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California governor Gavin Newsom stunned conservation groups over the weekend when he said he will veto a bill that would have let the state preserve Obama-era conservation policies. In announcing his opposition to Senate Bill 1, Newsom sided with powerful farm and water interests that have been supportive of the Trump administration's attempts to undermine bedrock conservation laws, including Endangered Species Act protections for the delta smelt fish.
The bill's author, State Senator Toni Atkins, said that Newsom's veto means “Not only must we work to push back against the rollbacks that have already been made, we must start preparing now to push back against the next Trump assaults we know will be coming.”
Exploring the Arctic Wildlife Refuge before the drilling starts
Writing at The New York Times, Christopher Solomon takes us on an expedition into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — nine days on the Hulahula River to the Beaufort Sea. Biologists warn that extensive oil and gas development in the refuge will likely harm the herd of 218,000 migrating caribou that travel 2,700 miles across the Arctic each year. Just hours after the House voted to block drilling in the Refuge last week, the Trump administration said it was moving ahead with plans to open the area to drilling.
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We’re going to be on Arctic time. We’ll eat when we’re hungry. Hike when we want to. Move when we got to move.”
