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The Draft is Ready. Now We Need You. Share your perspective on the state of nature in the U.S.

The draft Nature Record National Assessment is now open for comment!

Take a look and tell us what we got right, what we missed, and what changes you’re seeing where you live.

Your perspective will help shape the final record of nature in the U.S.

naturerecord.substack.com/p/the-draft-...

Maine’s lobster haul declines for a fourth straight year after overfishing warnings The southern New England lobster fishery has been declared depleted by regulators for years

Maine’s lobster haul declines for a fourth straight year after overfishing warnings www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

#fisheries

Falling Amazon river flows trigger reality check at Belo Monte power plant Brazil bet big on a mega river dam using old data, but climate change is leaving its massive turbines high and dry.

Falling Amazon river flows trigger reality check at Belo Monte power plant

#hydropower #climaterisk #energy

Stand up for Science Stand up for Science

Boston rally:

fight2win.standupforscience.net/Boston-March/?

Cape Cod's oceanfront future could be retreat, coastal management Cape Cod's contours have never stood still and never will. Here’s why erosion matters, what’s at stake, and the hard decisions communities are facing.

www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/e...

#ClimateRisk #NatureBasedSolutions #CapeCod

Amazon deforestation on pace to be the lowest on record, says Brazil Brazil’s latest satellite alerts indicate that deforestation in the Amazon has continued to fall into early 2026, extending a downward trend that began after a sharp rise earlier in the decade. Data r...

Some good news ....

Amazon deforestation on pace to be the lowest on record, says Brazil

Story by @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social
HT @carbonbrief.org
news.mongabay.com/2026/02/amaz...

The destruction of social bonds and empathy isn't just a side effect of tactics like this. It's a primary objective.

$32 million bridge on Cape Cod nears completion. Public uses planned. The Chequessett Neck Road bridge in Wellfleet, the linchpin of the 1,100-acre Herring River marsh restoration project, is 82% complete.

www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/e...

#NatureBasedSolutions #CapeCod

Moderna’s Flu Shot Ordeal Hurts Innovation — and Public Health The Food and Drug Administration’s recent decision to turn away Moderna’s application for a new flu shot for older Americans is a troubling development in health officials’ piecemeal dismantling of th...

For my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com, wrote about FDA's disastrous decision--or, really, it seems Vinay Prasad's singular choice--to turn away Moderna's flu vaccine application without a review. The problem is much bigger than this one vaccine. (🎁 link):

Navarro has repeatedly (and falsely) claimed that "illegals" were taking the jobs of Americans, including in this very interview.
If that's the case, then why is he now warning that job growth will slow amidst mass deportations? Shouldn't this be boom times for native-born workers?

The new childhood vaccine guidelines have a paid leave problem Norway, Denmark, and other countries with fewer childhood vaccines have another thing in common: paid parental leave.

“Isn’t it very dangerous [to remove] the recommendations for certain infant vaccines… What, I wondered, are the consequences of under-vaccinating millions of babies in a country where working parents have no other choice but to put their literal newborns in a room full of other babies all day?”

Boston is piloting a new type of heat pump that's as easy to install as a window AC The Boston Housing Authority is piloting a new type of window-mounted heat pump that's relatively inexpensive and easy to install.

Meet the window heat pump: A compact unit that's relatively cheap and takes half an hour to install.

While they're not widely available yet, they could prove to be an important climate solution in the future.
@wbur.org #energysky #decarbonization
www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...

ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.

Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.

“Confidential” Agreements Show Trump Administration’s Plans for States’ Voter Data  At least 10 states have handed over their full voter files to the Justice Department.

A confidential document reveals both the Trump administration’s plans to interfere with the states’ authority to run elections and how dangerously insecure the sensitive data will be in the department’s hands. bit.ly/46tX4nd

The Bad Voting Bill that Refuses to Die The SAVE Act would stop millions of eligible Americans from voting.

The SAVE Act would block millions of American citizens from voting by effectively requiring a passport or birth certificate to register to vote. More than 21 million Americans lack ready access to those documents. bit.ly/4qS8wBr

This Is What's Missing From The Epstein Files w/ Julie K. Brown YouTube video by Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast

Absolutely worth watching with @jkbjournalist.bsky.social

youtu.be/7awbgL_BP_k

Oregon, Washington and tribes head back to court after Trump pulls out of deal to recover salmon Lawyers for conservation groups, Native American tribes, and the states of Oregon and Washington have returned to court to seek changes to dam operations on the Snake and Columbia Rivers.

apnews.com/article/snak...
#salmon #IndigenousRights #Dams

The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.

What could possibly go wrong? ☢️
@npr.org #NuclearSafety
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...

Spoiler alert: the giant loses

What We Saw in Minneapolis Our visual journalists documented the days surrounding Alex Pretti’s killing in Minneapolis.

NEW: Our photojournalists @cengizyar.com and @peterdicampo.bsky.social were on the ground in Minneapolis, covering what they saw in the days before and after the shooting of Alex Pretti.

Read their accounts below:

Right now, the jet stream is bulging far north over the western U.S. while plunging deep south over the east, allowing Arctic air to spill unusually far south. The pattern is becoming more common as the Arctic warms faster than the rest of the planet.

January 29, 2026 Public outrage over the violence of federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S.

January 29, 2026

How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

UK joins European offshore windfarm plan to create world’s largest ‘clean energy reservoir’ Britain among 10 nations to build 100GW grid in North Sea linking countries through subsea cables

www.theguardian.com/environment/... @us.theguardian.com

#RenewableEnergy #OffshoreWind

We are at the “Minnesotans are spray painting their broiler pans for body armor” stage of the fight

Scientists push back on climate myths » Yale Climate Connections A global network of experts at Science Feedback is correcting false claims about climate change and clean energy.

Scientists push back on climate myths » Yale Climate Connections

Which types of welfare fraud are politely litigated between white collar lawyers, and which types of welfare fraud are used to justify an immigration purge and shutting off resources to the poor?

Really excited about this!

Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.

www.forbes.com/sites/kensil... @forbes.com
#renewableenergy