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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 5h

"A library is nothing without its books, a museum is meaningless without its art. California’s natural landscapes are heading toward a similar fate. We are heading toward a future with our famous vistas still intact, yet with fewer of the native residents who once called them home."

California’s dying salmon test our environmental values. We’re flunking | Opinion

The Golden State was once heralded for a leader in global environmentalism. What would it say about us if we let salmon go extinct?

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Ted Zukoski @tedzukoski.bsky.social · 1d

This will end well I'm sure.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

More than 1,000 staff members at the CDC were laid off Friday, affecting units that respond to infectious-disease outbreaks, analyze science and health data to develop policy, and monitor the safety of employees.

Mass CDC cuts hit staff dealing with measles, Ebola and disease forecasting

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

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Ted Zukoski @tedzukoski.bsky.social · 2d

"This devastating loss underlines the urgent and sustained need for stronger, coordinated conservation efforts for migratory birds, and migratory species in general." #birds

International Wader Study Group @waderstudy.bsky.social · 2d

Today IUCN has officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew extinct, marking the first known global extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species whose range included mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia.

Read more here ⬇️
www.unep-aewa.org/fr/node/6632

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Lyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · 2d

The sage grouse has lost 80% of its numbers since 1965. Now the Trump Admin. wants to gut its last habitat protections in Wyoming’s Red Desert—the densest population left on Earth. “If there’s a lot, we take a lot; if there’s a little, we take it all.”
insideclimatenews.org/news/0410202...

The Sage Grouse Could Face More Development in Its Critical Habitat Under Trump - Inside Climate News

In Wyoming, environmentalists took to the sky this month to warn of impending changes to some of the best sage grouse habitat in the world.

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Ted Zukoski @tedzukoski.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently, the $0.001 per ton bid for publicly-owned coal was too outrageously low for even this administration.
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E&E News: BLM rejects only bid in Montana coal lease sale, postpones Wyoming auction

The poor showing in the nation's top coal-producing region could be a warning sign for the Trump administration’s effort to bolster the industry.

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Jan Hasselman @janhasselman.bsky.social · 2d

This is a solid retrospective on the epic fight to keep the Pacific Northwest from becoming a global coal export hub. We won through relentless organizing, brilliant political strategy, and focused legal work. Glad its getting some attention.
www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...

Washington turned back coal, maybe for good

A coal terminal, proposed for Longview, failed. Underplaying how much coal would really be exported to the terminal was the plan's proponents' first mistake.

www.seattletimes.com

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 3d

A park employee, who spoke with SFGATE on the condition of anonymity to protect their job, said they know of only one wilderness ranger working the entire park. And technically, that person is not even a ranger, the employee said, but a volunteer.

SFGATE @sfgate.com · 3d

"It's the Wild Wild West."

Squatters, illegal BASE jumpers invade Yosemite amid federal shutdown

"It's the Wild Wild West."

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 4d

“We just have all of this evidence to show that if you put more roads in there, you’re going to get more fires.” insideclimatenews.org/news/0310202...

Proposal to Undo Roadless Rule Would Open Some of Southern California’s Last Wild Forests to Development - Inside Climate News

The Trump administration claims opening protected areas like Cleveland National Forest to road building will aid the timber industry and reduce wildfires. Opponents see a giveaway that will lead to mo...

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Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · 3d

Hanging onto every bit of good news

The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.

This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.

lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...

One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife

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Russ McSpadden @peccarynotpig.bsky.social · 3d

The San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation in Arizona has passed one of the most moving and powerful resolutions memorializing the role of the jaguar as a protector of the O’odham with deep cultural and spiritual ties. The resolution also calls on U.S. Fish and Wildlife to…”

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Ted Zukoski @tedzukoski.bsky.social · 3d

Will Trump's refusal to negotiate on the shutdown doom Colorado's black-footed ferrets?

Government shutdown threatens survival of one of North America's rarest animals www.sfgate.com/national-par... #wildlife #colorado

Government shutdown threatens survival of one of North America's rarest animals

The federal shutdown could halt the recovery of endangered black-footed ferrets.

www.sfgate.com

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NPR @npr.org · 3d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Ted Zukoski @tedzukoski.bsky.social · 3d

Will any powerful institution fight fiercely against tyranny?

"Harvard, to its credit, has not capitulated. It is fighting — and winning — in court. But rather than working with other universities to collectively defend academic freedom, Harvard continues to fend for itself."

Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 3d

In which Harvard’s Enos & Levitsky call on Harvard to lead the way, coordinating with other universities in fight for academic freedom. Our civil institutions will need to learn that power is harnessed through coordination. Protecting oneself will never be enough.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard Must Take a Stand Against Trump’s Compact | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard, rather than quietly pursuing its own appeasement strategy, should lead the way to preserve academic freedom and democracy.

www.thecrimson.com

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Ted Zukoski @tedzukoski.bsky.social · 3d

She Found a Link Between Air Pollution and Infertility:
Shruthi Mahalingaiah, a Harvard researcher, investigated the fertility risks women face from air pollution.

Then the Trump administration canceled her grant.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

She Found a Link Between Air Pollution and Infertility

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Grant Stevens @grantrstevens.bsky.social · 4d

“The Trump Administration views Southern Utah’s remarkable redrock country as just another place to exploit and plunder as they promote new coal mining…America’s national parks, national monuments, and wild public lands don’t deserve this fate and we’ll work tirelessly to stop it from happening”

Utah News Dispatch @utahnewsdispatch.com · 4d

An initiative of Congress’ “big, beautiful bill” has left environmentalists with deep concerns as thousands of acres of federal land are now open for coal leases, including near or directly adjacent to landmarks like Zion, Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef national parks.

Thousands of acres of federal land now open for coal leases are adjacent to Utah national parks • Utah News Dispatch

An analysis from environmentalists found that thousands of acres of federally-owned land open for coal leases are near national parks.

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Ted Zukoski @tedzukoski.bsky.social · 4d

Limiting democracy - by cutting the public out of public lands decisions - doesn't fix forests. #forests

www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/10/05/b...

Boosting timber harvesting in national forests while cutting public oversight won’t solve America’s wildfire problem | The Invading Sea

Research shows that environmental reviews are rarely the main barrier to forest projects aimed at reducing fire risk.

www.theinvadingsea.com

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe someday coal will play a part in the US power grid but for now it's just too unreliable to compete with wind, solar and batteries. ieefa.org/resources/ne...

Newest big U.S. coal-plant offline until 2027

The newest major coal-fired power plant in the U.S. is expected to be offline until March 2027 after a major failure in April.

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Sky Island Alliance @skyislandalliance.org · 5d

Today, we have another jaguar sighting to share from SIA cameras in southern AZ in June 2025 — likely the same male seen earlier this summer. Three days after the sighting, a mountain lion family visited the same site. Learn more at @azluminaria.org: ow.ly/sRy050X7X1W

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Ted Zukoski @tedzukoski.bsky.social · 5d

Our enlightened policy for National Forests. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Ohio’s sole national forest could be wiped out as Trump targets land for logging

Over 80% of Wayne national forest classified as suitable for logging, drawing concern from locals

www.theguardian.com

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Tierra Curry @savelifeonearth.bsky.social · 11d

Check out @biologicaldiversity.org's new podcast about saving life on Earth and fighting the extinction crisis. I know a podcast about extinction sounds depressing, but the focus is on turning despair into action. Check it out. www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...

Sounds Wild | iHeart

Sounds Wild is a Center for Biological Diversity podcast focusing on endangered wildlife, the extinction crisis, and saving life on Earth. Hosted by Mike Stark and Vanessa Barchfield, Sounds Wild feat...

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Ted Zukoski @tedzukoski.bsky.social · 6d

“The roadless rule was this truce between competing user groups and it shouldn’t be struck down so quickly. They really want to open it up though. You can almost hear the chainsaws already.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Outcry as Trump plots more roads and logging in US forests: ‘You can almost hear the chainsaws’

Critics say move to axe Bill Clinton’s ‘roadless rule’ that protected key old-growth forests will be devastating to environment

www.theguardian.com

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Ted Zukoski @tedzukoski.bsky.social · 8d

Booo!

The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 8d

RTD’s plans to borrow $539 million for diesel buses, sidelining hopes for electric trib.al/2til7hL

RTD’s plans to borrow $539 million for diesel buses, sidelining hopes for electric

“If the agency is now saying we are not buying hybrids, that’s a big deal. It means we are moving backward.”

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 11d

"Will mining destroy America’s most-visited wilderness?
The Trump administration is moving rapidly to approve a mine next to the Boundary Waters that many fear will pollute the pristine wilderness area." www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Will mining destroy America’s most-visited wilderness?

The Trump administration is moving rapidly to approve a mine next to the Boundary Waters that many fear will pollute the pristine wilderness area.

www.washingtonpost.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10d

"God will ask us if we have cultivated and cared for the world that he created for the benefit of all and for future generations, and if we have taken care of our brothers and sisters - what will be our answer, my dear friends?"

Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming

In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.

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Taylor McKinnon @publiccarbon.bsky.social · 11d

This is unprecedented partisan politicization of a public land agency website. I admit chuckling at the sinister irony of “three cheers for volunteers” amidst a shutdown. Lack of agency staff - like for endangered species critical habitat enforcement - risks real to harm our most vulnerable species.

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