A wildlife disaster unfolds alongside the human tragedy in the Strait of Hormuz
@greenpeace.org reports Iranian vessel Shahid Bagheri, stuck by a US warplane in early March, is still leaking oil near the Strait, with nearby wetlands at risk:
www.cnn.com/2026/04/17/s...
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There was a time when the president inspired pride instead of exhaustion. I miss that more than I can say.
I think my 90th essay at my newsletter is one of my best there. A meditation on cooperative power versus violence, with detours on Iran/Vance/Orban/Swalwell, and a zen ending, literally.
Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.
Rewilding farmland, soon after the trees spring up unplanted, a host of wildflowers and other ground flora move in, like this wood sorrel. Then come the insects, followed by birds and other animals.
It's all just so beautiful, and so *hopeful*.
Water is life! I’m here in ABQ’s North Valley at one of my favorite acequias to talk about the importance of water to our communities. We’ve got a difficult year ahead with low snowpack, but are working every day to make critical investments in our water infrastructure.
Trump wants to cut the EPA's budget in half while spending record amounts on the military: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @hayleysmith.bsky.social
Breaking: Trump promises mass pardons to all of his staff before he leaves office.
He says everyone who came within “200 feet of the Oval Office” will be fully pardoned for any crimes committed.
🔗: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The richest 1% will get $117 billion in tax cuts this year, thanks to Trump.
That’s more than the combined budgets of eight federal agencies, including the Department of Education and the EPA.
Meanwhile, the bottom 95% will see their taxes increase.
It’s clear who he governs for.
NEW: The National Nuclear Security Administration on Friday publicly released a draft of its broad environmental review on plans for the production of new plutonium pits as the agency aims to modernize the nation's arsenal. sfnm.co/3QwS8J9
A planned 1.3-mile wall across Mount Cristo Rey has drawn opposition from environmentalists and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces, shares Puente News Collaborative.
A GENTLE REMINDER THAT IXORA IS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION OR FOSTER!!!!!!! she is so good girl-coded and she has to leave foster with me later this month when I travel. Ixora’s interests are Yard, Water from Hose (Biting), and Cheese www.adoptapet.com/pet/47504006...
If we reach 1.5°C, this is what is going to happen:
‼️Every fraction of a degree matters—beyond 1.5°C, the risks and damages from extreme weather, sea-level rise, and biodiversity loss increase dramatically.
No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables
We won't last 33 more months of this.
This must stop.
We must make it stop.
In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists.
Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly.
USCCB President: “I call on President Trump to step back from the precipice of war and negotiate a just settlement for the sake of peace and before more lives are lost”. www.usccb.org/news/2026/ar...
Environmental and activist groups are rallying against a new proposal that would give SpaceX’s Starbase in South Texas more than 700 acres of wildlife refuge.
thebarbedwire.com/2026/04/07/s...
The New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission is weighing proposed changes to oil and gas cleanup rules that climate advocates say would be a key step forward in preventing orphaned and abandoned wells.
A black bear and a cub stand on moss-covered rocks in a lush green forest. A quote overlay readss: "I really want to see the Mulchatna caribou herd grow and thrive, but this unscientific and cruel approach of killing every bear in sight across southwest Alaska can’t be the way forward.” It is attributed to Cooper Freeman, Alaska director.
We just filed an emergency legal motion today alongside Alaska Wildlife Alliance seeking to prevent the state from killing an unlimited number of brown and black bears across roughly 40,000 square miles in southwest #Alaska this summer.
More info: biodiv.us/48y8reW
Earlier today, @pkrugman.bsky.social rightly called on civil society groups to issue statements responding to Trump's vile threats of war crimes. Here's ours from @thirdactorg.bsky.social , where many of our members can remember My Lai all to vividly
thirdact.org/blog/a-note-...
we'll see how it shakes out over the course of years, but as of right now, mamdani is definitely showing how the future of good progressive governance means "use government to do good things and then post about it"
both parts are important!
I grew up very sheltered as a Catholic and was really surprised as an adolescent to learn there were these people who thought we were a huge threat to America and Jesus and I was like COOOOOLLLL
Got Earth Day plans? Our friends at @thirdactorg.bsky.social are taking on data centers in DC.
“DOGE, Pallantir, and OpenAI promise to surveil us, deport us, and send drones to kill unwanted humans. This techno-state bungs us to the threshold of dystopian sci-fi.”
thirdact.org/actions-lab/...
Oh, honey . . . your own Pope just rebuked you for being someone God ignores because you're a warmonger with blood on your hands. Maybe it's not the best time to try to make a buck by sanctimoniously preening over your Catholicism.
The royal perfumes
"The Iran war has put Exxon Mobil on track for its best quarterly performance on record."
www.wsj.com/livecoverage... via @wsj
Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social
BREAKING: A committee led by the interior secretary voted to exempt oil and gas companies from complying with the Endangered Species Act when drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, which could threaten species facing extinction.
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico jury finds Meta's platforms are harmful to children's mental health and imposes $375 million penalty.
