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Happy 50th birthday to the Clean Water Act! It's hard to overstate how critical this legislation was and is in reducing the amount of pollution flowing into our waterways—ensuring clean & abundant water is essential for birds & communities. #BirdsNeedWater audubon.org/news/the-clean…

Check out how the outdoor recreation economy is creating jobs and boosting local communities across the country👇

Thank you Governor Maura Healey for signing #PLPA protecting Art 97 land!! TY Jamie Eldridge for our partnership ! And all the environmental organizations who kept advocating. Thanks to the members and leaders of MA legislature! #mapoli

“It is a tool for meeting the climate crisis. We need open space to mitigate flooding. We need it to absorb carbon,” said Ruth B. Balser. Great coverage by Paula Moura WBUR on the enactment of the #PublicLandsPreservationAct! 🥳 wbur.org/news/2022/11/1…

With Argentina facing possible elimination, Lionel Messi stepped up. It's his first World Cup match with both a goal and assist since his debut in 2006. Argentina now has a 78% chance to make the Round of 16 according to FiveThirtyEight's Soccer Power Index.

Flood management was one of the key design intentions when Olmsted created these parks nearly 150 years ago. He gave them a concave shape to absorb stormwater & prevent flooding in surrounding neighborhoods—one of the first examples of what we now call #greeninfrastructure! (2/2)

Doing all these steps before going full throttle with roadsalts (and, please, don't) will *also* help protect dog's paws! My dog, Luna, thanks you for thinking of our rivers and her pawpads ❄️🐶🐾

This thread on #WorldWetlandsDay 🤌

The #Everglades is North America's largest wetland, so happy #WorldWetlandsDay to the beloved River of Grass! Here's my fave fact: 40% of the world's species live and breed in wetlands.

Cool leadership opportunity! This is run by amazing folks.

👀 Grateful for external reviewers putting the literal brakes on MBTA but also what the actual eff!?

#WOTUS

I wanted to share some of my thoughts on today's Supreme Court decision on affirmative action:

🤢🤮🤢 No fishing, no swimming. Let *at least* 24 hrs go by, and always check water quality reports for good measure.

“A very clear signal of climate change is the increased frequency of heavy precipitation events,” said Jennifer Francis with Woodwell Climate Research Center It probably comes as no surprise to anyone who was in the Northeast last month, but it rained A LOT! wbur.org/news/2023/08/0…

#SCOOP: New England's largest utility Eversource, has left the American Gas Association to focus more on "decarbonization." Experts say this may be the first major utility to break ranks with the influential trade group over diverging climate agendas wbur.org/news/2023/08/0…

This was a fantastic effort. Thanks for being such a great partner, MEMA!

2024 is all but sure to beat last year’s mark for hottest-ever recorded. politico.com/news/2024/11/0…

Ideas to develop FL State Parks seem to come back every few years, and every 👏🏼 single 👏🏼 time👏🏼 Floridians have said, "Thank you, but no, thank you, next." This bill looks like a step in the right direction to put those bad ideas to rest.