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

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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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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Robert Anderson: Needed Services Systematically Destroyed

February 22, 2025

By Robert Anderson I was fired, along with thousands of other members of the federal government. I want to share this story with my friends and family, not because I’m […]

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Caitlyn Powell Wanner: It’s Time to Take Responsibility, America

February 18, 2025

By Caitlyn Powell Wanner I was fired on Friday, Feb. 14th. I loved my job in the U.S. Forest Service and worked hard last year to keep the forest a […]

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Sierra Club Endorses Tommy for San Diego City Council

February 27, 2022

San Diego County Planning Commissioner Tommy Hough has earned the endorsement of the Sierra Club in his campaign for San Diego City Council, which noted Hough’s “demonstrated commitment to protecting […]

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RSVP Today for Our Environmental Leaders Fundraiser for Tommy

June 17, 2021

We’re getting down to crunch time ahead of our first major fundraising deadline, which is now only 13 days away. As the only environmentalist and most progressive candidate in the San Diego District […]

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Fracking and Logging on Federal Public Lands on the Central Coast

September 2, 2020

When Donald Trump won the presidency on an electoral college misfire after losing the popular vote in 2016, his administration rolled into office with a breathtaking lack of self-consciousness, and […]

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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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