Tree Hugger Thread

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“I will build a great wall—and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me—and I’ll build them very inexpensively,” Trump said when he announced his run for president in 2015. “I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.”



https://gizmodo.com/trumps-border-wall- ... 1847535174

At least some of his works are impermanent.

Biden to restore 3 national monuments cut by Trump

President Joe Biden is restoring two sprawling national monuments in Utah, reversing a decision by President Donald Trump that opened for mining and development some red-rock lands sacred to Native Americans and home to ancient cliff dwellings and petroglyphs.

The Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments encompass more than 3.2 million acres — an area nearly the size of Connecticut — and were created by Democratic administrations under a century-old law that allows presidents to protect sites considered historic, geographically or culturally important.

In a separate action, Biden is set to restore protections at a marine conservation area off the New England coast that has been used for commercial fishing under an order by Trump....

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Australia's hidden $25 billion a year extinction crisis

Lifestyles could be severely impacted by invasive pests by 2050

Feral animals could drive the extinction of more native species

Technology must be fast-tracked to combat the problem

Environment minister says invasive species a 'major threat' to wildlife

Cats, toads, pigs, rabbits, bugs and weeds are plaguing Australia, costing the country a staggering $25 billion a year.

Between 1960 and 2017 the price of tackling invasive species is estimated to have been $390 billion, with the financial impact increasing six-fold every decade, the authors of a new CSIRO report concluded.

Things are set to worsen thanks to the effects of climate change which is resulting in weather conditions which favour ferals, while native species struggle to adapt....

Invasive species have already contributed to 79 species being wiped out across Australia, with rabbits and cats being the most destructive vertebrates....

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Germany shuts down half of its 6 remaining nuclear plants

Germany on Friday shut down half of the six nuclear plants it still has in operation, a year before the country draws the final curtain on its decades-long use of atomic power.

The decision to phase out nuclear power and shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy was first taken by the center-left government of Gerhard Schroeder in 2002. His successor, Angela Merkel, reversed her decision to extend the lifetime of Germany’s nuclear plants in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan and set 2022 as the final deadline for shutting them down....

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Germany shuts down half of its 6 remaining nuclear plants

Germany on Friday shut down half of the six nuclear plants it still has in operation, a year before the country draws the final curtain on its decades-long use of atomic power.

The decision to phase out nuclear power and shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy was first taken by the center-left government of Gerhard Schroeder in 2002. His successor, Angela Merkel, reversed her decision to extend the lifetime of Germany’s nuclear plants in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan and set 2022 as the final deadline for shutting them down....

Looks like they're counting on the Russian natural gas pipeline that the US has been fighting. Or else they're really ramping up something else.

[Ulysses]

Germany shuts down half of its 6 remaining nuclear plants

Germany on Friday shut down half of the six nuclear plants it still has in operation, a year before the country draws the final curtain on its decades-long use of atomic power.

The decision to phase out nuclear power and shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy was first taken by the center-left government of Gerhard Schroeder in 2002. His successor, Angela Merkel, reversed her decision to extend the lifetime of Germany’s nuclear plants in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan and set 2022 as the final deadline for shutting them down....

Looks like they're counting on the Russian natural gas pipeline that the US has been fighting. Or else they're really ramping up something else.

Are you suggesting the krauts should give Solar a call?

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This tree has stood here for 500 years. Will it be sold for $17,500?

I was once arrested in a nonviolent blockade of logging in the Tongass National Forest. Eco-defense is a never ending, generational task.

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My hood:

Plans to quadruple logging in US’s most popular forest (Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest) – months after Biden’s Cop26 reforestation pledge

[billy.pilgrim]

My hood:

Plans to quadruple logging in US’s most popular forest (Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest) – months after Biden’s Cop26 reforestation pledge

Well, how else can I get along with republicans? I have to do things their way first.

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Well, how else can I get along with republicans? I have to do things their way first.

