Breaking: Trump administration regulatory change allows killing of species threatened with extinction www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

The National Park Service swapped a slavery exhibit "under the cover of darkness" last night at Philadelphia’s Independence Park, to a version that advocates say softens the depiction of slavery and George Washington as a slave owner www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

New: Trump is set to resume his Marine One helicopter flights — but from the Ellipse, not the White House lawn, which has been rendered unusable. And instead of walking out the White House doors, now he'll take a motorcade. with @jakespring.bsky.social @danlamothe.bsky.social

Trump has a new side project: counting the number of trees in a public park across the street from the White House. He wants Lafayette Square to feature 47 trees — to match his 47th presidency, per people familiar. with @jakespring.bsky.social

Worthwhile reading on the impact of the Trump admin's cuts to U.S. Forest Service research www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/c...

The Trump admin’s rapid expansion of the border wall just resulted in a bulldozer running through a Native American archeological site. The machinery destroyed part of a huge fish etched into the ground by Native Americans, likely 1,000+ years ago www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Why did Trump’s pick to lead the National Park Service withdraw his nomination? Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Utah is betting on cloud-seeding drones to (partially) solve its water problems. The company behind it is claiming to be the first commercial operation to prove the technique works using physical evidence. My story today: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Public lands/parks in AZ, NM, TX our country protected are slated for border wall. The costs are steep. TX’s Big Bend is stunning & loved by its community. Wall is coming despite having few crossings there. The fight is on. w/ @jakespring.bsky.social @johnmuyskens.bsky.social wapo.st/4bVCIGB

Big scoop from Reuters as agriculture trading companies look set to give up on a pact that was hugely successful in protecting the Amazon rainforest. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

#Brazil Says It’s A #Climate Leader. Not Everyone Buys It. @jakespring.bsky.social and Marina Dias report for @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/49VJb3K

I spent a few days up near the Boundary Waters - America’s most visited wilderness area - meeting with people trying to protect it from a proposed mine, as well as some mining supporters. Trump and some Republicans are aggressively trying to make the mine happen. wapo.st/4pN2VfE

No real surprise here www.reuters.com/business/env...

Brazilian meatpacker JBS says net-zero emissions pledge was 'never a promise' www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Soybean farmer lobby Aprosoja-MT says the Brazil Amazon soy moratorium - which forbids buying soybeans grown on recently deforested land - fosters "a purchasing cartel" and has asked antitrust regulator CADE to end it www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

They have a deal! At long last the European Union and South America's Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia Paraguay) strike an agreement on their long awaited free trade deal. EU and South America strike trade deal: www.reuters.com/world/eu-mer...

Soy traders push to weaken ban on buying from deforested Amazon www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

Indigenous mining complicates Brazil's fight against illegal gold www.reuters.com/business/env...

Signs that the drought in the Amazon is easing www.reuters.com/markets/comm...