It can’t help but keep getting worse. We’re adding thousands more people to the planet on a daily basis. We’re going to destroy everything “we” love and then self-destruct.
Lyle Lewis
@race2extinct.bsky.social
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My new book “Racing To Extinction” analyzes the imminent disappearance of humanity through the lens of my 30+ years as an ecologist with federal environmental agencies in the U.S. https://race2extinct.com
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I’ve been an ecologist for 40 years. We’ve lost nearly 80% of the planet’s wildlife in the last 50. The planet’s human population has more than doubled. Now there is microplastics and chemicals that aren’t mitigable. Untethering from reality is not something I can do.
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Billions of starfish have literally melted to death in a decade — victims of a disease fueled by warming waters. Every species has a biological breaking point. Humans just pretend we don’t… yet.
Starfish-killing bacteria revealed as cause of biggest undersea disease outbreak | Natural History Museum
The cause of sea star wasting disease has been identified, offering hope that the epidemic might be overcome.
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Here’s a great piece by Jeff Corwin (yes, THAT Jeff Corwin) on how Congress is weakening protections for marine mammals. If they gut the ESA & MMPA, whales, dolphins, seals, and sea otters pay the price. Read it. Share it. Then speak up. Time to call your reps again! #MarineMammals #OceanHoptimism
Thousands of environmental extraction projects get rubber-stamped every year under the ESA — none are ever judged to seriously harm wildlife. If “jeopardy” can’t be found even as species collapse, the law is no longer protection — it’s permission to finish them off.
We saved elephant seals, sea otters from extinction. Congress puts that at risk. | Opinion
Congress is working on a proposal that would gut the Marine Mammal Protection Act and erase legal protections for dolphins, otters, seals and whales.
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He’s the kind of guy who misses nearly everything.
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California relies on fossil gas for ~40% of its electricity, imports huge amounts of energy from out-of-state, and depends on mining, concrete, and habitat loss to “go renewable.” Ecological limits are real.
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The truth will never dawn.
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Since the “renewable revolution” began in 2010, CO₂ has climbed ~36 ppm — one of the fastest jumps in Earth’s history. Who needs results when you’ve got buzzwords like “transition” and “renewable?”
The Global Energy Shift Is Happening—Quietly but Surely | OilPrice.com
Political shifts and crises may dominate the headlines, and fossil fuel share may shrink only gradually. But behind the scenes, the energy transition is alive and winning.
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Thousands of environmental extraction projects get rubber-stamped every year under the ESA — none are ever judged to seriously harm wildlife. If “jeopardy” can’t be found even as species collapse, the law is no longer protection — it’s permission to finish them off.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
We saved elephant seals, sea otters from extinction. Congress puts that at risk. | Opinion
Congress is working on a proposal that would gut the Marine Mammal Protection Act and erase legal protections for dolphins, otters, seals and whales.
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It’s anger-inducing the way the timber industry has duped the public.
