Jason Rylander
@jasonrylander.bsky.social
Legal Director, Climate Law Institute, Center for Biological Diversity. Artist and musician. Dog lover. Posts are my own.
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
The work will always matter, especially now when the risk of doing nothing is palpably real.
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The Cervino is naked!
A stunning look at the #Cervino, #Italy without snow after the scorching summer 2026 capured by #Copernicus #Sentinel2 compared with the same view from September 2025. #Alps #climateemergency #Matterhorn
A stunning look at the #Cervino, #Italy without snow after the scorching summer 2026 capured by #Copernicus #Sentinel2 compared with the same view from September 2025. #Alps #climateemergency #Matterhorn
October 5, 2026 at 7:19 AM
The Cervino is naked!
A stunning look at the #Cervino, #Italy without snow after the scorching summer 2026 capured by #Copernicus #Sentinel2 compared with the same view from September 2025. #Alps #climateemergency #Matterhorn
A stunning look at the #Cervino, #Italy without snow after the scorching summer 2026 capured by #Copernicus #Sentinel2 compared with the same view from September 2025. #Alps #climateemergency #Matterhorn
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The U.S. has withdrawn its last troops from Iraq, 23 years after a Republican president launched a war of choice based on lies that cost trillions of dollars, killed hundreds of thousands of people, and unleashed regional chaos.
History doesn't repeat, but it often rhymes.
History doesn't repeat, but it often rhymes.
September 30, 2026 at 6:31 PM
The U.S. has withdrawn its last troops from Iraq, 23 years after a Republican president launched a war of choice based on lies that cost trillions of dollars, killed hundreds of thousands of people, and unleashed regional chaos.
History doesn't repeat, but it often rhymes.
History doesn't repeat, but it often rhymes.
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‼️ Today, the Senate unveiled a permitting reform bill that would make it easier for fossil fuel + tech companies to steamroll community opposition to their polluting, climate-wrecking projects.
This bill would benefit Big Tech and Big Oil, not working families.
This bill would benefit Big Tech and Big Oil, not working families.
September 30, 2026 at 5:19 PM
‼️ Today, the Senate unveiled a permitting reform bill that would make it easier for fossil fuel + tech companies to steamroll community opposition to their polluting, climate-wrecking projects.
This bill would benefit Big Tech and Big Oil, not working families.
This bill would benefit Big Tech and Big Oil, not working families.
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This is a human rights abuse worthy of prosecution under intentional law. Minimally, they should be impeached and removed for this alone.
BREAKING: SCOTUS allows the Trump admin to restart third-country removals under a policy found by lower courts to violate federal law. The Democratic appointees dissent.
The deportations will be OK'ed at least through the next several months, with SCOTUS agreeing to hear the case in December.
The deportations will be OK'ed at least through the next several months, with SCOTUS agreeing to hear the case in December.
September 29, 2026 at 8:07 PM
This is a human rights abuse worthy of prosecution under intentional law. Minimally, they should be impeached and removed for this alone.
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@troyjackson207.bsky.social: I'm a fifth generation logger. I believe strongly in being a good steward of the land and a good steward of the water. And that includes getting off of fossil fuels.
September 22, 2026 at 9:37 PM
@troyjackson207.bsky.social: I'm a fifth generation logger. I believe strongly in being a good steward of the land and a good steward of the water. And that includes getting off of fossil fuels.
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The video shows the agents literally just leaving the guy in the street and driving off.
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released
The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
evanstonnow.com
September 21, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The video shows the agents literally just leaving the guy in the street and driving off.
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September 21, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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The “jaw-dropping” El Niño currently heating up the planet has burst through the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon, several months before its expected peak.
September 21, 2026 at 2:50 PM
The “jaw-dropping” El Niño currently heating up the planet has burst through the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon, several months before its expected peak.
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The Wallace Global Fund is giving it all away and pressuring other charities to meet the urgency of the moment.
"We are saying, listen, give 'til it hurts," the fund's outgoing CEO told me. subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/2...
"We are saying, listen, give 'til it hurts," the fund's outgoing CEO told me. subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/2...
September 21, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The Wallace Global Fund is giving it all away and pressuring other charities to meet the urgency of the moment.
"We are saying, listen, give 'til it hurts," the fund's outgoing CEO told me. subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/2...
"We are saying, listen, give 'til it hurts," the fund's outgoing CEO told me. subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/2...
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Is it wrong to state the obvious? Trump wants to destroy the Kennedy Center because he hates the idea of quality arts, culture, and good taste. Not only is he a monumental crook, he has abysmal taste. Look how he decorated the oval office. Trump is a piece of tasteless, criminal junk.
