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Focusing on efforts to maintain a healthy sustainable planet where people and governments work together to protect our environment and life support systems for ourselves and future generations.
Trump is making buying and operating a car more expensive while also increasing climate pollution. Definitely going backward and not great for our health and country.
Trump thinks cutting regulations will save you money. Nope.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4672...
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Trump’s anti-climate agenda is making it more expensive to own a car
The president hates EVs. But his policies are making gas cars more expensive too.
www.vox.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Trump is making buying and operating a car more expensive while also increasing climate pollution. Definitely going backward and not great for our health and country.
A great loss for United States research and development needed in many areas for addressing needs of a growing population, loss of nature and knowledge needed for maintaining a healthy sustainable life amid climate change, resource exploitation, depletion, and threats to survival of life on earth.
"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
A great loss for United States research and development needed in many areas for addressing needs of a growing population, loss of nature and knowledge needed for maintaining a healthy sustainable life amid climate change, resource exploitation, depletion, and threats to survival of life on earth.
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Vaccines didn’t just save lives—they shaped society! From ancient variolation to mRNA, discover key breakthroughs, hidden heroes, and why vaccine innovation matters more than ever. Are you ready for the next chapter?
👉 scienceagenda.net/blog/vaccine-discovery-process-history-challenges-milestones/
👉 scienceagenda.net/blog/vaccine-discovery-process-history-challenges-milestones/
The Vaccine Discovery Process: History and Milestones
Explore the vaccine discovery process from ancient practices to mRNA vaccines. Learn how scientists overcame challenges to save lives.
scienceagenda.net
October 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Vaccines didn’t just save lives—they shaped society! From ancient variolation to mRNA, discover key breakthroughs, hidden heroes, and why vaccine innovation matters more than ever. Are you ready for the next chapter?
👉 scienceagenda.net/blog/vaccine-discovery-process-history-challenges-milestones/
👉 scienceagenda.net/blog/vaccine-discovery-process-history-challenges-milestones/
Attempts to silence dissent of nonprofits grows under Trump’s MAGA world.
Trump keeps turning to the right-wing Capital Research Center for nonprofits to attack. These are the environmental organizations in its crosshairs.
Their alleged violation? Supporting civil disobedience. 1/
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October 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Attempts to silence dissent of nonprofits grows under Trump’s MAGA world.
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Jane Goodall’s Final, Urgent, Message
“Intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”
BENJI JONES
Environmental Correspondent at Vox
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“Intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”
BENJI JONES
Environmental Correspondent at Vox
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Jane Goodall’s final, urgent, message
"Intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”
www.motherjones.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Posted to her Instagram account on 9/21/2025
Jane Goodall Institute 🇨🇦
Jane Goodall Institute 🇨🇦
October 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Posted to her Instagram account on 9/21/2025
Jane Goodall Institute 🇨🇦
Jane Goodall Institute 🇨🇦
Fall colors on display at the Seattle Arboretum.
October 29, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Fall colors on display at the Seattle Arboretum.
July 2025 - "SB 5184, which was adopted by a wide majority in both houses, exempts all homes smaller than 1,200 square feet from parking mandates. “The average new apartment in the United States is 904 square feet, and even the typical two-bedroom averages only 1,097 square feet."
Washington flips the switch on parking reform
State legislation takes a new approach to removing parking mandates—one that is far more comprehensive.
www.cnu.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:19 AM
July 2025 - "SB 5184, which was adopted by a wide majority in both houses, exempts all homes smaller than 1,200 square feet from parking mandates. “The average new apartment in the United States is 904 square feet, and even the typical two-bedroom averages only 1,097 square feet."
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UK wind power benefits and costs 2010-2023 :
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
UK wind power benefits and costs 2010-2023 :
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UN assessment of 60 countries' submitted plans for climate action show only a 10% cut in greenhouse gas emissions
Nowhere near what is required for sticking to 1.5C
As climate change-fuelled hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica you wonder what could shift the dial
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Nowhere near what is required for sticking to 1.5C
As climate change-fuelled hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica you wonder what could shift the dial
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s climate plans fall drastically short of action needed, analysis shows
Recent plans submitted to UN by more than 60 countries would cut carbon by only 10%, a sixth of what is needed
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:41 AM
UN assessment of 60 countries' submitted plans for climate action show only a 10% cut in greenhouse gas emissions
Nowhere near what is required for sticking to 1.5C
As climate change-fuelled hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica you wonder what could shift the dial
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Nowhere near what is required for sticking to 1.5C
As climate change-fuelled hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica you wonder what could shift the dial
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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“Eighty to ninety percent of issues urban trees face,” Erwin told me, “come from problems in the growing place.”
