The final rule removes the regulatory requirements to measure, report, certify & comply with federal greenhouse-gas emission standards for motor vehicles, & repeals associated compliance programs, credit provisions & reporting obligations for industries… www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Looking like environmentalists might not be the biggest barrier to climate action

C0NCHO ON THE SCREEN!!! The sapo concho is the Puerto Rican crested toad. Endemic to the island and endangered (metaphor!!) A cute cartoon version of the toad was the mascot for his latest grammy winning album Debí Tirar Más Fotos

What kind of society would allow this

Foreign aid for the far right, no USAID for the sick and starving.

The co-option of the word "abundance" to mean any proposal that makes it easier to exploit and diminish the natural abundance of the land continues to be very annoying. www.landdesk.org/p/abundance-...

‘HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS,’ EMILY DICKINSON famously wrote, and that often leads to pictures of doves sitting quietly and looking sweet, but what if hope is an albatross that can soar for years without stopping, or an osprey that can haul a thrashing salmon out of rough waters?

The rapidly expanding avocado industry has destroyed 2,400 acres of the world-famous #MonarchButterflyBiosphereReserve. It doesn't have to be this way. Grocery stores can end deforestation in their avocado supply chains by requiring Pro-Forest Avocado certification.

This would be like someone with a median salary spending a few hundred bucks

My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power

I was told today my Washington Post job is being eliminated It's just a job, but it's one that I was proud to do for 8+ yrs alongside the best in the business I'm here for opportunities to tell stories about the natural world and how we impact it [email protected]

Time to make this illegal.

So it's good to take away the public's voice because they're going to be ignored?

A bill to significantly weaken the Endangered Species Act could come up for a vote in the House soon.

Imagine if we replaced even half of that with solar and native prairie plants.

Pouring one out for one of the last bits of nature in what used to be the vast Puyallup River Delta

What a win for nature! Scotland is the first UK country to have Swift bricks in law – a lifeline for this threatened bird. And, for the first time ever, the Scottish Government must set legally binding nature recovery targets. Thanks for helping make history with a strong Natural Environment Bill.

“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.” @reuters.com

Today on Volts: you've probably heard that rooftop solar is 3X the price in the US that it is in Australia, because of "soft costs." How can we fix that? Today I get into the details of permitting & interconnection with two experts who have devoted their careers to bringing those soft costs down.

Shell of a win for desert tortoises in California’s western Mojave Desert 🎉 A federal judge has prohibited off-road vehicle use in the tortoises' critical habitat, protecting more than 2,200 miles of proposed routes across 1 million acres of conservation lands. Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4q1dn1S

Also includes the Abundance guy whose big priority is reducing people's input on environmental impacts of projects

MAJOR NEWS! We just launched an awesome new tool! The illustrated Birds of the World Phylogeny Explorer lets users trace any bird’s lineage, compare species relationships, and explore major evolutionary milestones with a click of a button. SHARE and EXPLORE! birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/phy...

BIG NEWS: North Atlantic right whales have now welcomed 21 total calves this season—shattering a 15‑year record! Scientists consider 20 births to be the benchmark of a productive calving season—a win for these animals. See all the mom & calf pairs: https://oceana.ly/4blsTlM

Of course.

You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history

The State of Michigan just launched a novel lawsuit against the big oil companies and the American Petroleum Institute. It charges them with conspiracy to restrain trade under the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, and the Michigan Antitrust Reform Act. It alleges a coordinated strategy to ...

The mendacity of Kristi Noem is of world historical level - just a thoroughly vile and worthless henchwoman of evil.

Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened

💜🐳🦆Fri, Jan 23 Another gorgeous day here in the PNW! Orcas & grays are about doing their life: traveling, eating, socializing… 📸 Gray whale Little Patch doing his signature head lunge this morning while feeding. Hundreds of seabirds opportunistically feed along w/him. By Marilyn Armbruster #psws

Winter fog on the Puget prairie

The war on environmentalism picking up speed today, with the President calling environmentalists "insurrectionists", and Republican AGs attacking climate advocates as a "cartel"

With Trump focused on building his 2000-mile border wall, virtually all environmental regulations designed to protect the community members and the wildlife of the Rio Grande have fallen by the wayside—with devastating effects. From @ellevarela.bsky.social: trib.al/Q99yEye

Animal agriculture is responsible for much of the world’s deforestation, and the beef industry is a primary driver: cattle farming accounts for 72% of all deforested land across the Amazon, according to @ourworldindata.org.

Diet recommendations heavy on meat and dairy come with massive demand for more land

Good additional detail on BLM proposed decision to revoke American Prairie bison grazing leases. Can't stop thinking what a big deal this is 1/ dailymontanan.com/2026/01/16/b...

HOOSIERS

This does align with one theory of international relations

“When you try to remove me from office, thousands of Pierce County residents will surround the County-City Building in downtown Tacoma and will not allow that to happen,” Swank said. “I hope it doesn’t come to that, but I and they are prepared. Are you prepared?” Our county sheriff is delusional.

The first international High Seas Treaty takes effect this weekend. It's a significant step toward protecting Earth's largest living space: the deep ocean beyond all national borders. bit.ly/3NmqsoZ #HighSeasTreaty #MarineBiodiversity #MarineProtectedAreas #InternationalLaw #OceanConservation

Great study and map showing where migratory birds in the U.S. rely on specific Central American forests during the winter. www.audubon.org/magazine/hug...

"Only in the last 200 years did farmers transform these acres into neat cornfields." —Christian Elliott for @noemamag.com www.noemamag.com/where-the-pr...

The Wyoming Game & Fish Dept. is hiring two Black Rosy-Finch technicians to conduct alpine surveys in Wyoming's high elevation mountains during June 1st to Aug 31st 2026: www.governmentjobs.com/careers/wyom.... Spread the word!

The total NSF budget was 9 billion. I doubt they spend 89% of it on quail.

"...Abundance has become a rallying cry – not just for a few policy nerds worried about zoning, but for wealthy donors and other corporate-aligned Democrats who are putting big-time muscle behind making Democrats more favorable to big businesses."

The Nisqually River

“We cannot withdraw from the fact that over 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.” IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors. — @davidobura.bsky.social , @ipbes.net Chair

Happy National Bird Day to Lunita, the Crescent-faced Antpitta.

The Senator continues to lead the way on how to respond to this administration. You can just say it’s wrong!

It takes only a minute to email your Members of Congress. Time to reach out to them now and ask them to speak out against this war.

Vile, criminal.