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counterpunch.org > 03/02/2026 > conservation-groups-challenge-removal-of-wildlife-protections-on-1-1-million-acres-of-public-land-in-montana

Conservation Groups Challenge Removal of Wildlife Protections on 1.1 Million Acres of Public Land in Montana

2+ hour, 3+ min ago  (222+ words) Four Montana-based Conservation Groups " Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Gallatin Wildlife Association, Native Ecosystems Council, and Council on Fish & Wildlife " sued the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service for removing wildlife protections on 1.1 million acres of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest…...

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counterpunch.org > 02/27/2026 > where-we-are-headed

Where We Are Headed

3+ day, 59+ min ago  (395+ words) Image: NASA Hubble Space Telescope. The level of misinformation in social media is so prevalent that it's a wonder anybody believes climate change is a real threat to human existence. More to the point, who really wants to believe that…...

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counterpunch.org > 02/26/2026 > how-poisonous-mercury-can-get-from-coal-fired-power-plants-into-fish-you-eat-trumps-epa-just-weakened-rules-meant-to-lower-the-risk

How Poisonous Mercury Can Get From Coal-Fired Power Plants Into Fish You Eat – Trump's EPA Just Weakened Rules Meant to Lower the Risk

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1153+ words) For years, people fishing along the banks of the White River that winds through Indianapolis were met by ominous signs warning about eating the fish they catch. One of those risks was mercury poisoning. Mercury is a neurotoxic metal that…...

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counterpunch.org > 02/20/2026 > an-unsettling-climate-warning-for-homeownership

An Unsettling Climate Warning for Homeownership

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (413+ words) Image by Breno Assis. Earth's climate system has suddenly shifted to a new phase of global warming acceleration that few saw coming. This ups the ante for risks of severe climate-related disaster scenarios following a record-shattering year in 2025. This directly…...

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counterpunch.org > 02/13/2026 > the-winter-olympics-in-trouble

The Winter Olympics in Trouble?

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (216+ words) Image by Ph'm Nh't. "In the 70 years since Cortina first held the Winter Games in 1956, February temperatures in the northern Italian town have warmed 6.4F" (Mllano Cortina 2026: Warming Winter Olympics, Climate Central, Jan. 31, 2026). That's fossil fuel CO2 hard at work. "All of…...

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counterpunch.org > 02/11/2026 > lawsuit-challenges-massive-decades-long-logging-burning-project-in-nevadas-humboldt-toiyabe-national-forest

Lawsuit Challenges Massive, Decades Long Logging/Burning Project in Nevada’s Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (375+ words) Additionally a 60-day Notice of Intent to Sue has been filed against the Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for violating the Endangered Species Act by planned deforestation of the Jarbidge River watershed, which contains the nation's southernmost population…...

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counterpunch.org > 02/10/2026 > market-based-environmentalism-yellowstone-buffalo-genocide

”Market-Based” Environmentalism = Yellowstone Buffalo Genocide

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (930+ words) Yellowstone bison have flourished for more than 10,000 years. In the 1830s settler-colonialists and other two-legged parasites nearly wiped them out." Now, almost 200 years later, the old cognitive model, Manifest Destiny, possesses a new plundering herd of uber-wealthy, neo-colonialists engaged in what…...

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counterpunch.org > 02/10/2026 > multiple-abuse

Multiple Abuse

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (1458+ words) Multiple Abuse'Counterpunch Multiple Use logging on Bridger-Teton National Forest Wyoming by Howie Wolke. Multiple use is both a philosophy and a legal mandate that instructs federal agencies to manage lands primarily for a variety of extractive products (wood, livestock, oil…...

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counterpunch.org > 02/03/2026 > midwests-largest-block-of-undisturbed-forest-targeted-for-enhanced-protection

Midwest’s Largest Block of Undisturbed Forest Targeted for Enhanced Protection

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (1245+ words) Forest preservationists in the nation's Heartland are again pushing Congress to nearly triple the size of a Southern Indiana wildland complex in the Hoosier National Forest, guardedly hopeful it will pass this session after narrowing failing in the last. Introduced…...

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counterpunch.org > 01/30/2026 > ocean-heat-goes-ballistic

Ocean Heat Goes Ballistic

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (420+ words) That report lays out stark details: "In 2025 alone, the ocean gained 23 Zetta Joules (23,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Joules of energy, of heat). That amount of energy is roughly equal to about 37 years of total global primary energy use at 2023 levels (~620 Exa Joules per year)....