Do you know what would be better forest management? ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE

Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they)@doctorvive.bsky.social · 3d ago

This (from the @wsj.com Editorial Board) distills every denialist trope there is: It implies climate change isn’t exacerbating extreme weather. It calls solutions “costly … nostrums.” It fosters doomerism. And it suggests we can just adapt to or “manage” climate impacts. How is this journalism?

Gender studies does a far better job of explaining the Trump administration than traditional political science, or economics for that matter

Watching this unprecedented summer of drought, fire and heat unfold across Europe has just been awful. They're hitting temps the older, less catastrophic climate models told them wouldn't happen until 2050. We're in a new era.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 4d ago

Firefighters have contained a vast wildfire in southwestern France, allowing nearly 200,000 people to return home after what may have been the country’s largest peacetime evacuation.

"Sound science and public process are being trampled by politics. In any other era this would be a huge scandal. Courts should not wipe endangered wildlife protections from the books without a hearing or ruling," Rylander said. www.law360.com/amp/articles...

"Sound science and public process are being trampled by politics. In any other era, this would be a huge scandal," said Jason Rylander, attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/c...

Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Stripped of Endangered Status by Judge

The dunes sagebrush lizard, found only in the oil-rich Permian Basin, was classified as endangered two years ago.

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ICYMI Our investigation into what happened during those 18 days between the Renee Good and Alex Pretti killings. Print: www.cnn.com/2026/07/22/p... TV: www.cnn.com/2026/07/22/u...

18 Days in Minnesota: The false claims, chaos and coverups behind the Trump administration’s killing of two American citizens | CNN Politics

This is the story of the 18 days between the killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, the highly questionable ways the Trump administration handled immigration enforcement and the shootings, and the agg...

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How did our electeds respond to the toxic smoke last week? While Trump and other Republicans threatened Canada with tariffs and sanctions, "climate hushing" Dems offered no counter-narrative, letting Trump's blame game define the moment. We have some ideas for what they could have done instead:

Talking About A World on Fire

While Trump threatened Canada over wildfire smoke, climate-hushing Democrats missed the moment.

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"Sound science and public process are being trampled by politics. In any other era, this would be a huge scandal," said Jason Rylander, attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/c...

Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Stripped of Endangered Status by Judge

The dunes sagebrush lizard, found only in the oil-rich Permian Basin, was classified as endangered two years ago.

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Wildfires, like the climate crisis, know no boundaries. Filmed yesterday in our orchard in Michigan. Trump blames Canada-but he's closing the labs that study wildfire smoke. These are Climate Wildfires. Elect climate champions. Elect Democrats. @thedemocratsmv.bsky.social

@democrats.org do better please.

Revolving Door Project@revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 2w ago

How did our electeds respond to the toxic smoke last week? While Trump and other Republicans threatened Canada with tariffs and sanctions, "climate hushing" Dems offered no counter-narrative, letting Trump's blame game define the moment. We have some ideas for what they could have done instead:

Genuinely terrifying. And remarkably similar to how the Nazis began their criminalisation of dissent and their dehumanisation of any who resisted. It's happening. In the US. Right now. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Three speeches on a single day signaled a dying American democracy | Robert Shpiner

Stephen Miller warned of a leftwing ‘cancer’ threatening civilization. As a critical care doctor, I have a response to his diagnosis

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This is what happens when you lie about that climate change is ‘fake’ and then have to stick to your own fake story…ridiculous.

Hard to overstate how angry Canadians are at Trump over these ridiculous tariffs. The United States has emitted the most carbon pollution in world history. It has caused these climate-driven wildfires. Oh and American air pollution routinely drifts into Canada. What utter bullshit.

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The Arrogance of Too Much Empathy

Podcast Episode · back from the borderline · June 23 · 1h 5m

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This is yet another example of the Trump administration colluding with the state of Texas and polluters to strip endangered species of the protection that they need in order to survive,” said Jason Rylander, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity.

E&E News: Trump moves to revoke ESA listing of Permian Basin lizard

Habitat for the dunes sagebrush lizard in Texas and New Mexico had shrunk because of oil and gas development, the Fish and Wildlife Service determined in 2024.

