I wish US legacy media headlines were this blunt about what's going on. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Mount Baker-Snoqualmie is one of the largest and most-visited National Forests in the US. Now, the Forest Service is proposing a massive logging project there. For this piece, I talked to folks at the heart of the fight: columbiainsight.org/a-new-plan-i...

By starting a global energy crisis while keeping us hooked on oil, Trump and Republicans in Congress have consumers trapped: medium.com/p/c8ff14bdef...

Pinning responsibility for stopping the climate crisis on one generation of people was always problematic. In my first-ever Medium post, I reflect on why: medium.com/@nicke.activ...

Rainbow Falls State Park, an island of protected old growth in the western WA lowlands. We're lucky to have it this way!

The Trump admin has yet to provide any coherent justification or path forward for the war with Iran. We need these questions answered.

This shouldn't need to be said, but "peace" presidents don't start needless wars with countries that pose no imminent threat to us.

Forest biomass is a false climate solution, and there's a growing international movement to oppose it. For this piece in @wagingnonviolence.org, I spoke with folks on the frontlines of the fight against this deadly industry: wagingnonviolence.org/2026/02/acti...

Why people continue to debate whether protesting is worth it is beyond me. It was settled a long time ago.

[email protected] inspired hope for the Amazon. Now is the moment to honor that promise by standing with Indigenous peoples and revoking Decree 12,600, which threatens Amazon rivers for agribusiness profit. Defend the Tapajós. Protect life. #nãoaodecreto12600

Trump is attempting to keep open dirty, aging coal plants that no one wants. In this piece for @sierramagazine.bsky.social I explore the implications: www.sierraclub.org/sierra/force...

The Trump admin may be doubling down on fossil fuels, but the rest of the world is moving on.

The company behind a fossil fuel terminal on the Salish Sea is accused of expanding without a permit. In this piece I dive into the debate, which has implications for the climate, orcas, and more. columbiainsight.org/on-washingto...

Some of these turbines could be generating energy as early as next year.

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-...

The people are rising against authoritarianism. www.commondreams.org/news/anti-ic...

We don't get to choose to whom the Constitution applies.

I dare to say we've reached a turning point in the fight against fascism in the United States, if we can seize it. nickengelfried.substack.com/p/minnesota-...

Solid journalism from the AP that doesn't pull punches. Imagine if there were no reporters in Minneapolis right now and we had to rely only on government accounts. This is why we need a free press. apnews.com/article/minn...

“Please get the truth out about our son.” Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.

Then the President of the United States went online and called him a "terrorist" in a deranged rant.

Thank you, Minnesota! The rest of the country is with you.

Yesterday's protest in Bellingham, WA filled all four street corners by the Federal Building and got tons of supportive honks. People want Trump out of the White House and ICE out of our communities!

I say "conservatives," not just "magas," because with very few exceptions no major conservative org or movement has really tried to stand in the way of Trump's abuses of power. We now know for most conservatives, the Constitution is only a deal-breaker when it applies to them.

Don't mess with Canada.

Trump's support of the fossil fuel industry is an existential threat to life on Earth. Don't let this slip under the radar.

No kings. No dictators. No rule by a "supreme leader."

It's hard for me to feel hopeful right now, and I know many others feel the same way. But here are a few stories to help you try: open.substack.com/pub/nickenge...

Trump doesn't care about democracy, in the US or anywhere.

Climate win: UK-based Drax seems to be walking away from a huge wood biomass project on the Columbia River, at least for now. I reported on this story in 2024. Read the update: columbiainsight.org/wood-biomass...

This is great news!

Get ready to make some noise this year.

Trump/Vance/Rubio want to throw open the doors to Venezuela's oil industry, dooming us to a future of catastrophic climate warming. This insanity has to end. open.substack.com/pub/nickenge...

Trump has led the US into bombing another country and kidnapping its leader. He now says he will use US resources to "run" a foreign nation. What happened to America first?

This year's historic floods in the PNW may be over for now, but the environmental consequences will linger for years. Turns out restoring natural ecosystems is the best way to become more resilient to flooding: columbiainsight.org/heres-how-de... via @columbiainsight.bsky.social

2025 saw good news and bad for the climate. Whichever way you look at it, this was a pivotal year: nickengelfried.substack.com/p/2025-a-piv...

The world isn't waiting for the U.S. to be a climate "leader" anymore. I think 2025 may go down in history as the year the rest of the planet moved on without us. open.substack.com/pub/nickenge...