Troy Anderson
@workingecoguy.bsky.social
I am a restoration ecologist in the private sector. Continuing to learn and try new applications to improve the health of our ecosystems
Stepping out and trying to enjoy the little things in September on the Chesapeake...
September 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Stepping out and trying to enjoy the little things in September on the Chesapeake...
Sunrise in Baltimore
August 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Sunrise in Baltimore
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Good to have empirical data on this. And it shows that electorates in democracies expect issues of national (and not diffuse global) import be of primary concern in addressing policy issues (as the in international system is comprised of sovereign nation states).
New article!
How nationalist rhetoric drives polarization over climate change in the US, by Robert Schertzer & Eric Taylor Woods.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
How nationalist rhetoric drives polarization over climate change in the US, by Robert Schertzer & Eric Taylor Woods.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
July 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Good to have empirical data on this. And it shows that electorates in democracies expect issues of national (and not diffuse global) import be of primary concern in addressing policy issues (as the in international system is comprised of sovereign nation states).
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I’m a Democrat who strongly supports Israel, is a huge gun rights advocate, believes in free trade, supports Ukraine, is very pro-immigrant, opposes Trump’s cruel deportations, is a free speech absolutist, embraces the LGBTQ community, and believes in balanced budgets.
June 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I’m a Democrat who strongly supports Israel, is a huge gun rights advocate, believes in free trade, supports Ukraine, is very pro-immigrant, opposes Trump’s cruel deportations, is a free speech absolutist, embraces the LGBTQ community, and believes in balanced budgets.
TACO 🌮
BREAKING: President Trump extends the deadline for TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to sell the short form video app to an American owner.
Trump extends TikTok ban deadline by another 90 days
The latest ban extension is the third Trump has given to TikTok’s owner ByteDance.
nbcnews.to
June 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
TACO 🌮
Despicable
See The Wilderness Society's map for all of the forests, recreation sites, wilderness study areas, and other lands included in the proposal: wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...
wilderness.maps.arcgis.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Despicable
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Exactly this.👇
The US has one political party that tiptoes on eggshells attempting not to offend anyone while the other blatantly lies while calling everyone who doesn't believe their propaganda a slur. If the Democratic party doesn't grow a spine and start going low, we are doomed.
June 17, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Exactly this.👇
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A federal judge accused the Trump admin of “appalling” discrimination against minorities and LGBTQ+ Americans.
The judge declared Trump's NIH grant cuts for research related to both communities to be “illegal” and ordered the funds to be immediately restored.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
The judge declared Trump's NIH grant cuts for research related to both communities to be “illegal” and ordered the funds to be immediately restored.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
‘My duty is to call it out’: Judge accuses Trump administration of discrimination against minorities
The Reagan-appointed judge ordered the NIH to restore funds for research related to racial minorities and LGBTQ+ people.
www.politico.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A federal judge accused the Trump admin of “appalling” discrimination against minorities and LGBTQ+ Americans.
The judge declared Trump's NIH grant cuts for research related to both communities to be “illegal” and ordered the funds to be immediately restored.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
The judge declared Trump's NIH grant cuts for research related to both communities to be “illegal” and ordered the funds to be immediately restored.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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The American Bar Association is suing to stop Trump’s use of executive orders to punish and pressure law firms.
American Bar Association sues Trump administration over executive orders targeting law firms
It claims the executive orders pursued by the White House have cast a chill across the legal industry.
www.politico.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The American Bar Association is suing to stop Trump’s use of executive orders to punish and pressure law firms.
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The long-term effects of banning fluoride from public drinking water across the country could cost families billions of dollars and result in millions of rotten teeth, a new analysis predicts.
Rotten result? Kids' cavities would increase by millions if every state banned fluoride
Florida and Utah have already removed fluoridation from public water systems. What if the rest of the country follows?
nbcnews.to
May 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The long-term effects of banning fluoride from public drinking water across the country could cost families billions of dollars and result in millions of rotten teeth, a new analysis predicts.
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As much fun as the TACO memes are, don't forget what that stands for: TRUMP ALWAYS CHICKENS OUT. It would be a shame to ignore the chicken memes that are there for the taking. Here's a little Starter Kit you might need. ENJOY!
May 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
As much fun as the TACO memes are, don't forget what that stands for: TRUMP ALWAYS CHICKENS OUT. It would be a shame to ignore the chicken memes that are there for the taking. Here's a little Starter Kit you might need. ENJOY!
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Another day, another failure of overhyped carbon capture / removal tech.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Carbon capture: Pivotal project for cutting greenhouse gas emissions looks shaky
A huge chunk of the nation's next emissions budget rests on a single project, which the owner now says probably won't happen.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Another day, another failure of overhyped carbon capture / removal tech.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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NEW. John Bolton:
"What Trump has done when you add all this together...he is burning through decades of effort to build up goodwill, trust, faith, reliance on America. Our friends all over the world are saying, 'You’ve taken leave of your senses.'”
youtu.be/40SbOw-HElQ?...
"What Trump has done when you add all this together...he is burning through decades of effort to build up goodwill, trust, faith, reliance on America. Our friends all over the world are saying, 'You’ve taken leave of your senses.'”
youtu.be/40SbOw-HElQ?...
