Forests Forever
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Forests Forever was founded in 1989 during the historic campaign to save Headwaters ancient redwood forest in Humboldt County. For over 30 years we have been rallying Californians in defense of the state’s 17 million acres of woodland ecosystems.
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Help keep this forest-destroying industry out of California!
What may be the most forest-devastating project in California in generations has now been unveiled in a proposal for public review.
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Your comments are urgently needed to stop this costly, destructive and highly polluting industrial boondoggle from getting a foothold here.
"He said he was surprised by how few studies show evidence of wolves, bears and cougars having an effect on elk, moose and deer populations. Instead, the biggest driver of changing elk population numbers across the West is humanity." buff.ly/4f4uRrI
Reintroduced Carnivores’ Impacts on Ecosystems Are Still Coming Into Focus - Inside Climate News
Yellowstone has long been a mecca for scientists studying how predators affect everything from elk grazing to vegetation height. They are still debating how to make sense of what they’ve learned.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"He said he was surprised by how few studies show evidence of wolves, bears and cougars having an effect on elk, moose and deer populations. Instead, the biggest driver of changing elk population numbers across the West is humanity." buff.ly/4f4uRrI
“'It will expose the objectors,' he said. 'Call them out. People need to see that if you’re not part of the process, you’re part of the problem. Everyone has to run out of patience with the games that are being played.'”
John Kerry urges Australia to take ‘hard-nosed’ approach with world’s biggest fossil fuel-producing countries at Cop31
Exclusive: Former US secretary of state calls for more demanding steps from Australia as it takes over presidency of next year’s UN climate summit
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December 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“'It will expose the objectors,' he said. 'Call them out. People need to see that if you’re not part of the process, you’re part of the problem. Everyone has to run out of patience with the games that are being played.'”
The agency has been industrially logging Jackson Demonstration State Forest for decades and presumably intends to continue to do so under a new management plan. Yet CalFIRE says it will not be providing an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) covering the plan.
Public review vital for Jackson Forest plans!
CalFIRE recently announced that it intends to skip the customary environmental and public review process when the agency releases its promised Jackson Forest management plan.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The agency has been industrially logging Jackson Demonstration State Forest for decades and presumably intends to continue to do so under a new management plan. Yet CalFIRE says it will not be providing an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) covering the plan.
"[Ben Goldfarb] urges us to replace extinction-prevention minimalism with a bolder commitment to restoring the abundance of keystone species, thriving ecosystems, and the freedom of wildlife to roam, migrate, and flourish."
An “Abundance Agenda” for Nature — Population Balance
We need an “abundance agenda” for nature. Ben Goldfarb, environmental journalist and author, challenges the techno-fix growth agenda that delivers an abundance of concrete and condos and a scarcity…
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December 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"[Ben Goldfarb] urges us to replace extinction-prevention minimalism with a bolder commitment to restoring the abundance of keystone species, thriving ecosystems, and the freedom of wildlife to roam, migrate, and flourish."
"Under the contract, Drax will be paid to run just over a quarter of the time, down sharply from almost two-thirds of time currently. But the price it will earn for each unit of electricity generated will rise."
Drax power plant to go on earning ‘over £1m a day’ from burning wood pellets
Analysts say Britain’s biggest power plant in line to earn £458.6m a year under new government subsidy contract
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December 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Under the contract, Drax will be paid to run just over a quarter of the time, down sharply from almost two-thirds of time currently. But the price it will earn for each unit of electricity generated will rise."
"In order to ensure five nines, data center developers secure power in various ways: They’ll seek to connect to the grid, build out or buy their own behind-the-meter power supply—typically in the form of gas-fired generation—and lastly, host multiple backup generators on site." buff.ly/Id0CUrs
Data Centers’ Use of Diesel Generators for Backup Power Is Commonplace—and Problematic - Inside Climate News
Energy analysts and environmentalists say diesel generators are expensive, noisy, highly polluting and exempt from Clean Air Act regulations in times of energy “emergencies.”
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December 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"In order to ensure five nines, data center developers secure power in various ways: They’ll seek to connect to the grid, build out or buy their own behind-the-meter power supply—typically in the form of gas-fired generation—and lastly, host multiple backup generators on site." buff.ly/Id0CUrs
"'[W]hat gets remembered is determined by who’s in the room doing the remembering'. At the time, she joked that her job was almost 'like I’m running a federally funded revolution ... I was very aware that I was in my 90s and I really didn’t have time to waste,' she says."
A new start after 60: I found my feet in midlife, became a park ranger at 85 – and retired happily at 100
At 104, Betty Reid Soskin has had the most extraordinary life, from protest singing to civil rights activism to meeting the Obamas. She reflects on what it takes to stay strong and keep going
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December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"'[W]hat gets remembered is determined by who’s in the room doing the remembering'. At the time, she joked that her job was almost 'like I’m running a federally funded revolution ... I was very aware that I was in my 90s and I really didn’t have time to waste,' she says."
"In this graphic, we visualize the countries that eat the most meat at a per capita level based on data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO)."