The curse of leftism - even when we win we lose.

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This is interesting:

Parakeet for dinner? If we want to get rid of nature’s invaders, we should eat them

Many other species discussed, a partial solution for invasive animals and plants.

[billy.pilgrim]

This is interesting:

Parakeet for dinner? If we want to get rid of nature’s invaders, we should eat them

Many other species discussed, a partial solution for invasive animals and plants.

Silly, pie in the sky. Florida has been pushing eating Lionfish for the past 15 or so years as the population continues to climb. Sounds good, but is ineffective even as a partial solution.

Science can offer better solutions. Cuba bred a native fish to eat Lionfish without being poisoned. It's working. Too bad we can't ask for help, but you know, communism.

Hawaii uses guns, traps and poison to control parakeets that hurt vegetable and fruit crops.

And then there's this:

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/non-n ... ted-states

Non-Native Parrots Have Naturalized Across the United States
Is that good news, bad news, or neither?

"Most of the US’s immigrant parrots probably fall somewhere in the neutral space—neither good nor bad for the ecosystems they’ve claimed. And some of them may come to take on greater, positive significance, as native populations decline elsewhere. “Climate change changes the ecology in complex ways,” says Uehling. But ultimately, says Pruett-Jones, how these non-native avians are perceived by the humans among them will depend “on your perspective and what you value.”'

[Ulysses]

Silly, pie in the sky. Florida has been pushing eating Lionfish for the past 15 or so years as the population continues to climb. Sounds good, but is ineffective even as a partial solution.

Science can offer better solutions. Cuba bred a native fish to eat Lionfish without being poisoned. It's working. Too bad we can't ask for help, but you know, communism.

Hawaii uses guns, traps and poison to control parakeets that hurt vegetable and fruit crops.

And then there's this:

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/non-n ... ted-states

Non-Native Parrots Have Naturalized Across the United States
Is that good news, bad news, or neither?

"Most of the US’s immigrant parrots probably fall somewhere in the neutral space—neither good nor bad for the ecosystems they’ve claimed. And some of them may come to take on greater, positive significance, as native populations decline elsewhere. “Climate change changes the ecology in complex ways,” says Uehling. But ultimately, says Pruett-Jones, how these non-native avians are perceived by the humans among them will depend “on your perspective and what you value.”'

The solution for the parrot problem is obvious: Cats

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... https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/non-n ... ted-states

Non-Native Parrots Have Naturalized Across the United States
Is that good news, bad news, or neither?

"Most of the US’s immigrant parrots probably fall somewhere in the neutral space—neither good nor bad for the ecosystems they’ve claimed. And some of them may come to take on greater, positive significance, as native populations decline elsewhere. “Climate change changes the ecology in complex ways,” says Uehling. But ultimately, says Pruett-Jones, how these non-native avians are perceived by the humans among them will depend “on your perspective and what you value.”'

The solution for the parrot problem is obvious: Cats

What parrot problem?

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US officials reverse course on pesticide's harm to wildlife

U.S. wildlife officials reversed their previous finding that a widely used and highly toxic pesticide could jeopardize dozens of plants and animals with extinction, after receiving pledges from chemical manufacturers that they will change product labels for malathion so that it’s used more carefully by gardeners, farmers and other consumers.

Federal rules for malathion are under review in response to longstanding concerns that the pesticide used on mosquitoes, grasshoppers and other insects also kills many rare plants and animals. A draft finding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last April said malathion could threaten 78 imperiled species with extinction and cause lesser harm to many more....

Environmentalists who wanted more restrictions on malathion said the proposed label changes would do little to protect species that in some cases have dwindled to very few individuals. They said assuming malathion users will follow the guidelines is unrealistic, and objected to an 18-month timeline for the EPA to put them into effect.

“This is an enormous punt,” said Brett Hartl with the Center for Biological Diversity. “There's not a single endangered species that will see anything change on the ground because of this biological opinion for at least 18 months, but probably never.”