John Bolton on the consequences of Trump’s foreign policy
YouTube video by Conversations with Bill Kristol
youtu.be
May 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
NEW. John Bolton:
"What Trump has done when you add all this together...he is burning through decades of effort to build up goodwill, trust, faith, reliance on America. Our friends all over the world are saying, 'You’ve taken leave of your senses.'”
youtu.be/40SbOw-HElQ?...
"What Trump has done when you add all this together...he is burning through decades of effort to build up goodwill, trust, faith, reliance on America. Our friends all over the world are saying, 'You’ve taken leave of your senses.'”
youtu.be/40SbOw-HElQ?...
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We must make sure this work doesn’t die on the vine or fall victim to Omega Protein’s influence like the Menhaden Study Plan has in Virginia
Upcoming Menhaden Management Meeting
A special Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) workgroup has completed a special report on the connection between osprey nest failures and falling menhaden harvests. What action will the...
www.cbf.org
May 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We must make sure this work doesn’t die on the vine or fall victim to Omega Protein’s influence like the Menhaden Study Plan has in Virginia
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"This, in my judgment, is the highest philosophy: First, do not regret having lost yesterday; second, do not fear that you will lose tomorrow; third, enjoy today."
~ Robert Green Ingersoll
Morning in a Pine Forest (1889)
🎨 Ivan Shishkin
~ Robert Green Ingersoll
Morning in a Pine Forest (1889)
🎨 Ivan Shishkin
April 26, 2025 at 7:37 AM
"This, in my judgment, is the highest philosophy: First, do not regret having lost yesterday; second, do not fear that you will lose tomorrow; third, enjoy today."
~ Robert Green Ingersoll
Morning in a Pine Forest (1889)
🎨 Ivan Shishkin
~ Robert Green Ingersoll
Morning in a Pine Forest (1889)
🎨 Ivan Shishkin
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Public lands, private profits: Inside the Trump plan to offload federal land.
Critics warn that the Trump administration’s plan to transfer public lands could enrich wealthy developers while eliminating access for everyone else.
grist.org/accountabili...
#PublicLand #Trump #Developers #Climate
Critics warn that the Trump administration’s plan to transfer public lands could enrich wealthy developers while eliminating access for everyone else.
grist.org/accountabili...
#PublicLand #Trump #Developers #Climate
Public lands, private profits: Inside the Trump plan to offload federal land
Critics warn that the Trump administration’s plan to transfer public lands could enrich wealthy developers while eliminating access for everyone else.
grist.org
April 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Public lands, private profits: Inside the Trump plan to offload federal land.
Critics warn that the Trump administration’s plan to transfer public lands could enrich wealthy developers while eliminating access for everyone else.
grist.org/accountabili...
#PublicLand #Trump #Developers #Climate
Critics warn that the Trump administration’s plan to transfer public lands could enrich wealthy developers while eliminating access for everyone else.
grist.org/accountabili...
#PublicLand #Trump #Developers #Climate
The steal is on!
Public lands, private profits: Inside the Trump plan to offload federal land.
Critics warn that the Trump administration’s plan to transfer public lands could enrich wealthy developers while eliminating access for everyone else.
grist.org/accountabili...
#Land #Environment #Climate #GreenSky
Critics warn that the Trump administration’s plan to transfer public lands could enrich wealthy developers while eliminating access for everyone else.
grist.org/accountabili...
#Land #Environment #Climate #GreenSky
Public lands, private profits: Inside the Trump plan to offload federal land
Critics warn that the Trump administration’s plan to transfer public lands could enrich wealthy developers while eliminating access for everyone else.
grist.org
April 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The steal is on!
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The aurora just now from the front door of our cabin 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle in Alaska!
March 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The aurora just now from the front door of our cabin 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle in Alaska!
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My article is out! On how ‘ecosystem services’ went from a word for those aspects of nature that economics cannot express to a word for nature's economic value, and how concerns for planetary habitability disappeared from the environmentalist vocabulary.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
The Nature of Planetary Habitability: A Conceptual History of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services | Environmental History
Abstract This essay traces the conceptual history of biodiversity and ecosystem services from the late 1970s to the early 2000s. In contrast to recent historical studies that have interpreted biodiver...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
March 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
My article is out! On how ‘ecosystem services’ went from a word for those aspects of nature that economics cannot express to a word for nature's economic value, and how concerns for planetary habitability disappeared from the environmentalist vocabulary.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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This is not just bad news for fishermen, but bad news for a Chesapeake Bay ecosystem that continues to scream warnings about menhaden www.cbf.org/news-media/n...
Menhaden Study Fails to Advance in Virginia Budget
Despite mounting troubling signs about the health of the Chesapeake Bay’s menhaden population, this legislative session Virginia lawmakers failed to approve three separate efforts to fund a study inte...
www.cbf.org
February 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is not just bad news for fishermen, but bad news for a Chesapeake Bay ecosystem that continues to scream warnings about menhaden www.cbf.org/news-media/n...
@walshfreedom.bsky.social I'm a dog loving Bird hunting centrist father from the Midwest living in the mid atlantic now. I need you @walshfreedom.bsky.social to keep me sane from both sides!
February 9, 2025 at 12:35 AM
@walshfreedom.bsky.social I'm a dog loving Bird hunting centrist father from the Midwest living in the mid atlantic now. I need you @walshfreedom.bsky.social to keep me sane from both sides!