How the war is affecting Grinnell College students where about one and five is from another country

A look at how Trump's AI data center expansion plan takes aim at the 55-year-old National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), by @melinawalling.bsky.social and @matthewdalyap.bsky.social apnews.com/article/nati...

Apr 16 the Senate blew off public opinion, science & common sense approving copper-sulfide mining in Boundary Waters Canoe Area watershed. Izaak Walton League has helped keep roads, dams & mining out of this Minnesota wilderness treasure for 100 years. The fight is not over. iwla.org/press-statem...

The highest concentrations of “forever chemicals” in the Big Sioux River are in Sioux Falls and just south of Watertown, according to a report from South Dakota Mines. buff.ly/RZOln4E

A sweeping reorganization of the U.S. #ForestService, including the closure of a lab in Rapid City, signals that the agency is planning to lean heavily on states to help manage millions of acres of federal land, foresters across the West say.

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Contact your Senators, urge them to vote NO on H.J. Res. 140 which would undermine protections for Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota. 202-224-3121. Ask the operator to connect you to your Senator/s. A proposed copper sulfide mine upstream will pollute this popular, pristine region

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, a potential candidate to be President Trump’s next attorney general, praised the Heartland Institute, a climate denial group, for questioning climate change impacts and repealing the EPA’s endangerment finding.

The Society for Environmental Journalists has released its list of award-winning reporting for 2025 @sejorg.bsky.social Take a look at the extraordinary variety and range of topics covered by these journalists in the US and cross the planet www.sej2026.org/awards#featu...

Springtime is just around corner. This is a great time of year to donate to a CharityWatch Top-Rated Environmental & Climate Change charity! #Springtime #MondayMotivation blog.charitywatch.org/spring-2026-...

The war on science escalates insideclimatenews.org/news/0303202...

The world we share with wildlife includes zoonotic diseases. One contribution of veterinary science is an approach called One Health--a way of understanding the close relationships between the health of humans, animals and the environment. From Outdoor America magazine. iwla.org/it-could-sav...

We’re two weeks out from DCEFF 2026! Screenings are already selling out, so get your tickets this weekend, maybe? dceff.eventive.org/schedule

My cover story in Outdoor America looks at the growing threat of zoonotic diseases and the vital roles of wildlife veterinarians and public health professionals who keep an eye on existing and emerging pathogens. iwla.org/it-could-sav...

My cover story in Outdoor America looks at the growing threat of zoonotic diseases and the vital roles of wildlife veterinarians and public health professionals who keep an eye on existing and emerging pathogens. iwla.org/it-could-sav...

More Iowans report that clean water is near the top of their voting priority list, a new poll finds. https://www.thegazette.com/environment-nature/poll-most-iowa-voters-consider-water-quality-a-very-serious-issue/ 

Call for Submissions: Environmental Story Incubator at #SEJ2026 Have a strong reporting idea? Apply for this one-day workshop in Chicago with leading editors. 📅 Deadline: March 2, 2026 👉🏾 Learn more and apply: www.sej2026.org/news#workshop4

“A sustainable future is not guaranteed—if we want it, we need to create it.” — Dr. Hannah Ritchie “Not the End of the World” 2024

Tickets are now on sale for DCEFF 2026! Running March 19-28, the Festival will feature 50+ programs at venues throughout DC (many free). Learn more at dceff.org.

In letter to Senate, Teddy Roosevelt heirs oppose Boundary Waters mining because: It's not America first: a Chilean mining company would use Chinese state-owned smelters Removes public from public land decisions Disregards sound science Bad precedent for public lands using Congressional Review Act

Izaak Walton League's success establishing the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife & Fish Refuge in 1924 created the template for modern environmental movement combining grassroots (100K members), media, lobbyists & partners (General Federation of Women's Clubs) #envhist www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSKk...

Jim Hood is an amazing investigative journalist. Amidst the surfeit of outrages we're living through, the Outraged Consumer routinely breaks terrific stories about them. www.theoutragedconsumer.com?utm_campaign...

