Tom Trott
@gammarus.bsky.social
Fifth generation fisherman | benthic ecologist somewhere in Maine
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This is what retaliation looks like. I'm proud of all who signed.
🌏🦑🌿 #EPA #toxins #deregulation
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
🌏🦑🌿 #EPA #toxins #deregulation
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EPA puts 139 employees on leave after they sign a ‘declaration of dissent’
Letter from workers, which EPA claims is ‘unlawful’, says agency is no longer living up to its mission
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This is what retaliation looks like. I'm proud of all who signed.
🌏🦑🌿 #EPA #toxins #deregulation
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
🌏🦑🌿 #EPA #toxins #deregulation
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Everyday another deregulation for water, emissions, and now this. 🌎🦑🌿 #toxins #deregulation #EPA
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
EPA employees accuse Trump officials of undermining the agency’s mission
“Declaration of Dissent” denounces partisan messaging, rollback of environmental regulations, and dismantling of science office, among other concerns
www.science.org
July 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Everyday another deregulation for water, emissions, and now this. 🌎🦑🌿 #toxins #deregulation #EPA
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Welcome to the "gold standard" for medievalism. #NOAA announced yesterday that the Climate.gov site will no longer be updated.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #weather #scicomm #science #climate #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #weather #scicomm #science #climate #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm
June 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Welcome to the "gold standard" for medievalism. #NOAA announced yesterday that the Climate.gov site will no longer be updated.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #weather #scicomm #science #climate #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #weather #scicomm #science #climate #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm
No surprises here...just a reminder of what the state of knowledge is and how it will influence management. 🌎🦑🌿
#biodiversity #ocean #management
www.cmscoms.com?p=44462
#biodiversity #ocean #management
www.cmscoms.com?p=44462
Global assessment reveals stark biases in ocean biodiversity data - Ocean and Coastal Futures
Ocean and Coastal Futures - We’re all about connecting people – organising events, creating communications and promoting job opportunities.
www.cmscoms.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
No surprises here...just a reminder of what the state of knowledge is and how it will influence management. 🌎🦑🌿
#biodiversity #ocean #management
www.cmscoms.com?p=44462
#biodiversity #ocean #management
www.cmscoms.com?p=44462
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Trump's budget bill includes the sale of up to 3.3M acres of public lands + the sale of 258M acres more over 5 years = 40% of our public lands. @biologicaldiversity.org makes it fast/easy to tell your U.S. senators NO sale: act.biologicaldiversity.org/EvF--pvAkkeM...? #birds #wildlife 🌎
Stop the Largest Public Lands Sell-off in History
It’s the largest attack on public lands in U.S. history: Senate Republicans have proposed selling off nearly 3 million acres of these lands as part of their tax bill. Urge your senators to oppose any ...
act.biologicaldiversity.org
June 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Trump's budget bill includes the sale of up to 3.3M acres of public lands + the sale of 258M acres more over 5 years = 40% of our public lands. @biologicaldiversity.org makes it fast/easy to tell your U.S. senators NO sale: act.biologicaldiversity.org/EvF--pvAkkeM...? #birds #wildlife 🌎
Divorcing Climate Science from Policy - our new EPA doing the utmost for our health and well being 🌎🦑🌿 #climate #EPA #policy
undark.org/2025/06/17/e...
undark.org/2025/06/17/e...
The EPA Wants to Roll Back Emissions Controls on Power Plants
The Biden administration had mandated that coal- and gas-fired power plants drastically reduce emissions by the 2030s.
undark.org
June 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Divorcing Climate Science from Policy - our new EPA doing the utmost for our health and well being 🌎🦑🌿 #climate #EPA #policy
undark.org/2025/06/17/e...
undark.org/2025/06/17/e...
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Last week, the MBL Ecosystems Center celebrated 50 years of ecological research and education.
“The center is about science, but it’s also about outreach, education and policy,” said Director Anne Giblin. “There is no place I’d rather be.”
