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#impoundment — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #impoundment, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Beavers Must Be Backed, As Stirling [University] Study Shows Biodiversity Boost Animals Bring To Wetlands [UK/Finland] - Beavers Can Have A Major Impact In The Fight Against Biodiversity Loss.
    (Research has shown that beaver-created wetlands had 19% more species than other types of wetland)
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    stir.ac.uk/news/2026/march-202 <-- shared technical article
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    doi.org/10.1007/s10980-026-023 <-- shared paper
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    #beavers #benefits #natural #biodiversity #species #wetlands #habitats #Evo #Finland #Europe #ecology #ecosystems #environment #water #hydrology #waterresources #hydrography #planning #management #reintroduction #waterflow #restoration #dams #waterbodies #impoundment
    #SterlingUniversity

  2. Since returning to office, #RussVought has argued that the federal #law limiting #Trump’s spending powers is unconstitutional. And Dodaro has acknowledged that the admin has “not been cooperative” in the investigations.
    The WH disabled a website this spring that had helped #oversight ofcls track #federal #spending, claiming it revealed sensitive info. The #GAO described the move in April as disruptive & potentially #illegal, w/“implications” for “congressional oversight,” incl’g on #impoundment.

  3. The next month, #Paoletta told a federal agency directly that it should “pay no heed whatsoever to GAO’s conclusions, as they are incorrect” on the matter of #impoundment. Paoletta said the #GAO took an overly broad view of the #law, & #Trump could legally withhold money temporarily “to determine the most appropriate use of the funds” [nope].

    #law #ExecutiveBranch #AbuseOfPower #Project2025 #RussVought

  4. The scrutiny has enraged a WH focused on *cutting spending* that does not align w/Trump’s political views & priorities.

    In a May letter to the #GAO, Mark #Paoletta, #OMB general counsel, described GAO’s requests as “voluminous, burdensome & inappropriately invasive.” He said the #Trump admin would stop cooperating in #impoundment investigations, claiming that its frequent requests for docs “undermine agency efforts to faithfully *implement* [subvert] the #law & the president’s priorities.”