Things that stick with you for some reason: In the 90s there was an ad for Waste Management that featured one of its trucks driving past an ornate iron and glass canopy at night, and as a kid I wondered where that was because of how picturesque it looked. Fast forward to today and the same structure appeared in an article about Seattle. A little digging and I learned that it's the Pioneer Square Pergola. So mystery finally solved.
(photo from pioneersquare.org)
Here's a version of the #Coyote petition story in which WWP explains why listing the #MexicanWolf's doppelgänger can help the listed species.
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/protections-sought-for-coyotes-in-mexican-wolf-territory
“Multiple scientific studies have shown that killing #wolves does nothing to reduce livestock losses, ... over 40 years of wolf killing programs, that killing wolves doesn’t increase hunter success either. Colorado’s natural ecosystems provide ample opportunity for wolves, deer and elk, and agriculture to coexist and thrive; the idea of slaughtering wolves is rooted in fear, not science, and should have no role in a voter-approved, science-based recovery effort.”
JUST IN -- According to its draft #wolf management plan released today, #Colorado plans to capture 30 - 50 gray #wolves from Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, or Wyoming over the next 3-5 years + release them into the state’s Western Slope forests.
More → http://bit.ly/3W1AGtU
Sending a new spacecraft into deep space with a crew with no space experience is a bold (i.e. insane) choice.
Good luck with that timeline too.
https://gizmodo.com/japanese-billionaire-yusaku-maezawa-dear-moon-aoki-dodd-1849874516
We're going to need some fold with more followers to boost this. We're new to Mastodon, but this is a key development in #MexicanWolves advocacy:
Boy bye!
"This most recent setback for Manchin's dirty energy giveaway is a monumental victory for the environmental movement, whose strong opposition once again stopped this scheme in its tracks," said Ariel Moger, government and political affairs director at Friends of the Earth.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/12/07/monumental-victory-manchins-industry-backed-permitting-reform-defeated-again
This is Pico (as in picometer and *not* pico de gallo lol) using his feet as a pillow. He looooves Iceland and is sleepy from too many neighborhood cat visits #catsofmastodon
If folks are interested in a forward-looking framework to strengthen bedrock environmental laws in service of a clean energy transition and better deliver on environmental justice, some thoughts here. https://medium.com/@erikschlenkergoodrich/everyone-should-have-a-say-ea488dcbe698
Omg the FCC *actually* responded to our astronomer concerns about Starlink??? I’m in shock. We stopped the full megaconstellation disaster from destroying the sky. They’ve approved *less than one third* of their plan.
@sundogplanets we did it!! - sorta? Astronomical thank you to Dr. Lawrence!! https://mastodon.social/@jfoust/109440614175364963
A safety engineer doing his part to make the world a slightly better place. Bigfoot, multiverse, space plane, and telescope enthusiast. Adrift.