S6E3: The Tree Is the New Sewer System with Erwin van Herwijnen of New Urban Standard
Why most city trees die young, why soils matter more than species, how stormwater makes or breaks survival, and how spreadsheets can save urban forests — with Erwin van Herwijnen.
internetofnature.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“Eighty to ninety percent of issues urban trees face,” Erwin told me, “come from problems in the growing place.”
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New Yorker. By Paul Noth.
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
New Yorker. By Paul Noth.
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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A timelapse showing the incredible movement of a growing vine, exhibiting both nastic movement to find, and then a thigmotropic response to grasp and hold.
Credit: Roger P Hangarter
Credit: Roger P Hangarter
October 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A timelapse showing the incredible movement of a growing vine, exhibiting both nastic movement to find, and then a thigmotropic response to grasp and hold.
Credit: Roger P Hangarter
Credit: Roger P Hangarter
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This week:
-Three more universities rejected Trump's extortion compact
-Over a dozen airports refused to play Kristi Noem's propaganda video
-30+ press outlets refused to comply with Pete Hegseth's new restrictions
The only way to rebuke Trump's authoritarianism is solidarity.
-Three more universities rejected Trump's extortion compact
-Over a dozen airports refused to play Kristi Noem's propaganda video
-30+ press outlets refused to comply with Pete Hegseth's new restrictions
The only way to rebuke Trump's authoritarianism is solidarity.
October 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This week:
-Three more universities rejected Trump's extortion compact
-Over a dozen airports refused to play Kristi Noem's propaganda video
-30+ press outlets refused to comply with Pete Hegseth's new restrictions
The only way to rebuke Trump's authoritarianism is solidarity.
-Three more universities rejected Trump's extortion compact
-Over a dozen airports refused to play Kristi Noem's propaganda video
-30+ press outlets refused to comply with Pete Hegseth's new restrictions
The only way to rebuke Trump's authoritarianism is solidarity.
Going backward - not forward, in addressing climate change. Trump is stuck in the early previous century & before when coal was burned, now rightly viewed by as a significant source of carbon pollution. It's all about the money, not the future of our planet. Lost in the past. Not great! Pathetic!
"The White House will open 13.1 MILLION acres (5.3m hectares) of public land to coal mining"
What hope for us is there - honestly?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What hope for us is there - honestly?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration spending $625m to revive dying coal industry
White House allocating 13.1m acres of public land to coal mining, which has been on rapid decline over past 30 years
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Going backward - not forward, in addressing climate change. Trump is stuck in the early previous century & before when coal was burned, now rightly viewed by as a significant source of carbon pollution. It's all about the money, not the future of our planet. Lost in the past. Not great! Pathetic!
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Old-growth western larch (tamarack) is among the rarest forests in North America.
Once scattered across Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and into BC, nearly all were logged for their durable wood. What remains are scattered relics.
Once scattered across Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and into BC, nearly all were logged for their durable wood. What remains are scattered relics.
September 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Old-growth western larch (tamarack) is among the rarest forests in North America.
Once scattered across Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and into BC, nearly all were logged for their durable wood. What remains are scattered relics.
Once scattered across Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and into BC, nearly all were logged for their durable wood. What remains are scattered relics.
We live on a finite planet. For life on our planet to be sustainable, we must live within boundaries that are sustainable. Some boundaries may be modified and grow but others may actually decrease. It requires a balancing act.
Growth is not inherently good, and more often than not it is a net negative. Endless growth is physically impossible, and pursuit of endless growth can only end in utter ruin.
Instead, our goal must be to achieve a steady state of sustainable existence. That is what true prosperity looks like.
Instead, our goal must be to achieve a steady state of sustainable existence. That is what true prosperity looks like.
September 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We live on a finite planet. For life on our planet to be sustainable, we must live within boundaries that are sustainable. Some boundaries may be modified and grow but others may actually decrease. It requires a balancing act.
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Almost 200k Americans commented on Trump’s proposal to nuke the policy that protects roadless areas. Over 99% opposed!!!
www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...
www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...
