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Keith Blomstrom

@ecoranger.bsky.social
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Retired Contractor, Environmentalist Former president of the Minnesota Conservation Federation. Board member of the Minnestoa Environmental Partnership 6 year term.

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 21h
Coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean floor, yet support around a quarter of all marine life. At 1.5°C of warming, 70–90% of warm-water coral reefs could be lost. At 2°C, more than 99%. 📍 Daymaniyat Islands, Oman 📷 Warren Baverstock / Ocean Image Bank @unbiodiversity.bsky.social #oman
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Ctenophores Rock! @ctenophoresrock.bsky.social · 16h
Happy #CtenophoreCtuesday! We feel like spitting fun facts today 😎 DYK: upon fusion, two comb jellies undergo rapid physiological integration (e.g. demonstrated by shared neuronal and digestive systems) 🪼🔗🪼 Credit video to @kei-jokura.bsky.social. Read more about it: www.cell.com/current-biol... 🦑
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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 12h
The remora is the proverbial monkey on the back (and belly, and sides) of this poor spotted trunkfish 😫👜🐟🐒 #spottedtrunkfish #remora #swimming #boxfish #coralcitycamera
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Brian G Weber Photography @briangweber.com · 12h
It’s official: back to the Philippines in 2027 for Dumaguete muck diving & Tubbataha reefs! 🇵🇭 Celebrating with throwbacks, starting with the "Leaf Sheep" sea slug (Costasiella sp.). They steal chloroplasts from algae to solar-power themselves! ☀️ #nudibranchs #seaslugs #underwaterphotography 🦑 📷
Costasiella sp. is a tiny species of sea slug that eats algae and steals its photosynthetic cells for its own use.
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Orca Behavior Institute @orcabehaviorinstitute.org · 11h
HR 9621 would allow for additional exemptions under the MMPA broadening how pinnipeds could be killed in the name of protecting listed salmon stocks. Christopher Dunagan's latest article goes into the issue in depth. A long read, but well worth it to learn about this controversial topic.
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Congress debates lethal removal of seals and sea lions in Puget Sound | Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
A proposed amendment to the Marine Mammal Protection Act has renewed a debate over the merits of killing seals and sea lions to protect salmon. Proponents say it will help some endangered salmon popul...
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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 10h
A recent study has found that critically endangered North Atlantic right whales are feeding closer to the ocean’s surface at night, increasing their risk of being struck by boats. globalnews.ca/news/1207575...
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North Atlantic right whales feed closer to surface increasing collision risk: study | Globalnews.ca
A portion of the North Atlantic right whale population, which is estimated to be approximately 384 whales, gathers to feed in the Shediac Valley each summer.
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lynda williams @lyndalovon.bsky.social · 7h
‼️NUCLEAR GRIFT ALERT‼️ The DOE wants to raid the $51 BILLION Nuclear Waste Fund—ratepayer money intended for permanent nuclear waste disposal—to help finance commercial nuclear reprocessing startups, including Oklo, a startup backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund. www.aip.org/fyi/doe-floa...
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DOE Floats Nuclear Waste Consolidation Plan Amid Staffing, Oversight Concerns
The agency seeks flexibility from Congress to form new disposal arrangements with states.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 6h
Just a few years after whales returned, we are now planning to send 700 tankers per year through the Kitimat Fjord system. Whales need quiet waters to navigate and find their food. Tankers are loud and big. When a hit-and-run happens, whales die. wwf.ca/stories/fin-...
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Giant fin whales return to B.C. rainforest fjord — there's just one problem - WWF.CA
The world’s second-largest whale has finally returned to British Columbia’s north coast. This time, there are shipping lanes.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 6h
The LNG Canada facility broke global records for gas pollution, raising real questions about the claim that it is green or safe for residents to live near. thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-l... thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-b...
