The Revelator
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Environmental News & Commentary. Published by @centerforbiodiv.bsky.social. Edited by @johnrplatt.bsky.social
Let’s Rename the Day After Thanksgiving ‘Extinction Friday’ https://therevelator.org/extinction-friday/
Let’s Rename the Day After Thanksgiving ‘Extinction Friday’ • The Revelator
The annual Black Friday ode to overconsumption sits at the core of our destruction of Earth’s ecosystems. We can flip the script.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Let’s Rename the Day After Thanksgiving ‘Extinction Friday’ https://therevelator.org/extinction-friday/
Overfishing and other threats have depleted populations of the iconic American eel. A new proposal to restrict international trade under CITES could offer them a lifeline. https://therevelator.org/cites-american-eel/
Can an International Treaty Save the American Eel? • The Revelator
Overfishing and other threats have depleted populations of this iconic species. A new proposal to restrict international trade under CITES could offer them a lifeline.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Overfishing and other threats have depleted populations of the iconic American eel. A new proposal to restrict international trade under CITES could offer them a lifeline. https://therevelator.org/cites-american-eel/
“A 50th anniversary of The Monkey Wrench Gang couldn’t be timelier,” says Doug Peacock, who inspired the character of George Hayduke in the novel. “Our American wilderness...has never been in greater peril." https://therevelator.org/doug-peacock-monkey-wrench-gang/
Doug Peacock, the real ‘George Hayduke,’ Looks Back on 50 Years of The Monkey Wrench Gang • The Revelator
Now a famed grizzly conservationist, Peacock served as Edward Abbey’s inspiration for the novel’s most pivotal, piercing character.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“A 50th anniversary of The Monkey Wrench Gang couldn’t be timelier,” says Doug Peacock, who inspired the character of George Hayduke in the novel. “Our American wilderness...has never been in greater peril." https://therevelator.org/doug-peacock-monkey-wrench-gang/
What Catastrophes Get Our Attention, and Why It Matters #COP30 #climatechange https://therevelator.org/celebrity-catastrophes/
What Catastrophes Get Our Attention, and Why It Matters • The Revelator
When catastrophe becomes celebrity, we stop witnessing and start scrolling, turning suffering into spectacle. But we can break that cycle.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What Catastrophes Get Our Attention, and Why It Matters #COP30 #climatechange https://therevelator.org/celebrity-catastrophes/
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Beware of relatives over the holidays, especially if you're a bear.
My latest for @therevelator.org
My latest for @therevelator.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Beware of relatives over the holidays, especially if you're a bear.
My latest for @therevelator.org
My latest for @therevelator.org
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The next Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) starts in a few days. There are lots of shark issues on the docket. Read my explainer here:
therevelator.org/cites-sharks/ 🧪🦑🌎🦈
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Can a Powerful International Wildlife Conservation Meeting Help Save Sharks? • The Revelator
Seven proposals at the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference of the parties would benefit up to 70 species of sharks…if they pass.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The next Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) starts in a few days. There are lots of shark issues on the docket. Read my explainer here:
therevelator.org/cites-sharks/ 🧪🦑🌎🦈
therevelator.org/cites-sharks/ 🧪🦑🌎🦈
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Fifty years on, The Monkey Wrench Gang still rattles the machinery. Abbey’s crew—shaped by friend and “Hayduke” muse Doug Peacock—reminds us that defending wild places demands spine, not spin. Their legacy: defiance, love of place, and a refusal to let destruction slide, then or now. Still true.
Doug Peacock, the real ‘George Hayduke,’ Looks Back on 50 Years of The Monkey Wrench Gang https://therevelator.org/doug-peacock-monkey-wrench-gang/
Doug Peacock, the real ‘George Hayduke,’ Looks Back on 50 Years of The Monkey Wrench Gang • The Revelator
Now a famed grizzly conservationist, Peacock served as Edward Abbey’s inspiration for the novel’s most pivotal, piercing character.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Fifty years on, The Monkey Wrench Gang still rattles the machinery. Abbey’s crew—shaped by friend and “Hayduke” muse Doug Peacock—reminds us that defending wild places demands spine, not spin. Their legacy: defiance, love of place, and a refusal to let destruction slide, then or now. Still true.