September 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Is it wrong to state the obvious? Trump wants to destroy the Kennedy Center because he hates the idea of quality arts, culture, and good taste. Not only is he a monumental crook, he has abysmal taste. Look how he decorated the oval office. Trump is a piece of tasteless, criminal junk.
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This is escalating fast. Attorneys for Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) are alerting a federal judge that the Trump team appears to be seriously considering demolishing the Kennedy Center.
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This is escalating fast. Attorneys for Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) are alerting a federal judge that the Trump team appears to be seriously considering demolishing the Kennedy Center.
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September 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
This is escalating fast. Attorneys for Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) are alerting a federal judge that the Trump team appears to be seriously considering demolishing the Kennedy Center.
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Open the Kennedy Center. Stop Trump's Arch.
September 17, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Open the Kennedy Center. Stop Trump's Arch.
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Man who ran Kennedy Center into the ground weighs in.
May 29, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Man who ran Kennedy Center into the ground weighs in.
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JUST IN: Attorneys for Rep. Joyce Beatty asked for an emergency hearing after a staffer was denied access to the Kennedy Center and told it was closed to the public.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
Kennedy Center Closed
www.documentcloud.org
September 16, 2026 at 5:39 PM
JUST IN: Attorneys for Rep. Joyce Beatty asked for an emergency hearing after a staffer was denied access to the Kennedy Center and told it was closed to the public.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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The regime has proposed to open roadless areas on National Forests to new road building and to new logging. Comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...
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Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
September 17, 2026 at 3:44 PM
The regime has proposed to open roadless areas on National Forests to new road building and to new logging. Comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...
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Why are they trying to kill us all?
E.P.A. Expected to Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
E.P.A. Expected to Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Why are they trying to kill us all?
E.P.A. Expected to Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
E.P.A. Expected to Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
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I'm not a religious person, but if there were such a thing as the Antichrist, he would do what Trump does every day. Destroying our beautiful planet and the lives of its people for the sake of
A. profit and
B. a vengeful urge to destroy what other people love.
So yes, demonic is the right word.
A. profit and
B. a vengeful urge to destroy what other people love.
So yes, demonic is the right word.
“If the move survives expected legal challenges, it could also prevent future administrations from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.”
Absolutely fucking demonic.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
Absolutely fucking demonic.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
September 14, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I'm not a religious person, but if there were such a thing as the Antichrist, he would do what Trump does every day. Destroying our beautiful planet and the lives of its people for the sake of
A. profit and
B. a vengeful urge to destroy what other people love.
So yes, demonic is the right word.
A. profit and
B. a vengeful urge to destroy what other people love.
So yes, demonic is the right word.
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Thank you! At an event last night I said "If the word hope doesn't work for you try, 'Never fucking surrender.'" The word hope seems too sunny to a lot of people, but the heart of it as I'm interested in it is: we make the future in the present, if we show up, and that never surrender part.
March 7, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Thank you! At an event last night I said "If the word hope doesn't work for you try, 'Never fucking surrender.'" The word hope seems too sunny to a lot of people, but the heart of it as I'm interested in it is: we make the future in the present, if we show up, and that never surrender part.
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Also FYI, the majority of Colorado River water used for farms is actually for cattle feed (alfalfa and hay).
The minority of the agricultural water use is for food people eat directly, like wheat or produce. science.nasa.gov/missions/lan...
The minority of the agricultural water use is for food people eat directly, like wheat or produce. science.nasa.gov/missions/lan...
August 17, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Also FYI, the majority of Colorado River water used for farms is actually for cattle feed (alfalfa and hay).
The minority of the agricultural water use is for food people eat directly, like wheat or produce. science.nasa.gov/missions/lan...
The minority of the agricultural water use is for food people eat directly, like wheat or produce. science.nasa.gov/missions/lan...
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I’m just a small-town international relations professor, but I think it should be a huge, presidency-ending scandal that the President of the 🇺🇸 regularly violates the UN Charter by threatening the territorial conquest of other UN member-states & our NATO treaty allies:
www.un.org/en/about-us/...
www.un.org/en/about-us/...
August 18, 2026 at 2:19 PM
I’m just a small-town international relations professor, but I think it should be a huge, presidency-ending scandal that the President of the 🇺🇸 regularly violates the UN Charter by threatening the territorial conquest of other UN member-states & our NATO treaty allies:
www.un.org/en/about-us/...
www.un.org/en/about-us/...
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Let this guy cook. The fact the number of Democrats speaking this forcefully and directly can be counted on one hand is absurd.
Ossoff: "The president, surrounded by enablers in the West Wing, is playing golf, trading stock, & decorating his ballroom. It is a disgrace. All while American families in Georgia and across the country pay more for just about everything as a direct result of his failed economic and foreign policy"
August 18, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Let this guy cook. The fact the number of Democrats speaking this forcefully and directly can be counted on one hand is absurd.