Brian Allen
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Retired optometrist, birder, grandpa, conservationist
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Flash floods near Padang swept timber and mud into coastal waters, blocking access to sea routes and cutting off livelihoods.
Fishers report damaged boats and lost income, while scientists warn sediment and debris are harming coastal ecosystems. Groups blame illegal logging upstream.
Fishers report damaged boats and lost income, while scientists warn sediment and debris are harming coastal ecosystems. Groups blame illegal logging upstream.
A flood of logs post-Cyclone Senyar leaves Padang fishers out of work
PADANG, Indonesia — At low tide along Padang’s coastline, fishing boats sit idle, not because of rough seas, but because the water is clogged with timber. In late November, flash floods from Cyclone…
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December 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Flash floods near Padang swept timber and mud into coastal waters, blocking access to sea routes and cutting off livelihoods.
Fishers report damaged boats and lost income, while scientists warn sediment and debris are harming coastal ecosystems. Groups blame illegal logging upstream.
Fishers report damaged boats and lost income, while scientists warn sediment and debris are harming coastal ecosystems. Groups blame illegal logging upstream.
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump's Plan to Let AI Deny Medicare Coverage
Donald Trump and Dr. Oz want to let Artificial Intelligence (AI) choose which procedures Medicare will cover for individual patients -- with AI companies being paid based on how much money they save b...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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#Photographers Around the World Capture Astonishing #Auroras During the #Solar Maximum #auroraborealis #solarmaximum #photography #northernlights
Link for more information and amazing photos of the auroras: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/capt...
Link for more information and amazing photos of the auroras: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/capt...
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
#Photographers Around the World Capture Astonishing #Auroras During the #Solar Maximum #auroraborealis #solarmaximum #photography #northernlights
Link for more information and amazing photos of the auroras: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/capt...
Link for more information and amazing photos of the auroras: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/capt...
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Brazil’s Restoration & Bioeconomy Finance Coalition aims to mobilize $10B by 2030 for Indigenous and traditional community enterprises.
The goal: restore millions of hectares and replace rigid finance systems with models that truly reach forest communities.
The goal: restore millions of hectares and replace rigid finance systems with models that truly reach forest communities.
New financial tools boost traditional bioeconomy projects in the Amazon
When rigid loans fail to reach forest communities, they work in favor of invaders.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Brazil’s Restoration & Bioeconomy Finance Coalition aims to mobilize $10B by 2030 for Indigenous and traditional community enterprises.
The goal: restore millions of hectares and replace rigid finance systems with models that truly reach forest communities.
The goal: restore millions of hectares and replace rigid finance systems with models that truly reach forest communities.
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Sapariah “Arie” Saturi grew up in West Kalimantan amid recurring forest and peatland fires, experiences that shaped her understanding of Indonesia’s environmental crises.
She joined Mongabay Indonesia at its inception and helped build it into a national environmental newsroom.
She joined Mongabay Indonesia at its inception and helped build it into a national environmental newsroom.
Bearing witness to Indonesia’s environmental challenges: Sapariah Saturi
Indonesia’s environmental issues often feel too vast to take in at once. A nation said to have more than 17,000 islands, it contains the world’s third-largest tropical rainforest and one of its…
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November 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Sapariah “Arie” Saturi grew up in West Kalimantan amid recurring forest and peatland fires, experiences that shaped her understanding of Indonesia’s environmental crises.
She joined Mongabay Indonesia at its inception and helped build it into a national environmental newsroom.
She joined Mongabay Indonesia at its inception and helped build it into a national environmental newsroom.
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That sound you heard was every GOP elected official with a lick of sense absolutely SHITTING themselves thinking about the visual of Mark Kelly back in uniform before a military court as Whiskey Pete's handpicked chucklefucks try to railroad him on bogus charges.
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
That sound you heard was every GOP elected official with a lick of sense absolutely SHITTING themselves thinking about the visual of Mark Kelly back in uniform before a military court as Whiskey Pete's handpicked chucklefucks try to railroad him on bogus charges.