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Today brought our second article about The Monkey Wrench Gang, an interview with grizzly conservationist Doug Peacock, who inspired the novel's character George Hayduke: therevelator.org/doug-peacock...
Doug Peacock, the real ‘George Hayduke,’ Looks Back on 50 Years of The Monkey Wrench Gang • The Revelator
Now a famed grizzly conservationist, Peacock served as Edward Abbey’s inspiration for the novel’s most pivotal, piercing character.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Today brought our second article about The Monkey Wrench Gang, an interview with grizzly conservationist Doug Peacock, who inspired the novel's character George Hayduke: therevelator.org/doug-peacock...
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We've published two articles at @therevelator.org looking back at the 50th anniversary of Edward Abbey’s The Monkey Wrench Gang. First came an essay by the real-world inspiration for one of the novel's characters, Bonnie Abbzug: therevelator.org/happy-50th-b...
Happy 50th Birthday, Monkey Wrench Gang • The Revelator
Half a century after the novel’s publication, the Glen Canyon Dam still stands, now home to the world’s largest mud puddle.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We've published two articles at @therevelator.org looking back at the 50th anniversary of Edward Abbey’s The Monkey Wrench Gang. First came an essay by the real-world inspiration for one of the novel's characters, Bonnie Abbzug: therevelator.org/happy-50th-b...
Doug Peacock, the real ‘George Hayduke,’ Looks Back on 50 Years of The Monkey Wrench Gang https://therevelator.org/doug-peacock-monkey-wrench-gang/
Doug Peacock, the real ‘George Hayduke,’ Looks Back on 50 Years of The Monkey Wrench Gang • The Revelator
Now a famed grizzly conservationist, Peacock served as Edward Abbey’s inspiration for the novel’s most pivotal, piercing character.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Doug Peacock, the real ‘George Hayduke,’ Looks Back on 50 Years of The Monkey Wrench Gang https://therevelator.org/doug-peacock-monkey-wrench-gang/
"I whisper the only apology that matters: You were beautiful, and we should have slowed down for you." https://therevelator.org/ghost-reefs/
Ghost Reefs of 2083: The Paleontology of Color (A Speculative ‘Fiction’) • The Revelator
What will the loss of coral reefs cost the planet — and humanity?
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November 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"I whisper the only apology that matters: You were beautiful, and we should have slowed down for you." https://therevelator.org/ghost-reefs/
"If every birder in the United States gave up eating chicken, more than 2 billion chickens would be spared this year alone." https://therevelator.org/birding-blind-spot/
Birding’s Tragic Blind Spot • The Revelator
Humans love to watch birds in nature. So why do we ignore the lives of the birds destined for our plates?
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November 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"If every birder in the United States gave up eating chicken, more than 2 billion chickens would be spared this year alone." https://therevelator.org/birding-blind-spot/
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I interviewed @pkuper.bsky.social, one of my favorite political cartoonists, about his two new environmental graphic novels. @therevelator.org @wwnorton.com @fantagraphics.bsky.social therevelator.org/peter-kuper-...
A Cartoonist Finds Hope Amid the Apocalypse(s) • The Revelator
In two powerful new graphic novels, Peter Kuper tackles climate change, disappearing insects, and other tough environmental topics — but gives us reasons to avoid despair.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I interviewed @pkuper.bsky.social, one of my favorite political cartoonists, about his two new environmental graphic novels. @therevelator.org @wwnorton.com @fantagraphics.bsky.social therevelator.org/peter-kuper-...
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Are new #plastic materials and processes help or hype?
#PlasticPollution is poisoning the planet. Some experts suggest making plastics from more “natural” materials, but research shows those still have risks.
Get the rest in our weekly newsletter, @therevelator.org ➡️ https://bit.ly/3LHSOJj
#PlasticPollution is poisoning the planet. Some experts suggest making plastics from more “natural” materials, but research shows those still have risks.
Get the rest in our weekly newsletter, @therevelator.org ➡️ https://bit.ly/3LHSOJj
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Are new #plastic materials and processes help or hype?