... The species that were found in jeopardy last year included birds such as the Mississippi sandhill crane and various fish, insects, snails and other animals and plants.

U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva criticized the Biden administration for not taking stronger steps to protect endangered species from pesticides. The Arizona Democrat said “theoretical restrictions” on the use of malathion would not help.

“We must stop using malathion as soon as possible,” Grijalva said.

Every year almost a million pounds of malathion are used on crops in California, Florida, Washington, Oregon, Ohio and other states, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Close to 2 million pounds is used every year in home gardens, for mosquito control and other uses, according to data from a 2018 government survey....

Malathion is considered highly toxic to insects, fish and crustaceans. International health officials have said the chemical is probably carcinogenic to humans....

[billy.pilgrim]

US officials reverse course on pesticide's harm to wildlife

U.S. wildlife officials reversed their previous finding that a widely used and highly toxic pesticide could jeopardize dozens of plants and animals with extinction, after receiving pledges from chemical manufacturers that they will change product labels for malathion so that it’s used more carefully by gardeners, farmers and other consumers.

Federal rules for malathion are under review in response to longstanding concerns that the pesticide used on mosquitoes, grasshoppers and other insects also kills many rare plants and animals. A draft finding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last April said malathion could threaten 78 imperiled species with extinction and cause lesser harm to many more....

Environmentalists who wanted more restrictions on malathion said the proposed label changes would do little to protect species that in some cases have dwindled to very few individuals. They said assuming malathion users will follow the guidelines is unrealistic, and objected to an 18-month timeline for the EPA to put them into effect.

“This is an enormous punt,” said Brett Hartl with the Center for Biological Diversity. “There's not a single endangered species that will see anything change on the ground because of this biological opinion for at least 18 months, but probably never.”

... The species that were found in jeopardy last year included birds such as the Mississippi sandhill crane and various fish, insects, snails and other animals and plants.

U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva criticized the Biden administration for not taking stronger steps to protect endangered species from pesticides. The Arizona Democrat said “theoretical restrictions” on the use of malathion would not help.

“We must stop using malathion as soon as possible,” Grijalva said.

Every year almost a million pounds of malathion are used on crops in California, Florida, Washington, Oregon, Ohio and other states, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Close to 2 million pounds is used every year in home gardens, for mosquito control and other uses, according to data from a 2018 government survey....

Malathion is considered highly toxic to insects, fish and crustaceans. International health officials have said the chemical is probably carcinogenic to humans....

Biden is more and more the republicon we didn't need. He reminds me of closet republican Obama.

[Ulysses]

Biden is more and more the republicon we didn't need. He reminds me of closet republican Obama.

You would prefer another four years of Trump?

Be realistic.

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The solution for the parrot problem is obvious: Cats

What parrot problem?

Cower, Useless, cower.

Biden is more and more the republicon we didn't need. He reminds me of closet republican Obama.

You would prefer another four years of Trump?

Be realistic.

What a dumb question, of course he wouldn't. However, that doesn't mean that he (or I) have to be happy with the status quo. We shouldn't be surprised that a partisan cultist like you is so blasé about toxic pollution, harm to humans and multi-species extinction.

Be aspirational.

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Awww. , Useless. So much for "Ignored". You fail again. Plus, Useless, you've been busted too many times for anyone to believe you're not reading my posts, anyhow. It's just your excuse for cowering. Awww.

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Grass (not that kind) is outlawed in southern NV.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/where-lawns- ... 22516.html



Next up SoCal? Better hurry:

U.S. takes unprecedented steps to replenish Colorado River's Lake Powell

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Grass (not that kind) is outlawed in southern NV.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/where-lawns- ... 22516.html

Where's the RWNJ'S lawsuits to protect their freedoms?

[Ulysses]

Quite possibly the drought in the American southwest will get worse before it gets better.

Global warming doesn't care.