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January 15, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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These Southeast Asian felines are so rare in their native #Thailand that none had been seen since 1995 — until remote cameras captured their nocturnal wanderings in 2024 and 2025.
These sightings are giving scientists and advocates a new chance to plan for their conservation.
These sightings are giving scientists and advocates a new chance to plan for their conservation.
January 15, 2026 at 6:59 PM
These Southeast Asian felines are so rare in their native #Thailand that none had been seen since 1995 — until remote cameras captured their nocturnal wanderings in 2024 and 2025.
These sightings are giving scientists and advocates a new chance to plan for their conservation.
These sightings are giving scientists and advocates a new chance to plan for their conservation.
Ever heard of wild flat-headed cats? Well, we hadn’t!
Prionailarus planiceps are threatened by the usual suspects — #HabitatLoss ranks highly among them.
Footage of the illusive feline was shared by Sabah Forestry Department/Sabah Wildlife Department and @pantheracats.bsky.social
Prionailarus planiceps are threatened by the usual suspects — #HabitatLoss ranks highly among them.
Footage of the illusive feline was shared by Sabah Forestry Department/Sabah Wildlife Department and @pantheracats.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Ever heard of wild flat-headed cats? Well, we hadn’t!
Prionailarus planiceps are threatened by the usual suspects — #HabitatLoss ranks highly among them.
Footage of the illusive feline was shared by Sabah Forestry Department/Sabah Wildlife Department and @pantheracats.bsky.social
Prionailarus planiceps are threatened by the usual suspects — #HabitatLoss ranks highly among them.
Footage of the illusive feline was shared by Sabah Forestry Department/Sabah Wildlife Department and @pantheracats.bsky.social
Conservation groups have been vocal that existing measures do not adequately protect #RightWhales and have pushed for strengthening the speed limit rule by expanding seasonal management areas, applying speed limits to smaller vessels, and making compliance mandatory in dynamic management areas.
January 14, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Conservation groups have been vocal that existing measures do not adequately protect #RightWhales and have pushed for strengthening the speed limit rule by expanding seasonal management areas, applying speed limits to smaller vessels, and making compliance mandatory in dynamic management areas.
“There’s no question that the federal government has the legal authority to protect North Atlantic right whales by issuing this speed limit rule,” said the Center's Kristen Monsell. “The speed limit rule has been in place for almost two decades and has no doubt saved the lives of right whales.”
January 14, 2026 at 10:40 PM
“There’s no question that the federal government has the legal authority to protect North Atlantic right whales by issuing this speed limit rule,” said the Center's Kristen Monsell. “The speed limit rule has been in place for almost two decades and has no doubt saved the lives of right whales.”
Conservation groups just filed a friend of the court brief expressing support for a federal vessel speed limit rule to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.
Since 2017, vessel strikes have killed or injured at least 27 of these critically #endangered #whales.
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Since 2017, vessel strikes have killed or injured at least 27 of these critically #endangered #whales.
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January 14, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Conservation groups just filed a friend of the court brief expressing support for a federal vessel speed limit rule to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.
Since 2017, vessel strikes have killed or injured at least 27 of these critically #endangered #whales.
bit.ly/3NwOJbT
Since 2017, vessel strikes have killed or injured at least 27 of these critically #endangered #whales.
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The administration’s proposed five-year program calls for new oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and, for the first time in decades, off the coast of #California.
The same industry that will benefit from Trump’s plan already turned the #Louisiana coast into a dumping ground.
The same industry that will benefit from Trump’s plan already turned the #Louisiana coast into a dumping ground.
Trump’s five-year plan for offshore oil could be disastrous. Just ask Louisiana. • Louisiana Illuminator
The same industry that will benefit from Trump’s plan already turned the Louisiana coast into a dumping ground, leaving infrastructure behind to decay.
lailluminator.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:29 PM
The administration’s proposed five-year program calls for new oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and, for the first time in decades, off the coast of #California.
The same industry that will benefit from Trump’s plan already turned the #Louisiana coast into a dumping ground.
The same industry that will benefit from Trump’s plan already turned the #Louisiana coast into a dumping ground.
“Chlorpyrifos is linked to just about anything that can go wrong in the brain at this point,” said Nathan Donley, our environmental health science director.
“There’s really just no question anymore that it’s an enormous public health threat.”
“There’s really just no question anymore that it’s an enormous public health threat.”
Long-term exposure to chlorpyrifos linked to Parkinson’s disease
People from California farm communities that had long-term exposure to the insecticide chlorpyrifos were more than twice as likely to later develop Parkinson’s disease compared to residents without ex...
www.thenewlede.org
January 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
“Chlorpyrifos is linked to just about anything that can go wrong in the brain at this point,” said Nathan Donley, our environmental health science director.
“There’s really just no question anymore that it’s an enormous public health threat.”
“There’s really just no question anymore that it’s an enormous public health threat.”
A rollback proposal could come any day now — and will be a blatant giveaway to #BigOil and auto executives.
While industry stakeholders rake in profits, Trump's proposal will let more cars burn more gas, resulting higher gas costs and worse air pollution that harms our health and #climate.
While industry stakeholders rake in profits, Trump's proposal will let more cars burn more gas, resulting higher gas costs and worse air pollution that harms our health and #climate.
January 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Under the direction of Trump, the #EPA is working to nix clean-car standards that protect the air we breathe and help save money at the gas pump.
Call out Trump's polluter-first agenda: Tell the EPA to protect our progress toward a better future by preserving clean-car standards ➡️ bit.ly/4qPNxib
Call out Trump's polluter-first agenda: Tell the EPA to protect our progress toward a better future by preserving clean-car standards ➡️ bit.ly/4qPNxib
January 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Under the direction of Trump, the #EPA is working to nix clean-car standards that protect the air we breathe and help save money at the gas pump.
Call out Trump's polluter-first agenda: Tell the EPA to protect our progress toward a better future by preserving clean-car standards ➡️ bit.ly/4qPNxib
Call out Trump's polluter-first agenda: Tell the EPA to protect our progress toward a better future by preserving clean-car standards ➡️ bit.ly/4qPNxib
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This scorecard analyzes emergency preparedness checklists across all 50 states. The results demonstrate a haphazard manner of inclusion and opportunities for states to better support reproductive health and community resilience in emergency preparedness planning. 19thnews.org/2025/12/wild...
Preparing for a wildfire or hurricane? Don’t forget water, documents — and your birth control.
Few states include sexual and reproductive health supplies in emergency checklist recommendations, a new report finds.
19thnews.org
January 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
This scorecard analyzes emergency preparedness checklists across all 50 states. The results demonstrate a haphazard manner of inclusion and opportunities for states to better support reproductive health and community resilience in emergency preparedness planning. 19thnews.org/2025/12/wild...
“What they’ve done is illegal and will discourage people from coming to America’s #NationalParks, which are revered around the world,” said Kieran Suckling, our executive director.
“Instead, people will come here and talk about being ripped off and how cheap and xenophobic the government is.”
“Instead, people will come here and talk about being ripped off and how cheap and xenophobic the government is.”
US national parks staff say new $100 fee for non-residents risks ‘alienating visitors for decades’
Advocates suing to reverse administration’s surcharge system that has led to passport checks and angry visitors
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:29 PM
“What they’ve done is illegal and will discourage people from coming to America’s #NationalParks, which are revered around the world,” said Kieran Suckling, our executive director.
“Instead, people will come here and talk about being ripped off and how cheap and xenophobic the government is.”
“Instead, people will come here and talk about being ripped off and how cheap and xenophobic the government is.”
Each time a species goes extinct, the world around us unravels a bit.
The consequences are profound, not just for those species but for all of us. These are tangible consequential losses, such as crop pollination and water purification, but also spiritual and cultural ones.
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The consequences are profound, not just for those species but for all of us. These are tangible consequential losses, such as crop pollination and water purification, but also spiritual and cultural ones.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Each time a species goes extinct, the world around us unravels a bit.
The consequences are profound, not just for those species but for all of us. These are tangible consequential losses, such as crop pollination and water purification, but also spiritual and cultural ones.
bit.ly/4qbRsGa
The consequences are profound, not just for those species but for all of us. These are tangible consequential losses, such as crop pollination and water purification, but also spiritual and cultural ones.
bit.ly/4qbRsGa
“The health science was pointing toward prioritizing plant-rich diets, #plant-based sources, over animal-based sources of protein, especially beans, peas and lentils, and to reduce red and processed meat,” said Leah Kelly, a food and agriculture specialist with the Center.
