They're the largest living things on Earth. Some of them have been standing since before Rome was a republic. 🌳
Now Congress wants to "save" them. By logging them.
It's called the "Save Our Sequoias Act." And it does the opposite of what it says. S. 4103 just passed the House and sits in the Senate right now, and it would let logging companies cut down mature, thousand year old sequoias, no limit on how many, no limit on their size or age.
It does this by carving out a new exemption from the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), our bedrock law requiring environmental review and public input before major logging projects.
It wouldn't stop at the groves. The bill also amends the Wilderness Act itself, opening the door to human intervention (planting, "vegetation control," possible roads) inside land that's supposed to stay untouched by law.
This applies inside Yosemite. Inside Sequoia and Kings Canyon. Inside the Giant Sequoia National Monument. Inside land Congress designated as Wilderness specifically to keep humans out.
Who do you trust more to keep a 2,000 year old tree alive? The forest that's survived every fire for two millennia, or a logging company with a 3,000 acre permit and no one watching? 🌳 What are your thoughts? Sound off below👇
#DemsUnited
People still don’t seem to understand that global warming doesn’t mean “it can never be cold again.” It means a warming planet disrupts weather patterns, leading to more frequent and more extreme weather events. Scientists have been explaining this for decades, and somehow people still miss the point.
Without bees, crops fail.
Without forests, rain changes.
Without oceans, climate shifts.
Without healthy soil, food disappears.
The strange part isn’t that nature needs us.
It’s that we think we don’t need nature.
Bees are responsible for pollinating about one in three bites of the food we eat. They’re far more important to humans than any AI tool or data center. Please protect the bees.
Remember the glaciers.
Remember the coral reefs.
Remember the rainforests.
Remember the polar bears.
Remember the rhinos.
Remember the sea turtles.
Don’t let your children learn them the way we learned dinosaurs.
The strange thing about humans…
We spend billions trying to discover life on other planets,
while treating the only living planet we’ve ever found as if it’s replaceable.
Trump just hit Canada with 50% Tariffs.
Can I get a retweet from everyone who supports Canada.
Calling all Canadians to tell Trump to fuck off! 🇨🇦
Keep buying #Canadian! Stop traveling to America.
You can't eat the lettuce because of the deregulations that allowed parasites to fester on it, and it's not being handled / washed properly.
You can't eat meat because of the screw worm thanks to defunding its prevention.
You can, however, eat the rich.
1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii.
Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.
The ultimate sacrifice.
Our nation grieves.
Heroes. 🇺🇸
Major networks declined to air presidential addresses by Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W Bush, George HW Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Gerald Ford.
The only difference now is that Trump is a whiny little bitch about it.
BREAKING: The Trump admin’s Pentagon withheld dozens more U.S. troop injuries from Iran conflict, per NYT.
Hiding the human cost while touting victories? Our military deserves better than this cover-up.