In 2023, EU authorities recorded nearly 5,200 wildlife trafficking seizures, mostly involving endangered European eels, timber, and medicinal plants, reinforcing the bloc’s status as a key global trade hub, a new report notes.

Be intentional about seeing the good things, they’re everywhere just waiting for you to pay attention 😊
#bloomscrolling #gardeningfeed #flowers #garden #floralphotography #nature #naturephotography

The magic of early summer.
#nature

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
Ancient forests now "are more like a pristine greenhouse than a living ecosystem: a wilderness that has been fumigated and left sterile. Not a forest, but a museum"

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

What just happened here??? An advisory committee to the #CDC demands answers from acting director Susan Monarez about why parts of the agency's website went dark Friday & to specify when the missing pages & data will be returned. www.statnews.com/2025/02/01/c...

RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.

A friend asked me about the potential risk of losing public broadcasting funding. If you're interested, I recommend this comprehensive report from "On The Media," which explains what's always saved CPB funding in the past, and why it might not now.

www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Who's that in Rolling Stone? If you haven't had time to read the full write up of our investigation into the origins and activity of Ipieca over at Drilled, @amywestervelt.bsky.social and I have the sparks notes summary for you over at Rolling Stone.

Check it out.

Good post here from @stand.earth raising concerns about the role of burning biomass in the Paris Agreement's carbon offsetting rules. It is astonishing that the situation on burning trees has gotten so bad, yet the efforts to make it worse continue....

stand.earth/press-releas...

Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in January 2023, he inherited an environmental mess.

He is trying to turn that around and set Brazil on a path to end deforestation by 2030.

How is he doing? @gristnews.bsky.social checks in.

New MIT study finds that direct air capture projects are based on questionable assumptions about future costs and deployment and therefore are overestimating potential emission reductions

news.mit.edu/2024/reality...

🎉Big news: The Zero-Emission Vessel Innovation Act (ZEVIA) was introduced in Congress!

This bill funds clean shipping tech, paving the way for a zero-emission future. 🌊🚢

Thank you to Rep. Barragán for championing clean air and taking action.

oceanconservancy.org/news/zero-em...

No species is too small to be saved.

We just petitioned the USFWS seeking #EndangeredSpecies Act protections for the Owyhee hot springsnail and Owyhee upland pyrg.

Both snail species are threatened by habitat destruction, invasive species, and #climatechange. Learn more: bit.ly/3V33Cn7

#Biodiversity: Scientists say coral ‘pulsing with life and colour’ is believed to be 300 years old and three times larger than previous record holder. 🌎 www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11...