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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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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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Emily Guss: My Heart, My Dedication, My Passion, My Life

February 21, 2025

By Emily Guss On Friday, Feb. 14th, I, along with many others, was terminated. At 6:45 p.m., an email arrived that stopped my heart, my dedication, my passion, my life. […]

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Kendra Owenby: Preservation of Public Lands is Ingrained in Me

February 18, 2025

By Kendra Owenby I’m sharing this news with much sadness, disappointment, frustration, and lots of other emotions. On Friday, Feb. 14th, I received notification I had been terminated from my […]

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Andria Townsend: Not a Dime of Taxpayer Money is Saved Firing Me

February 17, 2025

By Andria Townsend On Friday, Feb. 14th, as part of the large scale termination of probationary federal employees, I was fired from my job as the Carnivore Specialist for Yosemite […]

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Hetch Hetchy and America’s First Modern Conservation Fight

March 11, 2023

This episode of Treehuggers International originally aired on April 29, 2012, on KBZT FM 94/9. Thanks to Mike Marshall for his help making this program possible, with special thanks to Paul […]

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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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