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HOA going after woman planting pollinator yard that larger community is encouraging. what bullshit www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6TTermw/
A woman who replaced her front lawn with native plants was issued a fine because officials said it was too ugly and violated a village code. The case testing whether beauty is in the eye of the behol...
TikTok video by CBS New York
www.tiktok.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
HOA going after woman planting pollinator yard that larger community is encouraging. what bullshit www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6TTermw/
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Today, in a move that has alarmed conservationists, the Department of the Interior unveiled a proposal to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule—effectively removing conservation as an equal priority in public-land management.
#publiclands #BLM #protectpubliclands #parkchat
#publiclands #BLM #protectpubliclands #parkchat
Interior Department Proposes to Rescind Wildly Popular Public Lands Rule
Mining, drilling, and logging is now officially more important than land conservation
thenationalparksexperience.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Today, in a move that has alarmed conservationists, the Department of the Interior unveiled a proposal to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule—effectively removing conservation as an equal priority in public-land management.
#publiclands #BLM #protectpubliclands #parkchat
#publiclands #BLM #protectpubliclands #parkchat
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The deference shown to industry concerns conservation groups and Game and Fish retirees, who called the agency's shrinkage of a protected corridor antithetical to science-based wildlife management.
"If it's going to be a political decision, let the politicians own it," one biologist said.
"If it's going to be a political decision, let the politicians own it," one biologist said.
Wyoming appeases stockgrowers, trims Red Desert and southwestern Winds from ‘Path of the Pronghorn’ - WyoFile
Wyoming Game and Fish retirees and conservation groups say the state agency's planned shrinkage of a protected corridor runs counter to science-based wildlife management.
wyofile.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The deference shown to industry concerns conservation groups and Game and Fish retirees, who called the agency's shrinkage of a protected corridor antithetical to science-based wildlife management.
"If it's going to be a political decision, let the politicians own it," one biologist said.
"If it's going to be a political decision, let the politicians own it," one biologist said.
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“More than 34,000 dead marine animals have been logged (on beaches) – while, of course, far more have gone unobserved.”
The true death toll - silent and unseen - is billions of marine animals and plants.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The true death toll - silent and unseen - is billions of marine animals and plants.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
61 leafy seadragons, 604 Port Jackson sharks: logging the grim tally of death in South Australia’s algal bloom
Experts say data reported by beachgoers is ‘hugely useful’ after a slow official response to disaster
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
“More than 34,000 dead marine animals have been logged (on beaches) – while, of course, far more have gone unobserved.”
The true death toll - silent and unseen - is billions of marine animals and plants.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The true death toll - silent and unseen - is billions of marine animals and plants.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem waived the Endangered Species Act and several other statutes to permit the plan.
Trump Admin Waives Environmental Laws to Build Border Wall in TX Wildlife Refuge
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem waived the Endangered Species Act and several other statutes to permit the plan.
buff.ly
August 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem waived the Endangered Species Act and several other statutes to permit the plan.
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Conservation advocates said that there is no national security justification for building a wall through the national wildlife refuge.
They warn that the wall will threaten wildlife and cut off communities from the Rio Grande.
They warn that the wall will threaten wildlife and cut off communities from the Rio Grande.
Kristi Noem waives environmental laws to build Trump's wall through a wildlife refuge
It's not justified, conservationists say. "It’s just incredibly cruel.”
www.motherjones.com
August 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Conservation advocates said that there is no national security justification for building a wall through the national wildlife refuge.
They warn that the wall will threaten wildlife and cut off communities from the Rio Grande.
They warn that the wall will threaten wildlife and cut off communities from the Rio Grande.
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Trump's insane beef with clean energy is going to wreck both planet and economy
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
How Long Will Trump Be Able to Deny Reality with His Energy Policy?
The Administration’s irrational dislike of solar and wind energy imperils both the environment and the economy.
www.newyorker.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Trump's insane beef with clean energy is going to wreck both planet and economy
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Who wants this? I can't imagine Republican voters want this. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Who wants this? I can't imagine Republican voters want this. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
Protect Wild Forests: Say No to Trump’s Roadless Rule Repeal act.biologicaldiversity.org/TMITB4gub0WL...
Protect Wild Forests: Say No to Trump’s Roadless Rule Repeal
The Roadless Rule has protected nearly 60 million acres of forests for over two decades, keeping them free from logging, road building, and other industrial development. Now Trump is trying to take aw...
act.biologicaldiversity.org
August 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Protect Wild Forests: Say No to Trump’s Roadless Rule Repeal act.biologicaldiversity.org/TMITB4gub0WL...
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Researchers have registered more than 120 clinical trials to date evaluating the potential of mRNA-based approaches for treating many types of cancer, including lung, breast, and prostate, pancreatic, and brain tumors.