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Pangolins, the scaly anteaters that are the most trafficked wild mammals in the world, face a host of challenges throughout their range, including South Asia.
The IUCN Pangolin Specialist Group is working on a global action plan to conserve the species, with subgroups working on regional plans.
The IUCN Pangolin Specialist Group is working on a global action plan to conserve the species, with subgroups working on regional plans.
Protecting pangolins IRL, not just on paper: Interview with conservationist Kumar Paudel
KATHMANDU — Of the eight known species of pangolins found in Asia and Africa, three are listed as critically endangered on the Red List that’s maintained by the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation…
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November 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Pangolins, the scaly anteaters that are the most trafficked wild mammals in the world, face a host of challenges throughout their range, including South Asia.
The IUCN Pangolin Specialist Group is working on a global action plan to conserve the species, with subgroups working on regional plans.
The IUCN Pangolin Specialist Group is working on a global action plan to conserve the species, with subgroups working on regional plans.
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"EPA's own scientists closed the case on this 16 years ago. But this administration is obsessed with reversing the progress we have made and taking the country backwards."
@schiff.senate.gov defended the restoration of EPA's smart methane standards that protect our air and health.
@schiff.senate.gov defended the restoration of EPA's smart methane standards that protect our air and health.
November 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"EPA's own scientists closed the case on this 16 years ago. But this administration is obsessed with reversing the progress we have made and taking the country backwards."
@schiff.senate.gov defended the restoration of EPA's smart methane standards that protect our air and health.
@schiff.senate.gov defended the restoration of EPA's smart methane standards that protect our air and health.
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"Voters across the country just sent a clear message: their bills are too damn high." @climatepower.bsky.social
Turns out clean energy and low costs aren’t just a talking point — they’re what the American people actually want.
Turns out clean energy and low costs aren’t just a talking point — they’re what the American people actually want.
Utility bills are the new grocery prices in politics
Tuesday's elections hint that Republicans' energy agenda could cost them the 2026 midterms.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"Voters across the country just sent a clear message: their bills are too damn high." @climatepower.bsky.social
Turns out clean energy and low costs aren’t just a talking point — they’re what the American people actually want.
Turns out clean energy and low costs aren’t just a talking point — they’re what the American people actually want.
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The trial of the two suspects charged in the killing of Indigenous forest guardian Paulo Paulino Guajajara and attempted killing of fellow guardian Laércio Guajajara in the Brazilian Amazon in 2019 was pushed to 2026, triggering outrage among the Guajajara people and Indigenous rights advocates.
After 6 years, trial in Indigenous forest guardian killing pushed to 2026
Six years after the killing of Indigenous forest guardian Paulo Paulino Guajajara and the attempted killing of fellow guardian Laércio Guajajara in the Brazilian Amazon, the trial of the two suspects…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The trial of the two suspects charged in the killing of Indigenous forest guardian Paulo Paulino Guajajara and attempted killing of fellow guardian Laércio Guajajara in the Brazilian Amazon in 2019 was pushed to 2026, triggering outrage among the Guajajara people and Indigenous rights advocates.
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🌲 High up in the boreal forest lives the Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis), also known as the “Whiskyjack,” from the Algonquin Wisakedjak — a benevolent trickster spirit in several First Nations stories.
❄️ Learn how this #BirdoftheWeek outsmarts winter in our bird library:
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❄️ Learn how this #BirdoftheWeek outsmarts winter in our bird library:
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November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
🌲 High up in the boreal forest lives the Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis), also known as the “Whiskyjack,” from the Algonquin Wisakedjak — a benevolent trickster spirit in several First Nations stories.
❄️ Learn how this #BirdoftheWeek outsmarts winter in our bird library:
bit.ly/3WEM1CH
❄️ Learn how this #BirdoftheWeek outsmarts winter in our bird library:
bit.ly/3WEM1CH
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At COP30 in Belém, host country Brazil formally introduced the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF). It’s an endowment-style mechanism designed to pay countries and forest stewards to keep tropical forests standing. TFFF has drawn goodwill and cautious optimism from leaders and NGOs.
