Anyone want a reminder of how the US military can quietly make the world a better place? Army Corps of Engineers recently completed a project w/ local partners in the Everglades.
Fun to see the "father of America's Green Revolution" Norman Borlaug be honored with an American Innovation coin by the @usmint.bsky.social #Iowa #Farming
Another sliver of positive federal action on sustainability: Randolph Base in Texas just got a new net-zero building for Air Force's Personnel Center. #USACE #USAF #USSF
For those that haven't heard of the Flemming Awards, we wanted to give a shot out to Nick McDaniel for his work while at DOJ (partnering with EPA) on a record Clean Air Act ruling.
Before the shutdown, USGS published some neat research on work to improve steelhead the fishery populations across WA-OR-ID.
Good/bad news: 7,465 E-Transit vans have been delivered to USPS through mid-2025, which is 81% of the total ordered. 👍 1,000s are sitting unused as not enough USPS locations have charging infrastructure. 👎
There is less clarity on the much larger order of ~44,000 USPS NGDVs from OshKosh.
PEER, along with the Environmental Protection Network and Next Interior, held a powerful webinar this week on the environment and public service. Check it out.
Great to see the US' 5th Nat'l Climate Assessment fully back online, now hosted at climate.us! #GCRP
Check out Next Interior, where former Dept. Of Interior leaders are envisioning what its future could hold.
Good to see EPA's Clean Ports Program still moving: Port of Cleveland began work on electrifying its operations thanks to EPA funding. #Solar #BESS
Here's a cool #NASA collaboration with S Africa measuring biodiversity around the Cape - terrestrial and aquatic. Project BioSCape 🙂
Here to celebrate a partial victory in the Fed space: House Bill HR 4754 (dubbed the"Big Extinction Bill") was delayed thanks to Endangered Species Coalition and others!
Portland, ME got a batch of new USPS electric vehicles delivered in August to replace some of those ancient trucks. #NGDV
Fish and Wildlife Service approved $54M for wildlife refuge expansion across Louisiana, Utah and Tennessee. Any conservation win is a plus (➕). #FWS
While it's more water safety than environment, we couldn't resist highlighting US Bureau of Reclamation's Otto Otter encouraging safety on the waterways for 50 years, and the 9-year-old that dreamt it up. www.usbr.gov/newsroom/new...
Important work NASA's Orbital Debris office is doing to quantify the growing problem of space debris. Check out their recent newsletter that includes a look at space debris that is more likely to survive re-entry.
USDA partners with universities to identify tomato variety resistant to emerging virus. That's what I call working together to help farmers increase crop resilience! #ARS
Because... #science! Another example of USG scientists still advancing our understanding of the changing world: #NASA researchers conducted an experiment on Arctic weather impacts to changing ice levels, and made the data available here.
Good people doing good work in USG. #DOE researchers evaluated a bunch of solar panel variants and offered recommendations to improve efficiency and stability. #NREL
US Army ('Beat Navy!' anyone?) completes solar project at Fort Polk in Louisiana. 'Go Solar!' is what I say.
Research from #NOAA enables insightful and informed reporting all over. For one example, check out this piece about blue whales and why they're going silent across the Pacific. #OceanRising #whales
What's one positive environmental story you see happening now at FWS?
How often does FWS resort to lethal means to remove invasive species in order to protect threatened populations? (Came to mind from news about protecting spotted owls in WA/OR/CA.)
@kileyprice.bsky.social We appreciated the feature on gov't attacks on the wind industry. The DOI announcement cancelling Wind Energy Areas by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management was also sad. www.boem.gov/newsroom/not...
It's not new, but I ran across this cool video about a #NOAA weather forecasting satellite from a couple years ago. This is the kind of great stuff NOAA does to improve lives and safety across the country.
There may be contrary winds in the federal space, but DoE's Nat'l Renewable Energy Lab is using block grants to help State/Local/Tribal boost energy efficiency and cut costs. #NREL #energy
Powerful research recently published by #NASA on global changes to cloud formations allowing more sunlight/heat down on Earth.
Anyone think land and farming are important? Love seeing USDA's Agricultural Land Easement program supporting farm land conservation in this corner of VA. #NRCS #Conservation #Farming
Showing some love 💚 to #2025Sammies awardees (the best of career federal employees) that was held last week. Too cool! 🕶️ @ourpublicservice.bsky.social
