Greg Gordon
@aldoleopold.bsky.social
Environmental studies professor, environmental historian, writer, wilderness explorer, grumpy old man. https://rewildingurbanrivers.com/
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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A win for truth and history: A National Park Service page(removed by Musk) on the Underground Railroad has been restored to prominently feature Harriet Tubman, after her image and quote were removed earlier this year. Now, her legacy as a fearless champion for freedom has rightfully been restored. ✊
April 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
A win for truth and history: A National Park Service page(removed by Musk) on the Underground Railroad has been restored to prominently feature Harriet Tubman, after her image and quote were removed earlier this year. Now, her legacy as a fearless champion for freedom has rightfully been restored. ✊
More malfeasance in case it's not clear what's really going on: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/c...
E.P.A. Investigations of Severe Pollution Look Increasingly at Risk
The agency will no longer shut down “any stage of energy production,” absent an imminent threat, a new memo says, and will curtail efforts to cut pollution in poorer areas.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
More malfeasance in case it's not clear what's really going on: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/c...
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Nice list by former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich.
(#3 "Tesla is in deep shit.") @rbreich.bsky.social
(#3 "Tesla is in deep shit.") @rbreich.bsky.social
10 more reasons for modest optimism
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Nice list by former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich.
(#3 "Tesla is in deep shit.") @rbreich.bsky.social
(#3 "Tesla is in deep shit.") @rbreich.bsky.social
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It’s official: In the USA The Gulf of Mexico is now the “Gulf of America,” and Denali, the Alaska Native name for North America’s tallest peak, has been reverted to Mount McKinley. But we refuse to accept this change—Denali will always be Denali to us. #IStandWithDenali
January 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
It’s official: In the USA The Gulf of Mexico is now the “Gulf of America,” and Denali, the Alaska Native name for North America’s tallest peak, has been reverted to Mount McKinley. But we refuse to accept this change—Denali will always be Denali to us. #IStandWithDenali
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As ugly and dismal as it is unsurprising.
After less than a day in office, Trump’s actions have already set us back decades on climate:
❌ Withdrawing from the Paris Climate accords
❌ Halting critical wind power projects nationwide
❌ Halting spending on EV charging infrastructure
❌ Expanding drilling in the Arctic
❌ Withdrawing from the Paris Climate accords
❌ Halting critical wind power projects nationwide
❌ Halting spending on EV charging infrastructure
❌ Expanding drilling in the Arctic
January 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
As ugly and dismal as it is unsurprising.
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African wildlife increasingly depend on lands managed by herders and villagers.
In many places, wildlife are better protected in community conservancies than in national parks, a new analysis finds.
In many places, wildlife are better protected in community conservancies than in national parks, a new analysis finds.
In Africa, Local Communities Protect More Wildlife Than Do Parks
A new analysis shows that African wildlife increasingly depend on lands managed by villagers and herders. In many areas, locally-run conservancies now more effectively protect wildlife than national p...
e360.yale.edu
January 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
African wildlife increasingly depend on lands managed by herders and villagers.
In many places, wildlife are better protected in community conservancies than in national parks, a new analysis finds.
In many places, wildlife are better protected in community conservancies than in national parks, a new analysis finds.
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“The effect may be considerable in a few centuries” is a really remarkable sentence here…
January 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“The effect may be considerable in a few centuries” is a really remarkable sentence here…
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Seven quiet breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2024 you might have missed, from BBC
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Seven quiet breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2024 you might have missed
Global temperatures rose and extreme weather ramped up, but there were also some significant breakthroughs for the climate this year.
www.bbc.com
December 27, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Seven quiet breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2024 you might have missed, from BBC
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
"A request made through ChatGPT, an AI-based virtual assistant, consumes 10 times the electricity of a Google Search"
This isn't a game. This is accelerated destruction via huge usage of power, water, resources etc. Stop using it - especially for messing about!!
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
This isn't a game. This is accelerated destruction via huge usage of power, water, resources etc. Stop using it - especially for messing about!!
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
AI has an environmental problem. Here’s what the world can do about that.
The sprawling data centres that house AI servers churn out toxic electronic waste and are voracious consumers of electricity, which in most places is still produced from fossil fuels.
www.unep.org
December 29, 2024 at 2:25 AM
A River in Washington State Now Has Enforceable Legal Rights insideclimatenews.org/news/0512202...
December 5, 2024 at 9:05 PM
A River in Washington State Now Has Enforceable Legal Rights insideclimatenews.org/news/0512202...
December 5, 2024 at 9:03 PM
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The United States is now producing enough domestic solar to cover nearly all annual deployment. That's what policy can do, folks! And a majority of these jobs are in Republican districts.
December 5, 2024 at 3:40 AM
The United States is now producing enough domestic solar to cover nearly all annual deployment. That's what policy can do, folks! And a majority of these jobs are in Republican districts.