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Vanessa Barchfield @vanessabarchfield.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

New episodes featuring my brilliant colleagues at the Center and beyond drop every Thursday for the next 10 weeks. Available on our website, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Vanessa Barchfield @vanessabarchfield.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

"Every species is connected in deep time to milions of other species and holds a direct line to the future of life on earth...when a species goes extinct we're breaking that connection." Hear more from @biologicaldiversity.org’s @savelifeonearth.bsky.social on our new podcast about extinction:

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Russ McSpadden @peccarynotpig.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

BREAKING: Lawsuit Forces Agencies to Halt Arizona Highway Plan Threatening Monuments, Endangered Species Interstate 11’s approval was based on a deeply flawed environmental analysis that the Federal Highway Administration now has a chance to fix. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

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Lawsuit Forces Agencies to Halt Arizona Highway Plan Threatening Monuments, Endangered Species

Center for Biological Diversity: TUCSON, Ariz.— In response to a lawsuit from conservation groups, the Federal Highway Administration and Arizona Department of Transportation have agreed to halt plann...

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Lori Ann Burd @loriannburd.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

EPA just nearly tripled what it claims are safe levels of atrazine, which is so dangerous it's banned in 44 countries. EPA is bending over backward to accommodate growers who are drenching food, fuel & fiber with atrazine at the expense of public health & the environment. www.epa.gov/ingredients-...

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Atrazine | US EPA

Atrazine is a widely used herbicide that can be applied before and after planting to control broadleaf and grassy weeds. Atrazine is part of the triazine chemical class which includes simazine and pro...

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Vanessa Barchfield @vanessabarchfield.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

If you haven’t listened to The Good Whale, @danielgalarcon.bsky.social’s new podcast for @nytimes.com, you’re missing out: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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The Good Whale

Society & Culture Podcast · 7 Episodes · Series

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Russ McSpadden @peccarynotpig.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Breaking: @centerforbiodiv.bsky.social is calling on AZ Game & Fish Commission to ban dog pack hunting for mountain lions, bears, coati & other wildlife. Currently hunters use GPS-collared dogs to track wildlife for miles via smart phone apps & satellites, putting jaguars & ocelots at risk.

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Russ McSpadden @peccarynotpig.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

While the number of people crossing the border increased exponentially since Trump’s wall went up a new study reveals an 86% reduction in wildlife crossings. At well over $20 million dollars a mile, Trump’s wall is both a wastefully expensive tactical failure & an ecological disaster.

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Vanessa Barchfield @vanessabarchfield.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

This story is blowing my mind: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/w... “The sanitariums reuse their oil for a few months before getting a new delivery, though they say they filter it after each bather.”

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Bathing in Oil at a Climate Summit? It Leaves a Stain.

In Azerbaijan, site of the COP29 climate talks and a petrostate, people aren’t only proud of their oil. They swear by its health benefits and visit resorts to soak in it.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 19/11/2024

Center staff are currently in Baku, Azerbaijan, at #COP29 where we’ve been fighting for urgent, lifesaving action on fossil fuels. With Trump 2.0 looming, everyone wants to know how the United States and world will meet international #climate treaty goals. Check it out ➡️ biodiv.us/3AMtAEI

Photo is of smokestacks at an industrial power plant.

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Vanessa Barchfield @vanessabarchfield.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I had a feeling @bretthartl.bsky.social’s response to the Gaetz AG nomination would make its way onto @lastweektonight1.bsky.social, and here it is:

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Russ McSpadden @peccarynotpig.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Out in the borderlands with my dude Moon…

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Vanessa Barchfield @vanessabarchfield.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

“They should reject American fracked exports and instead embrace the renewable future we desperately need.”

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Vanessa Barchfield @vanessabarchfield.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

“He's damning frontline communities and our planet to climate hell just to pad the already bloated pockets of fossil fuel tycoons. The rest of the world will be horrified by these efforts to actually speed up climate change.”

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Vanessa Barchfield @vanessabarchfield.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Here’s the Center’s take: “Picking someone like Chris Wright is a clear sign that Trump wants to turn the U.S. into a pariah petrostate,” said Jean Su, director of the Center for Biological Diversity's energy justice program.

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