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Erik Schneider

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Or on supporting the conditions that maintain life on earth

imagine if all the money spent on Ai was spent on trains.



There's a reason they're called Red Crossbeaks

do you find yourself saying bill or beak more



Erik Schneider reposted

The Arctic Refuge is one of our nation’s last truly wild places — home to the Gwich’in and Iñupiat peoples and the birthing grounds of the Porcupine Caribou Herd. Misguided proposals would threaten it forever. Today I had a message for our colleagues: if you believe in protecting…


Don’t let Washington turn a state park into a golf course! This project would destroy a sensitive coastal ecosystem and public lands. Sign this petition to speak out against it. c.org/7yFRCJbwQh


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ACT NOW: America’s Arctic in Alaska supports tens of millions of migratory birds—not to mention countless other plants, animals, & communities—but now, Congress is considering legislation that would open the region to oil drilling. Urge them to uphold protections in the Arctic:…

audubonsociety's tweet image. ACT NOW: America’s Arctic in Alaska supports tens of millions of migratory birds—not to mention countless other plants, animals, & communities—but now, Congress is considering legislation that would open the region to oil drilling. Urge them to uphold protections in the Arctic:…

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A new report released by @globalalliancet & @Earth_Insight exposes the staggering scale of industrial threats facing the 36 million Indigenous Peoples and local communities who steward more than 958 million hectares of vital tropical forests ipsnews.net/2025/11/the-wo…

ipsnews's tweet image. A new report released by @globalalliancet & @Earth_Insight  exposes the staggering scale of industrial threats facing the 36 million Indigenous Peoples and local communities who steward more than 958 million hectares of vital tropical forests ipsnews.net/2025/11/the-wo…

Congress may vote soon on removing protections for wild Arctic landscapes, putting birds and other wildlife at greater threat from oil and gas drilling. Take action with @audubonsociety and urge Congress to protect the Arctic. act.audubon.org/a/arctic-npra-…


Erik Schneider reposted

New Mexico City International Airport was canceled when only half built, and has since been flooded and restored into wetlands. wired.com/story/rainfall…


Erik Schneider reposted

#Arctic A caribou mother cradles her newborn protectively in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This has been their territory since the late Pleistocene, but today the Trump Administration announced plans to auction off these treasured lands to oil and gas leasing. This…

DrTOMontgomery's tweet image. #Arctic 

A caribou mother cradles her newborn protectively in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

This has been their territory since the late Pleistocene, but today the Trump Administration announced plans to auction off these treasured lands to oil and gas leasing.

This…

Erik Schneider reposted

For the last few months I've been going through public documents, permits, and satellite images to track the largest data centers in the US. Today I published the first story about what I've learned. 🧵

curious_founder's tweet image. For the last few months I've been going through public documents, permits, and satellite images to track the largest data centers in the US. 

Today I published the first story about what I've learned.

🧵

Erik Schneider reposted

Thank you @Ash_Kalra, our community chapters, partners, and every advocate who spoke up. bit.ly/432zzQu


Erik Schneider reposted

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) has protected birds for 100+ years, including after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. #AB454 ensures strong state safeguards endure, regardless of changes to federal protections under the MBTA.

AudubonCA's tweet image. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) has protected birds for 100+ years, including after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. #AB454 ensures strong state safeguards endure, regardless of changes to federal protections under the MBTA.

Erik Schneider reposted

Californians showed up for birds—chapters called lawmakers and supporters sent thousands of letters urging action on Audubon co-sponsored AB 454. Result: California’s Migratory Bird Protection Act is now permanent.

AudubonCA's tweet image. Californians showed up for birds—chapters called lawmakers and supporters sent thousands of letters urging action on Audubon co-sponsored AB 454. Result: California’s Migratory Bird Protection Act is now permanent.

Erik Schneider reposted

all animals are sentient and machines will never be currentaffairs.org/news/why-all-a…

NathanJRobinson's tweet image. all animals are sentient and machines will never be
currentaffairs.org/news/why-all-a…

Patuxent is a Maryland gem and needs to be funded.

If a forest closes, does it make a sound? buff.ly/GwDeb96



Erik Schneider reposted

Federal agencies like Interior Department are rolling back NEPA regulations, which experts warn will cut public participation and gut environmental reviews of projects. @kileybense and I have the details on what’s happening and why it matters: insideclimatenews.org/news/02072025/…


Abundance advocate or Republican official?

big if true!!!

arne__ness's tweet image. big if true!!!


When you don't know it's not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean. Photo: Doug Greenberg, CC BY-NC 2.0.

erikmschneider's tweet image. When you don't know it's not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean.  

Photo: Doug Greenberg, CC BY-NC 2.0.

Erik Schneider reposted

For the first time, reconciliation will be used to enact huge permanent deficits, in violation of the Byrd rule The method was the presiding officer just asserted there was no point of order, w/out consulting the parls, to pretend Rs weren’t ignoring her No going back from this

SENATE has the votes to bless allowing the use of current policy baseline for enforcement of Budget reconciliation rules



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