#environmentallaws — Public Fediverse posts
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Breaking News! 🚨 Border Security Construction Paused at #BigBend National Park
Excerpt: "Laiken Jordahl, an advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity and a former wilderness fellow for the National Park, said the pause came after a weekend of “irreversible” damage to parts of the desert ecosystem, particularly around Mariscal Mountain. The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the work."
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08/17/us/trump-news#275fea82-9350-5fdb-a0e9-d98777a69ca8Archived version:
https://archive.ph/HBHpp#NoBorderWall #USPol #TrumpsBorderWall
#RioGrande #EnvironmentalLaws #CenterForBiologicalDiversity #EnvironmentalProtectionAct
#EndangeredSpecies #AbolishICE #DefundDHS #MurderPatrol
#BorderPatrol #NationalParks
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Federal Contractors Begin #BorderWall Construction in #BigBend #NationalPark
via #CensoredNews
"New Mexico threatens to revoke licenses of contractors drilling water wells in drought-stricken #NewMexico. The #TohonoOodham Nation has filed for an injunction to halt the Trump administration from seizing its tribal land for the border wall in Arizona, pointing out that only Congress can diminish its land.
"Border Wall construction will destroy O'odham burial places and #SacredSites. Today, contractors are destroying the fragile tree life at Big Bend in Texas. Today is Day 10 of a tree sitter and supporters halting border wall contractors in Lochiel, Arizona, east of Nogales." -- Censored News
Federal Contractors Begin Border Construction in Big Bend National Park
“This is the most heinous attack on an American national park in generations,” said Laiken Jordahl, national public lands advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity.
By Center for Biological Diversity, Censored News, August 7, 2026
TERLINGUA, Texas— "Bulldozers broke ground today on border barrier and road construction in Big Bend National Park amid widespread bipartisan opposition. Videos shared with the Center for Biological Diversity show contractors plowing through native vegetation along the Rio Grande’s riparian corridor, with the iconic Santa Elena Canyon visible in the background.
" 'This is the most heinous attack on an American national park in generations,' said Laiken Jordahl, national public lands advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity.
" 'The administration is preparing to blast hundreds of miles of destructive roads through the wildest place left in Texas and cut off public access to the Rio Grande, all to enrich private contractors. Big Bend belongs to us all, and sacrificing it is a betrayal of every Texan and every American who believes our national parks should be protected. We won’t stop fighting this reckless assault on Big Bend National Park and America’s natural heritage until this destruction ends.'
"Department of Homeland Security contractors have stockpiled heavy equipment across the Big Bend region, where staging yards have been cleared, worker camps built and water wells drilled.
"According to Customs and Border Protection’s [ #CBP ] online map, the agency plans to build vehicle barriers and patrol roads across Big Bend National Park, including in rugged and remote areas such as Mariscal Mountain that would require extensive dynamite blasting. The plans also include building in remote walled canyons where no unauthorized vehicle crossings have been documented and where vehicles cannot access the border with Mexico.
"In May the Department of Homeland Security awarded a $1.7 billion contract for border work through the national park. In June the department waived dozens of #EnvironmentalLaws — including the National Park Service Organic Act, #EndangeredSpecies Act and National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act — to authorize construction of border barriers, roads and lighting through Big Bend National Park. It was the first time in U.S. history that the federal government had waived such a broad set of environmental protections for construction inside a national park.
"The Center sued the Department of Homeland Security, saying the waivers violated the Constitution by taking actions with vast economic and political consequences without congressional authorization. That case is ongoing."
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https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08/federal-contractors-begin-border.html#USPol #CulturalGenocide #NoBorderWall #TrumpsBorderWall #ProtectTheSacred #EnvironmentalProtectionAct #EndangeredSpecies #RespectTheTreaties #AbolishICE #DefundDHS #MurderPatrol #BorderPatrol #IndigenousSacredSites #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
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"Nevada state regulators have accused Elon Musk’s Boring Co. of violating environmental regulations nearly 800 times in the last two years as it digs a sprawling tunnel network beneath Las Vegas for its Tesla-powered “people mover.” The company’s alleged violations include starting to dig without approval, releasing untreated water onto city streets and spilling muck from its trucks, according to a new document obtained by City Cast Las Vegas and ProPublica.
The Sept. 22 cease-and-desist letter from the state Bureau of Water Pollution Control alleged repeated violations of a settlement agreement that the company had entered into after being fined five years ago for discharging groundwater into storm drains without a permit. That agreement, signed by a Boring executive in 2022, was intended to compel the company to comply with state water pollution laws.
Instead, state inspectors documented nearly 100 alleged new violations of the agreement. The letter also accuses the company of failing to hire an independent environmental manager to regularly inspect its construction sites. State regulators counted 689 missed inspections."
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-boring-company-violations-fines-vegas-loop
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The laws needed to immediately stop destruction of environments clearly don't exist.
And the governments are not showing any haste to write, debate and enact the legislation that is needed. (?)
Shame on the government of #Victoria.
This continuing #EnviromentalVandalism is on you. It's been six months and I'll bet your pimply arses haven't even begun to move to make the needed laws.
