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Environmental News & Commentary. Published by @centerforbiodiv.bsky.social. Edited by @johnrplatt.bsky.social
This generated some good debate! Is Removing All Nonnative Plants Always the Answer? https://therevelator.org/nonnative-plants/
Is Removing All Nonnative Plants Always the Answer? • The Revelator
Some species we label as invasive still serve a purpose by providing food or shelter to native species.
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The predictions about this year's #elnino keep getting worse. But the on-the-ground reality is already pretty bad: https://therevelator.org/super-el-nino-indonesia-drought/
Photo Essay: As a Super El Niño Looms, Indonesia’s Crippling Drought Deepens • The Revelator
The country’s water crisis threatens drinking water and hydropower and worsens the risk of destructive fires.
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New today from The Revelator & Crucial Comix -- Virginia Is for Lovers … of Data Centers? https://therevelator.org/virginia-data-centers/
We Didn’t Just Fail to Stop Ebola. We Caused It. -- The driver of zoonotic outbreaks isn’t bad luck. It’s habitat destruction, wildlife trade, and decades of ignoring science. https://therevelator.org/ebola/
We Didn’t Just Fail to Stop Ebola. We Caused It. • The Revelator
The driver of zoonotic outbreaks isn’t bad luck. It’s habitat destruction, wildlife trade, and decades of ignoring science.
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Chameleons can hide from a lot of things ... but not climate change: https://therevelator.org/chameleons-climate-change/
Even Chameleons Can’t Hide From Climate Change • The Revelator
These amazing, camouflaged reptiles have adapted to life in unique microhabitats, but that’s also made them more vulnerable to disruption.
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New Environmental Books: Summer-to-Autumn Reads for the Whole Family (and look for our next book column soon!) https://therevelator.org/environmental-books-september2026/
New Environmental Books: Summer-to-Autumn Reads for the Whole Family • The Revelator
The latest climate book by Naomi Klein joins new titles about activism, animals, and restoration.
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Albania’s Vjosa Narta river faces threats from development planned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and enabled by the Albanian government. Music and art help fuel ongoing protests. #FlamingoRebellion https://therevelator.org/flamingo-revolution-resistance/
Many choices we ask people make to help the climate don’t reveal immediate results. But researchers found that changing diets can have a climate benefit and quickly reduce some health risks. https://therevelator.org/climate-policy-diet/
Climate Policy Has a Sacrifice Problem. My Clinical Trials Kept Solving It by Accident. • The Revelator
Many choices we ask people make to help the climate don’t reveal immediate results. But we found that changing diets can have a climate benefit and quickly reduce some health risks.
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From the archives: The Monkey Puzzle Tree Faces More Threats than a Barrel of Monkeys https://therevelator.org/monkey-puzzle-tree/
The Monkey Puzzle Tree Faces More Threats than a Barrel of Monkeys • The Revelator
This “living fossil” has survived in the South American Andes for millennia, but now faces an uncertain future due to climate change, fires, and voracious European animals.
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The #FlamingoRevolution and the Rhythm of Resistance: The Race to Save Europe’s Last Wild River @therevelator.org therevelator.org/flamingo-rev...
The Flamingo Revolution and the Rhythm of Resistance: The Race to Save Europe’s Last Wild River • The Revelator
Albania’s Vjosa Narta River faces threats from development planned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and enabled by the Albanian government. Music and art help fuel ongoing protests.
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The Flamingo Revolution and the Rhythm of Resistance: The Race to Save Europe’s Last Wild River https://therevelator.org/flamingo-revolution-resistance/
Zimbabwe + lithium + China = an emerging environmental justice story: https://therevelator.org/zimbabwe-regime-lithium-boom/
How Zimbabwe’s Regime Is Fueling a Dirty Lithium Boom • The Revelator
Oppressive tactics seek to suppress information and suppress dissent, while communities face poisoned air and water.
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To save sharks and rays, we first need to understand where they live. https://therevelator.org/save-sharks-rays-places/
To Save Sharks and Rays, Protect These Places • The Revelator
The Important Shark and Ray Areas project has identified thousands of critical habitats for some of the world’s most threatened fishes. Now saving these sites is up to us.
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"Climate Policy Has a Sacrifice Problem. My Clinical Trials Kept Solving It by Accident." (commentary) https://therevelator.org/climate-policy-diet/
Climate Policy Has a Sacrifice Problem. My Clinical Trials Kept Solving It by Accident. • The Revelator
Many choices we ask people make to help the climate don’t reveal immediate results. But we found that changing diets can have a climate benefit and quickly reduce some health risks.