More Than 99 Percent of Americans Disapprove of Roadless Rule Rollbacks, According to New Analysis
A public comment period for the planned rescission of the Roadless Rule ended Friday with more than 99 percent of comments opposing the move.
www.outdoorlife.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Almost 200k Americans commented on Trump’s proposal to nuke the policy that protects roadless areas. Over 99% opposed!!!
www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...
www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...
Don't know where your other response went but the article you referenced in Tree PAC was from 2005 on ADU, was under a previous Chair & was from an individual Board member. It is not the current position of Tree PAC and hasn't been for a long time. We are for increased housing and protecting trees.
People had only one minute to speak and there are over 100 possible amendments. Speakers prioritize one or two issues. The legislature already with HB 1110 requires large cities like Seattle to allow building a minimum of 4 housing units and up to 6 per lot in residential zones. That's decided.
September 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Don't know where your other response went but the article you referenced in Tree PAC was from 2005 on ADU, was under a previous Chair & was from an individual Board member. It is not the current position of Tree PAC and hasn't been for a long time. We are for increased housing and protecting trees.
Strip mining our forests of large trees providing the most environmental services and climate mitigation is going back to the Robber Baron days. The forests are public forests and should benefit us long term, not just corporate loggers.
Will Trump succeed in jacking logging from our national forests? Check out my new column.
The push is on to strip big trees from our national forests - Writers On The Range
It didn’t get much notice, but President Trump has turbocharged logging on public lands in ways that are likely to...
writersontherange.org
September 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Strip mining our forests of large trees providing the most environmental services and climate mitigation is going back to the Robber Baron days. The forests are public forests and should benefit us long term, not just corporate loggers.
Removing environmental protections for rivers and our forests in going backward to an era of unfettered exploitation of our natural resources to benefit the new Robber Barons of the GOP Maga Cult and their self appointed Dictator. Time to support removing them from office in elections this year.
Rescinding the Roadless Rule would be the single largest rollback of protections for rivers in U.S. history — putting freshwater habitat at serious risk. This rule is essential for recovering and maintaining declining wildlife populations.
✍️ Take action: act.americanrivers.org/page/87510/a...
✍️ Take action: act.americanrivers.org/page/87510/a...
Take Action
Defend Roadless Rule protections for your clean water, rivers, and wildlife
act.americanrivers.org
September 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Removing environmental protections for rivers and our forests in going backward to an era of unfettered exploitation of our natural resources to benefit the new Robber Barons of the GOP Maga Cult and their self appointed Dictator. Time to support removing them from office in elections this year.
What we get when people under our current administration really don't know what they are doing. Shutting down government to turn more things over to private enterprise or just shutting things down is not the answer. Vote to put Democrats back in charge.
Mt Rainier National Park's Paradise area is without water after a storm and the termination of the park's only plumber as part of the DOGE layoffs. Guests at the Paradise Inn are apparently being given gallon jugs of water to flush their toilets.
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
National park hub without water after heavy storm overwhelms supply system
No running water at Paradise leaves visitors without restrooms.
www.sfgate.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
What we get when people under our current administration really don't know what they are doing. Shutting down government to turn more things over to private enterprise or just shutting things down is not the answer. Vote to put Democrats back in charge.
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Mt Rainier National Park's Paradise area is without water after a storm and the termination of the park's only plumber as part of the DOGE layoffs. Guests at the Paradise Inn are apparently being given gallon jugs of water to flush their toilets.
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
National park hub without water after heavy storm overwhelms supply system
No running water at Paradise leaves visitors without restrooms.
www.sfgate.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Mt Rainier National Park's Paradise area is without water after a storm and the termination of the park's only plumber as part of the DOGE layoffs. Guests at the Paradise Inn are apparently being given gallon jugs of water to flush their toilets.
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
Phasing out coal burning is critical to reducing air pollution, saving lives and reducing climate impacts. Trump and GOP MAGA Cult are pushing the opposite way to increase coal mining and burning. Only idiots keep their pedal on the gas rather than slamming on the brakes as they head toward a cliff.
Killing a half million people by continuing to use coal for electricity is bad, imo
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Mortality risk from United States coal electricity generation
From 1999 to 2020, about 530,000 deaths in the Medicare population were attributable to US emissions by coal burning for electricity generation.
www.science.org
September 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Phasing out coal burning is critical to reducing air pollution, saving lives and reducing climate impacts. Trump and GOP MAGA Cult are pushing the opposite way to increase coal mining and burning. Only idiots keep their pedal on the gas rather than slamming on the brakes as they head toward a cliff.