Michael Reinemer
@michaelreinemer.bsky.social
Editor, Outdoor America, environmental quarterly; 4th gen Montanan. Grinnell College + Wilderness Society alum. Member @sciencewriters.org. Views here=mine
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What’s it Worth to You? Measuring the Economic Value of Natural Areas - Izaak Walton League of America
By Michael Reinemer, Editor As buildings, developments and populations grow, Mother Nature is feeling the pinch. Or punch. Clean water is more scarce. Prairie and parklands get paved over. Our…
iwla.org
My cover story in Outdoor America examines how to account for the $ value of conservation and preserving natural areas--and the economic cost of degrading the environment. These values must be measured and discussed in decisions about development, land use, data centers...
iwla.org/whats-it-wor...
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This could wind up being the most-watched newsmagazine segment in television history!!
Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!
Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This could wind up being the most-watched newsmagazine segment in television history!!
Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!
Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!
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US water utilities urge Senate to NOT repurpose $250M Congress had approved to replace lead water pipes, reports E&Es @mirandawrites.bsky.social (excess road salt leeches lead from the pipes & into drinking water)
www.eenews.net/articles/utilities-urge-senate-to-protect-lead-pipe-replacement-funds/
www.eenews.net/articles/utilities-urge-senate-to-protect-lead-pipe-replacement-funds/
E&E News: Utilities urge Senate to protect lead pipe replacement funds
The American Water Works Association is opposing a proposal to repurpose infrastructure law monies.
subscriber.politicopro.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
US water utilities urge Senate to NOT repurpose $250M Congress had approved to replace lead water pipes, reports E&Es @mirandawrites.bsky.social (excess road salt leeches lead from the pipes & into drinking water)
www.eenews.net/articles/utilities-urge-senate-to-protect-lead-pipe-replacement-funds/
www.eenews.net/articles/utilities-urge-senate-to-protect-lead-pipe-replacement-funds/
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My latest for @politico.com - the Trump administration is waking a sleeping giant in this red state with its attacks on public lands. Will either party notice?
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
‘I Didn’t Vote for This’: A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country
Trump administration policies slashing staffing and funding for public lands are waking a sleeping political giant in Montana. Will either party notice?
www.politico.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
My latest for @politico.com - the Trump administration is waking a sleeping giant in this red state with its attacks on public lands. Will either party notice?
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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PFAS, phthalates, BPA, flame retardants form a "stew of potentially toxic materials that fill our homes & the food we eat" The 450M metric tons of plastic produced yearly include chemical additives. Yikes. Thank you @naemas.bsky.social
& @shannonosaka.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com
wapo.st/4qbRxcv
& @shannonosaka.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com
wapo.st/4qbRxcv
These kitchen items may be contaminating your food with chemicals
See the thousands of plastic chemicals in what we eat.
wapo.st
December 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
PFAS, phthalates, BPA, flame retardants form a "stew of potentially toxic materials that fill our homes & the food we eat" The 450M metric tons of plastic produced yearly include chemical additives. Yikes. Thank you @naemas.bsky.social
& @shannonosaka.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com
wapo.st/4qbRxcv
& @shannonosaka.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com
wapo.st/4qbRxcv
PFAS, phthalates, BPA, flame retardants form a "stew of potentially toxic materials that fill our homes & the food we eat" The 450M metric tons of plastic produced yearly include chemical additives. Yikes. Thank you @naemas.bsky.social
& @shannonosaka.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com
wapo.st/4qbRxcv
& @shannonosaka.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com
wapo.st/4qbRxcv
These kitchen items may be contaminating your food with chemicals
See the thousands of plastic chemicals in what we eat.
wapo.st
December 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
PFAS, phthalates, BPA, flame retardants form a "stew of potentially toxic materials that fill our homes & the food we eat" The 450M metric tons of plastic produced yearly include chemical additives. Yikes. Thank you @naemas.bsky.social
& @shannonosaka.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com
wapo.st/4qbRxcv
& @shannonosaka.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com
wapo.st/4qbRxcv
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Legal fights are brewing over the Trump administration’s push for data centers and the energy to support them. Data centers use as much energy as a city and mean more pollution and higher bills for utility customers paying the price for surging energy demand.
Litigators build toolkit to fight AI data centers
The Trump administration’s plans to advance data centers and the energy to support them are sparking a legal backlash.
www.eenews.net
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Legal fights are brewing over the Trump administration’s push for data centers and the energy to support them. Data centers use as much energy as a city and mean more pollution and higher bills for utility customers paying the price for surging energy demand.
