Matt Herbert
@mattherbert.bsky.social
Dachshund dad. Public lands lover. South Dakotan.
📍Washington DC
📍Washington DC
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I stopped listening to Bill Gates talk about climate change a long time ago.
You should stop too.
You should stop too.
October 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I stopped listening to Bill Gates talk about climate change a long time ago.
You should stop too.
You should stop too.
Through the first six months of 2025, disasters across the United States caused more than $100 billion in damage -- the most expensive start to any year on record.
Fourteen disasters each caused at least $1 billion in damage through the first half of the year.
Fourteen disasters each caused at least $1 billion in damage through the first half of the year.
The Trump administration stopped updating a federal database that tracked the cost of extreme weather disasters, including hurricanes, wildfires and other events, that each caused at least $1 billion in damage.
A group of scientists has revived it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
A group of scientists has revived it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
In First Six Months, Cost of Weather Catastrophes Escalated at a Record Pace
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Through the first six months of 2025, disasters across the United States caused more than $100 billion in damage -- the most expensive start to any year on record.
Fourteen disasters each caused at least $1 billion in damage through the first half of the year.
Fourteen disasters each caused at least $1 billion in damage through the first half of the year.
The Trump administration stopped updating a federal database that tracked the cost of extreme weather disasters, including hurricanes, wildfires and other events, that each caused at least $1 billion in damage.
A group of scientists has revived it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
A group of scientists has revived it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
In First Six Months, Cost of Weather Catastrophes Escalated at a Record Pace
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Trump administration stopped updating a federal database that tracked the cost of extreme weather disasters, including hurricanes, wildfires and other events, that each caused at least $1 billion in damage.
A group of scientists has revived it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
A group of scientists has revived it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
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Donald Trump is scrapping a 2001 rule that protects 58m acres of the most prized forests in the US "so we are allowed to take down trees and make a lot of money."
I went to the forest where the roadless rule was unveiled to find out what's at stake www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I went to the forest where the roadless rule was unveiled to find out what's at stake www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Donald Trump is scrapping a 2001 rule that protects 58m acres of the most prized forests in the US "so we are allowed to take down trees and make a lot of money."
I went to the forest where the roadless rule was unveiled to find out what's at stake www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I went to the forest where the roadless rule was unveiled to find out what's at stake www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Breaking News: Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most revered conservationists, died at 91. Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” nyti.ms/42kpGxt
October 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Breaking News: Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most revered conservationists, died at 91. Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” nyti.ms/42kpGxt
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The banned words list applies to all work done at the largest federal funder of clean energy technology. n.pr/4nQ9sEq
Energy Dept. tells employees not to use words including 'climate change' and 'green'
The banned words list applies to all work done at the largest federal funder of clean energy technology.
n.pr
September 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The banned words list applies to all work done at the largest federal funder of clean energy technology. n.pr/4nQ9sEq
"On the windswept prairie of South Dakota, a tribal public radio station is selling off its old records to pay the bills.”
The federal funding cuts to public broadcasting are reshaping the airwaves in rural and tribal communities across America.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
The federal funding cuts to public broadcasting are reshaping the airwaves in rural and tribal communities across America.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
After Trump’s Cuts, ‘Crippled’ NPR and PBS Stations Must Transform
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"On the windswept prairie of South Dakota, a tribal public radio station is selling off its old records to pay the bills.”
The federal funding cuts to public broadcasting are reshaping the airwaves in rural and tribal communities across America.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
The federal funding cuts to public broadcasting are reshaping the airwaves in rural and tribal communities across America.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
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A rule granting the Bureau of Land Management authority to set aside public lands for conservation took effect less than a year ago. The Trump administration is moving to dismantle it.
Trump Administration Moves to Dismantle Conservation as an Official Use of Public Lands - Inside Climate News
The decision means nearly 245 million acres of federal public land would be ineligible for conservation or restoration use designations.
insideclimatenews.org
September 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A rule granting the Bureau of Land Management authority to set aside public lands for conservation took effect less than a year ago. The Trump administration is moving to dismantle it.
