By Tom Molloy The continued relentless attack on the environment continues under the Trump regime. What can you do? Get out the vote and support organizations filing legal actions, of which there are many. Glyphosate (Roundup) production to be ramped…
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By Tom Molloy This year now ended is sadly another one for the climate disaster record books. Such disasters include, to name a few: Given these events and that 2023, 2024 and 2025 were the warmest years on record, one…
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The rapidly-growing demand for electric power By Tom Molloy With the continued avalanche of bad news about the environment and climate coming from policies of the Trump regime, I write today about something not directly related to the regime: data…
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Trump invites polluters to email him for environmental exemptions By Tom Molloy The EPA in March announced that it would allow large stationary sources of air pollution to apply for exemptions that would allow them to bypass key provisions of…
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Trump Administration rescinds 2001 legislation that protects 59 million acres of national forests By Tom Molloy The Department of Agriculture has announced that it will rescind a decades-old rule that protects 58.5 million acres of National Forest land from road…
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More assaults on the environment than in his entire first term By Tom Molloy As just reported in The Guardian, Trump has launched 145 actions in his first 100 days to undo rules protecting the environment, more than were completed…
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By Tom Molloy On February 5th, the New York Times reported that Earth as a whole had its warmest January on record. It was a surprise to scientists. It occurred during La Niña conditions which tend to lower temporarily the…
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By Tom Molloy As we prepare for the environmental and climate chaos coming towards us on January 20th, here is some good and bad news about our seas to ponder. The U.S. gets a new national marine sanctuary, the first…
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by Tom Molloy The most consequential election in our lifetime Not only is democracy and rule of law at great risk if Trump gets back in, but the survival of our planet hinges on it. Bloomberg, in February, wrote that…
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From the March/April 2022 issue of GLS TRACKS By Jeff Johnson Editor’s note Sept. 1, 2024: This article is being republished to accompany a new Conservation Notes article on tree-boring insects in southern California. The information in this article was…
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