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Now the public has 30 days to comment on these proposed rollbacks. Tell the Trump administration: Don’t slash protections that keep thousands of species alive.
Defend the Endangered Species Act
The Endangered Species Act is wildly effective and widely popular. The law has prevented extinctions of numerous iconic species, recovered imperiled plants and animals, and protected the ecosystems we...
earthjustice.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Now the public has 30 days to comment on these proposed rollbacks. Tell the Trump administration: Don’t slash protections that keep thousands of species alive.
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Our cover story for our last issue in 2025: Measuring the dollar value of conservation and natural areas. And accounting for the economic cost of degrading the environment. These values must be presented and discussed in decisions about land use, data centers, development.
iwla.org/whats-it-wor...
iwla.org/whats-it-wor...
What’s it Worth to You? Measuring the Economic Value of Natural Areas - Izaak Walton League of America
By Michael Reinemer, Editor As buildings, developments and populations grow, Mother Nature is feeling the pinch. Or punch. Clean water is more scarce. Prairie and parklands get paved over. Our…
iwla.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Our cover story for our last issue in 2025: Measuring the dollar value of conservation and natural areas. And accounting for the economic cost of degrading the environment. These values must be presented and discussed in decisions about land use, data centers, development.
iwla.org/whats-it-wor...
iwla.org/whats-it-wor...
Reposted by Michael Reinemer
My cover story in Outdoor America examines how to account for the $ value of conservation and preserving natural areas--and the economic cost of degrading the environment. These values must be measured and discussed in decisions about development, land use, data centers...
iwla.org/whats-it-wor...
iwla.org/whats-it-wor...
What’s it Worth to You? Measuring the Economic Value of Natural Areas - Izaak Walton League of America
By Michael Reinemer, Editor As buildings, developments and populations grow, Mother Nature is feeling the pinch. Or punch. Clean water is more scarce. Prairie and parklands get paved over. Our…
iwla.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
My cover story in Outdoor America examines how to account for the $ value of conservation and preserving natural areas--and the economic cost of degrading the environment. These values must be measured and discussed in decisions about development, land use, data centers...
iwla.org/whats-it-wor...
iwla.org/whats-it-wor...
Trump administration actions hinder the media’s ability to cover government. Poynter Institute compiles a list of these actions (not including verbal attacks, threats, media company compliance). Contact: reporter Angela Fu at [email protected] or on Signal: angelafu.74. www.poynter.org/press-freedo...
Press Freedom Watch - Poynter
www.poynter.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Trump administration actions hinder the media’s ability to cover government. Poynter Institute compiles a list of these actions (not including verbal attacks, threats, media company compliance). Contact: reporter Angela Fu at [email protected] or on Signal: angelafu.74. www.poynter.org/press-freedo...
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As a public debate begins about agriculture and water pollution in South Dakota, a new report shows the effects of a $3 million effort to mitigate the problem in the Big Sioux River watershed.
See the numbers:
See the numbers:
Amid water pollution debate, report shows results of $3 million river buffer program • South Dakota Searchlight
According to the report, 67 projects created 83 linear miles of buffers, protecting 1,219 acres. The project contracts last for 10 years.
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
As a public debate begins about agriculture and water pollution in South Dakota, a new report shows the effects of a $3 million effort to mitigate the problem in the Big Sioux River watershed.
See the numbers:
See the numbers:
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Nice way to ruin Thanksgiving for families across the country, EPA. Moms are furious about this methane delay just announced! 😡😡😡
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Nice way to ruin Thanksgiving for families across the country, EPA. Moms are furious about this methane delay just announced! 😡😡😡
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The #EPA is dropping stronger limits on fine-particle pollution—experts warn it could mean dirtier air and more deaths. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The #EPA is dropping stronger limits on fine-particle pollution—experts warn it could mean dirtier air and more deaths. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
My cover story in Outdoor America examines how to account for the $ value of conservation and preserving natural areas--and the economic cost of degrading the environment. These values must be measured and discussed in decisions about development, land use, data centers...
iwla.org/whats-it-wor...
iwla.org/whats-it-wor...
What’s it Worth to You? Measuring the Economic Value of Natural Areas - Izaak Walton League of America
By Michael Reinemer, Editor As buildings, developments and populations grow, Mother Nature is feeling the pinch. Or punch. Clean water is more scarce. Prairie and parklands get paved over. Our…
iwla.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
My cover story in Outdoor America examines how to account for the $ value of conservation and preserving natural areas--and the economic cost of degrading the environment. These values must be measured and discussed in decisions about development, land use, data centers...
iwla.org/whats-it-wor...
iwla.org/whats-it-wor...