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'They are among more than 1,400 cases analysed by the Guardian from within the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system, a set of private courts in which companies can sue countries for billions.'
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/06/isds-fear-of-billion-dollar-lawsuits-stops-countries-phasing-out-fossil-fuels-aoe -
The biosecurity officers' fight against fire ants and allegations of threats, harassment and stalking
A Glen Turner Déjà vu“We’ve had threats of ‘If you come on my property, I’ll shoot you’. ‘If you try and come on my property, I’ll set my dog on you...Australian police are routinely escorting biosecurity officers onto private properties after they reported being threatened with dogs and guns. In cases when people were “incredibly hostile”, program staff would “proactively engage with the police to escort us and to keep the peace and to keep everyone safe in that environment, because we need to complete the treatment”
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/03/fire-ants-australia-eradication-biosecurity-officers-queensland-ntwnfbThe environmental officer Glen Turner
was shot in Croppa Creek, near Moree in 2014 investigating illegal land clearing. "There is an interweaving between the physical murder of Glen Turner, and the ecological ‘murder’ of the brigalow through the voracious demand for agricultural land." Book review: ‘The Winter Road’ by Kate Holden
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https://residentjudge.com/2022/04/09/the-winter-road-by-kate-holden/
#conservation #biosecurity #FireAnts #InvasiveSpecies #BiosecurityOfficers #OHS #biodiversity #IllegalLandClearing #GlenTurner #violence #crime #Moree #GoldCoast #Grafton #SunshineCoast #LandOwnership #IndividualPropertyRights #PossessiveIndividualism #liberalism #pseudolaw #community #pests #EnvironmentalImpacts #insecticide #EnvironmentalLaws #NSW -
Protecting Australia's unique ecosystems or extractivism as usual ?
"With one of the highest rates of extinction in the world and more than 7.7 million hectares of threatened species habitat destroyed since 2000, Australia is considered by many to be in a biodiversity crisis...The agenda is entirely geared towards fast-tracking development."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-05-01/federal-election-2025-nature-laws-environmental-policies/105203334
#BiodiversityCrisis #EPBCAct #Biodiversity #ecosystems #conservation #NaturePositive #NatureNegative #EnvironmentalLaws #FossilFuels #koalas #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #governance #failure #extractivism -
As far as I'm concerned - no nation that has built themselves up from brutal, violent #colonialism & are still committing acts of #apartheid & #capitalist fueled #terrorism in post-colonial times (colonialism never really ended though), has any rights to tell any other nation/or citizens groups that they should stop fighting back against #oppression & state ordered illegal actions. They have zero rights to tell anyone to respect #HumanRights & #EnvironmentalLaws - since they blatantly violate those on a daily basis.
We have #TerroristStates - pretending they're democratic states. Looking at you, #Israel & #USA & #Germany & a few other guilty colonial, capitalist state wankers. These are evil states working hard to humanize #AI #robots that destroy human societies - while actively working real hard to #dehumanize real human beings.
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'Repair' much of the past two centuries of degradation
Australia’s environment could be fixed and threatened species saved for just 0.3% of GDPThe "Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists estimates $7.3bn a year for 30 years could avoid most extinctions, repair soils and restore rivers."
"Australia’s spectacular and unique landscapes and beloved wildlife were a drawcard for domestic and international tourists alike, bringing billions of dollars into the Australian economy every year ... Many Australians did not realise that “all of this is genuinely under threat”.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/24/australia-environment-endangered-species-fixed-gdp
#biodiversity #BiodiversityCrisis #ExtinctionCrisis #degradation #NatureCrisis #conservation #repair #environmentallaws #ClimateAction #Australia #LandClearing #sprawl -
#JohnEastman is believed to be an unindicted co-conspirator in #Trump’s fed #indictment; he is also facing #disbarment in Cali…
before…Trump, Eastman, 64, was the sort of #conservative #legal figure whose name one might forget, a #law prof w/a cushy job & a chairmanship at a practice group of the… #FederalistSociety.…His writings, speeches, & media appearances…reveal a man…constantly questioning #federal #authority & the administrative state.…he saw fed #EnvironmentalLaws especially problematic. -
Honest Government Ad | How to rig our laws (EPBC Act)
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=7FLqYpD6eYw
#Australia
#EnvironmentalLaws
#EPA
#JuiceMedia
#satire
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https://news.yahoo.com/biden-issues-first-veto-defending-165949989.html
President Joe Biden issued the first veto of his presidency Monday Biden to kill a Republican-authored measure that would ban the government from considering environmental impacts or potential lawsuits when making investment decisions for people's retirement plans. In a White House video, Biden said he vetoed the measure because it “put at risk the retirement savings of individuals across the country.” #EnvironmentalLaws #BidenVeto #MAGArepublicanExtremists #Climate
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Good analysis of Australian government's long-awaited response to the independent review that found our #EnvironmentalLaws are flawed and fail to protect nature #EPBCAct #EnvironmentalPolicy https://theconversation.com/our-laws-fail-nature-the-governments-plan-to-overhaul-them-looks-good-but-crucial-detail-is-yet-to-come-196126