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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

submitted 7 days ago • 2514 comments

To celebrate #SuperbOwls, here's one of my favorites: the snowy owl. 📷 Wilbur Mills, coastal plain of Arctic National Wildlife Range (now Refuge), Alaska, 1969. Fun fact: 1969 was a "peak-lemming year" on the Arctic coastal plain. And more lemmings meant more snowy owls! #envhist #alaskasky

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

ICYMI: "Almost without exception, Survivors talked about the places they were born and raised. They described the Land that nurtured them and their relationships with Land." - Crystal Gail Fraser and @jdunkin.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/01/09/h... #envhist #cdnhist #indigenous

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

It was a great mail day. I really enjoyed @hollyguise.bsky.social's article on how Indigenous activists, artists, & their allies fought for environmental justice in Alaska—and now look forward to her book! Congratulations! #alaskasky @uwapress.bsky.social 🗃️❄️

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Reupping this @andykroll.bsky.social @mtredden.bsky.social and @nicksurgey.bsky.social piece as we await the confirmation of Russell Vought www.propublica.org/article/vide...

submitted 24 days ago • 5 comments

It was such a joy to talk with @sarahmgilman.bsky.social about BEING CARIBOU and the grassroots history of the Arctic Refuge struggle. Her lovely essay honors the memory of Karsten Heuer, who recently passed away. #envhist #envhum @uncpress.bsky.social 🦌❄️🎞️

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

In 2007, I read Karsten Heuer's book Being Caribou, and it changed my life. Last year, Karsten died at just 56 years old. I hope you'll read this remembrance I wrote, about his work and what it meant to me and so many others. It's as relevant now as it ever was ❤️ www.hcn.org/articles/the...

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

Jan 29 1925: dog teams set out from Nenana, Alaska to bring diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, where the disease was spreading. 20 teams & mushers carried the serum over 674 miles in under 130 hours. Jan 29 2025: calling my senator to vote against a guy, so kids can get the diphtheria vaccine next year

submitted 30 days ago • 3 comments

NEW 📗: If you're interested in race, justice, & environmental history, then I highly recommend NOT JUST GREEN, NOT JUST WHITE, a collection out this week from @univnebpress.bsky.social. #envhist www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Why are university presses important? A thread 🧵

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

Environmental Justice pages down. No surprise--just witnessing

submitted 38 days ago • 3 comments

When the climate shifts, caribou make decisions about where they migrate—showing that they understand risk & use their knowledge to collectively make decisions to lower risks for the herd: “a pretty clear and dramatic example of the concrete importance of social memory.” phys.org/news/2025-01...

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Amid all the bluster, hubris, & imperial saber-rattling, here's some thoughtful reporting by Adam Federman (from 2023) about Greenland: from the history of US militarism to mining, geopolitical tensions, & Inuit communities. #envhist @typeinvestigations.org

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

In addition to Banerjee's photo, consider the statement the Gwich'in Steering Committee issued about the lease sale, esp. this paragraph about their relations with the caribou. Without Gwich'in leadership, the Arctic Refuge would have long ago been turned into an industrialized oil field. #envhist

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Global Western colonialism is so infused in media that this DealBook article frames Greenland as a “deal” to “approach.” Capitalism involves assessing and quantifying land while removing the people- Inuit are mentioned nowhere in these media articles. 1/

submitted 48 days ago • 6 comments

This #Arctic Refuge lease sale should have never come about in the first place - it was a rider on the 2017 Tax Bill that was pushed through without the voices & consideration of the public. Protection of the Refuge is a human rights issue to the #Gwich’in Nation.

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

LA's fires are whirling around the telescopes where we discovered the expanding universe. We've never needed human intelligence and curiosity more billmckibben.substack.com/publish/post...

submitted 50 days ago • 11 comments

Amid all the bad, here's some good news: the lease sale of the Arctic Refuge, scheduled for tomorrow, received NO NEW BIDS. Here are pregnant female caribou, migrating to the place where they give birth, the same place that drilling proponents want to turn into an oil field. 📷 Subhankar Banerjee

submitted 50 days ago • 2 comments

I enjoyed talking to The Grist for their piece about Jimmy Carter and energy politics. #envhist #jimmycarter grist.org/politics/jim...

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

Big win for the Gwich'in people and everyone that wants to see the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge remain protected! "The repeated failures suggest that oil companies are either not interested in drilling in the refuge or do not think it’s worth the cost" 🙌 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/c...

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

My library made an AI generated image to promote my talk about why we probably shouldn't do that. Come inhabit a space of dissonance and disgruntlement with me!

submitted 54 days ago • 11 comments

Tired of being bombarded by AI propaganda? Concerned about the outrageous & escalating environmental costs of these technologies? Then register for this online talk by @apasek.bsky.social on Feb. 12 at 12:00 PM EST. #envhum @nichecanada.bsky.social More info & registration at link below.

submitted 54 days ago • 4 comments

There are whales alive today from before when MOBY DICK was written. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

We will never call it this again. Deenaalee (Denali) knows its true names. This ain’t one of them.

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Oh FFS. The only constituency for changing the name from Denali to McKinley is in Ohio.

submitted 68 days ago • 21 comments

Very grateful to @finisdunaway.bsky.social whose work has been so central to me for these exceptionally generous words!!

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Trump is going to push hard to open up all of #Alaska to drilling, mining, etc. We can’t afford to heat up any more than we are so we need all of us to work together to protect the #ArcticRefuge @latimes.com Mahsi’choo to my niece for joining the lawsuit to shut down the natural gas pipeline!

submitted 77 days ago • 2 comments

This is big.

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

Thanks, @nichecanada.bsky.social, for sharing this 2021 piece today. It looks at border-crossing caribou, Indigenous rights, and a slide show made by amateur activists. With great quotes from Norma Kassi (Vuntut Gwitchin) & others. 🦌❄️📷

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Want a quick primer on what is at stake with the Arctic Refuge? See @finisdunaway.bsky.social's thread below for what it means for the Arctic refuge, the Gwichi'in, and the fight over this land. Spoiler: it is a lot more about Trump than Biden. #energysky

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Wait, the Biden administration is about to sell off the Arctic Refuge?! Here's a 🧵to explain why this is happening and how it relates to the longer history and ongoing struggle to protect this land. (1) #envhist www.blm.gov/press-releas...

submitted 81 days ago • 3 comments

Such a huge surprise and honour! #CanadaPrizes @federationhss.ca

submitted 81 days ago • 8 comments

Congratulations, @wolfieprof.bsky.social! It's a terrific book and well-deserved recognition! #envhist

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

“We opposed the first lease sale as mandated by the 2017 Tax Act, and are disappointed that a second lease sale was ever mandated by law – it violates our rights as Indigenous Peoples.” #StandWithTheGwichin #ProtectTheArctic

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment