This is truly awesome! Dr. Fairfax is one of the world's leading beaver scientists, and has been deeply involved in helping shape a new Disney/Pixar animated movie about these wonderful and adorable creatures. Read this piece to find out more: www.laughingplace.com/disney-enter...

I'm sure "sustainable aviation fuel" will make this all okay. Including this order, Delta has now placed orders for almost 100 new planes since the year began.

Because no one needs lower taxes more than the oil & gas industry, right? Meanwhile, the UK gov't is so short of money for the NHS and everything else that it was trying to cut winter fuel subsidies for the elderly and impose inheritance taxes on farmers. And this from a Labour government.

One of those stories that makes my head hurt. "The Trump administration handed a $370 million windfall to one of the world’s largest exporters of natural gas by allowing the company to claim an “alternative fuels” tax incentive for operating some of the planet’s most heavily polluting ships." (1/2)

Story on left from a week ago. Story on right from today. Workforce to get cut by nearly half because of AI, and stock is up 25%. Welcome to modern, very late-stage capitalism.

Just 1/3 of the share buyback would fund the entire project. "The company reported profits of £3.5bn for 2025, up from £2.5bn in 2024, as it also promised to give up to £9bn to shareholders over the next 3 years through share buybacks, its biggest return of cash to investors in a decade."

"This is Europe’s new reality: under water in winter, withered in summer. Yet even as the weather extremes worsen, the voices of denial have grown louder and more influential." Check out the photos in this piece. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

We're busy killing off everything. “It’s bad enough if you’re seeing population sizes decreasing,” said co-author Marta Jarzyna of Ohio State University. “But it’s even worse when that loss is stronger with each year, because eventually you will get to the point of no population left.” (1/2)

Why Steve Pearce Is Such A Concerning Nominee To Run BLM “Sell off Steve” refuses to say he won’t sell public land. Here’s how much he could cost us. Wes Siler #StevePearce #BLM #StevePearceBLM https://wessiler.substack.com/p/why-steve-pearce-is-such-a-concerning

The most concerning part of Canada’s slow progress toward 30x30 is not that lands and waters aren’t being protected quickly enough to meet the target, but that they continue to be degraded and destroyed at a faster pace than being conserved. This imbalance is not new, but it is accelerating.

They have tiny fountains too! #TheOutpost 🌱🌿👨‍🌾🪶 More in alt

I have been warning about this for years Extreme weather ensured the UK lost a year's worth of bread in just the last 5 years due to crop losses As Alfred Henry Lewis warned more than 100 years ago "There are just 9 meals between humanity and anarchy" www.theguardian.com/food/2026/fe...

Somehow this technology is going to make everything better while also deleting your inbox and refusing your commands to stop. Shocking story and worth reading.

One shock could spark social unrest and even food riots in the UK, according to top food experts. The group first identified a series of issues that are making access to food vulnerable in the UK, including the #climatecrisis low incomes, poor farming policy. www.theguardian.com/food/2026/fe...

Farmers loved this guy, and he stiffs them. "But the $400 million promised to the irrigation districts, associations, and tribes in 2024 remains unaccounted for, and the grant recipients have received no indication of whether the program would start or the money would be paid out."

I knew his second term would be much worse than the first, but it's far worse than even I expected. "Trump issued an executive order directing the Secretary of Agriculture to boost the domestic supply of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, in the name of national security."

Why do humans poison so many other species? "...the prevalence of rodenticide exposure in fishers is becoming clear. Meanwhile, toxic and sometimes lethal effects of the chemicals have been documented in other NH wildlife, including raptors like owls, eagles, hawks, and other birds of prey." 1/2

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It's well past time to do this. "...the report identifies 41 critical chokepoints where China depends on the EU for more than 80 per cent of its imports, and 67 for the US ... essential inputs including insulin, pharmaceuticals, medical tech, and specialised machinery....”

Trump truly is an idiot.

Three stories in 10 days from the FT on the farming impacts of climate change. "A wave of extreme rain and flooding across the Mediterranean & north Africa has battered the winter growing regions that feed Europe, disrupting supplies of fruit and vegetables and threatening food price rises." 1/3

Imagine if HEALTHCARE WAS FREE in America, as it is in Greenland. Just imagine. 🇺🇸🇬🇱

This unfortunately is true.