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LNG Canada: the worst flaring in the world? | The Narwhal
LNG Canada in Kitimat, B.C., burned 350 million cubic metres of gas in 2025. That’s more than any other LNG export facility on record in 2024
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 6h
For years, Stand has been fighting this project and highlighting the problems alongside community members. We will continue to fight pollution every step of the way! 💪 Stand's statement is here: stand.earth/press-releas...
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LNG Canada Expansion to Double Pollution as Gas Market Glut Looms - Stand.earth
VANCOUVER | Traditional, unceded territory of the Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm), Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw), and Tsleil-Waututh (səlilwətaɬ) – A Final Investment Decision (FID) has been announced toda...
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 6h
Expansion means expansion of Coastal GasLink pipeline, endangering Land Defenders by pushing it through Indigenous Territory. Free, Prior & Informed Consent has not been given along the route. Indigenous People and their Rights matter. thenarwhal.ca/topics/coast... www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Coastal GasLink pipeline (CGL): News and Updates | The Narwhal
What is the Coastal GasLink pipeline that cuts across several Indigenous territories, including Wet’suwet’en lands in British Columbia?
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 6h
A new global database mapping 40 years of satellite and ocean data reveals that compound marine heatwaves and acidification extremes occur more frequently than expected. Experts warn more research is urgently needed to assess their impacts on marine life and fisheries. By María Paula Rubiano A.
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New global maps chart 40 years of ocean heat and acidification extremes
Between 2014 and 2015, a marine heatwave known as “The Blob” warmed an area of the Pacific Ocean larger than the United States and Mexico combined. The massive event fueled toxic algae blooms,…
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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 6h
As a scientist, I wish everyone knew that getting ‘bogged down’ isn’t actually a bad thing. Here’s why. 🧵 1/
Image of a scientist - me! - waist deep in peat.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 6h
7/ the whole US is a petrostate discourse misses the fact that the country is the second largest installed base for solar power in the world. solar and battery boom continues under trump. It’s the EV and wind boom that has been curtailed bsky.app/profile/jose...
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
6/ feel like the whole "US is a Petrostate" discourse misses the enormous positive changes happening in the electricity system (oil for cars, trucks is a different story) arstechnica.com/science/2026...
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 5h
From saving DNA to cloning Przewalski's horses, biodiversity banking helps preserve genetic diversity against extinction. Conservation leader Katie Heineman discusses how San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is expanding biobanks to partners in Kenya, Vietnam, Peru, & Hawai‘i. Read the full interview.👇️
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Preserving wildlife DNA for the future: Interview with the Frozen Zoo’s Katie Heineman
Kurt, a Przewalski’s horse, was born at in Texas in August 2020. Less than three years later, Ollie followed. Out in the wild, their species had gone extinct in the 1960s. Both individuals, born of a…
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 5h
A group of local investors is making a play to save Pearson’s Candy, a beloved Minnesota confectioner slated to halt production this week.
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Local investors make a play for Pearson’s Candy, famed for the Salted Nut Roll
A group including former co-owner Larry Hassler is trying to convince the confectioner’s private equity owner to sell.
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Brian Gill @g-ill.bsky.social · 5h
JAIL THE CORNELL 7 NOW‼️
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MTH @megt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"They have put a spotlight on what they argue are dangerous conditions caused by extreme heat and cold in Texas prisons.... This week... a federal judge ruled that the state must air-condition all Texas prisons by the end of 2029." 🌎 19thnews.org/2026/09/wome...
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The ‘lionesses’ who sued to get air conditioning in every Texas prison — and won
A group led by formerly incarcerated women spent years advocating for those trapped inside prison walls during Texas’ hot summers.
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Lyn Heideman @heidelyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
fishing, eating, napping, eating, and putting on as much weight as possible before winter arrives. No meetings. No emails. No performance reviews. Just working 9 to 5, for service and devotion…to fish. All in hopes of a FAT promotion. Don’t worry #bears, your fish will come in. #FatBearWeek 🌎
Song lyrics by the National Park Service, inspired by “9 to 5,” by Dolly Parton:

🎶 Well, I waddle outta bed, and I’m ready for some fishin’
Score myself some salmon nutrition
Chomp and chew and live the fat bear life.

