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The latest original material from Tommy and related authors on current issues and the environment, including cited news content.

Americans Must Come to Terms with the Cowardice of Congressional Republicans

March 7, 2026

Republican cultists hold majorities in both houses of Congress. They also control the White House, and for all intents and purposes control the Supreme Court. If you missed out on […]

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Take Action NOW to Defend Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

March 4, 2026

Utah is an amazing, gorgeous state with incredible National Parks, Monuments, Wilderness, and abundant public lands. Sadly, it is also where best conservation practices go to die. Echoing alert language […]

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Submit Comments NOW to Prevent Renewal of Old-Growth Logging

February 26, 2026

It’s bad — really, really bad. Nine years after Trump first arrived at the White House, they’re going for it. We must stop them, and the first step is to […]

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New California Bill Targets Federal Push to Sell Off Public Lands

January 28, 2026

This article originally appeared in the Sacramento Bee on Jan. 28, 2026. By Chaewon Chung, Sacramento Bee On Jan. 27th, California lawmakers held a news conference introducing a bipartisan environmental […]

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A Crescendo of Environmental Destruction Underway in Congress

January 24, 2026

Environmental preservation is in big trouble in the United States, and one of the most tragic components of its slow strangulation is the narrow margins upon which it’s currently facing […]

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The Unfolding Resistance to a Terrible Moment in Our History

January 23, 2026

This is a compilation of a successive posts made on Bluesky social media by author Margaret Killjoy, on the ground in Minneapolis and St. Paul observing the local resistance to […]

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Marking the 25th Anniversary of the Roadless Rule

January 12, 2026

Last September marked the close of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) public comment period to submit remarks in opposition to the proposed rescinding of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, […]

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Stop the Passage of Senator Mike Lee’s Wilderness Destroying Bill

November 22, 2025

Passage of S 2967 will, in no uncertain terms, mark the end of conservation as we know it in the United States. Not long after Utah anti-Wilderness Senator Mike Lee’s […]

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Colorado Must Make a Stand as the Trump Administration Wrecks Our Public Lands

October 30, 2025

By Jim Ramey The Colorado Sun The rollback of the BLM’s Public Lands Rules is an attack on the very idea of public lands, and indicative of the administration’s attempt […]

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My Remarks to the USDA in Support of the Roadless Rule

September 19, 2025

Submit your Roadless Rule comment HERE if you haven’t already done so. These are the remarks I submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the parent agency of the U.S. […]

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