Attention California residents! Today (Monday, August 3) is the deadline for telling your legislators to vote YES on AB 1448 to protect California’s coast from additional oil drilling.

AltReclamation 💦@altreclamation.altgov.info · 5d ago

Protect California’s coast from new oil drilling! California residents by 8/3: encourage your legislators to vote YES on AB 1448. Everyone by 8/22: submit comments to NOAA. The link has more info and links for submitting comments. @montereybayaquarium.org @roguenoaa.altgov.info

Protect California’s coast from new oil drilling! California residents by 8/3: encourage your legislators to vote YES on AB 1448. Everyone by 8/22: submit comments to NOAA. The link has more info and links for submitting comments. @montereybayaquarium.org @roguenoaa.altgov.info

Protect California’s coastline

Take two actions to stop federal offshore drilling off California's coast.

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Another fiscal year ahead, another Republican federal shutdown? This time he’s threatening his own party: abolish the filibuster & allow a vote on the SAVE Act, a bogus effort to strip eligible voters of their voting rights in the name of “voter fraud”, or face another September shutdown.

Shutdown fears rise as Trump, Democrats gird for September showdown

Senators in both parties say the odds are rising of another government shutdown in September after President Trump demanded that GOP leaders abolish the filibuster or face a spending showdown and a…

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Update on the Colorado River Compact status www.msn.com/en-us/weathe...

The Antiquities Act allows presidents to create National Monuments like Bears Ears & Grand Staircase Escalante. These are our public lands and no president should abuse their power by shrinking or revoking National Monument status. For more, see the post below, by @westernpriorities.org

Center for Western Priorities@westernpriorities.org · 3w ago

How President Trump and Utah leaders lied and misled on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase open.substack.com/pub/westwise...

Good news in conservation! North Carolina’s General Assembly voted to appropriate recurring funding for wildlife crossings. Not only is North Carolina one of the most biodiverse states, it contains many species that aren’t found anywhere else (scientifically referred to as endemism).

North Carolina Makes Historic Investment in Wildlife Crossings - Wildlands Network

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Staff within DOI’s Office of the Chief Information Officer got an email today saying the CIO has left after only 1 year. No successor has been named & many staff reassigned from Bureaus to OCIO don’t have position descriptions over a year into “consolidation”. Stay classy & efficient, Interior! 🙄

Interior Department CIO is out after holding job for over a year | Federal News Network

Under his tenure, the Interior Department instructed all of its bureaus and offices to delete non-English content from their websites.

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Here’s wishing you a fun, safe, & relaxing holiday weekend. What plans are you looking forward to or what is something bringing you joy? Also, remember to be kind to folks who are working this weekend, especially if you’re visiting public lands!

Positive conservation news: Nearly half of Americans are unfamiliar with grasslands, which are highly valuable & threatened ecosystems, but after taking an informative survey, 68% respondents perception of grasslands as a top conservation priority! This weekend, touch grass(lands)!

Half of Americans Have Little to No Knowledge of Grasslands, the Country’s Largest Natural Habitat

A new survey finds that, after learning more, 68% of respondents now consider grasslands a critical ecosystem.

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Let’s have a big round of applause for the former NOAA employees who launched Climate.us in response to the regime taking down the dot gov site. It takes a lot of work to build & launch a scientific federal site, & now this great resource lives on! 🌊 🌎 🌡️ @altnoaa.bsky.social

Climate.us Home

independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics

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Customs and Border Protection is taking public comment on a secondary barrier system including surveillance cameras & access roads, spanning California’s southern border. Before June 29, send comments to: ElCentroComments@cbp.dhs.gov Use subject title: El Centro Secondary Barrier Construction

Border Barrier System Project Update– San Diego and Imperial Counties, California – December 2025

Securing America's Borders

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Some good news! The decision to dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative has been reversed! 🌊

National Science Foundation reverses decision to dismantle oceans-monitoring network after outcry

The Trump administration has reversed a plan to dismantle a sprawling ocean monitoring network after vigorous objections from Democratic lawmakers and scientists.

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Forcing Feds to sign NDAs has nothing to do with protecting classified information - that protection already exists. This regime wants to make it harder for civil servants (who work for you!) to do our work transparently & blow the whistle on their efforts to break the law.

RogueNOAA@roguenoaa.altgov.info · 2mo ago

“Legal scholars warn the NDAs could make it harder for the public to understand policy decisions and set up a fight over what workers can say once they leave the government.” news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...

#AltCitizen call to action via @caltrout.bsky.social. Easy way to comment on Inyo National Forest proposal at the website.

Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai@bigearthdata.ai · 2mo ago

Hot Creek Needs Your Voice: Tell the United States Forest Service that You Oppose Exploratory Drilling in the Eastern Sierra ->California Trout | More on "Hot Creek mining threat opposition" at BigEarthData.ai | #Forest

Please consider using the template in the link to voice your support for this bill. AI data centers have a wide range of devastating impacts on communities & the environment, & it’s important to let our representatives know supporting development of AI data centers will cost them votes.