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Kudos to @earthsight.bsky.social and @mightyearth.org for the research behind this NYT exposé showing how global demand—like for RVs—is fuelling deforestation in Borneo. It's a stark reminder of all that is at stake if we don't demand better supply-chain rules and transparency
The Rainforests Being Cleared to Build Your R.V.
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Kudos to @earthsight.bsky.social and @mightyearth.org for the research behind this NYT exposé showing how global demand—like for RVs—is fuelling deforestation in Borneo. It's a stark reminder of all that is at stake if we don't demand better supply-chain rules and transparency
American demand for tropical wood used in motor homes is accelerating the disappearance of some of the world’s largest forests, conservationists say.
The Rainforests Being Cleared to Build Your R.V.
American demand for tropical wood that is used in motor homes, conservationists say, is accelerating the disappearance of some of the world’s largest forests.
nyti.ms
August 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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The Phelans ran the only bookstore in Vermillion, South Dakota.
But after the state passed a measure preventing transgender young people like their daughter from using girls’ bathrooms, they sold it and moved away.
But after the state passed a measure preventing transgender young people like their daughter from using girls’ bathrooms, they sold it and moved away.
A family opened a town’s first bookstore. A bathroom bill is driving them away.
The Phelans ran the only bookstore in Vermillion, South Dakota. They sold it and moved after a new law would’ve required their daughter to use a boy’s bathroom.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Breaking news: The Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to rescind the landmark legal opinion that underpins virtually all of its regulations to curb climate change.
EPA moves to end climate regulation under Clean Air Act
The agency proposal would rescind the landmark “endangerment finding,” which says that greenhouse gases are a threat to public health.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Breaking news: The Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to rescind the landmark legal opinion that underpins virtually all of its regulations to curb climate change.
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Its been 60 years since our leaders knew climate change was approaching. My latest reflections on the tragedy in Texas... fighting off the numbness of these repetitive disasters now coming faster than I can tally them, and trying to keep the big picture in focus.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come
Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.
www.propublica.org
July 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Its been 60 years since our leaders knew climate change was approaching. My latest reflections on the tragedy in Texas... fighting off the numbness of these repetitive disasters now coming faster than I can tally them, and trying to keep the big picture in focus.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Run, don't walk, to buy an EV.
“Long story short, the credits under the current legislation are only going to be on the books through the end of September,” @coreybcantor.bsky.social warns.
Read the full story from @zeitlin.bsky.social ⬇️
“Long story short, the credits under the current legislation are only going to be on the books through the end of September,” @coreybcantor.bsky.social warns.
Read the full story from @zeitlin.bsky.social ⬇️
The Best Time to Buy an EV Is Probably Right Now
If the Senate reconciliation bill gets enacted as written, you’ve got about 92 days left to seal the deal.
heatmap.news
July 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Run, don't walk, to buy an EV.
“Long story short, the credits under the current legislation are only going to be on the books through the end of September,” @coreybcantor.bsky.social warns.
Read the full story from @zeitlin.bsky.social ⬇️
“Long story short, the credits under the current legislation are only going to be on the books through the end of September,” @coreybcantor.bsky.social warns.
Read the full story from @zeitlin.bsky.social ⬇️
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There are way too many things to be upset about these days, but I believe the destruction of public lands should be near the top of the list: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump to strip protections from millions of acres of national forests
The USDA announced it would begin the process of rolling back protections for nearly 59 million roadless acres of the National Forest system.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
There are way too many things to be upset about these days, but I believe the destruction of public lands should be near the top of the list: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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In a country flooded by a never-ending wave of talking heads, pundits and fiery social media posts, two bipartisan former governors said the solution to America’s political gridlock may be more talking.
via @darrellehrlick.bsky.social
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/form...
via @darrellehrlick.bsky.social
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/form...
Former governors say bipartisan unity key to rebuffing questionable federal policy
In a country flooded by a never-ending wave of talking heads, pundits and fiery social media posts, two bipartisan former governors said the solution to America’s political gridlock may be more talkin...
www.newsfromthestates.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In a country flooded by a never-ending wave of talking heads, pundits and fiery social media posts, two bipartisan former governors said the solution to America’s political gridlock may be more talking.
via @darrellehrlick.bsky.social
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/form...
via @darrellehrlick.bsky.social
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/form...
