In her new book Ghosts Behind Glass, historian Dolly Jørgensen takes us through dozens of museum exhibits about extinction — and examines the stories they tell. https://therevelator.org/extinction-ghosts/

The recently enacted High Seas Treaty offers an opportunity to protect the ocean like never before. https://therevelator.org/30x30-ocean/

Climate change threatens species around the world. At the same time, many animals can help us in the fight against climate change — if we let them. https://therevelator.org/animals-climate-allies/

Some good reading from the archives: Comics for Earth: Eight New Graphic Novels About Saving the Planet and Celebrating Wildlife https://therevelator.org/environmental-graphic-novels/

There’s a lot going on to distract us from progress. But if you look through the noise, you’ll find encouraging patterns that no one can stop, writes @johnrplatt.bsky.social for @therevelator.org.

Finding (and Saving) Where the Wild Things Thrive https://therevelator.org/finding-and-saving-where-the-wild-things-thrive/

Stunning reporting: 'A different set of rules': Thermal drone footage shows Musk's AI power plant flouting clean air regulations @floodlightnews.org floodlightnews.org/thermal-dron...

Portland Lawsuit Alleges Tear Gas Use by ICE Is a Health Threat (1/2) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/c...

Finding (and Saving) Where the Wild Things Thrive • @therevelator.org via @theconversation.com therevelator.org/finding-and-...

‘We Will See Them in Court’: Environmental Lawyers Vow to Challenge Trump’s Repeal of Key Climate Finding - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/1202202...

I wrote this last week, before today's climate endangerment repeal. I'm glad it's resonating with readers today: The Two Words Giving Me Hope — Even As the Trump Administration Dismantles More Climate Regulations @therevelator.org therevelator.org/despite-trump/

The repeal of the "endangerment finding" will make it harder for future administrations to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act without a new law or amendment passed by Congress—with serious public health and climate consequences

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

Sigh.... EPA repeals endangerment finding subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Not so fast: Celebrations over delisting endangered plants might be premature - Columbia Insight columbiainsight.org/celebrations...

The Two Words Giving Me Hope — Even As the Trump Administration Dismantles More Climate Regulations My editorial today for @therevelator.org: therevelator.org/despite-trump/

The global annual production of #plastics rose to 400 million metric tons in 2022 and is projected to double by 2050. As of 2015 some 6,300 metric tons had become waste. About 79% ended up in #landfills or the natural environment — rates that haven’t gotten much better in the ensuing decade 🗑️🚯♻️

Amid relentless rollbacks and headlines designed to wear you down, this read cuts through the noise w/ a simple truth that can restore agency, spark courage, and remind you that progress often lives in the parts they’re trying hardest to undo. A powerful piece of writing by @johnrplatt.bsky.social.

The Two Words Giving Me Hope — Even As the Trump Administration Dismantles More Climate Regulations My editorial today for @therevelator.org: therevelator.org/despite-trump/

The Two Words Giving Me Hope — Even As the Trump Administration Dismantles More Climate Regulations https://therevelator.org/despite-trump/

An average-sized stadium goes through *5.4 million* disposable, single-use cups every year. Some organizations are helping them break the addiction to plastic with reusable alternatives: https://therevelator.org/replace-disposable/

The Revelator: EXTINCTION of SPECIES! The Galápagos damselfish, the Christmas Island shrew, several newly identified bandicoots, and a South American “rocket frog” were among the species declared extinct in 2025. therevelator.org/extinct-2025/

Thousands protest Olympics’ social and environmental harms as ICE presence sparks unrest in Milan | NationofChange www.nationofchange.org/2026/02/09/t...

Ugh x 1,000,000,000 How Jeffrey Epstein sought to help Steve Bannon build a global populist movement www.cnn.com/2026/02/09/p...

Latest in my series on the problems of disposable plastics for @therevelator.org , on reusable alternatives: therevelator.org/replace-disp...

Reducing Plastic Waste: Three Ways to Replace Disposable with Reusable https://therevelator.org/replace-disposable/

College Athletics -- or any athletics, really -- Game Day for Climate Action https://therevelator.org/college-athletics-climate-action/

Sure, we’re a broken record. But when protections are rolled back weekly/daily and everything’s at stake, we’ll keep playing it. Re-upping our 30×30 piece in @therevelator.org. Repost it. Share it. Call your reps. VOTE. That’s how we break the cycle. #OceanHoptimism #30x30

243 million gallons of wastewater has overflowed from the pipe that collapsed on January 19.It could now take months to repair the broken sewer pipe that pumped millions of gallons into the Potomac River,after officials found a massive blockage in the ruptured pipe www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

A worldview and also a legal strategy to protect nature. The river’s right to restoration and protection comes within a broader rights-of-nature movement that recognizes ecosystems have a right to flourish and that policy decisions should prioritize ecological health. icmagazine.org/indigenous-n...

A wolf has come to Los Angeles County for the first time in more than a century www.latimes.com/environment/...

Here’s the latest proof of what we warned about in our latest @therevelator.org piece: Protections w/out durability aren’t protections at all. Trump reopening an Atlantic marine monument to commercial fishing shows how 30x30 collapses when conservation can be erased every four years—at whim, by pen.

That's a lotta cash for cats. Rembrandt lion drawing raises $18m for big cat conservation at US auction www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Fight like hell, indeed.

Mourn the species declared extinct in 2025 -- then fight like hell to prevent other plants and animals from the same fate. https://therevelator.org/extinct-2025/

30x30 aims to protect 30% of the planet by 2030. The recently enacted High Seas Treaty could help us achieve that for the ocean: https://therevelator.org/30x30-ocean/

#Rewilding: a global movement to restore natural processes and boost biodiversity + an online magazine designed to expose more people to the concept. @kattancock.bsky.social explains: www.sej.org/publications... @sejorg.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social @johnrplatt.bsky.social

My latest for @therevelator.org 🦎🍺

Under the Trump administration, a staffing exodus at Olympic National Park has put salmon recovery efforts in jeopardy. https://therevelator.org/elwha-trump-salmon/

Our @therevelator.org essay frames the ocean side of 30×30 as a durability test. We can’t fence our way out. Climate change, extraction, and political whiplash must be confronted—and while Angelo centers nearshore, the new High Seas Treaty finally equips 30×30 to protect waters beyond borders.

I had a feeling we'd hear this today... Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team -- @sammyroth.bsky.social www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...

The High Seas Treaty finally gives #30×30 teeth, but treaties don’t protect oceans, choices do. This essay asks the harder question: if our dashboards are still blinking red in 2030, how do we respond? Panic, retreat—or push further? Read our new commentary on @therevelator.org. #OceanHoptimism

How to Transform 30×30 From a Political Slogan Into an Ecological Reality https://therevelator.org/30x30-ocean/

@therevelator.org We've added The Revelator to our list of BESt Environmental News Sources and Sites. We really appreciate all you do to inform us about the daily threats to our precious planet. #climate #environment #journalism

Trump's cuts to the Park Service are undermining one of the greatest habitat restoration projects in the Pacific Northwest. Here, folks I interviewed at the heart of this story give an eye-opening look at what it all really means: therevelator.org/elwha-trump-...

A survey by the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) shows Canadians overwhelmingly love winter sports and many want fossil fuel companies removed from Olympic sponsorship because of climate change concerns.

Amazing story: From bad omen to national treasure: The rare bone-swallower stork saved by a female army www.bbc.com/future/artic...

"With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike, It is so ORDERED." Annotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I loved that. It echoes a lot of my thoughts (and struggles) regarding how we choose stories for @therevelator.org