🎶 Dip in the water and the salmon start jumpin’
Out on the bank, my belly starts plumpin’
With bears like me at the falls from 9 to 5!

🎶 Fishin’ 9 to 5, what a way to prep for winter!
Bearly breakin’ sweat, they don’t need to be a sprinter.
They just stand and eat, but the fish deserve some credit,
Salmon pack the calories, and the bears are here to get it.

🎶 Fishin’ 9 to 5, these bears are on a mission,
All the way downstream for a FAT BEAR WEEK promotion.
Hardly take a break, just eat and eat some more,
While humans vote for the ones that they adore.
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Imbicle!
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Are you crazy?
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MTH @megt.bsky.social · 7h
"The West Elk coal mine in Gunnison County is violating emissions release limits at nearly four times the permitted rate, according to state compliance notices, adding supercharged greenhouse gases to Colorado’s air and producing compounds that worsen ozone." 🌎 coloradosun.com/2026/09/28/c...
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Western Colorado coal mine violates emissions caps nearly 4 times over, state says
Colorado's West Elk coal mine is violating methane leak caps, the state says, and environmental groups want strict enforcement.
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Mark O'Connell @oconnellmark.bsky.social · 7h
#Birds #Photography
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Matthew Paulson @matthewpaulson.bsky.social · 6h
Red-shouldered Hawk chowing down on an Eastern Lubber Grasshopper. Certain times of year these are everywhere. They sequester toxins from the plants they eat, making them foul-tasting or poisonous to many predators. However I have seen several birds including hawks and owls eating them.🪶
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Ken Marsh @alaskaken.bsky.social · 6h
EMERALD EMBERS: Same drake wigeon as seen in prior image, but at a wider angle. #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
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Tom @birdfan.bsky.social · 6h
Did I miss #MallardMonday? I love when the reflections create a Monet-effect. Hope you all are having a great Tuesday. #Birds #Nature #Photography
Two mallards swim by in profile on the other side of the pond.  We see their iridescent green heads and yellow bills stand out against a blurry water's surface.  Mostly tans and a little green mixed in.
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LiberoReporter News - Notizie @liberoreporter.it · 6h
OECD Warns of Potentially Severe El Niño as Food Price Risks Mount
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OECD Warns of Potentially Severe El Niño as Food Price Risks Mount
A very strong El Niño could hit harvests across Africa, Southeast Asia and Central America, adding fresh inflationary pressures to an already fragile global economy There is a 95% probability that a very strong El Niño event will develop by the end of the year, raising concerns over agricultural production, food inflation, and broader economic […]
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 6h
Tesla secures $30B in new credit lines as it looks to scale Cybercab, Optimus
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Tesla secures $30B in new credit lines as it looks to scale Cybercab, Optimus
The company says it won't draw on the new debt facilities this year, as it has already planned at least $25 billion in capital expenditures.
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The Economist @economist.com · 6h
Exports through the Strait of Hormuz and beyond are soaring but prices remain stubbornly high
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Has Iran lost its grip on Gulf oil exports?
Exports through the Strait of Hormuz and beyond are soaring but prices remain stubbornly high
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Politico @politico.com · 6h
Why Aaron Sorkin left Trump out of ‘The Social Reckoning’
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Why Aaron Sorkin left Trump out of ‘The Social Reckoning’
POLITICO spoke with "The West Wing" creator about returning to the topic of Facebook just before the midterm elections.
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Politico @politico.com · 6h
Republicans wanted Jack Smith to give them a smoking gun. They got a gaffe instead.
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Republicans wanted Jack Smith to give them a smoking gun. They got a gaffe instead.
