Fifty years ago tomorrow, on December 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law. Declaring that Congress had determined that “various species of fish, wildlife, and plants in the United States have been rendered extinct as a consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation,” the act provided for the protection of endangered species.
"Today President Joe Biden used the anniversary of the Endangered Species Act to reclaim the spirit of the era in which it was written, urging Americans to protect ecosystems and biodiversity, “honor all the progress we have made toward protecting endangered species,” and to “come together to conserve our planet.” "
And, the other guy said he wants to "DRILL, DRILL, DRILL".
The 10s of thousands of years of wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of this continent lost thru genocide and displacement could have preserved this continent's exceptional nature. Yellowstone NP Supt Cam Sholley is the first in his role to engage the original human inhabitants of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in determining the region's future. The results have been a watershed for wildlife.
Ronald Reagan once reportedly said, "... we've got to recognize that where the preservation of a natural resource like the redwoods is concerned, that there is a common sense limit. I mean, if you've looked at a hundred thousand acres or so of trees — you know, a tree is a tree, how many more do you need to look at?"
I would argue there is a common sense limit to how much we can drill, burn, toss, and consume. The forest is where the sum of the parts make up a special place to simply wander, to let our spirits soar and thrive. Humans have become the takers of the planet; it's time we give back.
If we’d only listened to Carter and led the world in protecting the environment , instead of “drill,baby, drill” (as proposed by Trump in his first day in office). Fracking was touted as a safe way to make spent sources profitable again. Instead, parts of western Texas now experience more earthquakes than any state other than Alaska or California. Hopefully, it’s not too late to keep most of the world livable.
Climate Change is escalating and we rearrange the deck chairs and fiddle while the world burns. Too little too late. I am sad to know that the beautiful world I loved will be gone. However, although the earth may change to the point where humans become extinct, Earth will endure and evolve into something different, and no doubt beautiful in some new and exciting form.
Flood risks grow. Sea levels rise. Droughts force migrations. And the billionaires lie.
The have done so through their post-Powell memo foundations since that memo united them to their predator priorities.
Our schools, higher and K-12, could be rich in the literacies of humanities and nature. But the billionaires' foundations (see Jane Mayer's "Dark Money") actively promote another entire nation's dumbing down fit for the serfdom the billionaires aspire in the U.S. also to lock in.
Putin did it in Russia -- and the whole population there has suffered in rising rates of TB, alcoholism, and other ill health, along with falling birth rates.
U.S. billionaires fight good health care for all in the same proportion that they defend AR-15s in the hands of all our most unstable.
They have their perfect illiterate in the heavily-cosmetized orange guy in his fouled diapers.
The world when the commercialized vulgar run it threatens us all. And if we lack the higher rates of literacy in humanities and nature adequately to call out the predators?
I just returned from a scuba trip on the second largest reef system in the world In Caribbean. I return there every year at the same time. The condition of that ecosystem can only be described as apocalyptic. The change in condition in just one year is devastating. I am sorry to have witnessed such devastation.
I remember when Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law. It was one of the few things he got right. Jimmy Carter, I always said to myself, would be known as an outstanding human being and look, he is still with us while the others have faded! Reagan that POS, removed the solar panels from the WH. He removed other things too that hurt our environment. Joe is spending our money the right way and that’s on us. He is bound and determined to save our planet and so are other countries.
"Agenda47," the closest thing to a "platform statement" of a future Trump Administration, has this from the Heritage Foundation's "Project 2025" on the list of things Sauron, er, I mean Trump, would do on Day One: issue an executive order gutting the Environmental Protection Administration. That would include “explicit language requiring reconsideration of the agency’s structure with reference to fulfilling its mission to create a better environmental tomorrow with clean air, safe water, healthy soil, and thriving communities.”
Fear is a good reason to get off one's dead ass and onto their dying feet, to take action to prevent the calamity engendering the fear. If you need additional energy to power your work over the next ten months, think of a Trump victory as the world that would have happened if the good guys hadn't won in "The Return of the King."
What if the fossil fuel industry hadn’t bought up all of the Republican Party and three quarters of the Democrats?
Most of the Democrats have since come to environmental sanity. Not so the Republicans.
Even now, with every dire prediction of climate scientists coming true, there is a staggeringly large political constituency, encouraged by the usual industry villains, believing it’s all a lot of nonsense. A hoax. Such a large voting bloc of willful ignorance and prideful stupidity stands a good chance of bringing it all down around us all.
Perhaps if next summer is anything like last summer come November the election will sweep in a strong majority of environmental sanity.
