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

Action Needed to Stop the HR 655 Mt. Hood Land Grab

September 17, 2026

Please help stop a bill that puts Mt. Hood’s forests, rivers, fish, and wildlife at risk. Passed by the U.S. House of Representatives with little fanfare on Dec. 9th last […]

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Trump Anti-Conservation Zealots Won’t Stop at National Monuments

July 15, 2026

The Trump regime’s unprecedented, cruel, and wholly unnecessary slashing of Grand Staircase Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments in Utah — the second such evisceration of these monuments in nine […]

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The Antiquities Act and Great Spaces of Our Nation

June 6, 2023

“The time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil, and the gas are exhausted, when the soils […]

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Environmental Leaders Holiday Fundraiser

November 12, 2021

The end of the year is in sight – and with it, a big fundraising deadline on Dec. 31st. That’s why I’m asking you to support our campaign today, and let your friends, […]

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Environmental Democrats District 6 Forum

November 5, 2021

Dial in and support Tommy at the first District 6 forum of the campaign season as San Diego County Democrats for Environmental Action, the only chartered environmental affinity club in […]

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Happy Anniversary to The Wilderness Act

September 3, 2021

As an environmentalist, the third of September is always a special day for me as it marks the anniversary of one of the most unusual, extraordinary, and far-reaching conservation bills […]

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Environmental Leaders Fundraiser for Tommy Hough June 27th

June 8, 2021

We environmentalists can’t afford to become complacent. Every single day, the city of San Diego faces decisions with far-reaching environmental implications. As a result of the climate crisis we face […]

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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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