Carlos Carroll

Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a 'farce' full of misinformation
->The Guardian | #TrumpFascism #Science #Misinformation #Climate #NoDecency | More info from EcoSearch

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen We were denied entry into an ICE facility in Baltimore

Today we were denied entry to an ICE facility in Baltimore where were exercising our oversight role as Members of Congress. The law is clear: ICE is REQUIRED to let us into these facilities.

They just don't want the American people to see what's happening behind closed doors.

Going digital | US Forest Service

USFS is converting timber sales to 'digital tree marking', which means loggers, not trained federal foresters, get to choose which trees to take. All in the name of increasing timber outputs, w/no understanding or regard for ecological concerns. What could go wrong? 🌍 www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency...

The Trump administration claims roads in forests prevent wildfires. Researchers disagree. Experts say repealing the "Roadless Rule" won't help stop fires, but it will help loggers.

The Trump administration claims roads in forests prevent wildfires. Researchers disagree.

Experts say repealing the "Roadless Rule" won't help stop fires, but it will help loggers.

grist.org/wildfires/wi...

#Trees #Loggers #Climate #USDA #Forest #Wildfires #Wildfire #Policy

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Sources Say Zeldin's EPA Is Retaliating Against Declaration Signers Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.

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Trump uprooted a major climate effort. Scientists are fighting back. The future of the National Climate Assessment is uncertain, so researchers are looking to write an alternative version that could serve as a substitute.

Scientists are pondering potential non-federal alternatives for the National Climate Assessment. AGU/AMS have already announced one initiative -- and there's other historical precedents for major efforts to keep stymied federal science reports alive. My story:

www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

Will we habituate to the decline of democracy? The recent attack on science in the US is not only undermining knowledge; it is also undermining democracy. In a healthy democracy, public policy is guided by evidence, and truth is the shared foundat...

"The diminution and marginalization of science are thus central parts of the erosion of democracy itself."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Sickening, revealing stuff from someone with the president’s ear

Population trends of jaguars in a tropical forest in southern Mexico Jaguar density in the largest population in Mesoamerica was similar among sexes but affected by distance from the borders. Overall, jaguars segregate in space and time, highlighting the importance of...

New study by Contreras-Moreno et al. shows jaguars in Calakmul (S. Mexico) have low densities & avoid roads/edges. Males & females separate in space/time. Forest integrity is key! 🐆🌿
📖 doi.org/10.1111/csp2...

Sound Familiar? Democrats Lay Groundwork for a ‘Project 2029’

i think that democrats should be preparing for the next time they win power but honestly, calling it "project 2029" speaks to a lack of imagination with regard to the task at hand.

The Trump administration plans to open parts of the ‘special areas,’ shown here, that were designated to protect wildlife in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, including in the fragile Colville River and Teshekpuk Lake regions. U.S. Bureau of Land Management

The National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska is home to tens of thousands of caribou, migratory birds, and fish. The Trump administration’s new plan could open 82% of this fragile landscape to oil and gas development. Public comment ends on Tuesday.

An ecologist explains the consequences: buff.ly/kz1lGmQ

An error message reads: Safari can't find the server "nca2023.globalchange.gov"

BREAKING: A source tells me that the Trump administration has shut down public access to every single National Climate Assessment, the Congressionally-mandated quadrennial report assessing how climate change is affecting the U.S.

This is what you get when you try to access them online

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

Trump to strip protections from millions of acres of national forests The USDA announced it would begin the process of rolling back protections for nearly 59 million roadless acres of the National Forest system.

There are way too many things to be upset about these days, but I believe the destruction of public lands should be near the top of the list: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

The whole idea of "antiwar" Trump has long rested on a confused reading of his hatred of multilateralism, the international order, and the Deep State. He doesn't hate those things for "dovish" reasons. He hates them for degenerate/corrupt reasons.

Thoughts on that:
newrepublic.com/article/1969...

(3/3) Congressional Republicans must stop giving constitutional power to a lone want to be king. I oppose usurping congressional power, from domestic policymaking, budgetary spending, trade, and now to national security.

This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.

A facebook post screenshot from "Ian Bremmer" with text saying "spotted in southern California: 'ice' pinatas" over a picture of dude shaped piñatas with ICE hats and sunglasses

el pueblo unido jamás será vencido

Saving species starts at home: how you can help Australia’s 1,000 threatened invertebrates Every week, one or two species of Australian invertebrate go extinct. Many species on the brink live in cities – where we can help.

