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Environmental lawyer, here on Earth finding the silver lining. 🦉🌎 “Be joyful though you have considered all the facts.” ~Wendell Berry Newsletter — owlinamerica.com Writing at Owl in America: Notes from an American environmentalist Explainer threads

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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“To create a better future, we must create a world without billionaires. We can have billionaires, or we can have democracy. We cannot have both.” Just finished @gilduran.com’s The Nerd Reich, which I encourage you all to read. Immediately. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires linked to the second Trump administration...It’s an o...
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Mike Shanahan @mikeshanahan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Just published: The new edition of my newsletter for journalists (and anyone else) interested in biodiversity, the ecological crisis and nature-based solutions to climate change. 🌏🧪 thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/nature-bea...
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🦉 Owl 🌲 @owlinamerica.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today [10/6] is the FINAL day to comment opposing the Roadless Rule rescission proposed by Trump admin! Even a few sentences will suffice—Americans love the wild forests the Roadless Rule protects & mass opposition to repealing it can work. More info on how to comment [by 9p Pacific/midnight ET]:
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September 25, 2026
Notes from an American environmentalist ✦ Commenting on the Roadless Rule rollback
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The Chris Hedges Report @handle.invalid · 04/10/2026
Thoughts on the Mass Rape at Cornell University
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Thoughts on the Mass Rape at Cornell University
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W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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We Need Big, Holistic Wilderness
In a sane world, overpopulation, the climate crisis, and the ongoing biological meltdown would top most any thinking person’s political agenda. Big holistic wilderness is intricately linked to all thr...
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Mike Shanahan @mikeshanahan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Just published: The new edition of my newsletter for journalists (and anyone else) interested in biodiversity, the ecological crisis and nature-based solutions to climate change. 🌏🧪 thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/nature-bea...
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W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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The Flamingo Revolution and the Rhythm of Resistance: The Race to Save Europe’s Last Wild River • The Revelator
Albania’s Vjosa Narta River faces threats from development planned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and enabled by the Albanian government. Music and art help fuel ongoing protests.
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The Revelator @therevelator.org · 01/10/2026
Albania’s Vjosa Narta river faces threats from development planned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and enabled by the Albanian government. Music and art help fuel ongoing protests. #FlamingoRebellion therevelator.org/flamingo-revolutio…
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Christopher Brown @christopherbrown.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Roll over, Erysichthon—nice to wake up and find the NYT featuring this smart (and beautifully written) @robertmoor.com reconsideration of the animist powers of nature through a 21st century prism: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
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Opinion | Our Forests Are Demanding a Sacrifice
Wildfire converted me from a tree-hugger to a tree-worshiper.
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🦉 Owl 🌲 @owlinamerica.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Never miss a @bengoldfarb.bsky.social piece 🐟
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bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is the final story in a five-part @bengoldfarb.bsky.social series 👇 about infrastructure and wildlife. Each dives deep into a different element of the human-made world—the roads and dams, buildings and fences we’ve placed in front of animals, and how to reduce the impacts of those obstacles.
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Wildlife at the Crossroads | bioGraphic
One year after the Trump administration slashed biodiversity protections at home and abroad, people and organizations are figuring out where to go from here.
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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Do you love rivers? Do you love New England? If so, you'll love this @bengoldfarb.bsky.social story about the tiny, historic dams choking the region's rivers, and the people who are freeing them. Read the thread below for some absolute gems from the story.
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Death by a Thousand Dams | bioGraphic
Tens of thousands of small barriers hamper fish recovery in the northeastern United States. But while the demolition of big dams out west gets the most attention, a similar revolution is revitalizing ...
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NICU babies are the most vulnerable a human can be, and it seems almost quaint to say it now, but we are supposed to build societies where the most vulnerable can count on others to not let this happen
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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The more I think about this, the angrier I get. Non-target take *is* the problem—it’s not like we’re harpooning whales anymore. I know this memo is meant to promote development, not align w/ ESA’s logic, but it’s so fucking galling to see the nation’s top wildlife official flout basic conservation.
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🦉 Owl 🌲 @owlinamerica.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We recently visited the University of Padua (est. 1222) medical college museum. The iron lung on display, and the photos of a warehouse sized space filled with rows of children trapped in them for the remainder of their lives - that’ll cure you of any polio vax hesitancy nonsense. RFK is infuriating
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"I watched time run out until it lay in careless piles, like dirt on a pauper's grave." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-lost-v...
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The Lost Vortex
2022 was the last best chance to turn things around.
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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is more activisty than I usually get, but these are weird times. In collab w/ Harvard's Env Law & Policy Clinic, I authored a letter objecting to Roadless Rule's rescission, made public so that you can draw upon it in your own comments. Have at it! emmettclinic.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New article! I am back with a piece on AI and the nightmare for writers -- or anyone who values life, love, and independent thought. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/i-wandered...
