In my pursuit to educate myself about Indigenous struggles in the US, I really appreciated today's feature in @earthislandjournal.bsky.social that traces the history of mining in the Black Hills of South Dakota — sacred to the Great Sioux Nation — and the current fight. #Thanksgiving #gratitude

🦇🦍🦉 Do you root for the weird, wild, under-appreciated species of the world? The slime molds and sunflower stars; the cormorants and caddisflies? So do we. And we need your help! A donation of any amount goes straight to supporting narrative journalism about biodiversity. Pls spread the word! 🐢🐛🌵

If you’re one of the millions of Americans aiming to score new electronics this #BlackFriday, "you might want to consider the real costs of that sale-priced gizmo," writes @vincebeiser.bsky.social. From environmental harm to child labor, the metals in these products cost far more than you think.

"Prime Minister Carney — who as UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance described climate change as the world’s greatest existential threat— is juggling climate and economic priorities, with climate taking a back seat, despite the fact they are interdependent."

"Despite the difficulties getting everyone to agree on how to tackle climate change, real-world solutions are being implemented at speed almost everywhere." Love this #COP30 takeaway from @georginarannard.bsky.social. Just because countries aren't acting at scale doesn't mean the rest of us can't!

It's that time of year. Time to wonder: Why do we change the clocks? This story, originally published by @us.theconversation.com, centers an Indigenous approach to question why we "fight against our biological presets" to favor productivity when we "need winter to rest and summer to bloom."

Last week, as a who's who of climate scientists warned that global society is “hurtling toward climate chaos,” @billgates.bsky.social released a memo saying the opposite. As @jasondovemark.bsky.social writes, the memo is “standard issue delay, only now dressed in the good vibes of philanthropy.”

Bill Gates sure picked an interesting day to downplay the threat of climate change

Journalists and news outlets everywhere are invited to participate, even if they aren’t CCNow partners. Visit 89Percent.org to access links to the studies, a branding kit, and ways to get in touch about anything else you might need. Follow along on social media via #The89Percent.

UCLA now manages more than 90 percent of its grounds without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. The university has also worked to remove turf and dramatically increase plantings of drought-tolerant native species, one of a number of US campuses committed to rewiliding their school grounds.

Thought-provoking story by Fred Nadis about the possibility of bringing grizzlies back to California. And fun to help edit a piece so close to home (with the story's main editor Zoe Loftus-Farren) as one of my first duties with @earthislandjournal.bsky.social! www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

“The question is not whether Aboriginal title can exist over fee simple lands, but whether fee simple interests can exist on Aboriginal title lands,” said [Justice] Young. “In my view, the law has evolved, and the answer...is ‘yes.’” @zoeyunker.bsky.social @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

It’s true the ocean off the Central Coast is some of the richest in the world. But stressors like overfishing and climate change are threatening its productivity and the ways of life that depend on it. @serenarenner.com reports. 🌊

Sea stars—26 species—have been dying by the billions from Mexico to Alaska, their arms tearing off, their bodies dissolving, w/huge consequences for the sea. Experts finally figured out why— and gave @biographic.bsky.social exclusive access. Can we save them? www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...

“[The] the mist is lifting, revealing not just the lay of the land (and sea), but the benefits of working together to protect the whole ecosystem.” 👀 On our radar: Uniting to safeguard the Great Bear Sea ✍️ @serenarenner.com @biographic.bsky.social

After a four-year investigation, a breakthrough study reveals the cause of sea star wasting disease (SSWD). A strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida is the culprit behind the marine epidemic that has killed billions of sea stars since 2013. Read the study: 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4rcb3xpf

Important news in the California wildfire world. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

That new usual suspects (Curry, Spencer, Christy, McKitrick, Koonin) Trump EPA climate denier report? (www.energy.gov/sites/defaul...)? I asked chatGPT to evaluate it. It had no trouble producing a succinct and convincing refutation:

It is an extraordinary loss of intellectual expertise that the American people invested millions in developing Every scientist who earns a graduate degree in the US is the product of an investment by the public This is like setting money on fire

“The burden of proof is always on First Nations and never on the Canadian government. That’s what needs to shift.”

First Nations in British Columbia were instrumental in protecting the Great Bear Rainforest from logging. And given the ecological threads connecting everything from the mountaintops to the seafloor, Indigenous elders have long advocated to extend the protections of the rainforest out to sea... 🧵

It feels like we're going backward, but there are hopeful projects underway, like the MPA network off the British Columbia coast. If done right, it “could be a real, meaningful model for reconciliation” with First Nations. My latest in @biographic.bsky.social. www.biographic.com/welcome-to-t...

Wildfires are making glaciers retreat faster, but not how you might think. Instead of the heat from the flames melting the glacier, the smoke is darkening the snow and ice. This causes the glacier surface to absorb more energy from the sun and melt faster. @kristendejager.bsky.social reports. 🗻🔥

A study just published in Geophysical Research Letters, led by Hakai Institute scientist and UNBC professor Brian Menounos, reveals that glaciers in western Canada, the US, and Switzerland lost around 12% of their ice between 2021 and 2024. Full press release: 🔗https://tinyurl.com/439yk6vf

On this Juneteenth and eve of summer, I'm appreciating this poignant @earthislandjournal.bsky.social essay/book adaptation by Hannah Palmer about how the legacy of segregation in the South has meant the privatization of pools and waterways—to the detriment of all. www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

Keep celebrating the wins. And keep pushing for more.