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The U.S. spent $11B in the first week of the Iran War and have spent many times that in weeks since, dwarfing the subsidy China has given solar panels. This war is all about oil and is another example of how our entire society is effectively built around enormous subsidies for fossil fuels. 🔌💡

Ryan C. Smith@rcsmitheco.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The $18 billion spent on subsidies for solar manufacturing by China since 2000 is half of what the US has spent on subsidies for oil every year since 2000. There is no starker illustration of how badly US industrial & energy policy has been bungled. #EnergySky #ClimateSky #GreenSky #EconSky

Sorry, gotta keep breathing mercury & particulate pollution.

Trump Offers Funds for First New U.S. Coal Plants in 13 Years

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Sorry, gotta listen to deafening two-stroke motors when you're hiking & camping on public land.

U.S. Forest Service to Open Millions of Acres to Off-Road Vehicles, Memo Shows

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Sorry, gotta keep poisoning your family.

Cash Back for Replacing a Gas Stove With Electric? Not Anymore.

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For every dollar the world invests in fossil fuels today, it invests nearly two in clean energy. Despite record political backlash, the money keeps moving in one direction, and it is not the direction the headlines suggest. www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...

Clean Energy Is Outspending Fossil Fuels Nearly Two To One

Clean energy investment now exceeds fossil fuels by nearly two to one. New IEA data reveals where the world's energy system is heading.

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Until USFWS higher ups & managers legally taken to task or at least their career takes a hit for selling out (=violating) the ESA, etc, nothing will change Fact is, outside, people respect your integrity for standing up for the Law & imperiled species,inside you’re considered an opportunist & a sap

Jason Rylander@jasonrylander.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's absolutely criminal what they get away with.

Sordid tale of USFWS, Texas, & the dunes sagebrush lizard is one of political pressure & manipulation, conservation based on mumbo jumbo not Science, & what has become the SOP perversion of a Law intended to save imperiled species by the Agency charged w/protecting them www.hcn.org/articles/u-s...

Jason Rylander@jasonrylander.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is yet another example of the Trump administration colluding with the state of Texas and polluters to strip endangered species of the protection that they need in order to survive,” said Jason Rylander, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity.

Short version: If you think solving global warming is just about science or economics or even politics, you are missing out on some good stuff!

Sammy Roth@sammyroth.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Confession time: I've now been to the Hollywood Climate Summit three times, and I always have fun. It that OK? Is climate change allowed to be fun? Anyway it's my favorite climate conference and I tried to explain why: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/hollywood-...

This is yet another example of the Trump administration colluding with the state of Texas and polluters to strip endangered species of the protection that they need in order to survive,” said Jason Rylander, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity.

E&E News: Trump moves to revoke ESA listing of Permian Basin lizard

Habitat for the dunes sagebrush lizard in Texas and New Mexico had shrunk because of oil and gas development, the Fish and Wildlife Service determined in 2024.

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This is important in understanding what’s happening at CBS & in the United States. “Weiss’s ascent provides a lesson in how liberal institutions can sometimes place such value on proving that they’re open-minded that other liberal values, like standing for actual liberal things, get tossed aside.”

Why The New York Times Is Wholly Responsible for Bari Weiss’s Rise

She was at The Wall Street Journal and should have spent her career there. But the Times decided she was … interesting. Why do liberals do this?

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Basically

Professor BearJew@thebearjew79.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My heroes are dead and my enemies are in power

Three times now the Trump administration has colluded with the State of Texas to overturn an endangered species listing. We’re going to try to stop them. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Yesterday Trump signed an Executive Order creating a “Policy/Career” category of federal employees, removing many of the protections against politicization of the civil service. There’s what the EO says, and then there’s what it really means - a 🧵 on driving truth out of agencies 1/7

As an ocean scientist, I'm frankly amazed at the attention the dismantlement of OOI has gotten, while the removal of the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer (our only Antarctic icebreaker) and the failure to replace the JOIDES Resolution (our only scientific drilling ship) were met with near silence. 🌊

Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System

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