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I Wandered Lonely in The Cloud
How AI is destroying the life of the mind.
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W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#ornithology www.stopbirdcollisions.org
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Stop Bird Collisions
Birds flying into windows, railings, balusters, and other structures made from glass is a leading cause of global bird loss.
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🦉 Owl 🌲 @owlinamerica.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I’ve loved and followed Emily Poole’s work for years. Happy to see her in @orionmagazine.bsky.social
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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Autumn is almost here. Out in Cascadia, that multifaceted slice of the Northwest, there are plenty of characters that start to show their faces this time of year. orionmagazine.org/article/casc...
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Cascade of Life
Artist and writer Emily Poole on rendering our wild seasons
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🦉 Owl 🌲 @owlinamerica.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Jim says buy his person’s new book
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Mike Shanahan @mikeshanahan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Just published: The new edition of my newsletter for journalists (and anyone else) interested in biodiversity, the ecological crisis and nature-based solutions to climate change. 🌏🧪 thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/nature-bea...
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🦉 Owl 🌲 @owlinamerica.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has added the Okefenokee Swamp, a protected wildlife refuge in Georgia, to its list of outstanding sites, which includes such wonders as the Grand Canyon and the Taj Mahal. 1/ a long thread
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Nicola Pitchford @npitchford.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I am very happy about this, as happy as I could be for anything related to the thoroughly cursed days & weeks I spent in southern Georgia (near the great Swamp) across several years. Being able to advocate for something kind, something echoing my own values amid all the compromises of being there.
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Carolannie @carolannie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
An interesting 🧵 #UNESCO #WorldHeritage #OkefenokeeSwamp #Conservation #Ecology #NaturalHistory
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🦉 Owl 🌲 @owlinamerica.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has added the Okefenokee Swamp, a protected wildlife refuge in Georgia, to its list of outstanding sites, which includes such wonders as the Grand Canyon and the Taj Mahal. 1/ a long thread
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🦉 Owl 🌲 @owlinamerica.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
It’s the 200th issue of one of my favorite publications. I save each one up to read at just the right time, maybe a reward after a tough week, a salve for the environmental writer’s battered soul. Field Notes has got that magic.
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Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Did you know that we have a growing catalog of back issues? Our monthly issues have zero ads. Brief Ecology has zero sponsors. We are entirely independent and reader-funded. Your support helps us keep the lights on, pay writers, and spread information. www.briefecology.com/store
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For a more ecological society — Brief Ecology
Explore our catalog of monthly digital issues featuring stunning photography, authentic design, and articles at the intersection of ecology and society.
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🦉 Owl 🌲 @owlinamerica.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The polycrisis includes the toxic chemical crisis too, as if we don’t have enough to deal with in the biodiversity and climate crises. IMO, the toxicity crisis is the low hanging fruit, relatively easy to solve. And solving would in turn benefit biodiversity and climate.
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🦉 Owl 🌲 @owlinamerica.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I agree 100% - roads are the real problem, not least because roads bring humans and humans bring fire, and something like 90% of wildfires are started by human activity.
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Charlotte the Procrastinator @catsbearsandme.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is one of the finest pieces of writing ever about a cat. And Jim is a legend.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"The reason the Mitch McConnell saga is so disturbing isn’t because McConnell may be dead, but because the Senate is." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/ghost-senate
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Ghost Senate
The vanishing of Mitch McConnell.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 18/08/2026
BREAKING: The Trump administration just released its plan to undo the #RoadlessRule. If finalized, this move will open pristine public lands to road construction, commercial logging, and other development across 37 states, endangering the species that depend on these forests, rivers, and streams.
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Protect the Roadless Wild
The Trump administration just released its plan to undo the landmark 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule and strip protections from nearly 45 million acres of wild, national forest and 70,000 miles o...
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Mike Shanahan @mikeshanahan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Just published: The new edition of my newsletter for journalists (and anyone else) interested in biodiversity, the ecological crisis and nature-based solutions to climate change. 🌏🧪 thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/nature-bea...
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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Exciting news in the #roadecology world: per a new law, Costa Rica will require the installation of wildlife crossings… basically everywhere. ticotimes.net/2026/08/05/c...
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Costa Rica Approves Wildlife Crossings Law to Protect Animals : The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate
Costa Rica lawmakers unanimously approved a bill requiring wildlife crossings in new and existing road projects to reduce animal deaths.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 11/08/2026
Common sense limits on off-highway use in the #Oregon Dunes benefit rare #martens, as well as all of us who love exploring this truly special place. This win will protect marten and ensure a future where they can continue to thrive in the beautiful shore-pine forests they’ve lived in for decades.