#PlasticPollution is poisoning the planet. Some experts suggest making plastics from more “natural” materials, but research shows those still have risks.
Get the rest in our weekly newsletter, @therevelator.org ➡️ https://bit.ly/3LHSOJj
#PlasticPollution is poisoning the planet. Some experts suggest making plastics from more “natural” materials, but research shows those still have risks.
Get the rest in our weekly newsletter, @therevelator.org ➡️ https://bit.ly/3LHSOJj
A Cartoonist Finds Hope Amid the Apocalypse(s)
In two powerful new graphic novels, @pkuper.bsky.social tackles climate change, disappearing insects, and other tough environmental topics — but gives us reasons to avoid despair.
https://therevelator.org/peter-kuper-insectopolis/
In two powerful new graphic novels, @pkuper.bsky.social tackles climate change, disappearing insects, and other tough environmental topics — but gives us reasons to avoid despair.
https://therevelator.org/peter-kuper-insectopolis/
A Cartoonist Finds Hope Amid the Apocalypse(s) • The Revelator
In two powerful new graphic novels, Peter Kuper tackles climate change, disappearing insects, and other tough environmental topics — but gives us reasons to avoid despair.
therevelator.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A Cartoonist Finds Hope Amid the Apocalypse(s)
In two powerful new graphic novels, @pkuper.bsky.social tackles climate change, disappearing insects, and other tough environmental topics — but gives us reasons to avoid despair.
https://therevelator.org/peter-kuper-insectopolis/
In two powerful new graphic novels, @pkuper.bsky.social tackles climate change, disappearing insects, and other tough environmental topics — but gives us reasons to avoid despair.
https://therevelator.org/peter-kuper-insectopolis/
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You read our speculative-fiction reef story in The Revelator. But fiction only becomes future if we let it. Here’s a thread on how we bend the plot toward a hopeful ending: tangible actions anyone can take to change the arc right now. 🌊
#OceanHoptimism #ActNow
#OceanHoptimism #ActNow
Ghost Reefs of 2083: The Paleontology of Color (A Speculative ‘Fiction’) https://therevelator.org/ghost-reefs/
Ghost Reefs of 2083: The Paleontology of Color (A Speculative ‘Fiction’) • The Revelator
What will the loss of coral reefs cost the planet — and humanity?
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November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
You read our speculative-fiction reef story in The Revelator. But fiction only becomes future if we let it. Here’s a thread on how we bend the plot toward a hopeful ending: tangible actions anyone can take to change the arc right now. 🌊
#OceanHoptimism #ActNow
#OceanHoptimism #ActNow
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ICYMI yesterday while one or two big things dominated the news:
Ghost Reefs of 2083: The Paleontology of Color (A Speculative ‘Fiction’) #climatechange #actonclimate #coralreefs #oceanconservation @therevelator.org therevelator.org/ghost-reefs/
Ghost Reefs of 2083: The Paleontology of Color (A Speculative ‘Fiction’) #climatechange #actonclimate #coralreefs #oceanconservation @therevelator.org therevelator.org/ghost-reefs/
Ghost Reefs of 2083: The Paleontology of Color (A Speculative ‘Fiction’) • The Revelator
What will the loss of coral reefs cost the planet — and humanity?
therevelator.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
ICYMI yesterday while one or two big things dominated the news:
Ghost Reefs of 2083: The Paleontology of Color (A Speculative ‘Fiction’) #climatechange #actonclimate #coralreefs #oceanconservation @therevelator.org therevelator.org/ghost-reefs/
Ghost Reefs of 2083: The Paleontology of Color (A Speculative ‘Fiction’) #climatechange #actonclimate #coralreefs #oceanconservation @therevelator.org therevelator.org/ghost-reefs/
Ghost Reefs of 2083: The Paleontology of Color (A Speculative ‘Fiction’) https://therevelator.org/ghost-reefs/
Ghost Reefs of 2083: The Paleontology of Color (A Speculative ‘Fiction’) • The Revelator
What will the loss of coral reefs cost the planet — and humanity?