The former special counsel’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee was marked by personal insults rather than new revelations.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 6h
No energy shortages, but a painful winter looms for Europe ➡️ l.euronews.com/PR9d
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Popular Information @popular.info · 6h
Trump has raised over $400 million through his super PAC, MAGA Inc. How is Trump raising so much money? Trump’s super PAC has repeatedly received large donations from corporations or individuals that are seeking — or have recently received — favorable treatment from the Trump administration.
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How MAGA Inc. raised so much money
Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump, who is constitutionally prohibited from running for president again, has raised over $400 million through his super PAC, MAGA Inc.
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CNN @cnn.com · 6h
Police have launched an investigation after a toddler pulled a loaded gun from his backpack at Children's World Early Learning Center, a daycare in Canton Township, Michigan.
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The Destroyer
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They are destroying our military, they have no respect for our soldiers. They must go.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 6h
Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s private ballroom tour for China’s Xi Jinping and his ‘great interest’ in granite
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Jon Stewart on Trump offering to sell weapons to China: ‘How does America even stay on the map sometimes?’
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 6h
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What Iceberg?: Bay Area artists target OpenAI with Titanic-themed protest art
New sculpture depicts AI leaders escaping a sinking ship.
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10/11 News @1011now.com · 6h
15-year-old declared brain dead after ATV crash will serve as organ donor, parents say
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15-year-old declared brain dead after ATV crash will serve as organ donor, parents say
Loved ones say a 15-year-old Texas teen has died after crashing his all-terrain vehicle while riding with friends over the weekend.
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We have them in power.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 6h
"The obvious reality is that Trump has blown through cultural and constitutional norms to become the least open president in modern history," FPF's @adamrose.bsky.social told @factcheck.afp.com.
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Joe Biden did not ban 440 journalists from White House
Supporters of US President Donald Trump defended his efforts to ban certain news organizations from the White House by falsely claiming his predecessor Joe Biden revoked access from hundreds of journa...
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What a bunch of ignorant smart asses, no respect for the constitution.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 6h
Boeing wins US Navy's next-generation fighter contract, sources say reut.rs/4jBqLKq
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Boeing wins US Navy's next-generation fighter contract, sources say
Boeing Co ​has been ‌selected to build ​the US ​Navy's next-generation stealth ⁠fighter, ​the aerospace ​company's second consecutive major win ​on ​fighter jets, capping months ‌of ⁠delay over a program ​that ​is ⁠central to countering ​China ​in ⁠the Pacific.
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 6h
The Trump administration is considering regulatory relief that would allow broader sales of red-dyed diesel.
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Red-Dyed Diesel Made Available to Lower Fuel Prices—Where You Can Buy It
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 6h
The Department of Homeland Security has tapped $20 million to pay for the campaign-style ads glorifying President Donald Trump that have drawn widespread criticism from Republicans and Democrats as a misuse of taxpayer dollars that likely runs afoul of anti-propaganda law. to.pbs.org/46W8fFh
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Homeland Security spending $20M in taxpayer funds for pro-Trump ads
The Department of Homeland Security has tapped $20 million to pay for the campaign-style ads glorifying President Donald Trump that have drawn widespread criticism from Republicans and Democrats as a ...
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 6h
South Africa unveils plan to combat violence against women after 11 killings
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South Africa unveils plan to combat violence against women after 11 killings
South Africa's president has announced urgent action after the killing of at least 11 women in just two months.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 6h
For decades, traders have bought cheap gas in summer, stored it and then sold it at a higher price when needed to ensure Europe had enough of the fuel for winter, but the economics of that trade are unraveling.
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Europe’s LNG stores depleted ahead of winter as conflicts choke supplies
Steady year-round Russian pipeline gas has been scarce since the war in Ukraine, while the Iran conflict has stalled supplies from the Middle East.
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The Economist @economist.com · 6h
It will take a mighty Democratic wave to put an end to Maine’s split delegation, and with it one of the last moderating Republican influences in the Senate
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As goes Maine, so goes the Senate
The Senate race there could herald the end of split districts nationally—or, just possibly, a resurgence
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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