r/Environmentalism

https://www.kjzz.org/tribal-natural-resources/2026-06-29/native-american-tribes-came-together-to-secure-their-rights-to-colorado-river-water-4-states-are-stalling-the-deal

Sport hunting funds up to 70precent of conservation in sub Saharan Africa
Helps with herd health by killing older only consumer large trophy animals increasing available food it also isn’t one sided hunters die and get injured this is following the expectation of a clean kill often caned or vehicle mounted hunting is wrong and often illegal as it is cruel and unsportsmanlike a caned hunt is were the animals are tied drugged or beaten so they don’t flee or fight back also

Just created a video on the importance of #CoverCrops. 🌱
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It's a sustainable practice and farmers have been doing it for ages. However, I was recently shocked to witness the growing trend of #StubbleBurning instead of leaving crop residues as mulch to enrich and protect the soil.
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"What goes into the soil, stays in the soil." The same applies to #Plastic and #Pesticides. So why not choose practices that help the soil regenerate, retain its health, and remain productive for generations to come?

My daughter, a junior in high school, is trying to improve plastic recycling in her school and our town. Initially her focus was on improving user motivation, i.e. getting her peers/people to care about putting items in the proper receptacles, but she’s now run into a larger issue: it seems that the municipality isn’t recycling plastics when items are properly sorted because it is purportedly not economically viable. Is anyone aware of any examples where this issue has been addressed on a local level or any resources that she can contact to try to rectify or improve this circumstance? Thanks.

Duke of Burgundy butterflies

TEXAS — Amid ongoing controversy concerning border barriers in the Big Bend area, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has requested public comment on planned construction in Brewster County.

The West Texas county contains Big Bend National Park and a sliver of Big Bend Ranch State Park. It’s also home to Terlingua, a small town that has shown staunch anti-border wall sentiment over the past few months.

According to the Tuesday request from the CBP, Brewster County will receive a vehicle barrier system and roads. This comes after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin issued a waiver on June 9 that expedites these construction efforts.

**The public can submit comment to** BigBendComments@cbp.dhs.gov **until July 13. The subject line must read: Brewster County Vehicle Barrier System Construction.

All comments, names and addresses will enter public record.**

According to the CBP, the planned construction includes new detection systems, about “205 miles of new or improved patrol roads” and roughly “17 miles of non-adjoining sections of low-profile post on rail vehicle barrier.”

Steel posts with continuous steel rail supports and alternatining rail heights will make up the vehicle barrier.

The barrier and roads seemingly take the place of a previously planned 30-foot border wall that would have ran through the Big Bend parks region. In May, the CBP told Spectrum News that construction project was not moving forward, and any contracted construction “does not involve the construction of a 30-foot-high barrier in Big Bend National Park, Big Bend Ranch State Park or the Black Gap Wildlife Management Area.”

A contract the Department of Homeland Security gave Southwest Valley Constructores Company in early May stated that border construction had begun with an expected end date of December 2028.

A year ago I moved to China. A big reason was because I really struggled to make a survivable wage in my own country, however, here I am upper middle class.

However, my mum has visited me 3 times in the past year. This makes me feel really guilty because I feel responsible for her massive carbon emissions (our country is far away.)

I have asked her if she would mind sticking to once or twice a year because I am concerned about the environment, but she just ignored that and answered another question in my message.

I feel like I need to go back, but my life is insanely better here.