Read about it here: bit.ly/3Hw37hH
“The center is about science, but it’s also about outreach, education and policy,” said Director Anne Giblin. “There is no place I’d rather be.”
Read about it here: bit.ly/3Hw37hH
The MBL Ecosystems Center Celebrates its Golden Anniversary | Marine Biological Laboratory
Many stories were told, a few tears were shed, and abundant insights, memories and predictions were shared at the 50th Anniversary Symposium of the MBL Ecosystems Center on May 29-31 in Clapp Auditori...
bit.ly
June 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Last week, the MBL Ecosystems Center celebrated 50 years of ecological research and education.
“The center is about science, but it’s also about outreach, education and policy,” said Director Anne Giblin. “There is no place I’d rather be.”
Read about it here: bit.ly/3Hw37hH
“The center is about science, but it’s also about outreach, education and policy,” said Director Anne Giblin. “There is no place I’d rather be.”
Read about it here: bit.ly/3Hw37hH
We need more like this! 🌎🦑
”If you’re a fish lover, you want to protect #HudsonCanyon,” says Vinny Milburn, owner of Greenpoint Fish and Lobster Co. in Brooklyn, NY.
For World Oceans Month, seafood markets in NY and NJ will wrap seafood in butcher paper with language in support of protecting the canyon.
🌎 bit.ly/3ZRWSuQ
For World Oceans Month, seafood markets in NY and NJ will wrap seafood in butcher paper with language in support of protecting the canyon.
🌎 bit.ly/3ZRWSuQ
June 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We need more like this! 🌎🦑
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There’s a lot of corporate friendly puff pieces out there supporting deep sea mining. The Economist has called for it. But the sums simply don’t add up:
time.com/7287891/deep...
time.com/7287891/deep...
The Economics of Deep-Sea Mining Don't Add Up
If the U.S. wants to secure critical minerals it should invest in mining and processing facilities on home soil rather than the seafloor.
time.com
June 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
There’s a lot of corporate friendly puff pieces out there supporting deep sea mining. The Economist has called for it. But the sums simply don’t add up:
time.com/7287891/deep...
time.com/7287891/deep...
For a change, some hope. 🌎🦑🌿
www.cmscoms.com?p=44235
www.cmscoms.com?p=44235
US pioneers deep-sea restoration in Gulf of Mexico - Ocean and Coastal Futures
Ocean and Coastal Futures - We’re all about connecting people – organising events, creating communications and promoting job opportunities.
www.cmscoms.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
For a change, some hope. 🌎🦑🌿
www.cmscoms.com?p=44235
www.cmscoms.com?p=44235
The UN aims to turn urgency into action as oceans face stress from acidification, overfishing, rising sea levels, plastic pollution, and deep-sea mining concerns.
France doubles down on deep sea mining caution ahead of UNOC3
The UN aims to turn urgency into action as oceans face stress from acidification, overfishing, rising sea levels, plastic pollution, and deep-sea mining concerns.
www.teaonews.co.nz
May 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Warming waters, coral and kelp die off spawns ties between Nanavut and South Korea 🌎🦑🌿 #Arctic #Climate #Coral
oceansnorth.org/2025/05/26/m...
oceansnorth.org/2025/05/26/m...
Melting Sea Ice and Drooping Corals
As the ocean warms, soft corals near the subtropical island of Jeju, South Korea, are melting in an eerie parallel to the vanishing sea ice of the Arctic.
oceansnorth.org
May 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Warming waters, coral and kelp die off spawns ties between Nanavut and South Korea 🌎🦑🌿 #Arctic #Climate #Coral
oceansnorth.org/2025/05/26/m...
oceansnorth.org/2025/05/26/m...
On the Chopping Block: Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument 🌎🦑🌿
www.nationalfisherman.com/trump-to-reo...
www.nationalfisherman.com/trump-to-reo...
