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Giant pikeminnows, Florida panthers, piping plovers, and Kirtland's warblers have been nursed back to healthy populations due to protection under the Endangered Species Act and due to people studying them, suing to protect them, and organizing to pressure government to...

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/south-carolina-attorney-general-sues-federal-government-over-plutonium-at/article_6c748d84-7c48-11e7-a766-c794f1f45b13.html The US and Russia both committed to each clean up 34 tons of weapons grade plutonium. This need to be safeguarded and prevented from getting into circulation, both because it only takes a few pounds to make a bomb...

For Colorado after 12:30am seems best- after the moon sets= for Colorado, go to http://www.cpr.org/news/story/how-watch-perseid-meteor-shower-colorado for best ways to view, go to http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/how-to-minimize-moon-and-optimize-meteor-shower

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/tracing-the-health-of-dolphins-whales-might-go-to-private/article_1da30158-7933-11e7-ba59-e7ffb07e378b.html Cuts in federal funds and changes in regulations make it hard to get a truck to help dolphins- weither to rescue injured dolphins or to do an autopsy to find out what is harming them. We need research on...

Here is neat set of ways to act on your beliefs about the environment and politics, : http://grist.org/guides/umbra-apathy-detox/. It includes things like: making a plan, finding friends to protest with, moving your money from bad banks, cutting back on online...

Also: Confront Global Warming, Subsidize College, Increase Taxes, Restore the Draft, Spend More on People and Less on the Military, Start a New Party- These are the ideas of Andrew Bacevich. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/08/08/slouching-toward-mar-lago

Northern Europe could get colder as global circulation that transfers heat from the tropics to the temperate zones could shut down. https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/08/03/global-ocean-circulation-appears-to-be-collapsing-due-to-a-warming-planet/#156d3106f6f4

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/science/let-forest-fires-burn-what-the-black-backed-woodpecker-knows.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Wolves win! They remain protected under the Endangered Species Act. The federal government must do more studies before it allows "sport" hunting. But politicians in Congress are introducing bills to weaken the ESA. Please call 202-224-3121 to tell your senators...

A Yes magazine article explains that making energy public is the answer: cities, counties, and states own the utility systems and build and operate the wind, solar, and efficiency programs. they keep the money local, and they increase efficiency instead...

Jonathan Lindgren wrote on FB about avoiding TV because it makes us upset and full of cortisol, "Someone else's comment, and part of why I don't watch TV: On April 18, 1930 the BBC Evening News reported, "There is no...

Bringing wolves back in Colorado. Michael Robinson started this movement when he started Sinapu many years ago. He has written a good book about the history of the mistreatment of wolves by the government. He is with the Center for...

KGNU radio episode on voting: Tuesday, 6/13/2017 Hemispheres 6pm to 7 pm on Tuesday in the "archives" Host: Joe Richey REALITY WINNER, DATA SECURITY AND ELECTION QUALITY This edition of Hemispheres features comments and testimony about voting technology in the...

These airgun soundbursts can be heard 2,500 miles away and go off every 10 seconds for months. They are planned on the Atlantic coast from Delaware down to Florida. Please support Greenpeace, Oceana, NRDC, and Sea Shepherd as they oppose...

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-a-small-town-is-standing-up-to-fracking-w482577 A retired elementary school teacher, her daughter, the local League of Women Voters president, a retired coal company executive, a piano tuner, an interior designer, and other locals passed a law that gave residents the right to local self...

This article says that the movie "The Day After" about how brinkmanship between the US and Russia leads to a allout nuclear war persuaded persuaded President Reagan to reduce the tensions with Russia (http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/wanted-role-model-of-strength-restraint.html). The stories of devastation affecting believable...

Great article on the collapse of big oil: http://www.financialpost.com/m/wp/news/transportation/blog.html?b=business.financialpost.com%2Fnews%2Ftransportation%2Ffossil-fuel-vehicles-will-vanish-in-8-years-in-twin-death-spiral-for-big-oil-and-big-autos-says-study-that-shocking-the-industry Go to his speech in Boulder on June 8: http://cleanenergyaction.org/

Oil co. Anadarko lobbies against bills requiring information being available to the public while saying that they care for threatened homeowners. They spent $ 7 million lobbying for secrecy and to stop regulations. They hired the former senator, former Secy...

Once they were common in the US and Canada. Then they were hunted for their feathers, skins, and meat. Around 1933 there were only 70 trumpeter swans left in the lower 48 states. Now there are more than 63,000. They...