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Wendy Leung

@wendyleung.bsky.social
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LA-based media specialist at the Center for Biological Diversity. Newspaper reader, nature lover, mapo tofu eater. Trying hard not to spam journalists.

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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Happy Friday: My work day consisted of 99% doing work stuff, 1% of looking up what "off side" means. It's been 4 years since I've last looked it up.
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
My happy place: beer, veggies & sports 💙🧡
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
How long does it take for the Trump administration to decide that the population of about 50 Rice's whales should go extinct? Just 32 minutes. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press... 📸: NOAA Fisheries/Laura Dias
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
He’s not only handsome but he can draft and edit press releases. Excellent command of AP style. Will work for treats.
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
This newly adopted fella wants to join in on #CatsNoirFriday
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Anyone else pleased that cabbage has become the “it” vegetable?
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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
U.N. experts say the world has entered an era of global "water bankruptcy" "For too long, we have been living beyond our hydrological means." @kavehmadani.bsky.social @unuinweh.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/...
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'Water bankruptcy' — U.N. scientists say much of the world is irreversibly depleting water
With many rivers and aquifers tapped beyond their limits, UN scientists say the world is entering an era of 'water bankruptcy.'
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Kierán Suckling @kieransuckling.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
@biologicaldiversity.org is suing to wipe Trump's face off the America the Beautiful National Parks pass. By law, the pass must display the winning photo of a federal #PublicLands picture contest. Instead, Trump plastered his own face on it. Trump's vanity pass is not American, beautiful, or legal
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Urban Wildlands — Center for Biological Diversity @urbanwildlands.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
The California Environmental Quality Act is being attacked by special interest groups and lawmakers, including Gov. Newsom. But what actually is CEQA and what does it do? Here we bust some myths.
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Dodgers win back-to-back but I'm still salty about the Astros. www.latimes.com/opinion/lett...
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Letters to the Editor: L.A. is still in turmoil, but Dodgers celebrations were a nice reprieve
'But for a moment after the parade, when a packed stadium erupted as MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto shouted “buenas tardes,” it felt like everything was going to be OK,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
This World Series sequel was a blockbuster! YoshiMVP!
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Dodgers, don’t make today scary!
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Wondering on a Tuesday morning whether my employer has a separate pot of PTO for the day after a World Series game with extra innings.
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
It's damn good news!
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Paul Mozur @paulmozur.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
When a Microsoft data center opened next to the small Mexican town of La Esperanza, locals say electricity outages and water shortages grew severe. The local doctor rushed patients a half hour to the nearest hospital when blackouts cut off his oxygen concentrator. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
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From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Government shutdown enters 4th week. But even though hundreds of thousands of workers are going without a paycheck, Trump is still logging, drilling and building a border wall. Here's how his anti-environment agenda is continuing. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
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Trump’s War on Environment Continues Despite Government Shutdown
Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON— The Trump administration is continuing its anti-environment agenda by prioritizing fossil fuel production, border wall construction and other destructive p...
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 01/10/2025
The conservation world lost one of its guiding lights on Wednesday when renowned primatologist Jane Goodall passed away at 91. Over 65 years studying chimpanzees in the wild, Goodall proved that primates are a lot like people. But her impact goes far beyond chimps. 🧵
Close up of jungle plant life. There is a quote from Jane Goodall in white text over the image. It reads: "What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make."
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Might be time for @merriam-webster.com to remind us all that shutdown = noun; shut down = verb.
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
To keep national parks open during the government shutdown with a skeleton crew is a stupid idea. "Nothing says ‘Make America Great Again’ like turning Yosemite into one giant toilet." www.biologicaldiversity.org/w/admin/page...
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I went to Van Nuys High, where Robert Redford went, and I used to look through the archives during yearbook class to find his old pics. Didn't completely grasp his heartthrob status until then. My favorite quote of today came from Jane Fonda: He stood for an America we have to keep fighting for.
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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Gov. Newsom is pushing to build a water tunnel in the Delta. A new state report calls it the “single most effective” action to adapt the water system to climate change. Opponents are touting a new analysis that says the costs would be much higher than state estimates. www.latimes.com/environment/...
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Newsom says California needs to build a water tunnel. Opponents argue costs are too high
Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing his proposal for a 45-mile water tunnel beneath California's Delta, saying it's vital for the state. Opponents argue the cost to ratepayers would be excessive.
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Horrific evidence that despite the tough regulations in CA, people are still illegally using many types of rat poison. www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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Wild pigs are turning electric blue in California. Here’s why.
Feral hogs with "slushie-blue" innards turned up in Monterey earlier this year—and not for the first time.
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Ronald Reagan signed #CEQA into law. Now a Democratic governor @cagov.bsky.social is tearing it down.
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Bloomscrolling better than doomscrolling! Haha, I love that!