The Watchdog Coalition@thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 2mo ago

While Trump hands Big Tech whatever they want, Bernie and AOC are fighting back. They introduced a bill to stop the unchecked explosion of massive, energy-guzzling AI data centers that are raising costs for regular families. Make Congress feel the pressure:

Dismantling scientific infrastructure & programs that gather & analyze data does not actually make climate change less real or absolve anyone of the responsibility of addressing our role in its devastating and rapidly escalating impacts. It leaves us less prepared, which makes things MUCH worse.

RogueNOAA@roguenoaa.altgov.info · 2mo ago

“A portion of one of the most ambitious ocean monitoring networks ever built will go dark this month when scientists board a research vessel and motor off the Oregon coast to pull a research buoy from deep out of the Pacific.” apnews.com/article/clim...

Happy Pride Month, especially to my struggling Fed fam. As of this year, feds can no longer receive coverage for gender-affirming procedures & hormone therapies through our health insurance options due to new discriminatory language in federal policies. Trans rights = human rights. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙

🧵1/X Colorado River storage at Lakes Powell & Mead are near historic lows, risking loss of ability to generate hydropower & meet longstanding water entitlements are at risk. Short-term options are risky (depleting backup sources) & do not address the compounding nature of the trend in decline.

10/10. No notes.

To this incredible crew of astronauts: thank you for showing us what we are capable of in terms of awe-inspiring scientific achievement, & for your beautiful illustration of what it means to be human & have humanity.

AltTaxPro@alttaxpro.altgov.info · 4mo ago

I cried a bunch and you need to also. 💙💙💙💙 #ArtemisII youtu.be/HacpRDfCbnw

We all have a right to medical privacy. If federal health insurance companies send medical records & details of diagnoses, tests, prescriptions & so forth to the federal gov’t - our employer! - it could be used to discriminate in retention & promotion. Or worse.

☎️ would be awesome if you could call Congress on your lunch break about the Forest Service reorg. Some are calling it a dismantling. Big business (timber, mining, oil, realty, etc.) might call it “dinner.” 📞 Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121 Details in 🧵

Alt US Forest Service@altusfs.altgov.info · 4mo ago

Most prescient, clear/eyed work of writing I’ve read on reorg. Read it. Then act. “Call your senators. Call your representative. Not next week or later. Now. Tell them this is not a reorganization — it’s the destruction of a federal agency by executive fiat and that Congress must intervene.”

Interior employees just got offered another round of deferred resignation. The email references desire to create greater efficiency and accountability with all evidence of the past year showing they’re doing the opposite.

Today is Trans Day of Visibility. As of this year, federal employee health insurance policies outright discriminate against trans folks by no longer covering gender affirming care. Those who need surgery & hormone therapy are going without or paying out of pocket. Trans Feds: you matter. 💙🏳️‍⚧️

Pop quiz! Revoking the Endangered Species Act for “reasons of national security” to drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico is: A) a misuse of the provision B) deadly for dozens of protected species C) his inadvertent admission of having jeopardized nat’l security D) All If you said D, you’re correct!

ALT Fish and Wildlife Service@altfws.altgov.info · 4mo ago

*Sigh* Here on the home front, conservation is at the mercy of oil and gas. So many distractions while so much long-term damage is being done. #PayAttention

How it started: Doug stealing and abusing power to use federal infrastructure, staff, and money to feed his cookie cravings. How it’s going: stealing oil and minerals from Venezuela. (Cookie story from April ‘25 in case you missed it)

“Doug the Diva” Burgum and the (chocolate) chip on his shoulder - Center for Western Priorities

Trump’s Interior secretary thinks responsibility for America’s parks and public lands is beneath him Who among us doesn’t love a warm, freshly baked chocolate chip cookie? Interior Secretary Doug Burg...

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

We invaded Venezuela, kidnapped their leader and installed a puppet, and are now pillaging the country's resources just like the fascists in the 1930s did, and somehow this has already been normalized and isn't being treated as the crime it is

Thanks to the Partnership for Public Service for collecting & analyzing data on 2025 federal employee workplace satisfaction, filling the gap left when the federally-administered annual survey was cancelled. The results are upsetting, yet unsurprising. Link to related blog post in comments.

Public Service in Peril

A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working towards effective government for the American people.

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Yes, Senator Murkowski is a Republican, but her explanation of how the SAVE Act will hurt her constituents is applicable to everyone. Its a clear and concise way to show just how many people the SAVE Act would disenfranchise from their constitutional right to vote. Hoping she remains a no vote

Alaska Beacon@alaskabeacon.com · 5mo ago

Federal ‘SAVE Act’ risks denying thousands of Alaskans the ability to vote, Murkowski says — @alaska.bsky.social has the story @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/03/23/f...

“Consolidated” Bureau staff across Department of the Interior are getting reassignment letters. New position descriptions are still forthcoming…10+ months into this “efficient” process. Consolidated? DM me if you want to share your experience anonymously. @altdoi.altgov.info @altfws.altgov.info

Staff “consolidation” from Dept of the Interior bureaus to the Dept level has been confusing & highly inefficient. Folks are juggling multiple jobs, waiting for their new position descriptions, & unsure of supervisory structure almost a full year after the May 2025 announcement.

After Trump’s Interior Secretary Transferred Thousands of Staff to His Office, Chaos Followed, Former Workers Say - Inside Climate News

The move happened as the agency shed thousands of workers. Critics and ex-employees say the administrative staff driven out were crucial for maintaining operations.

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