my article on the lasting influence of US empire-building in Chile published in the @penncareylaw.bsky.social Journal of Law & Social Change. The student editors were a joy to work with & much appreciation to @albanylaw.bsky.social profs! scholarship.law.upenn.edu/jlasc/vol28/...
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From salamanders and salmon to bears and mountain lions, David Herasimtschuk's images illustrate not only the beauty of the forests and their creatures but the symbiotic relationships that are vital to the forests’ health and the planet’s welfare.
A photographer captures life in America’s last remaining old-growth forests
From salamanders and salmon to bears and mountain lions, David Herasimtschuk's images illustrate not only the beauty of the forests and their creatures but the symbiotic relationships that are vital t...
www.npr.org
March 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
From salamanders and salmon to bears and mountain lions, David Herasimtschuk's images illustrate not only the beauty of the forests and their creatures but the symbiotic relationships that are vital to the forests’ health and the planet’s welfare.
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How the Klamath Dams Came Down.
Last year, tribal nations in Oregon and California won a decades-long fight for the largest dam removal in U.S. history.
This is their story.
grist.org/project/indi...
#Oregon #Tribe #Indigenous #CA #California #KlamathDam
Last year, tribal nations in Oregon and California won a decades-long fight for the largest dam removal in U.S. history.
This is their story.
grist.org/project/indi...
#Oregon #Tribe #Indigenous #CA #California #KlamathDam
How the Klamath Dams Came Down
Last year, tribes in Oregon and California pulled off the largest dam removal in U.S. history. This is their story.
grist.org
March 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
How the Klamath Dams Came Down.
Last year, tribal nations in Oregon and California won a decades-long fight for the largest dam removal in U.S. history.
This is their story.
grist.org/project/indi...
#Oregon #Tribe #Indigenous #CA #California #KlamathDam
Last year, tribal nations in Oregon and California won a decades-long fight for the largest dam removal in U.S. history.
This is their story.
grist.org/project/indi...
#Oregon #Tribe #Indigenous #CA #California #KlamathDam
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We mourn the passing of a true fighter for endangered species & our public lands. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, we thank you for advocacy on behalf of wildlife across our country. You will be deeply missed.
March 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
We mourn the passing of a true fighter for endangered species & our public lands. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, we thank you for advocacy on behalf of wildlife across our country. You will be deeply missed.