Mapped: Countries That Eat the Most Meat Per Capita
Discover the countries that eat the most meat per capita, based on data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
"In this graphic, we visualize the countries that eat the most meat at a per capita level based on data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO)."
Forests Forever discusses how we might learn to live with forests without destroying them. It treats principles of sustainable forestry and talks about how the damage done to forests by decades of destructive mismanagement and careless overuse can be reversed.
Forests Forever: Their Ecology, Restoration, and Protection
Forests Forever discusses how we might learn to live with forests without destroying them.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Forests Forever discusses how we might learn to live with forests without destroying them. It treats principles of sustainable forestry and talks about how the damage done to forests by decades of destructive mismanagement and careless overuse can be reversed.
"Scud is a general term for the small crustaceans common in aquatic environments around the world. While there are some varieties of scud native to Lake Michigan and Illinois’ waterways, A. lacustre is an invasive species." buff.ly/rLvYM3a
Invasive Scud Is Threatening the Great Lakes. Pollution Might Be Helping to Keep It Back. - Inside Climate News
Long-polluted waterways near Chicago are part of a system of natural and manmade barriers keeping invasive crustaceans at bay, a recent study suggests.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Scud is a general term for the small crustaceans common in aquatic environments around the world. While there are some varieties of scud native to Lake Michigan and Illinois’ waterways, A. lacustre is an invasive species." buff.ly/rLvYM3a
“'They didn’t offer it as a free-standing bill, which would have been easier to vote against, but as part of a must-pass budget bill,' said David Masur, executive director of the advocacy group PennEnvironment.” buff.ly/3I4Qo69
Pennsylvania to Leave RGGI as Part of an Overdue Budget Deal - Inside Climate News
A years-long fight over its membership in the emissions-cutting initiative prevented Pennsylvania from ever participating. Advocates say it’s a “huge blow” to climate action in the state.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“'They didn’t offer it as a free-standing bill, which would have been easier to vote against, but as part of a must-pass budget bill,' said David Masur, executive director of the advocacy group PennEnvironment.” buff.ly/3I4Qo69
"Brazil has lost about 339,685 square kilometers of mature rainforest since 2001 — an area roughly the size of Germany — and more than a third of that loss was in Para, according to Global Forest Watch. Para alone accounts for about 14% of all rainforest loss recorded worldwide..."
In this Brazilian state, a new push to track cattle is key to slowing deforestation
By the end of next year, the state of Para is requiring all cattle to be tagged to trace where they came from in order to be sold legally.
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December 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Brazil has lost about 339,685 square kilometers of mature rainforest since 2001 — an area roughly the size of Germany — and more than a third of that loss was in Para, according to Global Forest Watch. Para alone accounts for about 14% of all rainforest loss recorded worldwide..."
The bioregionalism movement calls for defining areas based not on ecologically meaningless political boundaries but instead on natural geographic boundaries and characteristics.
California's Bioregions
Every place on the Earth’s surface lies within a bioregion. One way to define the term is to say that a bioregion is a watershed area– the drainage basin of a stream or river. But this is not the…
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December 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The bioregionalism movement calls for defining areas based not on ecologically meaningless political boundaries but instead on natural geographic boundaries and characteristics.
"It is one of several federally funded renewable energy projects that have been scrapped or will end early, veering off the country’s planned shift to renewable energy, also making it harder to meet climate goals."
US families’ ‘mind blown’ with cuts to solar rooftop funds
Many US families had been adopting solar panels for their homes to bring down electricity costs which have shot up.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"It is one of several federally funded renewable energy projects that have been scrapped or will end early, veering off the country’s planned shift to renewable energy, also making it harder to meet climate goals."
"The administration is also aiming to reverse the EPA’s key finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health, which serves as the basis for its ability to regulate emissions from motor vehicles, power plants and oil and gas operations." buff.ly/mx43ZQK
One Year After Trump’s Election, This Group Is Celebrating Their Sway Over U.S. Energy Policy - Inside Climate News
At the America First Policy Institute’s Global Energy Summit, speakers derided climate action and heralded their efforts to reverse key environmental initiatives.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"The administration is also aiming to reverse the EPA’s key finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health, which serves as the basis for its ability to regulate emissions from motor vehicles, power plants and oil and gas operations." buff.ly/mx43ZQK
"Whitehouse accused the current administration of representing the fossil fuel industry, 'most particularly the big fossil fuel donors who contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to Trump's political campaign.'"
The Trump administration didn't send a delegation to COP30. How the US is maintaining a presence at the climate summit
The U.S. is maintaining a presence at COP30, despite the Trump administration declining to send an official delegation to this year's climate conference in Brazil.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Whitehouse accused the current administration of representing the fossil fuel industry, 'most particularly the big fossil fuel donors who contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to Trump's political campaign.'"
"That promise had no timetable attached or details on how it could be achieved, and although it was passed unanimously, some countries have since attempted to disavow the pledge. Attempts last year to elaborate on what it would mean in practice were stymied by petrostates..."
