This is the single biggest problem with our food system. It is absurdly inefficient. Less than half of what we grow ends up on our plates. Great work by Paul West and other Project Drawdown colleagues. www.newscientist.com/article/2493...

Commentary: A paradigm shift on the Colorado River is the only way to confront the water crisis By @sammyherdman.bsky.social

Removing vertical barriers protecting bike lanes due to “visual clutter” is bs… bike lanes are supposed to be highly visible, and thus safe. I’m going to start calling cars and off-street parking lots “visual clutter.” www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...

Trump’s climate denial may help a livestock-killing pest make a comeback. Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress — and the USDA isn’t doing anything about it. grist.org/food-and-agr... #Food #LiveStock #USDA #Disease #Greensky

AOC: “The girls are fighting, aren’t they?”

Aaand here Is another reminder to always check who funds scientific research (for those of us who still believe in science) www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/w...

I find nothing so offensive as a neo-nazi sympathizer opportunistically using anti-semitism to further xenophobia & intolerance. Disgusting on so many levels.

The negative feedback loop nobody wanted Oilsands extraction -> climate change -> fires -> stopping oilsands extraction

Simple step for restaurants to cut food waste: leave cards on tables reminding diners. It works. www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2025/study-f...

The answer to this conundrum is inherent in the author’s stats: To feed humans, ag production must expand by 50% by 2050. Currently, 3/4 of the world’s ag land supports livestock. Replace the livestock land with plant proteins! Emissions & land use will decrease, available calories will increase.

Commentary: As the Trump administration proudly rolls back federal regulations intended to protect people from air pollution and climate change, it’s imperative that local governments pass policies to fill the void. By @sammyherdman.bsky.social coloradonewsline.com

Signaling disapproval of air pollution, Denver City Council rejected an asphalt contract w/ Suncor. Yet in 2025 they passed harsh regulations on micromobility & are potentially widening Pena Blvd — both bad for air. Read more in my @coloradonewsline.com piece. coloradonewsline.com/2025/06/03/l...

BREAKING: #JBS shareholders approve plans for NYSE listing “JBS shareholders should hang their heads in shame for voting through this New York Stock Exchange listing & handing the scandal-hit Batista brothers near complete control of the company” - Mighty Earth CEO Glenn Hurowitz

Yes, sidewalk scooter riding in downtown Denver is bad. But the street infrastructure, even with welcome additions of protected lanes, still soooo heavily favors motor vehicles, it makes no sense to discourage micromobility without equal effort to build safe access for it.

People to whom President Donald Trump has granted clemency keep ending up back in trouble with the law, @dgraham.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily. So much for his promise to bring “law and order” back to America.

Where Trump administration cut local food support, Colorado should step in By @sammyherdman.bsky.social

Farmers and small business owners were promised financial help for energy upgrades. They’ve been left holding the bill. A quick thread 🧵... #Farms #Farmers #IRA #DOGE #Agriculture

full preprint of this microplastics study now available www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...

The levels of PFAS in Colorado's biosolids, which are spread on agricultural land across the state, are NOT safe for farmers or people reliant on farm products -- according to an EPA draft risk analysis released last week. Urgent action by state leaders needed! coloradonewsline.com/2025/01/23/f...