Here are before & after videos of our beaver deceiver pipes following last night's -7°F (-21°C). Pipes keep enough water in the pond behind the dam for beavers' needs but let enough water out to avoid flooding of adjacent road. I must chip the ice with a crowbar most mornings to keep pipes open. 1/2

My years long dream of photographing a moose with aurora finally happened. #MissionAccomplished

More good news but the gov't makes it hard. From a British farmer who wants to release beavers on his property: "...the current indication from Natural England is that it will take at least three years to get permission and is likely to cost tens of thousands of pounds if not more."

We never learn, do we? "One in nine new homes in England built between 2022 and 2024 were constructed in areas that could now be at risk of flooding, according to new data. The figures show the number of homes being built in risky areas is on the rise...."

We poison everything. "Pesticide residues were detected in 70% of the sites, including woodlands & grasslands far from agricultural fields. This widespread contamination suggests pesticides aren't confined to croplands but have become a pervasive environmental presence across European landscapes."

What could go wrong? "If you ate corn on the cob, green beans or some spring onions in the UK this winter, chances are it would have come from 1 of 2 farms at the edge of the Sahara, in Senegal. The West African nation is becoming an important player in the UK's food supply. Is that a good thing?"

Much more to come. "Banks risk seeing property values take a hit as the homes they’re financing get damaged in more frequent and destructive floods. Homeowners affected by floods, meanwhile, often get inundated by additional costs that make it harder for them to meet mortgage payments."

This should be the issue dominating our public conversation, but it's everything but this. “We are seeing cracks in the resilience of the Earth’s systems,” said Johan Rockström of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. “Nature has so far balanced our abuse. This is coming to an end.”

Think of all the resources which were wasted on this asshole the past 40 years to get him to this point.

Flooded streets, ruined crops, vanishing insurance – this is not tomorrow’s crisis. @rupertread.bsky.social says the UK is already experiencing the early texture of climate breakdown now, and adaptation is no longer optional but essential.

I was out plowing this afternoon and stopped to enjoy the view.

It's generally not a good sign when your snow berms are already higher than your plow tractor, and it's only mid-February.

Still drinking the Kool-Aid. "Block staffers are obligated to use AI, an order that has led to frustration. 'If the tool were good, we’d all just use it.' Researchers found the AI tech isn’t reducing workloads at all, but intensifying them instead, a trend that’s already leading to 'AI burnout.'"

With 26 inches of snow on the ground today -- another 5 inches added last night -- I needed to see this. A reminder that green will eventually return.

Despite having an all-Democratic Congressional delegation, New Hampshire is run by the GOP at every state level of gov't, and many in the legislature are extremists. They are trying very hard to dismantle public education in the state. And people with kids in public schools keep voting for this.

Exactly. Let's eliminate natural predators from the landscape and then wonder why we have a problem with exploding deer numbers. The obvious natural solution to this problem is to re-introduce predators and restore the ecological balance.

James Hansen released his latest insights the other day. Reading them, Sarah Connor wondered how digestible the information is to the average person. So many of us glaze over at charts and graphs. So she created a short, useful summary of Hansen’s findings where the headings are simple soundbites.

The Wall Street Journal offering yet another argument for a wealth tax.

It's the weekend and you know you want to read 4,500 words about how Mexico is setting itself up for economic pain and potential chaos by doubling down on US natural gas dependence!!

👇 "Tattoo ink collects in lymph nodes and interferes with the immune system, causing potentially lifelong changes to the body’s disease-fighting mechanisms.... Human lymph nodes from tattooed individuals had similar inflammation and colouring, even years after people received their tattoos."

Sea level rise? What sea level rise? (1/1)

Science-based policies could successfully limit human-caused climate change, but when political parties are allowed to accept money from special interests, policies are distorted to the point of being ineffective. See Politics: tiny.cc/9f6z001 Also available on Substack: tiny.cc/cf6z001

A great piece on the long and winding road to the reintroduction of beavers to the UK. It's too slow, but it's happening! "...ultimately, only when we see beavers on our major rivers and tributaries will we have started to atone for our dewilding sins." @emilyfairfax.bsky.social

Surely the MAHA crowd might have something to say about this? But ... nope. "The EPA plans this week to loosen restrictions on coal-burning power plants, allowing them to emit more hazardous pollutants including mercury, a powerful neurotoxin that can impair babies’ brain development...."

The legendary Martin Wolf in the Financial Times offering some much-needed wisdom as an antidote to the "population decline" panic. He walks through his analysis, and finally says: "The conclusion then is that there is no powerful reason to fear declining populations."

Where are the safe havens keeping wildlife safe from #climatechange? New science offers guidance on how to identify, manage, and connect climate refugia. https://therevelator.org/finding-and-saving-where-the-wild-things-thrive/