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
I often fall into a mild funk when the #nbafinals are over. Good thing there's positive news around the world to buoy me. 😑
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Urban Wildlands — Center for Biological Diversity @urbanwildlands.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
This conservation win follows a multi-year fight from the @biologicaldiversity.org and its allies to protect this vast ecosystem that supports endangered woodpeckers, snakes and hundreds of other plant and animal species. What great news to kick off the wknd. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Land deal ends controversial mining fight near Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp
The landmark deal ends a years-long fight over a proposed mine next to one of the South’s last truly wild places.
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Los Angeles is strong, but come on!
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Trump admin will soon learn you can't mess with people from the 818.
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Bill Vandenbush @hawkeyebilly.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Every week, the @biologicaldiversity.org has been suing the Trump admin for public records on the president's anti-enviro agenda. Today's lawsuit seeks info on DOGE plans for firings. If Elon wants to eviscerate govt agencies, the public has the right to know. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
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Lawsuit Seeks DOGE Plans for Upcoming Mass Firings - Center for Biological Diversity
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Story ideas for enviro reporters: Keep your eye on the courts. www.sej.org/publications...
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Environmentalists Will Be Seeing Trump Forces in Court — Often
The judiciary is looking to become a major environmental battleground for journalists to watch in the coming months and years, as activists confront the Trump administration over its deregulatory camp...
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
If you haven't done so already, follow my work account at the Center, where I'll post about wildlife, land use, Calif legislation and other enviro news. ‪@urbanwildlands.bsky.social‬ Continue following here for similar content but with pictures of tacos and NBA playoff gripes thrown in.
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Wondering how this sticker will look on the bumper of my hybrid.
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Much of coastal Costa Rica is owned by foreign land owners but the @biologicaldiversity.org has just donated 40+ acres to a group of Indigenous women for conservation and sustainable cocoa production. www.biologicaldiversity.org/resourcespac...
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
What a disappointment. What a massive, embarrassing, frustrating disappointment.
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
The @biologicaldiversity.org is fighting DOGE. Hear @bretthartl.bsky.social explain our lawsuits aimed at protecting federal environmental agencies on @yesmedia.bsky.social Rising Up w/Sonali. risingupwithsonali.com/clawing-back...
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Clawing Back Public Protections of Our Land, Air & Climate
https://ia904505.us.archive.org/28/items/2025-03-04-RUWS/2025_03_04_Brett_Hartl.mp3
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
“The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over.” Uh....
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Musk’s status as a “special government employee” limits him to 130 days in the executive branch. However, despite working daily—documented by his own X posts—they claim he only works one day a week, effectively stretching his limit to 130 weeks. This needs to be brought to Congress—please share.
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
What do you think of this punishment? www.latimes.com/california/s...
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California couple confided about stuffed mountain lion to fellow fliers, authorities say. They were in for a shock
The passengers in the row ahead were sure to have listened with avid interest. They were officers with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Imagine fighting the Palisades Fire again next year. Imagine being trapped in this dystopia because we didn’t learn any lessons from the L.A. fires. www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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Devastating LA wildfires offer painful lesson on where to build. Will California learn? | Opinion
“The status quo of building new communities in the riskiest wildfire zones condemns us to ever worsening disasters.”
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Trump wants to fast track hundreds of projects to destroy wetlands from California to Florida under the guise of an energy "emergency." Today the @biologicaldiversity.org is launching a lawsuit. www.biologicaldiversity.org/w/admin/page...
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 19/02/2025
Last Friday, the Trump administration fired at least 2,300 federal workers at the Department of the Interior — 4% of the agency’s entire workforce. Our take on the matter ➡️ bit.ly/41l4N4T
Scenic view of Yosemite National Park with a quote overlay criticizing the Trump administration for firing thousands of employees of the Department of the Interrior, attributed to Taylor McKinnon from the Center for Biological Diversity.
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
It's always sad when endangered species get caught in the political crosshairs of the Trump administration. I'm afraid this will mean extinction for the delta smelt.
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I read two books in January, including a reread of The Beach, which I first read while backpacking in Thailand not long after Alex Garland made his literary debut.
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Kicking off February with breakfast and a new to me bagel topping: carrot lox
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
We could be directing resources to keep communities safe from wildfire, making smarter land-use decisions to reduce fire risk, attack the climate crisis ... instead we're here debunking the president's lies. abc30.com/post/califor...
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Trump executive order could divide control of CA's water system, putting distribution at risk
With a new executive order, President Trump is directing federal agencies to essentially assert control over critical sections of California's water system, claiming mismanagement as he tries to assig...
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Lalo Alcaraz @laloalcaraz.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Reports of ICE harassing even indigenous people are an extra layer of disturbing that I didn't forsee. But here's what should happen! Please share #laloalcaraz cartoons
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Trump II has begun. Many people are asking: “What can I do now?” Here are 10 recommendations. Please let me know your thoughts, and if you have anything else you'd like to add to the list.
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What you can do
Ten ways to resist Trump II
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
January hasn’t been a complete disaster. Lakers beat Celtics today. 💜💛
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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I've been trying to focus on the good outcomes of the election. At least CA voted to give same-sex marriage constitutional protections. But we can still do more towards true marriage equality. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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