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Federal judge rules Forest Service violated law by allowing off-road events in coastal marten habitat
The coastal marten, a rare orange-furred carnivore native to the forests of Oregon and Northern California, was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2020 after losing much of its h...
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🦉 Owl 🌲 @owlinamerica.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Go little ploverling! This world is yours. 🩷
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John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"Jared Kushner is (also) having (more) problems at his (other) day job as the founder of Affinity Partners . . . " "THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS *AND* DRAIN THE SWAMP . . . " MORE MONEY & MORE PROBLEMS MADE IN USA 2026 ANOTHER SUMMER www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Jared Kushner’s Albanian resort faces a corruption probe and mass protests
The project involves a “network of shady individuals and companies,“ according to an investigative report.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 11/08/2026
More than 70 years after tigers went extinct in Kazakhstan, the country has released its first tiger back into the wild. Fitted with a tracking collar, an Amur tiger named Umit was reintroduced to the Ile-Balkhash reserve as part of a long-term conservation effort. @yennikwok.bsky.social reports.
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Kazakhstan releases first tiger into the wild in 70 years
Kazakhstan has released its first tiger into the wild more than seven decades since the last confirmed sighting of the big cat in the country. On July 31, 2026, an adult female Amur tiger called…
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 11/08/2026
This is so great. Paulina Borsook deserves her flowers. One of the best things about the past year has been (accidentally) helping to get her book re-published. Paulina is one of the only tech critics who got it right. Buy her book! Put her on your show! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A tech prophet finally gets her second coming
In 2000, Paulina Borsook published a book foretelling the anti-government sentiments of the tech world. Now that it’s too late, people are ready to listen.
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🦉 Owl 🌲 @owlinamerica.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This is an incredible, visual story from @news.abc.net.au of what Albanians are fighting for--and who they're fighting against--in the Flamingo Revolution. Welcome to the Flamingo Revolution 🦩
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'Corruption behind it': The Trump-Kushner mega-deal that has left a nation angry
Albania's coastline has become a hotspot for cheap European summer sojourns but as Ivanka Trump claims her Christopher Columbus moment, locals are adamant their island is not for sale.
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🦉 Owl 🌲 @owlinamerica.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
My newsletter Owl in America traces the actions of the current U.S. administration from the perspective of an environmental lawyer. These notes follow how, in a time of rapid political and ecological change, governmental decisions are felt in the living world. Subscribe below, or follow here!
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Owl in America
A series of letters written from inside the unraveling of U.S. environmental governance. Drawing on the author's decades of work in public service, the series documents the second Trump era as it resh...
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🦉 Owl 🌲 @owlinamerica.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Viva Albania! 🦩 The Flamingo Revolution, a protest movement against corruption and the destruction of Albania's wild coastline, marches on into its third month. 1/ a long thread
Image of protests in Tirana Albania last month, Mei Seva/Mother Jones
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🦉 Owl 🌲 @owlinamerica.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I just wrote another post about Albania's protests with some updates to the story, They're still at it and not backing down! 🇦🇱🦩 www.owlinamerica.com/august-10-20...
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August 10, 2026
Notes from an American environmentalist ✦ Wildfires ✦ Flamingo Revolution ✦ UNESCO status for the Okefenokee ✦ Chaco Culture UNESCO site
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Jason Dove Mark @jasondovemark.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Many thanks to Michael Svoboda for including The Earth Said Remember Me in his roundup of new climate-related books: yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/15-n... An "inspiring manifesto ... a hopeful, achievable prescription for protecting the planet, one citizen at a time."
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15 new books for five new takes on climate change » Yale Climate Connections
Recent years have seen a boom in books on climate change. This collection spans from techno-optimism to philosophical pessimism.
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🦉 Owl 🌲 @owlinamerica.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
My newsletter Owl in America traces the actions of the current U.S. administration from the perspective of an environmental lawyer. These notes follow how, in a time of rapid political and ecological change, governmental decisions are felt in the living world. Subscribe below, or follow here!
owlinamerica.com
Owl in America
A series of letters written from inside the unraveling of U.S. environmental governance. Drawing on the author's decades of work in public service, the series documents the second Trump era as it resh...
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🦉 Owl 🌲 @owlinamerica.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Viva Albania! 🇦🇱🦩 Albanians don't want Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's high-end hotel on their protected river estuary! Viva Flamingo Revolution! 🇦🇱🦩
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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Nature won't pay the grift, so it must be destroyed. www.newsweek.com/bulldozers-p...
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Bulldozers plow through Big Bend National Park, sparking fury in Texas
Video and photos show work underway in Big Bend National Park, the location of a border project which has sparked bipartisan fury.
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W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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From Near Extinction to Soaring Numbers: The Saiga Antelope’s Conservation Comeback - Conservation Frontlines
Once near extinction, the saiga antelope has rebounded to 2 million—proof that conservation efforts can bring species back from the brink.
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