Desert advocate. Great Basin Director, @CenterForBioDiv & @CBD_Action_Fund. I'm not much on this site anymore. Tweets my own.
The edge of Death Valley, USA
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Patrick Donnelly retweeted
BREAKING: We're suing DHS for unconstitutionally wiping out decades of environmental law to blast border barriers and roads through Big Bend National Park—one of the most remote, wild, and least-crossed stretches of the entire southern border.
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After 320,000 acres in northern Arizona were nominated for oil and gas leasing, where experts say no oil or gas exists, a public lands mystery began. azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
A sobering thought: the vast majority of the lithium ever produced by humans is currently in landfills.
We are fighting back against a cynical industry lawsuit to strip protections away from the Dixie Valley toad. Read more:
biologicaldiversity.org/w/ne…
Vindication today as the feds announce a new round of analysis for the Greenlink North transmission boondoggle. Turns out of if you're going to violate your own laws by sending the sage-grouse to extinction, you at least need to show your work.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/ne…
I'm sorry but have you seen the @washingtonpost editorial page lately? For God's sake.
Merry Christmas Eve, mining executives.
courtesy Meg Bernhard, NYT Mag. nytimes.com/2025/01/24/magaz…
This cement plant & limestone mine would be directly in the communities of Moapa Valley. Mining shouldn't just be able to roll into your town & ruin your homes & your way of life. Glad the Clark County Planning Commission saw how bad this project is.
nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/06…
Patrick Donnelly retweeted
Hey so these are the people in Nevada who support unregulated data centers and want your utility bills to go up, want to suck all of your drinking water dry, and want to build out fossil fuels at breakneck pace to make the tech bros richer
Predicting wildflower blooms is a fool's errand. I'll just note that October rains can yield great desert blooms in spring. Germination gets a head start, and w/ sufficient winter rain... 🌼🌺🌸
I'll also note that we've gotten over 20% of annual precip in the past 3 weeks... 🤔
We've just teamed up with the Amargosa Conservancy to launch a lawsuit against BLM's approval of mining exploration on the doorstep of Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. We allege that this authorization violates the Endangered Species Act. Read more:
biologicaldiversity.org/w/ne…
Disaster. We have a case at the 9th Circuit trying to stop this ecocide for a massive project expanding this practice in the same area. Spring Valley is too special to clear cut.
Great Basin National Park:
The sublime beauty of an aspen stand in autumn; the horror of widespread conifer die-off.
The forests are telling us something. Will we listen?
Climate folks who trivialize or disregard the threat of lithium battery fires look both foolish and hopelessly out of touch with the realities and perceptions of normal people.
If you want to gamble in Nevada, who needs casinos? Just take your car to a mechanic in Pahrump.
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Patrick Donnelly retweeted
"The complexity is enormous, but I’m optimistic about the future of the turtles."
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