Reposted by Michael Reinemer
Opinion: Considering the actions and statements of Pete Hegseth during his "leadership" at the Pentagon, I think Scouting America will be better off without the partnership of the military.
NPR
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NPR
apple.news/An859fKelS22...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces' — NPR
Documents show the U.S. Military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formally known as the Boy Scouts
apple.news
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Opinion: Considering the actions and statements of Pete Hegseth during his "leadership" at the Pentagon, I think Scouting America will be better off without the partnership of the military.
NPR
apple.news/An859fKelS22...
NPR
apple.news/An859fKelS22...
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EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Reposted by Michael Reinemer
Izaak Walton League launches campaign to fund Iowa water quality sensor network
Izaak Walton League launches campaign to fund Iowa water quality sensor network
As researchers behind an Iowa water quality sensor program race to find a new funding source before money runs out and they're forced to pull the sensors from the state's rivers and streams, a nonprofit has launched a crowdsource campaign to try to keep the program afloat.
www.thegazette.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Izaak Walton League launches campaign to fund Iowa water quality sensor network
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Tonight, @NewsHour airs a segment about They Poisoned the World and the wonderful, courageous people at the heart of the book. I promise their stories will inspire you! #PFAS #ForeverChemicals @CrownPublishing
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Tonight, @NewsHour airs a segment about They Poisoned the World and the wonderful, courageous people at the heart of the book. I promise their stories will inspire you! #PFAS #ForeverChemicals @CrownPublishing
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The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts raised by some scientists and activists.
Here’s what to look out for:
Here’s what to look out for:
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts raised by some scientists and activists.
Here’s what to look out for:
Here’s what to look out for:
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Seems like a good time to remind ourselves that in 1931, when Mussolini forced academics to sign an oath of allegiance to the fascist regime, only twelve refused.
Academic freedom and fascism: A new book on the Italian professors who said NO in 1931
Inclusive searches & sources @UvA Romance languages (32) Earlier addressed in the Library333 series Inclusive searches & sources @FMG Library – with posts on the Academic Freedom Inde…
blognostrumuva.wordpress.com
November 7, 2024 at 2:15 AM
Seems like a good time to remind ourselves that in 1931, when Mussolini forced academics to sign an oath of allegiance to the fascist regime, only twelve refused.
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“The cuts to EPA staffing are ‘the biggest blow that agency has ever had’, says Christopher Sellers at Stony Brook University in New York, who interviews EPA scientists for the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative.”
Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“The cuts to EPA staffing are ‘the biggest blow that agency has ever had’, says Christopher Sellers at Stony Brook University in New York, who interviews EPA scientists for the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative.”
Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Every oil state disposes of toxic wastewater underground. But in Oklahoma, it hasn't been staying there, creating large, ongoing pollution events known as "purges."
An investigation a year in the making for @readfrontier.bsky.social and @propublica.org
www.readfrontier.org/stories/toxi...
An investigation a year in the making for @readfrontier.bsky.social and @propublica.org
www.readfrontier.org/stories/toxi...
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
www.readfrontier.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Every oil state disposes of toxic wastewater underground. But in Oklahoma, it hasn't been staying there, creating large, ongoing pollution events known as "purges."
An investigation a year in the making for @readfrontier.bsky.social and @propublica.org
www.readfrontier.org/stories/toxi...
An investigation a year in the making for @readfrontier.bsky.social and @propublica.org
www.readfrontier.org/stories/toxi...
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Kristi Noem claims that ICE has not detained or arrested any US citizens. We're calling BS.
More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents
ProPublica uncovered that Americans have been kicked, dragged, and detained for days.
www.motherjones.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Kristi Noem claims that ICE has not detained or arrested any US citizens. We're calling BS.
Reposted by Michael Reinemer
John Guider reports in a photo essay on the Duck River in TN: its troubled state (the river, but yes, TN 🤭) and the hopes for working on its survival.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
🎩 mokurai atDK
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🎩 mokurai atDK
After a 28-day Duck River trip, I know this Tennessee waterway is in trouble | Opinion
John Guider has traveled thousands of waterways and his most recent excursion was a 28-day jaunt along the Duck River and he worries about its health.
www.tennessean.com
December 26, 2024 at 5:32 PM
John Guider reports in a photo essay on the Duck River in TN: its troubled state (the river, but yes, TN 🤭) and the hopes for working on its survival.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
🎩 mokurai atDK
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
🎩 mokurai atDK