Cautious optimism greets new global forest fund at COP30
At the COP30 Leaders’ Summit in Belém, host country Brazil formally introduced the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF). It’s an endowment-style mechanism designed to pay countries and forest…
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November 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
At COP30 in Belém, host country Brazil formally introduced the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF). It’s an endowment-style mechanism designed to pay countries and forest stewards to keep tropical forests standing. TFFF has drawn goodwill and cautious optimism from leaders and NGOs.
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[COMMENTARY]
A recent proposal by the Swedish government encourages fertilization with nitrogen to speed up tree growth, which may work in the short term but eventually fails and is leached into waterways, altering ecosystems.
** The views expressed are the author's.
A recent proposal by the Swedish government encourages fertilization with nitrogen to speed up tree growth, which may work in the short term but eventually fails and is leached into waterways, altering ecosystems.
** The views expressed are the author's.
Why Sweden’s forest policy matters to the world (commentary)
The deep, dark forests of northern Europe supplied people with wood, timber and food for millennia. They gave rise to myths, legends and fairy tales, and offered refuge to the persecuted. Over time,…
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November 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
[COMMENTARY]
A recent proposal by the Swedish government encourages fertilization with nitrogen to speed up tree growth, which may work in the short term but eventually fails and is leached into waterways, altering ecosystems.
** The views expressed are the author's.
A recent proposal by the Swedish government encourages fertilization with nitrogen to speed up tree growth, which may work in the short term but eventually fails and is leached into waterways, altering ecosystems.
** The views expressed are the author's.
Australia’s unprecedented toxic algal bloom has a surprise culprit | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Australia’s unprecedented toxic algal bloom has a surprise culprit
A relatively unknown species is producing a notorious neurotoxin, devastating sea life
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November 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Australia’s unprecedented toxic algal bloom has a surprise culprit | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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The Trump administration recently announced plans to terminate over $23.88 billion in clean energy grants that would have supported 338,150 new jobs.
As costs continue to soar and quality of life worsens, this administration is raising your bills and taking away jobs.
As costs continue to soar and quality of life worsens, this administration is raising your bills and taking away jobs.
DOE Grant Terminations | Climate Power
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October 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Trump administration recently announced plans to terminate over $23.88 billion in clean energy grants that would have supported 338,150 new jobs.
As costs continue to soar and quality of life worsens, this administration is raising your bills and taking away jobs.
As costs continue to soar and quality of life worsens, this administration is raising your bills and taking away jobs.
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One year ago, a cholera outbreak was declared in #South Sudan. Today, it is still not under control. Over 93,000 cases and 1,500 deaths have been reported.
Ilse De Boer, MSF Deputy Medical Coordinator, shares reasons why this preventable disease has not yet been contained.
Ilse De Boer, MSF Deputy Medical Coordinator, shares reasons why this preventable disease has not yet been contained.
October 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
One year ago, a cholera outbreak was declared in #South Sudan. Today, it is still not under control. Over 93,000 cases and 1,500 deaths have been reported.
Ilse De Boer, MSF Deputy Medical Coordinator, shares reasons why this preventable disease has not yet been contained.
Ilse De Boer, MSF Deputy Medical Coordinator, shares reasons why this preventable disease has not yet been contained.
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In a new short video, Mongabay visits the Dimonika Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO site in southwestern Republic of Congo.
The government shut down a Chinese company’s gold mining operation in November 2024, but mining pollution and its impacts on local communities persist.
The government shut down a Chinese company’s gold mining operation in November 2024, but mining pollution and its impacts on local communities persist.
Gold mining impacts persist after DRC shuts down company operations: Video
In a new short video, Mongabay visits the Dimonika Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO site in southwestern Republic of Congo. The government shut down a Chinese company’s gold mining operation in November…
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October 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
In a new short video, Mongabay visits the Dimonika Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO site in southwestern Republic of Congo.
The government shut down a Chinese company’s gold mining operation in November 2024, but mining pollution and its impacts on local communities persist.
