Aaron Kunkler

Bezos gutting the WaPo climate and environment desks is truly despicable. Not that I expect much from these blackpilled billionaire losers, but it still sucks watching it happen.

Conservationists sue for endangered species protection for Olympic marmots The Olympic marmot is endemic to the mountains of the Pacific Northwest and have faced threats from climate change and coyote predation.

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Someone tell Trump and DeSantis that there are still laws.

Judge orders temporary halt to construction at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center A federal judge has ordered a temporary halt to construction of an immigration detention center — built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” — as attorneys argue whe...

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Axe Alligator Alcatraz Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is fast-tracking a plan to build a massive immigration detention center, cruelly named

We must put a stop to the massive immigration detention center, cruelly named "Alligator Alcatraz," in the heart of the Everglades.

Please join us now in fighting against this harmful development ➡️ biodiv.us/3Gwiqqo

Trump thought he could open up a national monument to commercial fishing without a fight?

Think again, bub.

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ICE agents at Seattle courthouse arrest people whose deportation hearings are dismissed People showing up for hearings at the Seattle Immigration Court this week are facing something new. Federal immigration agents wait in the courthouse hallways to arrest people if their deportation pro...

Entering the 'masked police' phase of this bullshit I see.

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New species discovered in WA lake The Okanagan crayfish found in North Central Washington and north in British Columbia is “olive brown to brick red,” researchers said.

Adorable!

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An Abundance Of Concrete | Defector Reliable sources tell me that you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover. Until you actually read the thing, though, it’s the only data you have to go on. So here’s what I first noticed about Ab...

"This is a vision of America's future that has hardly a word to say about forests, oceans, fresh water, ecosystems, or wild animals—about anything that isn't made by and for humans."
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Wolves have returned to California after a century. We should welcome them, not fear them | Opinion “Most ranchers understand that people can coexist with this long-missing, ecologically valuable native species.”

"Despite a loud minority of voices calling for wolves to be killed, to return to last century’s status quo, most ranchers understand that people can coexist with this long-missing, ecologically-valuable native species."

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Trump is trying to destroy the Endangered Species Act.

This morning, rules were proposed to make it legal for companies to wipe out the places where endangered plants and animals live, without consequence. If they're allowed to stand, any shitty company can make a buck driving wildlife extinct.

The Beaver Seekers • The Revelator Citizen scientists are helping restore the ecosystem engineers to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon.

The Beaver Seekers #InternationalBeaverDay therevelator.org/beaver-seeke...

Who could have known that an administration filled with braindead white nationalists and failed social media influencers would be so cruel and turbulent?

#Republicans are trying to sell off public lands and degrade our National Parks.

Why?

Because they want to extend #Trump 1.0's tax cuts for billionaires. If you're tired of this garbage, join us this Saturday, April 5, across the country.

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Happening NOW: our @biologicaldiversity.org Climate team is testifying in support of California SB 684, the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act 🌟

Watch live: www.senate.ca.gov/media-live-e...

bill by @dawnaddis.bsky.social & Sen. Menjivar

Stop killing wolves. $30.5k Reward for help finding Oregon wolf killer. Gray wolf closeup.

The illegal killing of the Metolius wolf father in Oregon may condemn the pups to starvation.

Killing federally protected wolves, esp. pack leaders/experienced hunters, has no justification. It can *create* not resolve conflicts with livestock - easier prey for desperate pups.

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50 States, 50 Fixes A series about local solutions, and the people behind them, to environmental problems.

From state legislatures to community groups, from tribal lands to city parks to postage-stamp backyards, people are doing quiet, vital work to confront climate change and biodiversity loss. All year, @carabuckley.bsky.social and I will be writing about these efforts.
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Over Delayed Protections for Two California Salamanders SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the Trump administration for delaying Endangered Species Act protections for the Kern Canyon slender salamander and relictual slender...

@biologicaldiversity.org sued the Trump admin today for delaying protections for two highly imperiled California salamanders.

Neither species have lungs and instead breathe through their skin. How cool is that? Who couldn't love these little guys?

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Opinion | The AP’s Freedom of Speech—and Yours A brazen attempt to punish us for using words Trump dislikes.

The AP has no corporate owner and no shareholders. If we don’t step up to defend Americans’ right to speak freely, who will? Today the U.S. government wants to control the AP’s speech. Tomorrow it could be someone else’s.   

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Hands Off! Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...

The Trump administration is moving at breakneck speed to destroy so many things. Here at the Center we're fighting back, but it'll take all of us to stop this bullshit for good.

See you in the streets.

For info & actions near you:👇👇👇

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“Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats who voted for the Republican bill should pack up and go home for the next two years, as they’ve just handed Musk and Trump free rein to destroy our environmental agencies and gut the civil service,” said @bretthartl.bsky.social

That's a good question. We know there are already some critical programs that will be cut or scaled back. Northern spotted owl monitoring is one.

Birds Face Weakened Protections Under Trump Move The Interior Department is suspending 20 Biden-era legal opinions, including one leading to fines against energy companies if birds die in oil spills or other industrial activities.

“It basically means that the Fish and Wildlife Service won’t take enforcement action against any private party that unintentionally kills migratory birds,” said Tara Zuardo, senior advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. “It’s devastating.”

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Monarchs are doing better than last year which is good. But they're way below sustainable thresholds. The Fish and Wildlife Service rightfully promised these butterflies protections last December. Keep your eyes on Trump to make sure he doesn't reverse them.

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Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families.

Rest assured that we won't quietly watch Trump destroy the United States' plants, animals and wild places just so his oligarch pals can buy another vacation home.

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The damage that the richest man on the planet and his lapdog #Trump are doing to imperiled species is already unfolding. One example: funding for monitoring northern spotted owls in the #PNW is being cut, leaving conservation agencies without lifesaving data.
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BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years

Lawsuit Aims to Protect Spring-Run Chinook Salmon in Pacific Northwest PORTLAND, Ore. — The Center for Biological Diversity and allies sued the National Marine Fisheries Service today for delaying Endangered Species Act protection decisions for spring-run Chinook salmon ...

It's way past time for the PNW's spring-run Chinook salmon to get protections.

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This news isn't all positive though: The agency also proposed a rule to loosen restrictions on when grizzlies can be killed and limit where they get federal protection.

The rule would exclude places like California and Colorado, where the bears once lived and abundant habitat remains.

A grizzly bear with three cubs in a field of white flowers, under the headline "PROTECTED," announcing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to maintain Endangered Species Act protections for these bears.

BREAKING: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today denied petitions to remove Endangered Species Act protections from #grizzlybears, finding that the imperiled animals still need federal protection.

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