theconversation.com/saving-speci... #ICCB2025

Indicators of Global Climate Change 2024: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence Abstract. In a rapidly changing climate, evidence-based decision-making benefits from up-to-date and timely information. Here we compile monitoring datasets (published at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15639576; Smith et al., 2025a) to produce updated estimates for key indicators of the state of the climate system: net emissions of greenhouse gases and short-lived climate forcers, greenhouse gas concentrations, radiative forcing, the Earth's energy imbalance, surface temperature changes, warming attributed to human activities, the remaining carbon budget, and estimates of global temperature extremes. This year, we additionally include indicators for sea-level rise and land precipitation change. We follow methods as closely as possible to those used in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Working Group One report. The indicators show that human activities are increasing the Earth's energy imbalance and driving faster sea-level rise compared to the AR6 assessment. For the 2015–2024 decade average, observed warming relative to 1850–1900 was 1.24 [1.11 to 1.35] °C, of which 1.22 [1.0 to 1.5] °C was human-induced. The 2024-observed best estimate of global surface temperature (1.52 °C) is well above the best estimate of human-caused warming (1.36 °C). However, the 2024 observed warming can still be regarded as a typical year, considering the human-induced warming level and the state of internal variability associated with the phase of El Niño and Atlantic variability. Human-induced warming has been increasing at a rate that is unprecedented in the instrumental record, reaching 0.27 [0.2–0.4] °C per decade over 2015–2024. This high rate of warming is caused by a combination of greenhouse gas emissions being at an all-time high of 53.6±5.2 Gt CO2e yr−1 over the last decade (2014–2023), as well as reductions in the strength of aerosol cooling. Despite this, there is evidence that the rate of increase in CO2 emissions over the last decade has slowed compared to the 2000s, and depending on societal choices, a continued series of these annual updates over the critical 2020s decade could track decreases or increases in the rate of the climatic changes presented here.

Our new paper updating key metrics in the IPCC is now out, and the news is grim:

⬆️ Human induced warming now at 1.36C
⬆️ Rate of warming now 0.27C / decade
⬆️ Sharp increase in Earth's energy imbalance
⬇️ Remaining 1.5C carbon budget only 130 GtCO2

essd.copernicus.org/...

The Canadian company pushing deep sea mining | The Narwhal Vancouver-based The Metals Company is seeking American permits for deep-sea mining in international waters

Deep-sea mining could extract the ocean's riches — and pose risks to animals scientists haven't even named. Unlike the International Seabed Authority, the Trump administration wants to fast track permits. And a Canadian company is first in line. thenarwhal.ca/deep-sea-min...

Thoughts on Israel’s Iran Campaign and Donald Trump I haven’t had a lot to say about Israel and Iran because...

Hard to overstate the degree to which there appears to be literally no one in the president's current circle who has any experience, even at a low level, managing ANY kind of national security crisis or even situation. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/thoug...

Donald Trump’s No. 2 Pick for the EPA Represented Companies Accused of Pollution Harm David Fotouhi, a lawyer who recently challenged a ban on asbestos, worked to roll back climate regulations and water protections while serving in the Environmental Protection Agency during Trump’s fir...

Yesterday, about a week after Fotouhi was confirmed as EPA deputy administrator, the EPA asked a court to pause its litigation over asbestos

www.propublica.org/article/davi...

Trump says the US knows where Iran's Khamenei is hiding and urges Iran's unconditional surrender President Donald Trump says the U.S. knows where Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is hiding during the Israel-Iran conflict but doesn’t want him killed “for now.”

here too you get a story that mostly parrots Trump's comments, offers the reader no sense this unprovoked attack is extremely dangerous, illegal, insane, or avoidable, and features a writer who describes Trump's war-mongering rhetoric as "muscular"

Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts I am a conservation scientist determined to improve the planet. Each short video will explain an ecological concept and describe why it is important for conservation. My hope is to increase the unders...

Am interested in new nerdy ideas for YouTube videos. These either explain a concept in conservation or ecology or explain a conservation project. These have something to show. Please say if at #ICCB2025 and would like to discuss an idea.
youtube.com/@bill_suther...

A once great American City, Los Angeles, has been invaded and occupied by Illegal Aliens and Criminals.  Now violent, insurrectionist mobs are swarming and attacking our Federal Agents to try and stop our deportation operations — But these lawless riots only strengthen our resolve. I am directing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Attorney General Pam Bondi, in coordination with all other relevant Departments and Agencies, to take all such action necessary to liberate Los Angeles from the Migrant Invasion, and put an end to these Migrant riots. Order will be restored, the Illegals will be expelled, and Los Angeles will be set free. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

The president exists in a dystopian fantasy world with no connection to reality

Wolves and Humans Can Coexist, Efforts Across the U.S. Borderlands Show – Deceleration Apex predators are critical to healthy ecosystems. These determined biologists and wildlands advocates are out to prove that wolves and ranchers, scientists and politicians can coexist in the recovery...

A new update on Mexican wolf recovery by @wendeenicole.bsky.social Wolves and Humans Can Coexist, Efforts Across the U.S. Borderlands Show deceleration.news/wolves-and-h...

CBP holds family of six in windowless cell for 24 days in Blaine, WA.

“They had no ability to contest that they were being detained,” [UWCHR Director Angelina] Godoy said. “They were just held — essentially kidnapped — and released by the government when they decided to do so.”