The government shut down a Chinese company’s gold mining operation in November 2024, but mining pollution and its impacts on local communities persist.
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Career prosecutors were put on leave, allegedly for stating the truth about J6. The Administration is working overtime to erase history. It’s incumbent upon all of us to document truth, preserve historical record, and stand firm against efforts to replace facts.
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DOJ places on leave 2 prosecutors who said 'mob' of 'rioters' carried out Jan. 6 attack
Two federal prosecutors have been told they will be put on leave after filing a brief that described the Jan. 6, 2021, attackers a "mob of rioters," sources say.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Career prosecutors were put on leave, allegedly for stating the truth about J6. The Administration is working overtime to erase history. It’s incumbent upon all of us to document truth, preserve historical record, and stand firm against efforts to replace facts.
abcnews.go.com/US/doj-place...
abcnews.go.com/US/doj-place...
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The last known photo of the slender-billed curlew, a grayish-brown migratory waterbird, was taken in February 1995 at Merja Zerga, on Morocco’s Atlantic coast.
There will likely never be another one.
There will likely never be another one.
The slender-billed curlew, a migratory waterbird, is officially extinct: IUCN
The last known photo of the slender-billed curlew, a grayish-brown migratory waterbird, was taken in February 1995 at Merja Zerga, on Morocco’s Atlantic coast. There will likely never be another one.…
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October 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The last known photo of the slender-billed curlew, a grayish-brown migratory waterbird, was taken in February 1995 at Merja Zerga, on Morocco’s Atlantic coast.
There will likely never be another one.
There will likely never be another one.
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Demolishing part of the White House to build a lavish ballroom funded by billionaire donors while ordinary Americans are suffering from skyrocketing energy and healthcare bills is a little too on the nose for this administration
Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House to build President Trump’s long-desired ballroom — despite his pledge that construction of the $250 million addition wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing building. https://wapo.st/4hl7jyF
October 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Demolishing part of the White House to build a lavish ballroom funded by billionaire donors while ordinary Americans are suffering from skyrocketing energy and healthcare bills is a little too on the nose for this administration
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Protecting wolves is about more than one species — it’s about protecting ecosystems. This #WolfAwarenessWeek, we’re celebrating the progress and partnerships that drive our wolf conservation efforts forward.
www.raincoast.org/2025/10/rewr...
www.raincoast.org/2025/10/rewr...
Together, let’s rewrite the story of wolves in BC | Raincoast
Protecting wolves is about more than one species—it’s about protecting ecosystems.
www.raincoast.org
October 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Protecting wolves is about more than one species — it’s about protecting ecosystems. This #WolfAwarenessWeek, we’re celebrating the progress and partnerships that drive our wolf conservation efforts forward.
www.raincoast.org/2025/10/rewr...
www.raincoast.org/2025/10/rewr...
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A new study indicates that deep-sea mining could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, many of which are already at risk of extinction.
Mining the deep-sea could further threaten endangered sharks and rays
New research has found that deep-sea mining in international waters could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras — many of which are already at risk of extinction. Chondrichthyes,…
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October 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A new study indicates that deep-sea mining could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, many of which are already at risk of extinction.
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A district court in Jakarta has dismissed a lawsuit brought by palm oil company PT Kalimantan Lestari Mandiri against two scientists who provided expert testimony in a 2018 court case that found the palm oil firm liable for wildfires on hundreds of hectares of land in Central Kalimantan province.
Indonesia court clears wildfire scientists in case brought by palm oil company
A lower court in the Jakarta suburb of Bogor ruled in October in favor of environmental scientists Bambang Hero Saharjo and Basuki Wasis, dismissing a lawsuit brought by Borneo plantation firm PT…
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October 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
A district court in Jakarta has dismissed a lawsuit brought by palm oil company PT Kalimantan Lestari Mandiri against two scientists who provided expert testimony in a 2018 court case that found the palm oil firm liable for wildfires on hundreds of hectares of land in Central Kalimantan province.