Have courage to create fossil fuel phaseout roadmap at Cop30, Brazilian minister urges
Marina Silva says contentious plan would be ‘ethical answer’ to climate crisis but does not commit Brazil to it
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December 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"That promise had no timetable attached or details on how it could be achieved, and although it was passed unanimously, some countries have since attempted to disavow the pledge. Attempts last year to elaborate on what it would mean in practice were stymied by petrostates..."
Urge your elected officials to co-sponsor the Roadless Area Conservation Act and fight against the administration's plan to rescind the Roadless Rule!
Save the Roadless Rule, wild forests!
Tell your members of Congress to vigorously oppose this senseless and destructive action, which would represent a giant leap backward in efforts to resolve the climate and biodiversity crises.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Urge your elected officials to co-sponsor the Roadless Area Conservation Act and fight against the administration's plan to rescind the Roadless Rule!
The "Fix Our Forests Act" exploits the public's justifiable fear of wildfire danger by palming off the idea that more logging is the best solution. A lot more logging.
Contact your U.S. senators today and urge them to oppose the so-called Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA)!
Contact your U.S. senators today and urge them to oppose the so-called Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA)!
We can still stop this forest-destroying bill!
FOFA would fast-track deforestation and weaken or cast aside laws currently ensuring that bona fide science enters the decisionmaking process.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The "Fix Our Forests Act" exploits the public's justifiable fear of wildfire danger by palming off the idea that more logging is the best solution. A lot more logging.
Contact your U.S. senators today and urge them to oppose the so-called Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA)!
Contact your U.S. senators today and urge them to oppose the so-called Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA)!
"[T]the company lost a critical courtroom battle with the California Coastal Commission, which had fined Sable $18 million, the largest fine in the agency’s history, for starting pipeline repair work without coastal development permits and then violating cease-and-desist orders." buff.ly/r8i2In1
An Oil Company Running Into Rough Waters off the California Coast Is Looking to Trump for Help - Inside Climate News
A vote to deny Sable Offshore permits to restart production builds on a series of lawsuits and an accusation of insider trading, but the CEO wants the president to help it overcome its setbacks.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"[T]the company lost a critical courtroom battle with the California Coastal Commission, which had fined Sable $18 million, the largest fine in the agency’s history, for starting pipeline repair work without coastal development permits and then violating cease-and-desist orders." buff.ly/r8i2In1
"The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation — known as the AMOC — is a looping system of currents that works like a giant conveyor belt, pulling warm water from the Southern Hemisphere and tropics to the Northern Hemisphere, where it cools, sinks and flows back south."
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December 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation — known as the AMOC — is a looping system of currents that works like a giant conveyor belt, pulling warm water from the Southern Hemisphere and tropics to the Northern Hemisphere, where it cools, sinks and flows back south."
"Deforestation has been most severe in South America and Africa, largely driven by agricultural production. In Brazil, for example, cattle ranching and pasture expansion have played a major role in clearcutting across the Amazon."
Ranked: Countries With the Highest Rates of Forest Loss
From Brazil to Cambodia, we show the countries with the greatest scale of forest loss over the past decade.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
"Deforestation has been most severe in South America and Africa, largely driven by agricultural production. In Brazil, for example, cattle ranching and pasture expansion have played a major role in clearcutting across the Amazon."
"This mosquito species is native to tropical and subtropical climates, but as climate change pushes up temperatures and warps precipitation patterns, the Aedes aegypti—which can spread Zika, dengue, chikungunya and other potentially deadly viruses—is on the move." buff.ly/NpYeaDb
A Disease-Carrying Mosquito Has Landed in the Rocky Mountains Where It Historically Couldn’t Survive - Inside Climate News
The Aedes aegypti mosquito that can carry dengue was thought to be too reliant on a hot and wet climate to survive in the Mountain West. But now, a population is thriving in Western Colorado.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"This mosquito species is native to tropical and subtropical climates, but as climate change pushes up temperatures and warps precipitation patterns, the Aedes aegypti—which can spread Zika, dengue, chikungunya and other potentially deadly viruses—is on the move." buff.ly/NpYeaDb
"As national parks fall under the jurisdiction of the federal government, the creation of a new one lies with Congress. Unfortunately, this means that the national park creation process is subject to the ever-shifting political winds, delays, and partisanship..."
5 Forests And Monuments That Are Most Likely To Become America's Next National Park - Islands
Craters of the Moon, Chiricahua, and Shawnee are among the top U.S. sites gaining attention as potential future national parks, each offering unique scenery.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"As national parks fall under the jurisdiction of the federal government, the creation of a new one lies with Congress. Unfortunately, this means that the national park creation process is subject to the ever-shifting political winds, delays, and partisanship..."
"As more countries fall below the population replacement rate of 2.1, the implications for labor forces, ageing populations, and future economic growth are becoming increasingly clear; signaling that the world’s demographic balance is rapidly changing."
Total Fertility Rates By Country
Global Fertility Trends, 2024 The world’s fertility rate continues its steady decline, averaging 2.25 children per woman, a 6.2% drop from 2019. The map…
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December 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"As more countries fall below the population replacement rate of 2.1, the implications for labor forces, ageing populations, and future economic growth are becoming increasingly clear; signaling that the world’s demographic balance is rapidly changing."