Congratulations to Tula Communications’ @serenarenner.com for her Best News Coverage nomination in the Canadian Digital Publishing Awards. Her finalist Hakai Magazine feature is about the historic land-back agreement between the Haida Nation and British Columbia. Full story 🔗 tinyurl.com/mpm7ndzn

Another HUGE CONGRATS to @judeisabella.bsky.social (along with photographer and videographer Kat Pyne) for TWO nominations in the DPAs for this compelling Hakai Magazine feature about how non-native pink salmon are taking over Norway. Read the feature here: hakaimagazine.com/features/whe...

Thanks to @canadamediaawards.bsky.social for nominating my Hakai Magazine story about last year's agreement between the @haidanation.bsky.social and British Columbia recognizing Haida title, or ownership, to the entire archipelago of Haida Gwaii. Read it here: hakaimagazine.com/news/in-coas...

🌲 In Coastal British Columbia, the Haida Get Their Land Back @biographic.bsky.social Finalist – Best News Coverage At the 2025 Digital Publishing Awards Congratulations to Serena Renner and Hakai! 🔗 zurl.co/Mr3ho #DigitalPublishingAwards #DPA25

If you read this and are so moved, purchases for @dcbookstoprisons.bsky.social are doubled now through May 5. bookshop.org/wishlists/a6...

Aw, Hakai Magazine's last feature ever—@toughcitywriter.bsky.social's amazing piece about Indigenous first responders—gets a very well-deserved nomination from the @canadamediaawards.bsky.social! Congratulations Adrienne and @shannabaker.bsky.social (as editor)! 👏 hakaimagazine.com/features/the...

Congratulations to the talented @judeisabella.bsky.social for her @canadamediaawards.bsky.social nomination for best feature! 🎉 This entertaining Hakai Magazine story introduces you to the owl next door and asks important questions about coexistence. Read it now! hakaimagazine.com/features/the...

Proud of my alma mater’s president for his leadership and resolve in this crisis. He’s setting a great example.

Elle is great on sciencey stuff, but I'm so glad she's turned her attention at last to what really matters:

A big thank you to Akshay Kulkarni at the CBC for covering a new Hakai study showing endangered sunflower sea stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides) finding refuge from sea star wasting disease (SSWD) in the fjords of BC’s Central Coast. Read the full story here 🔗 tinyurl.com/4mcyn3tc

A new paper featuring Hakai Institute researchers reveals that the tidal swamps of the Pacific Northwest, alongside mangroves in Mexico, stash away the largest amounts of carbon on the Pacific coast of North America. Full paper with vital regional estimates🔗 tinyurl.com/mteynyzw

no witty response. just rage. those responsible for climate chaos have names and job titles.

Science and the future of our planet are under attack. Consider signing this open letter to implore the US Congress to protect scientific funding, employees, and processes. Life on Earth is at stake. 🌲👩‍⚕️🧬🌍🔬🦧🌊 www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...

Finally had a chance to read this fascinating CBC interactive by @jaelabernstien.bsky.social and Emily Chung about buried rivers across Canada and around the world being "daylighted." Congrats on the recent award from @aaas.org @kavlifoundation.bsky.social! newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/202...

Pierre Poilievre used a lot of his speech today to really, really insist that he’s not a “MAGA-MAN.” You know who doesn’t have to try so hard to make that argument? Someone who hasn’t spent years making it really, REALLY clear that he’s absolutely a maga-man.

New from me: American government scientists are being barred from meeting with Canadian counterparts. I've obtained internal NOAA memos ordering all international scientific collaboration meetings be submitted for review www.cbc.ca/news/science... #ClimateChange #UsPoli #AAASmtg

Department of Transportation orders all personnel to "identify and eliminate" every order, directive, rule, regulation, policy, notice, guidance document, funding arrangement, or program that even mentions climate change, diversity, or environmental justice www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...

From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.

Donald Trump’s executive orders seeking to eliminate D.E.I. initiatives and erase the recognition of trans and non-binary people have threatened the very mission of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. nyer.cm/CUgteNW

Journalist Anas Al-Sharif removes his helmet and announces a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. His voice steady as his fellow Palestinians lift him into the air in celebration. For 15 months, the Al-Jazeera correspondent has reported on the genocide of his people in Gaza.

In the past six days, the @wsj.com has run 7 climate denial opinions- and they're not just stupid and wrong, they're objectively bad! These two subheds are basically the same! Must be nice to be able to just madlib your work every day so long as it attacks Dems and licks Big Business boots

Overflowing gratitude to @ridingmybike.bsky.social, @judeisabella.bsky.social, @colinschultz.bsky.social, @toughcitywriter.bsky.social, @shannabaker.bsky.social, @vmart.bsky.social, @marinacoladas.bsky.social, @serenarenner.bsky.social and many others who have made Hakai such a special place

This has been bugging me for years: the idea that deep-sea mining is, somehow, supposed to--by law--benefit "mankind as a whole." How, exactly, could such a thing work? Well, this is what the ISA has come up with: hakaimagazine.com/news/how-exa...

Today is my last day with @hakaimagazine.com. They gave me one of my first breaks as a freelancer nearly a decade ago, and I've had a relationship with them ever since. It's bittersweet to say goodbye, but I'm excited for the next chapter. Here's a 🧵 of some stories I've worked on over the years