August 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Researchers have registered more than 120 clinical trials to date evaluating the potential of mRNA-based approaches for treating many types of cancer, including lung, breast, and prostate, pancreatic, and brain tumors.
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🚨 Protect the Lesser Prairie-Chicken!
Congress aims to strip Endangered Species Act protections from this iconic grassland bird. With 90% habitat lost & less than 1% of their historic population left, they can’t take another hit.
⚠️ Take bold action:
bit.ly/41rmxeA
Congress aims to strip Endangered Species Act protections from this iconic grassland bird. With 90% habitat lost & less than 1% of their historic population left, they can’t take another hit.
⚠️ Take bold action:
bit.ly/41rmxeA
August 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🚨 Protect the Lesser Prairie-Chicken!
Congress aims to strip Endangered Species Act protections from this iconic grassland bird. With 90% habitat lost & less than 1% of their historic population left, they can’t take another hit.
⚠️ Take bold action:
bit.ly/41rmxeA
Congress aims to strip Endangered Species Act protections from this iconic grassland bird. With 90% habitat lost & less than 1% of their historic population left, they can’t take another hit.
⚠️ Take bold action:
bit.ly/41rmxeA
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LeConte’s thrashers, native to arid desert habitats of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, have lost nearly 70% of their U.S. population over the past 50 years.
Today we petitioned to protect them under the Endangered Species Act. Learn more: biodiv.us/4lZtfku
Today we petitioned to protect them under the Endangered Species Act. Learn more: biodiv.us/4lZtfku
July 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
LeConte’s thrashers, native to arid desert habitats of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, have lost nearly 70% of their U.S. population over the past 50 years.
Today we petitioned to protect them under the Endangered Species Act. Learn more: biodiv.us/4lZtfku
Today we petitioned to protect them under the Endangered Species Act. Learn more: biodiv.us/4lZtfku
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There is no principle that @gavinnewsom.bsky.social won’t back-track on.
We should be pushing forward with a #JustTransition away from fossil fuels & petroleum industry. Instead, Newsom is seeking to increase (!?!) oil production & bail out polluting refineries.
We should be pushing forward with a #JustTransition away from fossil fuels & petroleum industry. Instead, Newsom is seeking to increase (!?!) oil production & bail out polluting refineries.
A do-over for Newsom? California crafts power plays to tackle looming refinery shutdowns
Gavin Newsom’s office floats new legislation, while the California Energy Commission looks for somebody to buy the Valero refinery in Northern California.
www.eastbaytimes.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
There is no principle that @gavinnewsom.bsky.social won’t back-track on.
We should be pushing forward with a #JustTransition away from fossil fuels & petroleum industry. Instead, Newsom is seeking to increase (!?!) oil production & bail out polluting refineries.
We should be pushing forward with a #JustTransition away from fossil fuels & petroleum industry. Instead, Newsom is seeking to increase (!?!) oil production & bail out polluting refineries.
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#Biodiversity - it is all interlinked
Forests can’t regrow if seeds can’t move.
New research shows 60% of tropical regrowth zones have lost the animals that once carried seeds there.
No dispersers, no recovery.
Rewilding isn’t optional: it’s the missing link in climate and restoration plans. 🌱🐦⬛ 🦜
🧪 #SciComm
New research shows 60% of tropical regrowth zones have lost the animals that once carried seeds there.
No dispersers, no recovery.
Rewilding isn’t optional: it’s the missing link in climate and restoration plans. 🌱🐦⬛ 🦜
🧪 #SciComm
What Happens to a Forest When the Birds Are Gone?
New research reveals how missing seed dispersers are quietly limiting tropical forest recovery When I left academia to work in conservation, I landed in an organization...
buff.ly
July 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
#Biodiversity - it is all interlinked
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Forests with robust animal populations store four times as much carbon #Science #Biology #Ecology #Forests #CarbonStorage #Biodiversity
Forests with robust animal populations store four times as much carbon
An analysis of thousands of forest plots reveals an underappreciated link between animal biodiversity and carbon storage
purescience.news
July 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Forests with robust animal populations store four times as much carbon #Science #Biology #Ecology #Forests #CarbonStorage #Biodiversity
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Read this thread and weep for what we have sacrificed for our fossil fuel addiction. These great beings are part of the lifeblood of our only home. Each of us must make decisions about whether our society’s lifestyles are truly worth sacrificing the rest of our future
It doesn't take a scientist or forester to see that North America's forests are changing rapidly, sometimes in ways never seen before. For this #ForestFriday let's review some terms being used to describe these changes, & take a tour thru America's new 'Forests of the Anthropocene'. 🧵
July 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Read this thread and weep for what we have sacrificed for our fossil fuel addiction. These great beings are part of the lifeblood of our only home. Each of us must make decisions about whether our society’s lifestyles are truly worth sacrificing the rest of our future
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I try not to do annoying advocacy posts on my socials, but I make an exception for the national parks. This is a humorous video and I hope it helps raise support for the parks system, a true wonder among God’s creations and our most exceptional cultural export
m.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Wv...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Wv...