Excellent conversation with former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock on bipartisanship and how federal cuts from the Trump administration are impacting states.
Hosted by @pewtrusts.org & @statesnewsroom.com
Hosted by @pewtrusts.org & @statesnewsroom.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Excellent conversation with former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock on bipartisanship and how federal cuts from the Trump administration are impacting states.
Hosted by @pewtrusts.org & @statesnewsroom.com
Hosted by @pewtrusts.org & @statesnewsroom.com
Sigh: Trump administration plans to roll back protections for nearly 59 million roadless acres of the National Forest System.
"If the rollback survives court challenges, it will open up vast swaths of largely untouched land to logging and roadbuilding." www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
"If the rollback survives court challenges, it will open up vast swaths of largely untouched land to logging and roadbuilding." www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump to strip protections from millions of acres of national forests
The Agriculture Department said it would begin the process of rolling back protections for nearly 59 million roadless acres of the National Forest System.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Sigh: Trump administration plans to roll back protections for nearly 59 million roadless acres of the National Forest System.
"If the rollback survives court challenges, it will open up vast swaths of largely untouched land to logging and roadbuilding." www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
"If the rollback survives court challenges, it will open up vast swaths of largely untouched land to logging and roadbuilding." www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
More than 250 million acres of public lands are eligible for sale in the Senate reconciliation bill, including local recreation areas, wilderness study areas, roadless areas, critical wildlife habitat and big game migration corridors.
June 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
More than 250 million acres of public lands are eligible for sale in the Senate reconciliation bill, including local recreation areas, wilderness study areas, roadless areas, critical wildlife habitat and big game migration corridors.
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There are so many horrific things underway in the Trump administration that it's difficult to prioritize. But the sell-off of millions of acres of public lands would be a huge step backward for our nation, and it would be irrecoverable.
🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
June 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
There are so many horrific things underway in the Trump administration that it's difficult to prioritize. But the sell-off of millions of acres of public lands would be a huge step backward for our nation, and it would be irrecoverable.
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77% of Americans say stricter building standards are a good idea for communities at high risk of extreme weather. And 64% think it is a good idea for government to provide financial assistance for people in these communities to rebuild in the wake of extreme weather events.
May 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
77% of Americans say stricter building standards are a good idea for communities at high risk of extreme weather. And 64% think it is a good idea for government to provide financial assistance for people in these communities to rebuild in the wake of extreme weather events.
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Public lands are the inheritance we will leave to our children and grandchildren. Selling them off to build vacation homes or to pay for a tax cut for billionaires will forever impoverish those who come after us. Let’s keep public lands in public hands.
Opinion | It Turns Out Some Republicans in Congress Do Have a Red Line
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Public lands are the inheritance we will leave to our children and grandchildren. Selling them off to build vacation homes or to pay for a tax cut for billionaires will forever impoverish those who come after us. Let’s keep public lands in public hands.
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NEW: NOAA retires its widely cited billion-dollar weather and climate database amid staff cuts. Unique database had been tallying disaster costs for 45 years. www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/c...
NOAA ends extreme weather database that tracked cost of disasters since 1980 | CNN
Its discontinuation is another Trump-administration blow to the public’s view into how fossil fuel pollution is changing the world around them and making extreme weather more costly.
www.cnn.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
NEW: NOAA retires its widely cited billion-dollar weather and climate database amid staff cuts. Unique database had been tallying disaster costs for 45 years. www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/c...
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St. Paul Island recently completed its longest winter stretch in recorded history with above-freezing temperatures — 343 consecutive hours, or 14 days.
The drastic climate change has forced residents to consider how long they can last there.
The drastic climate change has forced residents to consider how long they can last there.
Ice all but disappeared from this Alaskan island. It changed everything.
A warming Bering Sea kept ice away from this Alaskan island — leading to the closure of a crab processing plant and fraying of the community.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
St. Paul Island recently completed its longest winter stretch in recorded history with above-freezing temperatures — 343 consecutive hours, or 14 days.
The drastic climate change has forced residents to consider how long they can last there.
The drastic climate change has forced residents to consider how long they can last there.