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A photo of a garden with pink lilies, white hydrangeas, yellow and pink blossoms, green trees, and a stone gazebo with a wrought iron dome

Happy Earth Day! Our garden will not look this lush until July, but I snapped this pic last year.

North Carolina Farm Stole H-2A Visa Workers’ Passports: Lawsuit - The American Prospect A new class action lawsuit against Jackson Farming Company of Autryville highlights how agricultural employers abuse immigrant workers. New GOP policies aim to make that more common.

An agribusiness in North Carolina confiscated immigrant workers’ passports and visa documents with the explicit goal of trapping them in their jobs, according to a class action lawsuit filed Friday. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social reports.
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US judge blocks Trump administration actions stymieing wind, solar projects A federal ​judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing a series of permitting policies that wind and solar ‌energy industry groups say have stymied the development ...

A win! A judge just blocked the Trump admin from strangling hundreds of wind and solar projects nationwide. Chief Judge Denise Casper issued a preliminary injunction, striking down a policy that required every wind and solar project to get personal sign-off from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.

The Trump Administration Is Killing The U.S. Forest Service So It Can Also Kill U.S. Forests | Defector When you cross into National Forest land, you are greeted with a sign boasting that you are entering into a “Land of Many Uses.” This proclamation hints at a mild contradiction within the U.S. Forest ...

Please spread the word about what this regime is doing to kill our federally protected lands in the name of capitalism and industry. Share this with everyone who cares about nature, science, and protecting our national parks for future generations. And contact your Reps! defector.com/the-trump-ad...

Americans say they would rather see their taxes used to support the U.S. Forest Service than fund a Trump tribute arch. The comment reflects public frustration over government spending priorities. Forest Service funding supports wildfire prevention, conservation, and the care of national parks.

Sen. Murray: Since Trump put his face on the National Park pass, has he visited a single one of our National Parks?

Burgum: Uh... To that, I'm not, uh, certain

House Republicans Abruptly Yank Bill To Gut Endangered Species Act The bill would have narrowed protections for endangered species whose populations have rebounded over the last several decades.

House MAGA Republicans abruptly yanked their own bill to gut the Endangered Species Act after it flopped in a procedural vote.
Even some GOP members said no to weakening protections for wolves, grizzlies & more.
Despite tRump-era GOP: Earth Day win!
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WATCH: A woman is arrested outside Trump Tower in NYC as police begin detaining Extinction Rebellion protesters during Earth Day action.

Today is Earth Day! Trump/GOP’s war of choice in Iran is a GLOBAL DISASTER! American families are suffering from Trump/GOP’s war with skyrocketing gas costs! Instead of Trump/GOP going to clean energy that would lower costs for USA, Trump/GOP, oil companies & billionaires are profiting from the war!

To celebrate the first Earth Day in 1970, Cerritos College invited famed hot-air balloonist George Stokes to land one of his contraptions on their southern California campus. PHOTO: JULIAN WASSER, GETTY IMAGES

56 years ago, the U.S. marked the first Earth Day following a massive oil spill off the Santa Barbara coast.

While Trump tries to drag us backward with illegal offshore drilling in the same area, California is proving that climate action goes hand-in-hand with economic growth.

Earth Day 2026 is best celebrated with Trump losses in court.

Something Is Brewing in the Pacific That Nobody in Washington Wants to Talk About A super El Niño is forming in the same week federal climate policy is being dismantled. The atmosphere doesn't care about the politics.

substack.com/@chrisglonin... "The pace of global warming has almost doubled since 2015" #GlobalWarming is #Accelerating Happening at an #xponential #Rate of #Speed Happening 10,000 times faster than the ability of Humans or vertebrate life itself to adapt to #Collapse #Aware #Autistic #IdiotSavant🙄

Yesterday we enjoyed fabulous views of Orcas as they cruised from Burra south and then east to Sumburgh, Shetland. We identified them as four members of the '140s' pod - one of the least known and recorded pods in Shetland waters. 🖤🤍

#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife

Already under financial pressure, Midwest soybean farmers are squeezed further by tariffs, Iran war Midwest soybean farmers are facing an array of compounding issues. Costs, such as equipment, have crept up over time while soybean prices have stayed low.

“The high cost of fuel, equipment, and fertilizer — compounded by the Iran war — and also tariffs, perceived “price gouging” by suppliers, and low soybean prices driven by a global supply glut. All of it weighs on Bartek, who is chairman of the Nebraska Soybean Association.

Harlequin Shrimp form long-lasting, monogamous relationships and devote themselves to one mate for life. Their diet consists primarily of starfish.

#marinelifephotography #marinelife #scuba #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #macrophotography #macro #shrimp #photography

#COP31 to focus on Clean Energy Shift

The world is embracing offshore wind — even as the US retreats Over 9 GW of new offshore wind projects came online last year. The sector is set to grow even more as nations in Europe and Asia seek out domestic clean…

American exceptionalism.

This is Bill , 80

He’s contributing his wife’s recipe for relish ( in the 3 jars) to the Canberra Senior’s Centre “ memorable recipes “ book to be released at the end of the year

She “left” a decade ago but ensured Bill learnt the recipe(and others) so he wouldn’t “starve” after she passed

From our walk today… spring is wonderful! Enjoy🌞

Monterey Park becomes the first city in California to ban "all data centers within city limits" Residents of the small enclave east of LA not only killed their city's proposed 250,000 square foot data center, they pushed city council to ban them altogether

The "public comments at the hearing before the vote left little doubt that Monterey Park residents overwhelmingly disdained not only the prospect of a massive, noisy, and polluting infrastructure project being erected in their backyards, but who that project would benefit, at their expense.”

Support these data centers: SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, BOOKSTORES

Happy National Library Week! 💙📚

The Brits appear ready to shame the US news media into covering this, distracted as they are by gazing at their own navels ...

Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing.

(image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)

Reboot !!!

Clear Lake hitch are only found in California's Lake County and they're teetering on the brink of extinction.

Today, we sued to get their protections under the Endangered Species Act finalized.

More info: biodiv.us/4mOE36e

“Like Prime, but with human beings.”

Don’t forget that this is how the United States of America treats *actual people*. And the Department of Homeland Security is paying premium prices to do it.

www.businessinsider.com/ice-buying-w...

It’s time for every town, municipality or city to enact bans immediately to prohibit ICE from buying warehouses or buildings to convert to detention centers, or buying land to construct detention centers. The people have the power to stop it, make your voices heard to your local, & state government.

this seems to be a pattern 🤔