Wendy Leung
@wendyleung.bsky.social
LA-based media specialist at the Center for Biological Diversity. Newspaper reader, nature lover, mapo tofu eater. Trying hard not to spam journalists.
Happy Friday: My work day consisted of 99% doing work stuff, 1% of looking up what "off side" means. It's been 4 years since I've last looked it up.
Mr Poppers Penguins: Penguin Playing Soccer
ALT: Mr Poppers Penguins: Penguin Playing Soccer
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How long does it take for the Trump administration to decide that the population of about 50 Rice's whales should go extinct? Just 32 minutes. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press... 📸: NOAA Fisheries/Laura Dias
He’s not only handsome but he can draft and edit press releases. Excellent command of AP style. Will work for treats.
Anyone else pleased that cabbage has become the “it” vegetable?
U.N. experts say the world has entered an era of global "water bankruptcy" "For too long, we have been living beyond our hydrological means." @kavehmadani.bsky.social @unuinweh.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/...
'Water bankruptcy' — U.N. scientists say much of the world is irreversibly depleting water
With many rivers and aquifers tapped beyond their limits, UN scientists say the world is entering an era of 'water bankruptcy.'
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@biologicaldiversity.org is suing to wipe Trump's face off the America the Beautiful National Parks pass. By law, the pass must display the winning photo of a federal #PublicLands picture contest. Instead, Trump plastered his own face on it. Trump's vanity pass is not American, beautiful, or legal
The California Environmental Quality Act is being attacked by special interest groups and lawmakers, including Gov. Newsom. But what actually is CEQA and what does it do? Here we bust some myths.
Dodgers win back-to-back but I'm still salty about the Astros. www.latimes.com/opinion/lett...
Letters to the Editor: L.A. is still in turmoil, but Dodgers celebrations were a nice reprieve
'But for a moment after the parade, when a packed stadium erupted as MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto shouted “buenas tardes,” it felt like everything was going to be OK,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
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Wondering on a Tuesday morning whether my employer has a separate pot of PTO for the day after a World Series game with extra innings.
a man in a dodgers jersey stands in a dugout
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When a Microsoft data center opened next to the small Mexican town of La Esperanza, locals say electricity outages and water shortages grew severe. The local doctor rushed patients a half hour to the nearest hospital when blackouts cut off his oxygen concentrator. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy
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Government shutdown enters 4th week. But even though hundreds of thousands of workers are going without a paycheck, Trump is still logging, drilling and building a border wall. Here's how his anti-environment agenda is continuing. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Trump’s War on Environment Continues Despite Government Shutdown
Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON— The Trump administration is continuing its anti-environment agenda by prioritizing fossil fuel production, border wall construction and other destructive p...
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The conservation world lost one of its guiding lights on Wednesday when renowned primatologist Jane Goodall passed away at 91. Over 65 years studying chimpanzees in the wild, Goodall proved that primates are a lot like people. But her impact goes far beyond chimps. 🧵
Might be time for @merriam-webster.com to remind us all that shutdown = noun; shut down = verb.
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To keep national parks open during the government shutdown with a skeleton crew is a stupid idea. "Nothing says ‘Make America Great Again’ like turning Yosemite into one giant toilet." www.biologicaldiversity.org/w/admin/page...
I went to Van Nuys High, where Robert Redford went, and I used to look through the archives during yearbook class to find his old pics. Didn't completely grasp his heartthrob status until then. My favorite quote of today came from Jane Fonda: He stood for an America we have to keep fighting for.
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Gov. Newsom is pushing to build a water tunnel in the Delta. A new state report calls it the “single most effective” action to adapt the water system to climate change. Opponents are touting a new analysis that says the costs would be much higher than state estimates. www.latimes.com/environment/...
Newsom says California needs to build a water tunnel. Opponents argue costs are too high
Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing his proposal for a 45-mile water tunnel beneath California's Delta, saying it's vital for the state. Opponents argue the cost to ratepayers would be excessive.
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Horrific evidence that despite the tough regulations in CA, people are still illegally using many types of rat poison. www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Wild pigs are turning electric blue in California. Here’s why.
Feral hogs with "slushie-blue" innards turned up in Monterey earlier this year—and not for the first time.
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Ronald Reagan signed #CEQA into law. Now a Democratic governor @cagov.bsky.social is tearing it down.
Urban Wildlands — Center for Biological Diversity@urbanwildlands.bsky.social · last yr.In the 11th hr, @cagov.bsky.social put a poison pill in the CA budget to eviscerate the state's premier environmental protection law. The @biologicaldiversity.org believes protections for wildlife & frontline communities are important. If you agree, tell your representatives to oppose the budget.
I often fall into a mild funk when the #nbafinals are over. Good thing there's positive news around the world to buoy me. 😑
This conservation win follows a multi-year fight from the @biologicaldiversity.org and its allies to protect this vast ecosystem that supports endangered woodpeckers, snakes and hundreds of other plant and animal species. What great news to kick off the wknd. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Land deal ends controversial mining fight near Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp
The landmark deal ends a years-long fight over a proposed mine next to one of the South’s last truly wild places.
washingtonpost.com
Los Angeles is strong, but come on!
The New York Times@nytimes.com · last yr.With Los Angeles still recovering from the devastating fires that killed at least 30 people and destroyed thousands of homes, California residents are being warned that the summer, typically the worst season for wildfires, could be especially brutal this year.
Trump admin will soon learn you can't mess with people from the 818.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · last yr.SEN. PADILLA: “Saying I lunged is a lie, but that’s par for the course for this administration… I was behind the cameras listening, and at a certain point hearing Noem say they had to rescue LA from the Governor and Mayor was too much to take. So I raise my voice to ask a question.”
Every week, the @biologicaldiversity.org has been suing the Trump admin for public records on the president's anti-enviro agenda. Today's lawsuit seeks info on DOGE plans for firings. If Elon wants to eviscerate govt agencies, the public has the right to know. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Lawsuit Seeks DOGE Plans for Upcoming Mass Firings - Center for Biological Diversity
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