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‘We’re just beaten’: For beleaguered federal workers, shutdown is last straw

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Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · 4d

“When did we become the enemy?”

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Staffers are working without pay or on furlough — all after months of job cuts.

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Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · 6d

“Trump officials on Wednesday instructed employees at the Interior Department to take home their government devices to receive any information on mass firings…”

White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain and Punish Political Foes www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...

White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain and Punish Political Foes

Government shutdown hits short-staffed national parks and refuges in South Florida

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wlrnnews.bsky.social @wlrnnews.bsky.social · 6d

National parks, refuges and the Big Cypress Preserve furloughed staff and began cutting services after the U.S. government shutdown at midnight Wednesday. (via @jenstaletovich.bsky.social)

National parks, refuges and the Big Cypress Preserve furloughed staff and began cutting services after the U.S. government shutdown at midnight Wednesday.

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Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · 13d

Want to know what NOAA does in South Florida? There's a map for that

As budget cuts loom for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Environmental Defense Fund create a new map providing the location and explanation of work done by hundreds of NOAA off...

White House Eyes New Round of Mass Layoffs if Government Shuts Down

Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · 13d

White House Eyes New Round of Mass Layoffs if Government Shuts Down www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...

Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks for sharing!

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Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · 20d

ICYMI: @miamidadecounty.bsky.social budget hearing starts today at 5.

Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · 20d

Miami-Dade poised to strip environmental watchdog of permitting authority

A proposal included in the county's $12.9 billion budget would strip the Division of Environmental Resources Management of its permitting authority even as it re-establishes DERM as an independent dep...

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Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · 20d

Biscayne Nature Center rallying supporters ahead of this evening’s @miamidadecounty.bsky.social budget hearing: actionnetwork.org/letters/take...

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Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · 20d

Miami-Dade poised to strip environmental watchdog of permitting authority

A proposal included in the county's $12.9 billion budget would strip the Division of Environmental Resources Management of its permitting authority even as it re-establishes DERM as an independent dep...

Nonprofit started by Marjory Stoneman Douglas vows to fight county eviction from nature center

Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · 21d

ICYMI: www.wlrn.org/environment/...

A nonprofit started by the Everglades champion Marjory Stoneman Douglas three decades ago to build and run the Biscayne Nature Center in Key Biscayne says it has no plans to leave, after Miami-Dade Co...

Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide

Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · Sep 4

"Suing to block another party from suing is an extraordinary move."

Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/c...

Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trump’s Attacks on Science

Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · Sep 3

Not sure, but I think she was at the end of her shift.

Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · Sep 2

Miami fox spotted on the way to work…

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Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · Aug 31

Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trump’s Attacks on Science www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...

20 Years After Katrina, a Film Series Reclaims New Orleans

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Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · Aug 27

20 Years After Katrina, a Film Series Reclaims New Orleans www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/m...

Judge Orders That ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Be Shut Down for Now

Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · Aug 22

Judge Orders That ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Be Shut Down for Now www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...

Environmentalists sue EPA chief in Florida federal court over clean water

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wlrnnews.bsky.social @wlrnnews.bsky.social · Aug 20

The lawsuit alleges the Environmental Protection Agency failed to follow-up on a promise to update 1990s-era pollution standards in the state. (via @jenstaletovich.bsky.social )

The lawsuit alleges the Environmental Protection Agency failed to follow-up on a promise to update 1990s-era pollution standards in the state.

Years of conservation efforts are paying off for sand tiger sharks in the Boston Harbor

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Aug 19

Years of conservation efforts are paying off for sand tiger sharks in the Boston Harbor : NPR

Scientists say that the water in Boston Harbor is getting cleaner, leading to an increase in the number of sand tiger sharks using the area as a nursery habitat.

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Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · Aug 19

A dramatic spike in South Florida ocean temps has scientists keeping a close watch on reefs & coral nurseries. Another was placed on a Level 1 alert after I filed this story.

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Coral scientists wary amid steamy summer temperatures

A sharp rise in ocean temperatures this month has scientists keeping a close watch on coral reefs suffering from water persistently warmed by climate change.

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Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · Jul 18

Everglades scientist surrenders to serve jail sentence over 'trade secrets'

Tom Van Lent was handcuffed in a Miami courtroom and taken to jail to begin serving a 10-day jail sentence in a case that divided the normally tightknit Florida environmental community. It caps a thre...

Opinion | Democrats Can Finally Stop Pandering to Farmers

Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · Jul 12

Democrats Can Finally Stop Pandering to Farmers www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/o...

The worsening toll of weather catastrophes

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Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · Jul 12

ICYMI, this weeks’s @wlrn.bsky.social’s Field Notes newsletter: the horror of the floods and lights from Alligator Alcatraz appear as a new blob of light pollution in NASA satellite imagery: mailchi.mp/wlrnnews.org...

Plus, bright lights, big city at Alligator Alcatraz.

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Maya Ruler’s Tomb Is Unearthed in Belize, With Clues to His Ancient World

Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · Jul 12

What a night to be at Fenway!

Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich.bsky.social · Jul 10

"Double wow."

Maya Ruler’s Tomb Is Unearthed in Belize, With Clues to His Ancient World www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/w...