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Our "Protect This Place" series continues! https://therevelator.org/protect-morrell-nature-sanctuary/
Protect This Place: Coastal Douglas-Fir Forest of Southwestern British Columbia • The Revelator
Most Thursday mornings, hardy volunteers at the Morrell Nature Sanctuary pull, cut, or hack down (depending on the species) the nonnative plants that threaten this incredible ecosystem.
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"The algorithm ... rewards volume — the biggest haul, the fastest turnaround, the fullest cart. Brands ship free product to influencers, influencers generate demand, demand generates the next shipment. There is no exit." therevelator.org/trend-driven...
The Calendar Says We’re Doing Better With the Environment. My Bedroom Says Differently. • The Revelator
Trend-driven consumerism is an environmental threat. We need to fight the system that drives us to buy.
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Trend-driven consumerism is an environmental threat. We need to fight the system that drives us to buy. https://therevelator.org/trend-driven-consumerism/
The Calendar Says We’re Doing Better With the Environment. My Bedroom Says Differently. • The Revelator
Trend-driven consumerism is an environmental threat. We need to fight the system that drives us to buy.
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Dr. Green: Do Small Environmental Actions Make a Difference? https://therevelator.org/small-actions/
Dr. Green: Do Small Environmental Actions Make a Difference? • The Revelator
Also this week: A reader asks about feeling like a cog in the machine and wonders if they can influence greener policies in their workplace.
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My latest for @therevelator.org is all about the important shark and ray areas project, a global-scale collaboration that has identified over 1,000 places significant for migration, reproduction, and more. 🧪🌎🦑🦈 To Save Sharks and Rays, Protect These Places therevelator.org/save-sharks-...
To Save Sharks and Rays, Protect These Places • The Revelator
The Important Shark and Ray Areas project has identified thousands of critical habitats for some of the world’s most threatened fishes. Now saving these sites is up to us.
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To Save Sharks and Rays, Protect These Places -- by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social for @therevelator.org therevelator.org/save-sharks-...
To Save Sharks and Rays, Protect These Places • The Revelator
The Important Shark and Ray Areas project has identified thousands of critical habitats for some of the world’s most threatened fishes. Now saving these sites is up to us.
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To Save Sharks and Rays, Protect These Places -- David Shiffman reports: https://therevelator.org/save-sharks-rays-places/
To Save Sharks and Rays, Protect These Places • The Revelator
The Important Shark and Ray Areas project has identified thousands of critical habitats for some of the world’s most threatened fishes. Now saving these sites is up to us.
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The Plight of the Desert Penguin: Caught Between Extraction and El Niño https://therevelator.org/desert-penguin/
The Plight of the Desert Penguin: Caught Between Extraction and El Niño • The Revelator
Voracious demand for fish oil and guano puts the squeeze on shrinking populations of Humboldt penguins in Peru.
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#Narwhals aren’t creatures of myth or cartoons. The “unicorns of the sea” are real — and they’re incredible. https://therevelator.org/whale-of-the-month-narwhals/
Whale of the Month: Narwhals • The Revelator
No, they’re not creatures of myth or cartoons. The “unicorns of the sea” are real — and they’re incredible.
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Gavbangi: Iran’s Long-Running Conservation Effort Relies on Volunteers — and Turns Them Into Habitat Protectors • @therevelator.org therevelator.org/gavbangi-ira...
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How often do you hear about a conservation program in Iran? Read about Gavbangi, a volunteer-led effort to save the maral (Caspian red deer) from poachers and habitat loss: https://therevelator.org/gavbangi-iran-conservation/
Gavbangi: Iran’s Long-Running Conservation Effort Relies on Volunteers — and Turns Them Into Habitat Protectors • The Revelator
Saving the maral (or Caspian red deer) from poachers and habitat loss will depend on keeping this volunteer effort going amid Iran’s ongoing challenges.
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@therevelator.org called it: Trump’s destruction of USAID would deepen the climate & extinction crises. Now come the receipts: rising deforestation, weakened protections, & conservation programs gutted. The damage was foreseeable. They did it anyway. Read More: insideclimatenews.org/news/1509202...
By Shutting Down USAID, Trump and Musk Will Worsen the Climate and Extinction Crises • The Revelator
The agency supports critical efforts to reduce wildlife trafficking, deforestation, land violence, and other threats around the world.
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Is Removing All Nonnative Plants Always the Answer? An op-ed generating some debate! @therevelator.org therevelator.org/nonnative-pl...
Is Removing All Nonnative Plants Always the Answer? • The Revelator
Some species we label as invasive still serve a purpose by providing food or shelter to native species.
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