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Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says U.S. President Donald Trump is set to direct the Pentagon to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain U.S. coal-fired power plants, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a White.....

President Trum is an ignorant idiot. Bloomberg says Trump will sign an executive order tomorrow (2/11) ordering the Department to buy electricity from coal fired power plants.

After Nearly A Month Snacking On Seabirds, The Alcatraz Coyote Has Come To The End Of Its Stay — NPS Plans To Remove It Within A Week After a 1-year-old coyote completed the remarkable 1.5-mile swim to Alcatraz, its time on the island has come to an end.

Floyd, the Alcatraz, Coyote, will be relocated by the National Park Service. Ecologically, that is the right decision. Alcatraz is a designated seabird sanctuary, and Floyd would have been a serious threat to nesting colonies.

Arctic scientists 'feel pretty uncomfortable' on Greenland Science in the Arctic — and Greenland — is on the frontline of pressing challenges facing humanity, like climate change and genetics. Some researchers worry international collaboration is at risk.

If Donald Trump ever gets control of Greenland, these Arctic scientists will feel even more uncomfortable.

Trump says he's pursuing Greenland after perceived Nobel Peace Prize snub "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize… I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace," Trump wrote in a message to the Norwegian Prime Minister.

I’m embarrassed by our President’s unhinged note to Norway’s PM. Hang in there, Europe.

From Defenders of Wildlife:
The House of Representatives recently passed Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) misleadingly named “Pets and Livestock Protection Act,” a bill that aims to eliminate all remaining federal wolf protections under the Endangered Species Act and prevent any future legal challenges.

Yesterday, at a Ford plant in Detroit, Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to have publicly responded to a heckler with both an explicit “F-bomb,” and a middle-finger obscene gesture.

He probabiy considers that an important achievement.

Can Martyred Possums Control Florida Pythons? — Manuela Hoelterhoff A student from Southern Illinois University Carbondale may have accidentally discovered a way to track the invasive Burmese pythons plaguing south Florida. Graduate student Kelly Crandall was examinin...

Weaponizing Possums against Burmese pythons in south Florida is an interesting idea.

V Spehar (@vspehar) Renee Good’s last very calm words, “That’s fine dude.. I’m not mad at you” to the ICE agent who would a moment later shoot her 3x in the face. After the three shots, a male voice can be heard saying “...

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Paul and Ann Ehrlich wrote this article long before Colossal Biosciences began their de-extinction marketing campaign. I completely agree that de- extinction is a dumb idea.

RFK Jr.’s Deepening Threat to Public Health The current HHS Secretary is the most dangerous in U.S. history.

"The current HHS Secretary is the most dangerous in U.S. history"

@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social & @jimalwine.bsky.social are not mincing words

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Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win' Once endangered due to hunting, it is making a strong recovery thanks to global conservation efforts.

Great news for a change!

There’s No ‘Undo’ Button for Extinct Species

Someone needs to explain this to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum.

White House announces more aggressive review of Smithsonian museums In a letter to the Smithsonian’s leader, White House officials said they would review exhibition text, curation, exhibition planning and collections starting with eight museums.

This is awful. We have to stop this guy. 2026 is our best chance.

R.F.K. Jr. Cancels mRNA Vaccine Research

Completely horrifying.👇 Anti-science monster.

RFK Jr. Cancels mRNA Vaccine Research www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

Reality: Vaccine...
- saved millions of lives
- < hospitalization
- < long COVID
- > pregnancy outcomes
- < healthcare costs
- promising platform for other diseases!
- etc, etc!!!

Science denialists believe they are the true “skeptics” who are embracing science’s rigor.

They claim they want evidence--but failure to accept well-supported conclusions in the light of overwhelming evidence isn’t skepticism.

It’s denial.

- @thinkingpowers.bsky.social

Minidoka National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service) During World War II, over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated without due process of law. Although little remains of the barbed-wire fences and ...

Lets see how the Administration “puts lipstick on this pig”. I know the MinicokaIdaho site. And it is sagebrush desert.Cold in winter, hot in summer and windy most of the time.

This Is What Censorship Looks Like in a National Park: The First Park Sign That Came Down I’ve made my career as a park ranger, employed to care for treasured sites, it’s resources, and history in a bipartisan and engaging way. I…

I feel sorry for the NPS employees who are required to remove politically censored signs. That would be painful.

Sly as a... National park rangers blame sneaky fox for theft of 32 pairs of shoes Rather than heed the park rangers’ warning, visitors left their shoes out intentionally in hopes of seeing a fox

This article brightened my morning. Many years ago, Lava Beds NM (northern California) had a similar problem with a coyote that ljked sleeping bags.

Abolish the National Park Service Revising how America's most beautiful public lands are protected would create more ways for Americans to interact with some of the best parts of the country.

Are Trump's crippling cuts in NPS budget, along with mass firings, step 1 of a plan to privatize our national parks?

Experts stunned as animal colony on remote island rebounds from catastrophic loss: 'Great news' A remote colony of elephant seals in southern Chile is showing signs of recovery after being devastated by avian flu just two years ago.

Southern elephant seal good news.

This Bill has just been referred to the House Natural Resourses Committee. If it becomes law, the Mexican Gray Wolf will almost certainly become extinct.

@altnps.bsky.social
I have not been able to find any information on FY 26 NPS budget that was included in the reconciliation bill that Trump will sign tomorrow. If anyone knows where I can find it, I would welcome your help.

2025 Wintering Whooping Crane Count | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Really good news. An ESA success story.

Map: All 250 million acres of public land the Trump budget bill would sell off The Senate's reconciliation bill would mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of public lands. See where they are.

This absolutely can’t be allowed to happen. We need to overwhelm our members of Congress with opposing views.

Scott DeGroff on Substack

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Trump wants to defund national parks—but they have overwhelming bipartisan support Trump’s budget would cut more than $1.2 billion of funding for national parks. Experts say parks are among the only third places that have both Republican and Democratic support.

Our National Park,System is the best in the world, and most Americans have highly favorable views of the National Park Service (NPS).

So I have a great idea. Lets eviscerate the the NPS to help pay for an income tax cut.

Goodbye Bullfrogs, Hello Turtles At Yosemite National Park A cacophony of croaking bullfrogs under a dark night sky might seem like one of nature's sweetest sounds, unless you're a turtle in Yosemite National Park.

A little good news for a change.

The 5calls app is great and easy to use. Thanks for mentioning it.
Too many people turn off because the constant stream of idiocy from this admin leaves them feeling powerless.
It's time we all take our power back.