Advocates and government agencies participate in winter salt awareness event today at Izaak Walton League HQ in Gaithersburg, Md to raise awareness about smart salting and the dangers and damage to waterways and infrastructure from excessive salt on roads and pavement. #SaveOurStreams

WGF is now a proud partner of the Izaak Walton League of America Nitrate Watch program! Will you join us and help test the waters you care about? >> Details at wigreenfire.org/wgf-joins-ni... #nitratewatch #waterquality #cleanwater #Wisconsin #conservation #communityscience

2026 Watershed Talks ~ Nitrate Pollution Ground Zero: Iowa's Water Crisis with Carey Gillam us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

New from the Outraged Consumer: $28.7B ICE budget greatly expands web of domestic surveillance open.substack.com/pub/theoutra...

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

Good reminder from this state highway!

The Iowa Federal Writers Project during the Great Depression, a short history. Finally digital, this was my thesis @grinnellcollege.bsky.social and was originally published in a regional literary journal, The North American Mentor Magazine, 1979. michaelreinemer.medium.com/iowa-federal...

Exclusive: ICE officials plan to spend $100 million to recruit gun-rights supporters and military enthusiasts through online influencers and a geo-targeted ad campaign, part of what the agency called a “wartime recruitment” strategy to hire thousands of officers, according to an internal document.

This could wind up being the most-watched newsmagazine segment in television history!! Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!

US water utilities urge Senate to NOT repurpose $250M Congress had approved to replace lead water pipes, reports E&Es @mirandawrites.bsky.social (excess road salt leeches lead from the pipes & into drinking water) www.eenews.net/articles/utilities-urge-senate-to-protect-lead-pipe-replacement-funds/

My latest for @politico.com - the Trump administration is waking a sleeping giant in this red state with its attacks on public lands. Will either party notice? www.politico.com/news/magazin...

PFAS, phthalates, BPA, flame retardants form a "stew of potentially toxic materials that fill our homes & the food we eat" The 450M metric tons of plastic produced yearly include chemical additives. Yikes. Thank you @naemas.bsky.social & @shannonosaka.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4qbRxcv

PFAS, phthalates, BPA, flame retardants form a "stew of potentially toxic materials that fill our homes & the food we eat" The 450M metric tons of plastic produced yearly include chemical additives. Yikes. Thank you @naemas.bsky.social & @shannonosaka.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4qbRxcv

Legal fights are brewing over the Trump administration’s push for data centers and the energy to support them. Data centers use as much energy as a city and mean more pollution and higher bills for utility customers paying the price for surging energy demand.

Now the public has 30 days to comment on these proposed rollbacks. Tell the Trump administration: Don’t slash protections that keep thousands of species alive.

Our cover story for our last issue in 2025: Measuring the dollar value of conservation and natural areas. And accounting for the economic cost of degrading the environment. These values must be presented and discussed in decisions about land use, data centers, development. iwla.org/whats-it-wor...

My cover story in Outdoor America examines how to account for the $ value of conservation and preserving natural areas--and the economic cost of degrading the environment. These values must be measured and discussed in decisions about development, land use, data centers... iwla.org/whats-it-wor...

Trump administration actions hinder the media’s ability to cover government. Poynter Institute compiles a list of these actions (not including verbal attacks, threats, media company compliance). Contact: reporter Angela Fu at [email protected] or on Signal: angelafu.74. www.poynter.org/press-freedo...

As a public debate begins about agriculture and water pollution in South Dakota, a new report shows the effects of a $3 million effort to mitigate the problem in the Big Sioux River watershed. See the numbers:

Nice way to ruin Thanksgiving for families across the country, EPA. Moms are furious about this methane delay just announced! 😡😡😡

The #EPA is dropping stronger limits on fine-particle pollution—experts warn it could mean dirtier air and more deaths. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

My cover story in Outdoor America examines how to account for the $ value of conservation and preserving natural areas--and the economic cost of degrading the environment. These values must be measured and discussed in decisions about development, land use, data centers... iwla.org/whats-it-wor...

Opinion: Considering the actions and statements of Pete Hegseth during his "leadership" at the Pentagon, I think Scouting America will be better off without the partnership of the military. NPR apple.news/An859fKelS22...

EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Izaak Walton League launches campaign to fund Iowa water quality sensor network

Tonight, @NewsHour airs a segment about They Poisoned the World and the wonderful, courageous people at the heart of the book. I promise their stories will inspire you! #PFAS #ForeverChemicals @CrownPublishing