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The Chesapeake Bay, home to blue crabs and striped bass, has a new apex predator: the blue catfish. It's invasive and voracious. It's also delicious, which officials hope might help save the bay. n.pr/3Ue5EDX

The US EPA should follow the science and put the public interest first—instead, on President Trump’s watch, the agency is letting politically-connected companies ignore those laws entirely. It’s unacceptable.

Oil pollution is drifting into marine protected areas, report finds 🧪🌎🦑

In case you missed it, read our investigation and explore our database of all incidents where citizens were detained:

Environmental work being done by tribes across the country will be made more difficult now that the Trump administration has more narrowly defined ‘harm.’ www.hcn.org/issues/58-10...

The Trump administration’s top border official defended plans to build a wall and other infrastructure in Texas’ Big Bend region despite mounting opposition and a court-ordered construction pause. The administration has asked the Supreme Court to lift the halt and allow work to resume.

And yep, illegal sand mining is a big deal in many countries.

In his second term, President Trump has taken action to remove protections from marine areas stretching across more than 1 million square miles, threatening iconic seascapes with industrial-scale fishing fleets. https://ampr.gs/4snfRdW

US government probe into postdoc visas worries scientists

In the years after the 2010 BP oil spill, the number of fish in the deeper parts of the Gulf of Mexico dramatically declined.

At #UNTOC – the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP13) of the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) plenary continues to hear general statements. Follow our coverage of the UNTOC COP13 at: enb.iisd.org/un-conventio...

At #COP17Armenia, delegates move swiftly to evening contact group deliberations on: 🌿 Article 8(j) on Indigenous Peoples and local communities 🌿 Global Review of collective progress 🌿 protected areas 🌿 marine and coastal biodiversity @unbiodiversity.bsky.social #BiodiversityAction

On Saturday, in the middle of a national day of action with more than 3,000 voter mobilization events, Meta took down No Kings’ Instagram account. It took 90 minutes—and escalating public outcry—for Meta to restore public access, and four hours before No Kings was able to post again. #NoKings #Meta

What comes after this weekend's No Kings Day? A whole lot of organizing to protect the vote and protect our democracy. Read all about it here: danarfisher.com/2026/10/17/l...

Just think if they just paid their taxes instead.

From Residue to Resource – the Rise and Risks of Marine Biofuels

Just in case you need a refresher. Congress makes the laws. The executive branch carries them out. Trump had a chance to veto. He can't legally executive order his way out... wait, the Supreme Court is corrupt, so... yeah. Dammit.

The United States is making an unprecedented attempt to revive three shuttered nuclear plants to meet growing demand, especially from data centers.

The Wyoming Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case concerning counties’ authority to regulate gravel and sand pit operations on some 3.4 million acres of state trust lands scattered throughout the state.

Bumper crop on the apple tree this year. Unfortunately I was away for a month, so didn't get to harvest, but there are still a few left.

A spokesperson for the Maryland Department of the Environment said in a statement Friday that inspectors estimate nearly 11,000 fish died across 25 species, with preliminary findings suggesting the die-off was caused by an overflow at a Kilby Farms manure lagoon. buff.ly/9z3DdQV

They know they can't win in a real democracy.

The Washington Post explores why osprey are disappearing along the East Coast. Their discovery? A fish most people would hardly recognize: the Atlantic menhaden. Read more about it below.

It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.

Coral reefs around the world, struggling as climate change drives more frequent and more intense marine heat waves, are running out of time for recovery, according to a sweeping new report on the state of the world’s corals published on Monday. nyti.ms/3UmY6OZ

TGTBT?

Penguins and dolphins among nearly 400 Australian species under threat from bird flu as ‘true extent of disaster’ revealed www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... 🧪🌎🦑

Trump moves to end protections for 44 million acres of U.S. forests

My latest article for the Revelator is about an emerging ocean conservation nightmare that the experts I spoke to compared to the early days of the shark fin trade. We have a chance to nip it in the bud. Please read and share! therevelator.org/fish-maw-con... @therevelator.org 🧪🌍🦑🐟

Ten very bad, no good things the latest Trump Administration has done to the oceans – Southern Fried Science

Heartbreaking. What are we doing? 😕🇺🇸

At #ISA31, Council members continue their closed-door, informal deliberations, trying to reach consensus on a draft decision on the roadmap for future work. #seabed #mining #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules

Determined to destroy US higher ed

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When a government measures being "better off" as a dollar amount, rather than overall quality of life, you end up...here.

IDK if you go on the plane to see the documents, or if they are just carrying them around, but if you're in Dearborn, MI, you can try to see them through July 26. And then the last stop is Seattle. But why not Vermont? freedomplane.org

‘Death sentence’: Trump’s EPA to open habitats of endangered species to logging and mining www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Deplorable.

JFC this is bad www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...

No. No it has not.

Some more details: 1. In order to be eligible for the Award, at the time of presentation, the author(s) need to have been graduate students 2. The award comes with a prize of $150, a certificate, and mentorship and consideration for publication in GEP Best of luck to all the nominees! 🤞🤞🤞

Grad Paper Award nominations are live for the ISA Environmental Studies Section! Papers that were presented at ISA 2026 (Atlanta) are eligible, and the deadline is August 15, 2026. The award nominations may submitted via this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/1I7X...

Since we're bringing back all those 20yo TV shows, how about a remake or update on this one? www.imdb.com/title/tt0407...

We should all be obsessed at this point.

In May, the White House OMB released draft regulations that, if enacted, will allow political appointees to judge the merit of research proposals. This would upend US science as we know it. Here are THREE things you can do TODAY to fight back: (🧵👇)

What gets measured shapes what gets addressed. A researcher argues the Trump administration's move away from detailed environmental data makes it harder to identify who bears the greatest burden of pollution: theconversation.com/research-abo...

James Forten heard the 1st public reading of the Declaration of Independence in 1776; he participated in the American Revolution & fought for its ideals long after the war. A skilled entrepreneur & ardent abolitionist, his wife & daughters founded the 1st interracial antislavery society for women.

If a democrat was president the evangelicals would be making political hay out of this story.