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The latest posts about Tommy and our related issues, including original material from Tommy and cited news content.

Environmentalists Must Reiterate Value, Wonder of Wilderness Act

September 1, 2024

Since the Wilderness Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson 60 years ago this week in 1964, the resultant National Wilderness Preservation System has enabled Americans to secure […]

Tree Destruction at Mira Mesa Community Park Hard Bargain

August 27, 2024

This piece also appeared as an editorial in the Aug. 29, 2024, issue of Times of San Diego. Mira Mesa residents have been waiting decades for a new swimming pool […]

Trumpism and the Nation’s Plunge into Authoritarianism

May 27, 2024

While it doesn’t top filmmaker Ken Burns’ “existential crossroads” warning during his recent remarks at Brandeis University, a May 26th piece filed by columnist Ruth Ben-Ghiat compliments Burns’ remarks by […]

Springtime River Hikes and Cycling Outings Around Oregon

March 23, 2024

By John DeVoe with Tommy Hough From flowering cherry blossoms to happy daffodils — to the explosions of pollen clouding car windows from Astoria to Klamath Falls — there’s no […]

ReWild Coalition Letter to City of San Diego Environment Committee

March 8, 2024

As we have seen when thousands were flooded out of their homes and businesses during a February rainstorm, and twice in January when the ocean sent thousands of pounds of […]

Wilderness Opportunities Remain in the San Gabriels and Mojave

March 3, 2024

This edition of Treehuggers International originally aired on March 28, 2010, on KBZT FM 94/9 in San Diego. When this episode of Treehuggers International aired in the spring of 2010, […]

Thermal Trading is Popular — It’s Also Expensive and Unproven

March 1, 2024

This article by Kendra Chamberlain originally appeared in the Feb. 29, 2024, edition of Columbia Insight. It is shared here because of its interest to our environmental advocacy community. It […]

Combatting Entitlement and Protecting National Parks

February 14, 2024

I often say we have amusement parks in this country, and we have National Parks, and too often Americans are completely unable to tell them apart. This can lead to […]

Tommy to Speak on Environmental Communicators Panel

February 6, 2024

I’ll be participating in a panel discussion at this year’s Environmental Communicators Mini-Conference at the University of Oregon on Thursday, Feb. 29th — Leap Year Day — as part of […]

Newsom Support of Dam Removals Already Underway Rings Hollow

February 1, 2024

This article by Ari Plachta originally appeared in the Jan. 31, 2024, edition of the Sacramento Bee. It is shared here because of its interest to our environmental advocacy community. […]