As a vegan activist, just let me say that the link between Veganism and environmental preservation takes center stage, especially given the urgent need to tackle global warming and the ongoing sixth mass extinction. Veganism, with its emphasis on a plant-based diet excluding animal products like meat, dairy, and eggs, plays a pivotal role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, preventing deforestation, and conserving water resources.
Choosing plant-based alternatives isn't just a dietary preference; it's a meaningful step toward mitigating the environmental impact of animal agriculture. We're well aware of the significant role that livestock farming plays in deforestation, water pollution, and heightened greenhouse gas emissions. Embracing Veganism aligns seamlessly with our broader mission of promoting sustainability and eco-friendly practices.
In the face of today's ecological challenges, particularly the imminent threats of global warming and the ongoing mass extinction event, the importance of making sustainable choices becomes even more evident. While the Endangered Species Act may not have a direct link to Veganism, it serves as a powerful reminder of our shared commitment to making responsible and sustainable decisions. This commitment is essential for safeguarding our planet's biodiversity and ecosystems in the face of urgent environmental threats.
Found this in a Google search for "Soylent Green":
A proverb attributed to the Cree, a Native American tribe from what is now Canada: “Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.”
I urge everyone to watch a 1 hour 47 minute movie “Kiss The Ground”. It is currently on Netflix. It is the most hopeful piece I have seen for the future of mankind. While I doubt that we will wake up, this movie shows a cheap positive path forward.
The American bald eagle, the majestic and revered bird represented on the great seal of this nation, was saved by the Endangered Species Act. This and other iconic birds like the peregrine falcon, California condor and sandhill crane have been saved because of this legislation and regulation. So too have the American bison, grey wolves, pronghorn, grizzly bears, even salmon have been brought back from the brink of extinction only to be hunted down or driven out by people again in certain states.
Like Ansel Adams said, "It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment"! The Republicans don't seem to care at all about environmental degradation and pollution, about preserving any wilderness or wildlife, or about even having a habitable planet for their grandchildren...
The willful blindness of those who wish to deny human caused environmental damage and global warming puzzles me. Selfishness and greed pulse through their veins. Fifty years of denial, of disregard wreak havoc on ecosystems. For a short time into the future, wealth shields its holders. The poor suffer most. "Too late" looms so close! I fear the world my grandchildren inherit will be inhospitable and may even be difficult to survive.
"Today President Joe Biden used the anniversary of the Endangered Species Act to reclaim the spirit of the era in which it was written, urging Americans to protect ecosystems and biodiversity, “honor all the progress we have made toward protecting endangered species,” and to “come together to conserve our planet.” "
And, the other guy said he wants to "DRILL, DRILL, DRILL".
Some contrast, huh?
The 10s of thousands of years of wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of this continent lost thru genocide and displacement could have preserved this continent's exceptional nature. Yellowstone NP Supt Cam Sholley is the first in his role to engage the original human inhabitants of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in determining the region's future. The results have been a watershed for wildlife.
Ronald Reagan once reportedly said, "... we've got to recognize that where the preservation of a natural resource like the redwoods is concerned, that there is a common sense limit. I mean, if you've looked at a hundred thousand acres or so of trees — you know, a tree is a tree, how many more do you need to look at?"
I would argue there is a common sense limit to how much we can drill, burn, toss, and consume. The forest is where the sum of the parts make up a special place to simply wander, to let our spirits soar and thrive. Humans have become the takers of the planet; it's time we give back.
If we’d only listened to Carter and led the world in protecting the environment , instead of “drill,baby, drill” (as proposed by Trump in his first day in office). Fracking was touted as a safe way to make spent sources profitable again. Instead, parts of western Texas now experience more earthquakes than any state other than Alaska or California. Hopefully, it’s not too late to keep most of the world livable.
https://klaq.com/texas-most-strongest-earthquakes/#:~:text=Alaska%20has%2C%20on%20average%2C%20over,56%20per%20year%20to%201.
Climate Change is escalating and we rearrange the deck chairs and fiddle while the world burns. Too little too late. I am sad to know that the beautiful world I loved will be gone. However, although the earth may change to the point where humans become extinct, Earth will endure and evolve into something different, and no doubt beautiful in some new and exciting form.
Flood risks grow. Sea levels rise. Droughts force migrations. And the billionaires lie.
The have done so through their post-Powell memo foundations since that memo united them to their predator priorities.
Our schools, higher and K-12, could be rich in the literacies of humanities and nature. But the billionaires' foundations (see Jane Mayer's "Dark Money") actively promote another entire nation's dumbing down fit for the serfdom the billionaires aspire in the U.S. also to lock in.