therevelator.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Ghost Reefs of 2083: The Paleontology of Color (A Speculative ‘Fiction’) https://therevelator.org/ghost-reefs/
Far too many pioneering female scientists have been written out of the history books, including groundbreaking (but complicated) Mary Elizabeth Barber, South Africa’s first female botanist. https://therevelator.org/barber-botanist-feminist/
Rediscovering the Legacy of Mary Elizabeth Barber, South Africa’s First Female Botanist • The Revelator
One species she discovered, a critically endangered plant, eluded researchers for decades but has been rediscovered — as has Barber herself.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Far too many pioneering female scientists have been written out of the history books, including groundbreaking (but complicated) Mary Elizabeth Barber, South Africa’s first female botanist. https://therevelator.org/barber-botanist-feminist/
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My latest for @therevelator.org on making "plastic" biodegradable... maybe? therevelator.org/biodegradabl...
Biodegradable Plastics: Help or Hype? • The Revelator
Plastic pollution is poisoning the planet. Some experts suggest making plastics from more “natural” materials, but research shows those still have risks.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
My latest for @therevelator.org on making "plastic" biodegradable... maybe? therevelator.org/biodegradabl...
Biodegradable Plastics: Help or Hype? https://therevelator.org/biodegradable-plastics-help-or-hype/
Biodegradable Plastics: Help or Hype? • The Revelator
Plastic pollution is poisoning the planet. Some experts suggest making plastics from more “natural” materials, but research shows those still have risks.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Biodegradable Plastics: Help or Hype? https://therevelator.org/biodegradable-plastics-help-or-hype/
Before we look for life on other planets, shouldn't we do more to protect life on Earth? https://therevelator.org/how-habitable-earth/
How Habitable Will Earth Be When We Search for Life Beyond Our Planet? • The Revelator
As we prepare to look for life in other solar systems, we should also look inward at what we’re doing to our home planet.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Before we look for life on other planets, shouldn't we do more to protect life on Earth? https://therevelator.org/how-habitable-earth/
Have people forgotten what the air and water were like before environmental regulations? https://therevelator.org/why-we-need-environmental-regulations/
Why We Need Environmental Regulations • The Revelator
Many people are unaware of what life was like before major environmental laws. That makes it easier for corporate interests to push for harmful deregulation.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Have people forgotten what the air and water were like before environmental regulations? https://therevelator.org/why-we-need-environmental-regulations/
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"We spend so much time focused on distant birds that we don’t always see the birds closest to us.
Like the birds on our plates." -- @jyunker.bsky.social today on @therevelator.org #birding #birds #animalwelfare therevelator.org/birding-blin...
Like the birds on our plates." -- @jyunker.bsky.social today on @therevelator.org #birding #birds #animalwelfare therevelator.org/birding-blin...
Birding’s Tragic Blind Spot • The Revelator
Humans love to watch birds in nature. So why do we ignore the lives of the birds destined for our plates?
therevelator.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"We spend so much time focused on distant birds that we don’t always see the birds closest to us.
Like the birds on our plates." -- @jyunker.bsky.social today on @therevelator.org #birding #birds #animalwelfare therevelator.org/birding-blin...
Like the birds on our plates." -- @jyunker.bsky.social today on @therevelator.org #birding #birds #animalwelfare therevelator.org/birding-blin...
Birding’s Tragic Blind Spot
Humans love to watch birds in nature. So why do we ignore the lives of the birds destined for our plates? https://therevelator.org/birding-blind-spot/
Humans love to watch birds in nature. So why do we ignore the lives of the birds destined for our plates? https://therevelator.org/birding-blind-spot/
Birding’s Tragic Blind Spot • The Revelator
Humans love to watch birds in nature. So why do we ignore the lives of the birds destined for our plates?
therevelator.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Birding’s Tragic Blind Spot
Humans love to watch birds in nature. So why do we ignore the lives of the birds destined for our plates? https://therevelator.org/birding-blind-spot/
Humans love to watch birds in nature. So why do we ignore the lives of the birds destined for our plates? https://therevelator.org/birding-blind-spot/