Nick Offerman Is Sounding the Alarm: America’s National Parks Are Under Attack | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
m.youtube.com
July 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I try not to do annoying advocacy posts on my socials, but I make an exception for the national parks. This is a humorous video and I hope it helps raise support for the parks system, a true wonder among God’s creations and our most exceptional cultural export
m.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Wv...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Wv...
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"The danger is we're shifting the blame over to predators when the real problem is that the habitat has deteriorated," as biologist @andrewrypel.bsky.social says: "I worry that we're taking our eye off the ball."
@mavensnotebook.com @jarosenfield.bsky.social
@mavensnotebook.com @jarosenfield.bsky.social
A closer look at how predation and flow impact salmon survival #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/07/16/a...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: A closer look at how predation and flow impact salmon survival
Scarce flows, hungry predators, warm water, and politics conspire against salmon in the Delta, but which is the dominant stressor?
mavensnotebook.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"The danger is we're shifting the blame over to predators when the real problem is that the habitat has deteriorated," as biologist @andrewrypel.bsky.social says: "I worry that we're taking our eye off the ball."
@mavensnotebook.com @jarosenfield.bsky.social
@mavensnotebook.com @jarosenfield.bsky.social
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Research shows rain gardens are remarkably effective at capturing runoff.
When San Francisco installed 30 new rain gardens along a 12-block strip in the city’s Outer Sunset neighborhood, the corridor reduced the amount of stormwater entering the sewer by 95 percent for the area.
When San Francisco installed 30 new rain gardens along a 12-block strip in the city’s Outer Sunset neighborhood, the corridor reduced the amount of stormwater entering the sewer by 95 percent for the area.
Heavier storms are here. Rain gardens can help.
At the most basic level, they function like sponges.
www.motherjones.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Research shows rain gardens are remarkably effective at capturing runoff.
When San Francisco installed 30 new rain gardens along a 12-block strip in the city’s Outer Sunset neighborhood, the corridor reduced the amount of stormwater entering the sewer by 95 percent for the area.
When San Francisco installed 30 new rain gardens along a 12-block strip in the city’s Outer Sunset neighborhood, the corridor reduced the amount of stormwater entering the sewer by 95 percent for the area.
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Check out our new report by Center staff @peccarynotpig.bsky.social and @laikenjordahl.bsky.social that exposes how plans for new border wall construction in southeast Arizona pose dire threats to one of the last remaining jaguar corridors between the U.S. and Mexico. ➡️ biodiv.us/4nCzRX3
July 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Check out our new report by Center staff @peccarynotpig.bsky.social and @laikenjordahl.bsky.social that exposes how plans for new border wall construction in southeast Arizona pose dire threats to one of the last remaining jaguar corridors between the U.S. and Mexico. ➡️ biodiv.us/4nCzRX3
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This feels like a ✨prime✨ week to close the book on Amazon.
July 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This feels like a ✨prime✨ week to close the book on Amazon.
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"Frontal Assault" on Climate Justice: Rolling Stone's Antonia Juhasz on Trump's Budget Law
“Frontal Assault” on Climate Justice: Rolling Stone’s Antonia Juhasz on Trump’s Budget Law
We speak with investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz about how President Trump’s major tax and spending bill hurts environmental justice efforts in Louisiana communities affected by the climate crisis...
www.democracynow.org
July 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Frontal Assault" on Climate Justice: Rolling Stone's Antonia Juhasz on Trump's Budget Law
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Petrobras has been conducting surveys since 2013 using seismic airgun blasts that can destabilize marine ecosystems by interrupting essential communication in the marine food chain.
Seismic noise from oil companies threatens Amazon River Mouth marine life
OIAPOQUE, Brazil — At the northernmost tip of Brazil, where the Amazon spills into the Atlantic, a fragile web of estuaries, mangroves, submerged reefs and open sea is showing signs of distress.…
news.mongabay.com
July 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Petrobras has been conducting surveys since 2013 using seismic airgun blasts that can destabilize marine ecosystems by interrupting essential communication in the marine food chain.
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What we’ll lose if bird banding ends
Opinion | What we’ll lose if bird banding ends
Scientists have tagged birds for more than 100 years. That preservation program might be defunded.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
What we’ll lose if bird banding ends