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

Study Finds Key Exception to Pretext That Logging Reduces Wildfire Risk

August 21, 2025

This article originally appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on Aug. 20, 2025. By Kurtis Alexander The Trump administration recently identified a goal of increasing timber production on federal forests […]

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L.A. Times: California Regulators to Blame as Solar Installations Plummet

December 29, 2023

This piece by the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board appeared in the Dec. 28, 2023, edition of the paper. It is shared here because of its ongoing interest and concern […]

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No Better Tool to Combat Climate Change Than Old-Growth Forests

June 14, 2023

This piece by Alex Craven originally appeared in the Northwest Passages community forum series in the June 10, 2023, edition of the Spokane Spokesman-Review. By Alex Craven When envisioning Washington’s […]

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Drilling on Carrizo Plain and the Environmental Agony of the Trump Administration

June 19, 2020

Maxim One:  Everything Trump comes in contact with, good or bad, innocent or guilty, dies an early death in reputation, career, conscience, or lifespan. Maxim Two:  If Trump touches or […]

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