Trump to reopen Northeast Canyons to commercial fishing
www.nationalfisherman.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
On the Chopping Block: Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument 🌎🦑🌿
www.nationalfisherman.com/trump-to-reo...
www.nationalfisherman.com/trump-to-reo...
Trump's deep sea mining order raises eyebrows of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) 🌎🦑🌿 #deepseamining
www.cmscoms.com?p=43923
www.cmscoms.com?p=43923
Head of intergovernmental body raises concerns over Trump's deep-sea mining order - Ocean and Coastal Futures
Ocean and Coastal Futures - We’re all about connecting people – organising events, creating communications and promoting job opportunities.
www.cmscoms.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Trump's deep sea mining order raises eyebrows of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) 🌎🦑🌿 #deepseamining
www.cmscoms.com?p=43923
www.cmscoms.com?p=43923
Currently there is only one company in the US that can process rare earths. China is the world leader. 🌎🦑🌿
dialogue.earth/en/ocean/qa-...
dialogue.earth/en/ocean/qa-...
Q&A: Can Trump really approve mining in international waters?
Environmental lawyer Duncan Currie discusses fears deep sea miners could bypass a UN agreement and apply to mine under US law
dialogue.earth
May 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Currently there is only one company in the US that can process rare earths. China is the world leader. 🌎🦑🌿
dialogue.earth/en/ocean/qa-...
dialogue.earth/en/ocean/qa-...
If you wondered about the potential overhaul of NEPA and the Endangered Species Act, you might want to read this. 🌎🦑🌿
www.wired.com/story/trumps...
www.wired.com/story/trumps...
Trump’s Policies Are Creating Uncertainty for Fossil Fuel Companies
The Trump administration aims to make fossil fuels cheap—so cheap they wouldn’t be worth extracting. “‘Drill, baby, drill’ is nothing short of a myth,” one oil executive has said.
www.wired.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If you wondered about the potential overhaul of NEPA and the Endangered Species Act, you might want to read this. 🌎🦑🌿
www.wired.com/story/trumps...
www.wired.com/story/trumps...
Potential changes to the Endangered Species Act. All about the definition. 🌎🦑🌿
undark.org/2025/04/22/r...
undark.org/2025/04/22/r...
Redefining 'Harm' Could Gut Protection of Endangered Species
A proposed U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule would allow activities that harm the habitats of protected species.
undark.org
April 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Potential changes to the Endangered Species Act. All about the definition. 🌎🦑🌿
undark.org/2025/04/22/r...
undark.org/2025/04/22/r...
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NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy www.science.org/content/arti...
Exclusive: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy
“I have done all I can,” says Sethuraman Panchanathan, a Trump appointee who has led agency since 2020
www.science.org
April 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy www.science.org/content/arti...
Tell me, what agency is still sufficiently intact to guard against the next unintended poisoning? #childhealth #CDC #lead
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Investigation of Lead and Chromium Exposure After...
www.cdc.gov
April 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Tell me, what agency is still sufficiently intact to guard against the next unintended poisoning? #childhealth #CDC #lead
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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Plastic doesn’t disappear. It just ends up here. This is the reality of single-use plastics 💔🐠
🎥: Andriy Nekrasov
🎥: Andriy Nekrasov
April 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Plastic doesn’t disappear. It just ends up here. This is the reality of single-use plastics 💔🐠
🎥: Andriy Nekrasov
🎥: Andriy Nekrasov
While Zeldin and EPA to cut grants aiming to protect children from "forever chemicals" he has the nerve to put out this Earth Day message! 🌎🦑🌿 #earthday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gL3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gL3...
EPA Administrator Zeldin Delivers Earth Day Message
YouTube video by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
www.youtube.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
While Zeldin and EPA to cut grants aiming to protect children from "forever chemicals" he has the nerve to put out this Earth Day message! 🌎🦑🌿 #earthday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gL3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gL3...