Jason Dove Mark

While ICE raids grab headlines, Trump mounts quieter attack on Minnesota’s Boundary Waters As the federal siege of Minnesota continues, the Boundary Waters wilderness is also under attack.

"To put a gigantic copper mine (or two) on the edge of the Boundary Waters would be like capping Old Faithful for a geothermal plant or clearcutting the forests at the foot of the Tetons — most Americans wouldn’t support it if they knew about it."
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Map showing tens of thousands of protests across the US between Trump's inauguration last year and January 31, 2026.

The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.

FBI Counterterrorism Agents Spent Weeks Seeking a Climate Activist — Then Showed Up at His Door The visit suggests a possible FBI probe into Extinction Rebellion NYC as the Trump administration increases surveillance of activist groups.

Watch this space
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Oldest known whale song recordings discovered in Cape Cod archives The files, found on a bygone piece of audio recording equipment, may give scientists new evidence about how humans have changed the ocean.

Fabulous, fabulous story here. Watch the video embedded to hear some of the the songs.

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Under the Cover of Tear Gas As the federal siege of Minnesota continues, the Boundary Waters wilderness is also under attack.

While the public has been defending Minnesota against ICE assaults, Congress has been pushing for copper mining in the Boundary Waters.

“Most Americans wouldn’t support it if they knew about it,” writes @jasondovemark.bsky.social. “The proposed pillage is happening under the cover of tear gas.”

While ICE raids grab headlines, Trump mounts quieter attack on Minnesota’s Boundary Waters As the federal siege of Minnesota continues, the Boundary Waters wilderness is also under attack.

Under the Cover of Tear Gas: There's a *second* federal assault taking place in Minnesota that is at risk of slipping under the radar of public attention. My latest column for @earthislandjournal.bsky.social
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

You may find this map shocking. The crazy imbalance even surprised me!
It’s the ratio of record highs vs record lows in each city since 2020. That’s right, in Miami there have been 115 daily record highs, but only 1 record morning low! Phoenix: 138 to 0!… 1/

Yes! Stay tuned

The NRDC's David Doniger chimed in here with some useful clarification
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Thank you David!! Very helpful

Did the GOP's "Big Beautiful Bill" reverse the language establishing CO2 as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act, and I simply missed it?...Or?
I really wish someone smarter than me like @costasamaras.com or @jessedjenkins.com or @leahstokes.bsky.social or @daviddoniger.bsky.social cld cut thru this

The E.P.A. Is Barreling Toward a Supreme Court Climate Showdown

Lisa Friedman, NYT on Feb 10 2026:
"Democrats could pass legislation that defined [GHGs] as air pollutants under the Clean Air Act ... But in the half-century since Congress passed the Clean Air Act, it has never mustered the political will to decide this question."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/c...

Democrats Designed the Climate Law to Be a Game Changer. Here’s How. (Published 2022)

Seriously, what am I missing here?
Lisa Friedman, reporting in the NYT on Aug 22, 2022:
The new law amends the Clean Air Act, the country’s bedrock air-quality legislation, to define the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels as an “air pollutant.”
www.nytimes.com/2022/08/22/c...

Amid all the coverage of the EPA abandoning the "endangerment finding" on greenhouse gases, I'm seeing very little mention that the Inflation Reduction Act explicitly said that GHGs were pollutants under the Clean Air Act. Why is no one mentioning this?

Connecting with Rural America Climate activist and political organizer Chloe Maxmin on authenticity, climate conversations, and democracy in rural spaces.

“Community is being built,” says Chloe Maxmin of Dirtroad Organizing. “It’s not just showing up for the sake of showing up; it’s showing up because your community needs you.”

In this Winter 2026 Conversation, Maxmin discusses how to connect across differences, and shares what else gives her hope.

I’m just spitballing here but … maybe the rise of AI bots that are wannabe writers will make real writers like yours truly more in demand? Not only do I have a pulse, but I can go out into the world and interview real people. I even come with original ideas!

Plot Twist:
Now that the EPA is no longer regulating CO2 as a pollutant, the terrain of state / county / city climate litigation has shifted. The Carbon Barons can no longer claim that federal policy pre-empts the tort claims since ... there is no federal policy.

The earth said remember me: how to revive our memories and restore the planet.

Cover Reveaaalll!
My new book, coming to bookstores this summer.
“Beautiful and urgent” says Aimee Nezhukumatathil in the first advance praise.

EPA Reapproves Weedkiller Dicamba Despite Concerns About Drift and Crop Damage The agency says the approval of dicamba includes new restrictions, but watchdog organizations warn the protections are weaker than before.

Is America Healthy Again yet?
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I didn’t get past #2, Historians. How exactly is an AI going to peruse a physical archive ?

This Backdoor Legislative Tool Could Unravel Public Lands Congress continues effort to erase protections for America’s shared lands and waters

Watch this space. From Utah to Minnesota, Republicans are using something called the Congressional Review Act to undo public lands protections, as @lkbotts.bsky.social reports
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Opinion | Marijuana Is Everywhere. That’s a Problem.

Boy how I'd love to see Jia Tolentino write a response-rebuttal to this ...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...

Michael Pollan Says Humanity Is About to Undergo a Revolutionary Change

Descartes was wrong. More of this, please:
"The origin of consciousness is with feelings, not thoughts. Feelings are the language in which the body talks to the brain."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/m...

Senate Vote Will Decide Fate of the Boundary Waters The U.S. Senate will vote this week on whether to allow dangerous sulfide-ore copper mining on the edges of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness—a place where my family’s roots go back mo...

At stake in a Senate vote this week is an irreplaceable treasure—America’s most visited wilderness—and the thriving economy of northern Minnesota. We’ll lose both if the Senate votes to let a Chilean company to mine at the region’s edge. This is personal to my family. www.nrdc.org/stories/sena...

Air pollution deaths attributable to fossil fuels: observational and modelling study Objectives To estimate all cause and cause specific deaths that are attributable to fossil fuel related air pollution and to assess potential health benefits from policies that replace fossil fuels wi...

Air pollution from burning fossil fuels causes 100,000 to 200,000 avoidable American deaths per year. At the EPA's statistical value of life of $10 million, these deaths cost America $1 to $2 trillion per year, every year. These costs far outweigh the costs of transitioning off of fossil fuels.

Congrats!

Seahawks!!!

I’ll admit that I didn’t have “Hims and Hers” going full Luigi Mangione on my Super Bowl bingo card …

Also: I’ve always thought Hers and Him is creepy, but the Bernie Bro vibe of that ad was dope

I have to say, as someone who has spent some time in church, I really liked the Jesus ad with the eco overtone