Putin did it in Russia -- and the whole population there has suffered in rising rates of TB, alcoholism, and other ill health, along with falling birth rates.
U.S. billionaires fight good health care for all in the same proportion that they defend AR-15s in the hands of all our most unstable.
They have their perfect illiterate in the heavily-cosmetized orange guy in his fouled diapers.
The world when the commercialized vulgar run it threatens us all. And if we lack the higher rates of literacy in humanities and nature adequately to call out the predators?
I just returned from a scuba trip on the second largest reef system in the world In Caribbean. I return there every year at the same time. The condition of that ecosystem can only be described as apocalyptic. The change in condition in just one year is devastating. I am sorry to have witnessed such devastation.
I remember when Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law. It was one of the few things he got right. Jimmy Carter, I always said to myself, would be known as an outstanding human being and look, he is still with us while the others have faded! Reagan that POS, removed the solar panels from the WH. He removed other things too that hurt our environment. Joe is spending our money the right way and that’s on us. He is bound and determined to save our planet and so are other countries.
"Agenda47," the closest thing to a "platform statement" of a future Trump Administration, has this from the Heritage Foundation's "Project 2025" on the list of things Sauron, er, I mean Trump, would do on Day One: issue an executive order gutting the Environmental Protection Administration. That would include “explicit language requiring reconsideration of the agency’s structure with reference to fulfilling its mission to create a better environmental tomorrow with clean air, safe water, healthy soil, and thriving communities.”
Fear is a good reason to get off one's dead ass and onto their dying feet, to take action to prevent the calamity engendering the fear. If you need additional energy to power your work over the next ten months, think of a Trump victory as the world that would have happened if the good guys hadn't won in "The Return of the King."
What if……
What if the fossil fuel industry hadn’t bought up all of the Republican Party and three quarters of the Democrats?
Most of the Democrats have since come to environmental sanity. Not so the Republicans.
Even now, with every dire prediction of climate scientists coming true, there is a staggeringly large political constituency, encouraged by the usual industry villains, believing it’s all a lot of nonsense. A hoax. Such a large voting bloc of willful ignorance and prideful stupidity stands a good chance of bringing it all down around us all.
Perhaps if next summer is anything like last summer come November the election will sweep in a strong majority of environmental sanity.
As a vegan activist, just let me say that the link between Veganism and environmental preservation takes center stage, especially given the urgent need to tackle global warming and the ongoing sixth mass extinction. Veganism, with its emphasis on a plant-based diet excluding animal products like meat, dairy, and eggs, plays a pivotal role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, preventing deforestation, and conserving water resources.
Choosing plant-based alternatives isn't just a dietary preference; it's a meaningful step toward mitigating the environmental impact of animal agriculture. We're well aware of the significant role that livestock farming plays in deforestation, water pollution, and heightened greenhouse gas emissions. Embracing Veganism aligns seamlessly with our broader mission of promoting sustainability and eco-friendly practices.
In the face of today's ecological challenges, particularly the imminent threats of global warming and the ongoing mass extinction event, the importance of making sustainable choices becomes even more evident. While the Endangered Species Act may not have a direct link to Veganism, it serves as a powerful reminder of our shared commitment to making responsible and sustainable decisions. This commitment is essential for safeguarding our planet's biodiversity and ecosystems in the face of urgent environmental threats.
Found this in a Google search for "Soylent Green":
A proverb attributed to the Cree, a Native American tribe from what is now Canada: “Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.”
Sums up the end result.
I urge everyone to watch a 1 hour 47 minute movie “Kiss The Ground”. It is currently on Netflix. It is the most hopeful piece I have seen for the future of mankind. While I doubt that we will wake up, this movie shows a cheap positive path forward.
The American bald eagle, the majestic and revered bird represented on the great seal of this nation, was saved by the Endangered Species Act. This and other iconic birds like the peregrine falcon, California condor and sandhill crane have been saved because of this legislation and regulation. So too have the American bison, grey wolves, pronghorn, grizzly bears, even salmon have been brought back from the brink of extinction only to be hunted down or driven out by people again in certain states.
Like Ansel Adams said, "It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment"! The Republicans don't seem to care at all about environmental degradation and pollution, about preserving any wilderness or wildlife, or about even having a habitable planet for their grandchildren...
The willful blindness of those who wish to deny human caused environmental damage and global warming puzzles me. Selfishness and greed pulse through their veins. Fifty years of denial, of disregard wreak havoc on ecosystems. For a short time into the future, wealth shields its holders. The poor suffer most. "Too late" looms so close! I fear the world my grandchildren inherit will be inhospitable and may even be difficult to survive.
The EPA and Republicans!!! How far we have drifted! SMDH