"Health and environmental advocacy groups called them a dangerous reversal of science-based health advice that could worsen the climate and ecological impacts of livestock."
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09012026/trump-administration-dietary-guidelines-ignores-climate-impacts/
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09012026/trump-administration-dietary-guidelines-ignores-climate-impacts/
Reversing Years of Dietary Advice, the Trump Administration Tells Consumers to Eat More Red Meat - Inside Climate News
The latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans, like previous editions, ignores the climate impacts of livestock and could make them worse, environmental groups worry.
insideclimatenews.org
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
“The health science was pointing toward prioritizing plant-rich diets, #plant-based sources, over animal-based sources of protein, especially beans, peas and lentils, and to reduce red and processed meat,” said Leah Kelly, a food and agriculture specialist with the Center.
The #EPA omitted that #cyclobutrifluram is known to break down into a smaller #ForeverChemical called trifluoroacetic acid, which research indicates is likely one of the world’s most pervasive #PFAS water contaminants.
January 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The #EPA omitted that #cyclobutrifluram is known to break down into a smaller #ForeverChemical called trifluoroacetic acid, which research indicates is likely one of the world’s most pervasive #PFAS water contaminants.
Some of Trump’s assaults on air and water are reversible. Not these two ⬇️
Cyclobutrifluram and isocycloseram may never be household names. But they’re likely to contribute to chemical contamination in water and food for generations to come.
Get our full op-ed in @thehill.com ➡️ bit.ly/49vrVAH
Cyclobutrifluram and isocycloseram may never be household names. But they’re likely to contribute to chemical contamination in water and food for generations to come.
Get our full op-ed in @thehill.com ➡️ bit.ly/49vrVAH
January 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Some of Trump’s assaults on air and water are reversible. Not these two ⬇️
Cyclobutrifluram and isocycloseram may never be household names. But they’re likely to contribute to chemical contamination in water and food for generations to come.
Get our full op-ed in @thehill.com ➡️ bit.ly/49vrVAH
Cyclobutrifluram and isocycloseram may never be household names. But they’re likely to contribute to chemical contamination in water and food for generations to come.
Get our full op-ed in @thehill.com ➡️ bit.ly/49vrVAH
"There's a recognition that there's a huge problem there, and there's not really a way for them to appease the #MAHA base while maintaining the status quo," said our Lori Ann Burd, environmental health director.
"Pesticides are where the rubber hits the road."
Get the rest ➡️ bit.ly/4qNToVm
"Pesticides are where the rubber hits the road."
Get the rest ➡️ bit.ly/4qNToVm
E&E News: What we know about EPA’s coming MAHA agenda
Questions loom over whether EPA's upcoming "Make America Healthy Again" agenda will appease skeptics.
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January 8, 2026 at 9:35 PM
"There's a recognition that there's a huge problem there, and there's not really a way for them to appease the #MAHA base while maintaining the status quo," said our Lori Ann Burd, environmental health director.
"Pesticides are where the rubber hits the road."
Get the rest ➡️ bit.ly/4qNToVm
"Pesticides are where the rubber hits the road."
Get the rest ➡️ bit.ly/4qNToVm
The #UNFCCC withdrawal comes one year after Trump’s notification of withdrawal from the #ParisAgreement, which committed parties to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and submit national plans to reduce #GreenhouseGas emissions in service of this goal.
January 8, 2026 at 5:20 PM
The #UNFCCC withdrawal comes one year after Trump’s notification of withdrawal from the #ParisAgreement, which committed parties to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and submit national plans to reduce #GreenhouseGas emissions in service of this goal.
“Trump cutting ties with the world’s oldest #climate treaty is another despicable effort to let corporate #FossilFuel interests run our government,” said Jean Su, energy justice director at the Center for Biological Diversity.
January 8, 2026 at 5:20 PM
“Trump cutting ties with the world’s oldest #climate treaty is another despicable effort to let corporate #FossilFuel interests run our government,” said Jean Su, energy justice director at the Center for Biological Diversity.
