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SCOTUS just weakened one of our most important environmental laws. For nearly 50 years, the National Environmental Policy Act has protected people & the planet. This ruling gives federal agencies a free pass to ignore their responsibility to analyze the foreseeable enviro harm of major projects.

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Huge, horrifying story.

submitted 16 hours ago • 45 comments

Thrilled this piece is out in KULA: Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation Studies! 🧵 Demanding Epistemic Justice: Indigenous Youth as Indigenous Science Diplomats for a Sustainable Future kula.uvic.ca/index.php/ku...

submitted 21 hours ago • 1 comment

SCOOP: The State Department's new reorganization plan includes the opening of an "Office for Remigration," a term popularized by far right extremists and neo-Nazis in Europe. The office will coordinate directly with DHS "to advance the President’s immigration agenda." My report:

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The 100-hour weather and climate livestream is going strong. Check it out. #weather #Climate www.youtube.com/@wclivestrea...

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🐻 Don’t make Smokey mop up after your weekend fun this summer. Smokey is inspired by a real bear, hurt bad by a real fire. Be kind to Smokey and his friends this summer. Make sure your campfires are out cold by drenching with plenty of water.

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Everybody disliked school closures. That’s why the narrative that they were somehow worse than the alternative has caught on. It sucked! What if things didn’t have to have sucked? Sounds great, right? Please share @wendyorent.bsky.social’s piece with anyone who’s fallen for that revisionist history.

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NEW: The relocation of Newtok, Alaska, due to climate change was supposed to be a model for dozens of Alaskan communities. Instead, it demonstrates the federal government’s failure to oversee the complex project and understand residents’ cultural needs. W/ @washingtonpost.com & KYUK

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Alaska's governor, Mike Dunleavy, has been using his time and Alaska's money to fly to Washington, D.C. to try to resurrect the Pebble Project, as reported by E&E News — despite the fact that 2/3 of Alaskans are opposed to Pebble.

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Alaska Marine Highway System's on-board ferry engineers say they are critically understaffed and the need more state funding -- or fewer sailings. www.ktoo.org/2025/05/29/3...

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Who wants a state contract for collecting water bugs? aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublic... #akleg

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From Dermot Cole: Vietnam veteran Philip Munger is calling out Sen. Dan Sullivan for reviving a false, weaponized myth. thealaskacurrent.com/2025/05/29/s...

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Alaska’s oil tax system is murky — and lawmakers say Gov. Dunleavy’s administration is keeping it that way. thealaskacurrent.com/2025/05/29/d...

submitted 14 hours ago • 3 comments

He always chickens out.

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Anchorage, Alaska: Show up for immigrants. These people aren’t criminals, they are your neighbors, they are families, and they are breaking up families. Remember families belong together.

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On Monday, Trump is hosting an Alaska Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Summit to strong-arm Japan and other Asian countries into funding a $44B carbon bomb in the state. Our message to Japanese leaders: Resist! @inletkeeper.bsky.social @fbxclimateaction.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social

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NEWS: In a win for business interests that chafe at burdensome environmental studies, the Supreme Court on Thursday gave a boost to a planned 88-mile railroad project that would transport crude oil in Utah. More details: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

submitted 21 hours ago • 3 comments

Bingo Bongo Blubbers: Bereft, Blue Balled, Bafflingly Belligerent. Buh-bye!

submitted 20 hours ago • 83 comments

This sociopath destroyed countless lives and made life worse for millions of Americans, sneering at them as he indulged his narcissistic impulsivity. But now he has feelings. What are they and will he feel better soon? We asked in a six-part series. Today in the New York Times

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NEW: We're about to enter the year's busiest stretch of elections (minus November...), with major races for governor, attorney general, mayor, sheriff, prosecutor... & even a showdown between MAGA and librarians. So I put together this guide of the 40 elections you should be watching. Explore!

submitted 20 hours ago • 7 comments

Heard this happened yesterday as well. It's completely unacceptable. By law, the courts are open to the public and the media.

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Yesterday, Elon Musk claimed once again to be stepping back from DOGE. But does that mean that his lackeys are too? If Musk leaves government but his loyalists stay behind, what difference does that really make? 🧵

submitted 22 hours ago • 24 comments

📣 Ahead of the #UN Ocean Conference, a @nature.com editorial citing CIEL warns that expanding offshore oil and gas would undermine progress on #SustainableDevelopment and urges governments to commit to more sustainable economic practices at sea. 🧵👇 bit.ly/3ZrrGmb

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NEW: The US government has collected DNA from over 100,000 migrant children—including a 4-year-old—and uploaded their genetic profiles into a national biometric database meant for sex offenders and violent criminals. www.wired.com/story/cbp-dn...

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The administration's lies that it's going after the "worst of the worst" are getting weaker by the day.

submitted 22 hours ago • 46 comments

Federal judges are afraid that ruling against Trump will put them in physical danger

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Seeing as Emil Bove personally fired me from DOJ in retaliation for prosecuting January 6 rioters, I don’t think he should be confirmed to a lifetime seat as a federal judge. But that’s just me.

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The new military "defense areas" policy at the border "effectively sidesteps the Posse Comitatus Act, …a firewall against the U.S. military morphing into a force for internal security or suppression of Americans," writes the deputy chief of staff to former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

submitted 21 hours ago • 4 comments

New York is a sanctuary city and Mayor Adams is breaking the law by allowing this to happen on his watch.

submitted 21 hours ago • 35 comments

Pope Leo will be addressing the youth virtually while organizing a huge Mass in Chicago.. on Trump’s birthday, right during the parade.

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Meanwhile RFK Jr. is threatening to ban federal scientists from publishing their very real work in the top medical journals: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 21 hours ago • 13 comments

There's a stunning provision tucked into the budget bill that would limit courts' ability to enforce contempt orders, and therefore to uphold the rule of law. This deserves real alarm. If the Senate values the separation of powers, it must remove the provision.

submitted 21 hours ago • 23 comments

As ICE continues arrests throughout the nation at immigration courts, the backlash is going to continue to grow and we're going to see a lot more arrests of protesters and others who are coming out to bear witness to these cruel acts.

submitted 21 hours ago • 9 comments