Lori Ann Burd

@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

A drone hovers over a field with a cloud of pesticides spraying from it. Behind it are trees and mountains.

The EPA has proposed approving the dangerously persistent pesticide epyrifenacil on canola, corn, soybean and wheat.

Epyrifenacil is yet another forever chemical, and this marks the fifth proposed approval of a PFAS pesticide since Trump took office.

Read on ➡️ bit.ly/49z9TyX

Picture of a gold course: groomed, green grass with a sand pit and a stand of trees in the background. Wispy clouds in the sky above.

The EPA just approved the pesticide cyclobutrifluram for golf courses, lawns, cotton, soybeans, and lettuce. It's another #ForeverChemical — one of a group called #PFAS.

Despite the vast agency furloughs, the pesticide office remains open for business.

Read on ➡️ bit.ly/47qlFKO

3 things to know about RFK Jr.'s MAHA report on children’s health Since the Senate confirmed him in February, Kennedy has promoted the concept and use of what he calls “gold-standard science” to expose the causes of child health outcomes, a phrase he repeated today ...

“If the EPA wants to convince us that our pesticide regulatory process is robust, they should make it robust,” said @loriannburd.bsky.social, the Center's environmental health director in @pbsnews.org ⬇️

A close-up of a Karner Blue butterfly perched on a grass blade against a blurred green background. Image by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Big surprise (to no one): A much-anticipated draft action plan from the Make America Healthy Again Commission eliminated any plans for action on pesticides.

You cannot "Make America Healthy Again" while allowing a billion pounds of pesticides to be dosed on crops.

More info: biodiv.us/3V9pInz

Kennedy’s Allies Against Pesticides: Environmentalists, Moms and Manly Men

“There’s an epic battle brewing over the direction that the administration is going to take on toxic chemicals,” said @loriannburd.bsky.social, our Environmental Health Program Director, “But we’re also up against some of the most powerful corporate lobby groups in the country.”

Should Portland Ban Backyard Beekeeping? Adding hundreds of thousands of honeybees into a previously balanced residential environment disrupts it substantially.

Honeybees—which are domesticated livestock in no danger of extinction—usurp and replace native pollinators, including threatened species like bumblebees and butterflies, by outcompeting them for finite resources and introducing pathogens into the native population.
www.wweek.com/news/2025/05...

“The EPA’s pesticide general permit creates a virtual free-for-all where most pesticide users aren’t even required to identify the pesticide being used or where it’s being sprayed directly into lakes and streams,” said Allison LaPlante, a senior environmental health attorney at the Center.

Kathleen Sgamma Ends Bid to Lead the B.L.M. Kathleen Sgamma abruptly withdrew from consideration days after a memo surfaced in which she sharply criticized President Trump.

“...This speed bump gives senators a chance to ponder whether they really want to feed America’s public lands and monuments into the snapping jaws of the fracking and mining industries,” said Taylor McKinnon of the Center for Biological Diversity.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/c...

Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.

NEW: EPA is planning to eliminate requirements to report greenhouse gas emissions for thousands of facilities.

“It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill”
@maibached.bsky.social told me

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Trump signs executive orders aimed at revitalizing coal industry The executive orders are meant to reenergize the coal industry, which has been steadily declining for years.

"Trump's coal orders take his worship of dirty fossil fuels to a gross and disturbingly reckless new level," said Jason Rylander ... "Forcing old coal plants to keep spewing pollution into our air and water means more cancer, more asthma and more premature deaths."

www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-e...

“We’re determined to do what it takes to make sure the city stops discharging toxic contaminants into the Sound so that people, salmon and orcas can thrive,” said @loriannburd.bsky.social, our environmental health director.

Underwater view of four Chinook salmon swimming, with the logo of the Center for Biological Diversity in the corner.

The Center + allies filed a notice today of their intent to sue the city of Tacoma, Washington, for discharging toxic wastewater at levels that harm Puget Sound Chinook salmon, protected as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

More info: biodiv.us/3G0ULhi

Just me banging on again that BROADWAY employs more people than coal.

US federal agencies to 'unleash' coal energy after Biden 'stifled' it: 'Mine, Baby, Mine' The Departments of Energy and Interior are expected to take a slate of actions to strengthen the use of coal after Trump's executive order reinvigorating the coal industry.

Coal's not clean or beautiful, it is horribly polluting, and this is nuttier than peanut butter. “We are committed to supporting all forms of energy, including clean beautiful coal...while ensuring we have the cleanest air, land & water on the planet,” EPA's Zeldin.
www.yahoo.com/news/us-fede...

Lawsuit Launched to Stop Tacoma Wastewater Discharges From Harming Protected Puget Sound Salmon groups filed a notice today of their intent to sue the city of Tacoma, Washington, for discharging toxic wastewater at levels that harm Puget Sound Chinook salmon, protected as threatened under the En...

We just launched a major new lawsuit to protect threatened chinook salmon from dangerous chemicals being released in City of Tacoma wastewater. Pollutants like pesticides are causing serious harm to endangered species in Puget sound.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Lawsuit Launched to Stop Tacoma Wastewater Discharges From Harming Protected Puget Sound Salmon groups filed a notice today of their intent to sue the city of Tacoma, Washington, for discharging toxic wastewater at levels that harm Puget Sound Chinook salmon, protected as threatened under the En...

We just launched a major new lawsuit to protect threatened chinook salmon from dangerous chemicals being released in City of Tacoma wastewater. Pollutants like pesticides are causing serious harm to endangered species in Puget sound.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Leaked Memo Reveals Insane Ban on Words Agriculture Department Can Say The Department of Agriculture is no longer allowed to use the phrase “safe drinking water.”

The "we won't let big government police our words" administration has banned the use of words like "clean water," "safe drinking water," and "water pollution" at USDA. Trump promised the U.S. will have the cleanest water in the world, how does this get us there? #MAHA newrepublic.com/post/193395/...

Leaked Memo Reveals Insane Ban on Words Agriculture Department Can Say The Department of Agriculture is no longer allowed to use the phrase “safe drinking water.”

The "we won't let big government police our words" administration has banned the use of words like "clean water," "safe drinking water," and "water pollution" at USDA. Trump promised the U.S. will have the cleanest water in the world, how does this get us there? #MAHA newrepublic.com/post/193395/...

E.P.A. Offers a Way to Avoid Clean-Air Rules: Send an Email Referring to a little-known provision, it said power plants and others could write to seek exemptions to mercury and other restrictions and that “the president will make a decision.”

Biden required coal plants to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals like mercury bc they can harm babies’ brains & cause heart disease. Now Trump's offering polluters an out: email him & he may greenlight bypassing these & other major clean-air rules. How is this #MAHA?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/c...

E.P.A. Offers a Way to Avoid Clean-Air Rules: Send an Email Referring to a little-known provision, it said power plants and others could write to seek exemptions to mercury and other restrictions and that “the president will make a decision.”

Biden required coal plants to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals like mercury bc they can harm babies’ brains & cause heart disease. Now Trump's offering polluters an out: email him & he may greenlight bypassing these & other major clean-air rules. How is this #MAHA?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/c...

Much of coastal Costa Rica is owned by foreign land owners but the @biologicaldiversity.org has just donated 40+ acres to a group of Indigenous women for conservation and sustainable cocoa production.
www.biologicaldiversity.org/resourcespac...

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We’re thrilled to have won this case, but the real victory won’t come until the Trump administration acts on its promise to rein in use of dangerous pesticides like atrazine that are causing grave harms to people and wildlife alike. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Nobody voted for dirtier air and water, more asthma and cancer, or for more species to go extinct, but that’s what is coming unless we stop these catastrophic rollbacks of common sense pollution controls.

Here’s our press release on this exciting win, biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Breaking now: We just won our case challenging U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's failure to protect endangered species from dangerous pesticides, including atrazine & chlorpyrifos. Here's the press release from the filing, press release on this win coming soon. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

The Trump 1.0 playbook was all about enriching corporate polluters at the expense of public health, now Trump 2.0 is going right back to it, sadly, after selling its promise of the cleanest air and water in the world. Only took 7 weeks for them to launch this poisoning American's air and water plan.

The new administration's disgraceful decision to increase some the most harmful air and water pollution out there is especially dangerous for children and pregnant women and will trigger increases in health conditions, including memory loss, learning disorders and heart disease.