BREAKING NEWS 🚨
Trump just announced that he is withdrawing the United States from the world’s foundational climate treaty, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC.
He also pulled out of dozens of other global environmental agreements and bodies.
bit.ly/4sDG4EP
Trump just announced that he is withdrawing the United States from the world’s foundational climate treaty, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC.
He also pulled out of dozens of other global environmental agreements and bodies.
bit.ly/4sDG4EP
January 8, 2026 at 5:20 PM
BREAKING NEWS 🚨
Trump just announced that he is withdrawing the United States from the world’s foundational climate treaty, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC.
He also pulled out of dozens of other global environmental agreements and bodies.
bit.ly/4sDG4EP
Trump just announced that he is withdrawing the United States from the world’s foundational climate treaty, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC.
He also pulled out of dozens of other global environmental agreements and bodies.
bit.ly/4sDG4EP
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January 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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The Department of the Interior just banned putting stickers over Trump's face on National Park Passes.
National parks are not a personal branding opportunity. They’re the pride and joy of the American people.
We've already sued over this ridiculous stunt. More soon. www.sfgate.com/national-par...
National parks are not a personal branding opportunity. They’re the pride and joy of the American people.
We've already sued over this ridiculous stunt. More soon. www.sfgate.com/national-par...
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:50 PM
The Department of the Interior just banned putting stickers over Trump's face on National Park Passes.
National parks are not a personal branding opportunity. They’re the pride and joy of the American people.
We've already sued over this ridiculous stunt. More soon. www.sfgate.com/national-par...
National parks are not a personal branding opportunity. They’re the pride and joy of the American people.
We've already sued over this ridiculous stunt. More soon. www.sfgate.com/national-par...
We’d do well to pay attention to these 20 species.
The threats and opportunities these animals and plants face could mean the difference between disappearance and survival, but they also illustrate the situations faced by countless other species around the world — including Homo sapiens.
The threats and opportunities these animals and plants face could mean the difference between disappearance and survival, but they also illustrate the situations faced by countless other species around the world — including Homo sapiens.
Species to Watch in 2026 https://therevelator.org/species-to-watch-in-2026/
Species to Watch in 2026 • The Revelator
From orangutans to parrots, hellbenders, and a newly discovered Tanzanian grass, these species — and the threats they face — are sure to make headlines in the year ahead.
therevelator.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:55 PM
We’d do well to pay attention to these 20 species.
The threats and opportunities these animals and plants face could mean the difference between disappearance and survival, but they also illustrate the situations faced by countless other species around the world — including Homo sapiens.
The threats and opportunities these animals and plants face could mean the difference between disappearance and survival, but they also illustrate the situations faced by countless other species around the world — including Homo sapiens.
Cooper Freeman, our #Alaska Director, will be one of the speakers. “There’s no time to waste in helping these #whales, who are teetering on the brink of #extinction. We need to do everything we can to protect the places that are crucial to their survival, and we’re working every day to do that."
January 7, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Cooper Freeman, our #Alaska Director, will be one of the speakers. “There’s no time to waste in helping these #whales, who are teetering on the brink of #extinction. We need to do everything we can to protect the places that are crucial to their survival, and we’re working every day to do that."
Ready to take a deep dive into North Pacific right whale conservation and ecology?
Join us on Jan 14th at 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM PST for the second annual free online symposium for these whales, hosted by our partners, Save The North Pacific Right Whale.
Please register here ➡️ bit.ly/499BlCX
Join us on Jan 14th at 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM PST for the second annual free online symposium for these whales, hosted by our partners, Save The North Pacific Right Whale.
Please register here ➡️ bit.ly/499BlCX
January 7, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Ready to take a deep dive into North Pacific right whale conservation and ecology?
Join us on Jan 14th at 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM PST for the second annual free online symposium for these whales, hosted by our partners, Save The North Pacific Right Whale.
Please register here ➡️ bit.ly/499BlCX
Join us on Jan 14th at 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM PST for the second annual free online symposium for these whales, hosted by our partners, Save The North Pacific Right Whale.
Please register here ➡️ bit.ly/499BlCX