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Will Your State Bird Disappear? • The Revelator A new study shows that tens of millions of Americans could lose the chance to see their state bird due to climate change.

Will Your State Bird Disappear?

"Currently around 86% of the portion of the U.S. population included in the study has access to their state bird. That drops to 79% with 1 degree of warming, 75% with 2 degrees of warming, and 71% with 3 degrees of warming." therevelator.org/state-birds-...

In honor of Black History Month, the poignant and powerful poem "I, Too" from Langston Hughes...

The National Park Service has already pushed out 1/4 of the agency's staff. Now they're firing more rangers while bringing in surveillance drones & self-driving shuttles.

This is the corporatization of our National Parks while the surveillance state creeps into our public lands.

Shell of a win for desert tortoises in California’s western Mojave Desert 🎉

A federal judge has prohibited off-road vehicle use in the tortoises' critical habitat, protecting more than 2,200 miles of proposed routes across 1 million acres of conservation lands.

Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4q1dn1S

This Saturday at Harlow Pool on campus in Westminster, MD. 1pm start. Come check out some fast swimming and good times! #McDanielSwimming #GreenTerrorSwimming #GetOnTheHill

Federal judge appears skeptical that Trump has legal authority to proceed with White House ballroom | CNN Politics A federal judge expressed deep skepticism Thursday that the White House has legal authority to construct President Donald Trump’s massive new ballroom without express authorization from Congress.

www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/p...

“He Can’t Do That” Is a Hope, Not a Strategy The Steady State |by Steven A. Cash

“He Can’t Do That” Is a Hope, Not a Strategy open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
"The question is are we prepared to respond when [Constitutional] limits are tested, ignored, or broken. History suggests that waiting until the law is fully cast aside is always too late."

RFK’s dietary guidelines will wreak havoc on the planet. Even a 25% increase in protein consumed would need 100m more acres of farm land each year, about the size of California — plus hundreds of millions of tons more pollution writes @olliemilman.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Russia is invading Europe and the president of the United States is ranting about the danger that "windmills" pose to the Western World.

Champion of Kindness: Tabitha Pitzer Named National Jurist Law Student of the Year The first-generation AUWCL student reflects on the power of community, the importance of public service, and why the law should always lead with humanity.

Congrats to 3L Tabitha Pitzer, National Jurist's Law Student of the Year! As a first-gen law student & leader of Advance, Tabitha shows that you can be a fierce advocate while leading with kindness. Check it out: https://tinyurl.com/Tabitha-Pitzer
#ChampionWhatMatters #lawschool #lawstudent

This Saturday at Harlow Pool on campus in Westminster, MD. 1pm start. Come check out some fast swimming and good times! #McDanielSwimming #GreenTerrorSwimming #GetOnTheHill

Utah Seizes Control of 8 Million Acres of Your Land How a Smiling “Partnership” Hands Utah the Keys to Your National Forests

This is how public lands are lost. Not all at once. Not with a single vote. But through smiling press conferences, hollow assurances & “partnerships” with people who have proven, repeatedly, that they cannot be trusted with what belongs to the public.
morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/utah-seize...

Half of Fossil Fuel Carbon Emissions in 2024 Came From 32 Companies - Inside Climate News As fossil fuel-based carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise to record levels, a new analysis shows that a majority of these emissions can be traced back to a shrinking number of large corporate ent...

Half of Fossil Fuel Carbon Emissions in 2024 Came From 32 Companies @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/2101202...

Women’s Swimming Splits Home Opener with Hood, St. Mary’s (MD) - McDaniel College WESTMINSTER, Md. – The McDaniel College women's swimming team opened its home schedule with a split against Hood and St. Mary's (MD) on Saturday from Harlow Pool.

mcdanielathletics.com/news/2025/12...

Men’s Swimming Splits Home Opener with Hood, St. Mary’s (MD) - McDaniel College WESTMINSTER, Md. – The McDaniel College men's swimming team opened its home schedule with a split against Hood and St. Mary's (MD) on Saturday from Harlow Pool.

mcdanielathletics.com/news/2025/12...

Men’s Swimming Splits Home Opener with Hood, St. Mary’s (MD) - McDaniel College WESTMINSTER, Md. – The McDaniel College men's swimming team opened its home schedule with a split against Hood and St. Mary's (MD) on Saturday from Harlow Pool.

mcdanielathletics.com/news/2025/12...

Women’s Swimming Splits Home Opener with Hood, St. Mary’s (MD) - McDaniel College WESTMINSTER, Md. – The McDaniel College women's swimming team opened its home schedule with a split against Hood and St. Mary's (MD) on Saturday from Harlow Pool.

mcdanielathletics.com/news/2025/12...

The background shows Glacier National Park, green trees, dramatic mountains, and a river cutting through the center. In the foreground is a picture of a National Park Pass with Trump's portrait next to George Washington's on it. There is a quote in white text at the top. It reads: "National Parks Are Not a Personal Branding Opportunity. They're the Pride and Joy of the American People."

We just filed a lawsuit to prevent Trump from replacing a beautiful picture of #GlacierNationalPark with a closeup of his own face on the #AmericaTheBeautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Annual Pass.

Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4rOJIv5

New Wildlife Books for Children and Teens (That Adults May Find Interesting Too) • The Revelator These books for young readers will delight and encourage interest in mammals, insects, octopuses, and other creatures in our shared environment.

New Wildlife Books for Children and Teens (That Adults May Find Interesting Too) -- by @pkuper.bsky.social @franbwrites.bsky.social @junesmalls.bsky.social & many others therevelator.org/new-wildlife...

Sodium constraints on megaherbivore communities in Africa - Nature Ecology & Evolution Combining high-resolution mapping of foliar and herbivore faecal sodium concentrations across Africa, the authors show that plant-derived sodium availability constrains megaherbivore densities at a co...

Why aren’t there more giraffes in Ghana? -- interesting #conservation research: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...

Same thing he’s accusing others of doing:

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The University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center (WCC) has tonight confirmed a brand-new jaguar in the United States, Jaguar #5, never before identified, just days after the Trump administration’s new double border wall construction waivers (see below).

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) (read the Kyoto Protocol #CarbonMarket) was never a good idea. But like a vampire, it never seems to die. At #COP30, it's time to put it to rest forever & not allow these credits to put people & the climate at risk. #NoOffsets
climatenetwork.org/resource/eco...

Bisbee, Arizona neighborhood art... prepared for Dia de los Muertos!
Photograph by Jeanne Marie Mudd, 2025

Out of the chaos of Trump's trade policy might emerge a new multilateral consensus on national security that doesn't include orange bibles, cologne, and bitcoin.

Inside WA’s ICE detention center, where you could be kept for days or years Conditions inside Tacoma's Northwest ICE Processing Center have been a mystery for many. In new interviews, people formerly held there reveal what life is like.

I am proud of the work of my dear colleague, Prof. Tom Antkowiak and his students in and partners to our Human Rights Clinic, for their important work, referenced in this Seattle Times piece.

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Out of the chaos of Trump's trade policy might emerge a new multilateral consensus on national security that doesn't include orange bibles, cologne, and bitcoin.

Inspired by Nature: 10 Powerful New Memoirs and Biographies https://therevelator.org/nature-memoirs-biographies/

Sometimes my sanity demands that I get into a large crowd at the stadium and yell and cuss and dance and celebrate! Go Mariners! 💙⚾️💫 Now release the Epstein Files!

Adelita Grijalva wins her late father’s House seat in Arizona special election Grijalva will be state’s first Latina in Congress, shrinking Republicans’ House majority even further

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...