One of the ways news media often fail us is by giving us the microscopic rather than the telescopic view. Everything I mention in this essay is well-documented, but the dots are mostly not connected to make visible this death by a thousand cuts our country is undergoing.
A picturesque view of Big Bend National Park at sunset, framed by steep canyon walls and a calm river. The sky is a blend of pink and purple hues. Text on the image reads, "No Border Wall Through Big Bend." In the corner, there is a logo for the Center for Biological Diversity.
#BigBend in West #Texas needs your help.
The Dept. of Homeland Security is rapidly moving forward with plans to wall off virtually every river access point to the #NationalPark.
✨ You can help: Use the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121 to urge your Congressional reps to protect Big Bend.
An adult and cub brown bear look in the direction of the camera while standing on the bank of a lake or river. Behind them are tree-covered mountains.
UPDATE: A court just dismissed a lawsuit pushing for old-growth logging in the #Tongass National Forest 🐻🌲🎉
“This ruling is a big victory. I’m relieved the court squarely rejected the #logging industry's rash attempt to force large-scale logging,” said Marlee Goska, our #Alaska attorney.
Utility safety concerns about plug-in solar panels prompted 5 states to delay votes on enabling legislation. Germany has 1.2 million balcony solar panels registered with no safety problems reported. Here's my @npr.org story: www.npr.org/2026/03/12/n...
Telling powerful human stories about the benefits of renewable energy matters. But nowhere near as much as $4 billion matters.
"My biggest concerns are the things that you can't put a price on, which is all of our health," said nearby resident Nancy Looney. "I'm asthmatic, I know how it is not to be able to breathe. With this plant, you just never know long-term what it (air quality) could be."
"Blackstone has more more money than the state of New Mexico!"
youtu.be/K9PH7LVkEbU?...
This is a big uh-oh for Blackstone, the world's largest private equity firm, which is trying to buy a utility company in New Mexico. It bought the shares before getting approval for the acquisition. That could derail the whole thing—if regulators follow the law.
prospect.org/2026/02/19/b...
Trump just nominated a corporate stooge with no conservation experience to run the National Park Service.
It's another huge step in this admin's plan to hand America’s most cherished public lands over to extractive industries, real estate developers & corporate interests.
We're fighting back.
New from @mlive.com: Few utility customers realize part of their bill goes toward helping pay lawyers and consultants to advocate on behalf of those utilities for *higher* rates. This is the case with DTE Energy... currently in the middle of a rate case. www.mlive.com/news/2026/01...
Now Trump EPA head, Lee Zeldin, enters the scene with rank dishonesty & theatrical indignation to dispute the NY Times' correct, accurate reporting.
But I've read the EPA smoking gun document, I'm a 30+-year clean air lawyer, I understand its meaning better than Zeldin, & I have the receipts. 1/
Trump to Congress, Climate, U.N., Rule of Law, World: DROP DEAD - Today's #BradCast
Guest: @ajeansu.bsky.social, Sr. Attorney at Center for @biologicaldiversity.org; Also: Halligan ordered to explain herself; Fifth U.S. Attorney ruled unlawfully serving...
FULL STORY, LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=15602
BREAKING: the Trump admin is green-lighting Utah's attempt to assert control over 8 million acres of public land without a vote, notice or public input.
After failing to seize public lands outright, Utah is chipping away at at public land ownership at large.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Moves to Restart California Coastal Oil Pipeline
->Center for Biological Diversity | #Coastal #Ocean #NoDecency #Pipeline #TrumpFascism | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
@biologicaldiversity.org is suing to wipe Trump's face off the America the Beautiful National Parks pass.
By law, the pass must display the winning photo of a federal #PublicLands picture contest. Instead, Trump plastered his own face on it.
Trump's vanity pass is not American, beautiful, or legal
The Center today released video of detonations underway in the Huachuca Mountains -- in critical habitat for endangered jaguar and Mexican spotted owl -- for a double border wall that will block wildlife (but not people) moving between the U.S. and Mexico.
Link to PR, video tinyurl.com/y752jz55
Meet Shirleen, a 900-pound #leatherback turtle and an epic traveler.
Thanks to satellite tracking by the Loggerhead Marinelife Center, we now know more about where she goes.
Leatherbacks are endangered – they need our help but, meanwhile, #GoShirleen!
Learn more ➡️ marinelife.mapotic.com
Our take: More gas guzzlers. "Dan Becker, @biologicaldiversity.org said weakening the standards would extend the manufacturing of gas-powered vehicles and prevent the US from countering China’s dominance of the global electric car market." @maxinejoselow.bsky.social www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
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A federal judge ruled the Trump administration had “exceeded the bounds of [its] authority" in deploying the D.C. National Guard, and lacked the authority to call up out-of-state Guardsmen to patrol in D.C.
What does this mean? Don't miss @maustermuhle.bsky.social's reporting:
The #ESA is the world's most successful conservation law, and it's under attack again. The Trump admin. just proposed four new rules that would gut the Act and drive imperiled plants and animals closer to extinction.
We have fewer than 30 days to voice our opposition loud and clear ➡️ bit.ly/3LZAGe6
AI & data centers are getting tons of hype, but less discussed (but deeply important) are the AI boom’s dangers to our environment, health, & wallets:
op-ed by Jean Su & Dr. John Fleming of @biologicaldiversity.org
Jean Su warns that the booming AI industry’s high resource consumption threatens the world’s climate goals, despite rosy prognoses of AI’s projected benefits.
Here at #COP30, attendees are lauding AI as an antidote to the climate crisis. While AI can deliver benefits, countries must address AI’s grave costs to our climate, water, & planet.
Happy to unpack this w/ @democracynow.org @amygoodman.bsky.social
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/19/j...
The #COP30 heat is on again on fossil fuels. In 2023, countries agreed to “transition away from fossil fuels,” but with no follow-up. Now all eyes are on creating a roadmap to operationalize those otherwise hollow words. In 1 week, 60+ countries have supported the idea of making a game plan.
The UN recently created two new bodies to address AI but from an arms race and global access standpoints.
It’s imperative that the UN climate body not just acknowledge the potential benefits that AI can bring (eg grid balancing), but also the vast climate, water, and economic costs.
The incomparable @ajeansu.bsky.social breaking down why data centers are the devastating love child of big tech and the fossil fuel industry and why COP30 must tackle the climate impacts of AI.
Check out our latest report: biologicaldiversity.org/programs/cli...
AI is an elephant in the #COP30 room. While govts have touted AI as a climate solution, they have ignored its grave costs to our climate & planet. The global climate space must address how AI data centers are the new lifeline of the fossil fuel industry.
See presser👇
unfccc.int/event/center...
"The influx of CCS lobbyists at COP30 shows how the AI industry is using the false promise of carbon capture as a lifeline for fossil fuels. AI is the love child of Big Tech and the fossil fuel industry."
@ajeansu.bsky.social for @biologicaldiversity.org
