Michael Reinemer

We’re two weeks out from DCEFF 2026! Screenings are already selling out, so get your tickets this weekend, maybe? dceff.eventive.org/schedule

My cover story in Outdoor America looks at the growing threat of zoonotic diseases and the vital roles of wildlife veterinarians and public health professionals who keep an eye on existing and emerging pathogens.
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My cover story in Outdoor America looks at the growing threat of zoonotic diseases and the vital roles of wildlife veterinarians and public health professionals who keep an eye on existing and emerging pathogens.
iwla.org/it-could-sav...

City of Cedar Rapids water quality analyst Candice Kucera collects a water sample at Winnebago Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Izaak Walton League conservation committee chair Neil Mittelberg performs a nitrate strip test May 23, 2023, at Winnebago Park in Cedar Rapids. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

More Iowans report that clean water is near the top of their voting priority list, a new poll finds. https://www.thegazette.com/environment-nature/poll-most-iowa-voters-consider-water-quality-a-very-serious-issue/ 

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Prompting me to immediately sign up with Extinction Rebellion.

When taking it up a notch just brings everyone down. [Looking for projectile barf emoji]

Bluebells at Riverbend Park, Fairfax County, Virginia Photo Michael Reinemer

“A sustainable future is not guaranteed—if we want it, we need to create it.”

— Dr. Hannah Ritchie
“Not the End of the World” 2024

Nice video. I'm glad they worked in some comments from Lance Craighead. John and Frank Craighead were my boyhood heroes.

Tickets are now on sale for DCEFF 2026! Running March 19-28, the Festival will feature 50+ programs at venues throughout DC (many free). Learn more at dceff.org.

In letter to Senate, Teddy Roosevelt heirs oppose Boundary Waters mining because:
It's not America first: a Chilean mining company would use Chinese state-owned smelters
Removes public from public land decisions
Disregards sound science
Bad precedent for public lands using Congressional Review Act

Izaak Walton League - A Century of Conservation Leadership YouTube video by IzaakWaltonLeague

Izaak Walton League's success establishing the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife & Fish Refuge in 1924 created the template for modern environmental movement combining grassroots (100K members), media, lobbyists & partners (General Federation of Women's Clubs) #envhist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSKk...

The Outraged Consumer | Substack The Outraged Consumer peels back the layers and reminds you that what you thought was really going on really is. Are you OUTRAGED? Tell me why! Click to read The Outraged Consumer, a Substack publicat...

Jim Hood is an amazing investigative journalist. Amidst the surfeit of outrages we're living through, the Outraged Consumer routinely breaks terrific stories about them. www.theoutragedconsumer.com?utm_campaign...

James R. Hood (@jameshood1) Blame something called “facilities fees” for sky-high charges

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Advocates and government agencies participate in winter salt awareness event today at Izaak Walton League HQ in Gaithersburg, Md to raise awareness about smart salting and the dangers and damage to waterways and infrastructure from excessive salt on roads and pavement. #SaveOurStreams

WGF Joins Nitrate Watch Program • Wisconsin’s Green Fire The Nitrate Watch program is a great opportunity to “do something” for the waters you care about. WGF is a Nitrate Watch partner.

WGF is now a proud partner of the Izaak Walton League of America Nitrate Watch program! Will you join us and help test the waters you care about?

>> Details at wigreenfire.org/wgf-joins-ni...

#nitratewatch #waterquality #cleanwater #Wisconsin #conservation #communityscience

2026 Watershed Talks ~ Nitrate Pollution Ground Zero: Iowa's Water Crisis with Carey Gillam us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

ICE’s $28.7 billion budget fuels unprecedented domestic surveillance expansion Massive funding increase is being used to build one of the largest surveillance apparatuses ever

New from the Outraged Consumer: $28.7B ICE budget greatly expands web of domestic surveillance open.substack.com/pub/theoutra...

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

Good reminder from this state highway!

Iowa Federal Writers Project during the Great Depression From North American Mentor Magazine, Volume XVII, Spring 1979

The Iowa Federal Writers Project during the Great Depression, a short history. Finally digital, this was my thesis @grinnellcollege.bsky.social and was originally published in a regional literary journal, The North American Mentor Magazine, 1979. michaelreinemer.medium.com/iowa-federal...

ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans An internal ICE document shared among immigration officials details plans to use influencers and geo-targeted ads to rapidly hire thousands of deportation officers.

Exclusive: ICE officials plan to spend $100 million to recruit gun-rights supporters and military enthusiasts through online influencers and a geo-targeted ad campaign, part of what the agency called a “wartime recruitment” strategy to hire thousands of officers, according to an internal document.

This could wind up being the most-watched newsmagazine segment in television history!!

Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!

E&E News: Utilities urge Senate to protect lead pipe replacement funds The American Water Works Association is opposing a proposal to repurpose infrastructure law monies.

US water utilities urge Senate to NOT repurpose $250M Congress had approved to replace lead water pipes, reports E&Es @mirandawrites.bsky.social (excess road salt leeches lead from the pipes & into drinking water)
www.eenews.net/articles/utilities-urge-senate-to-protect-lead-pipe-replacement-funds/

‘I Didn’t Vote for This’: A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country Trump administration policies slashing staffing and funding for public lands are waking a sleeping political giant in Montana. Will either party notice?

My latest for @politico.com - the Trump administration is waking a sleeping giant in this red state with its attacks on public lands. Will either party notice?

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

These kitchen items may be contaminating your food with chemicals See the thousands of plastic chemicals in what we eat.

PFAS, phthalates, BPA, flame retardants form a "stew of potentially toxic materials that fill our homes & the food we eat" The 450M metric tons of plastic produced yearly include chemical additives. Yikes. Thank you @naemas.bsky.social
& @shannonosaka.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com
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These kitchen items may be contaminating your food with chemicals See the thousands of plastic chemicals in what we eat.

PFAS, phthalates, BPA, flame retardants form a "stew of potentially toxic materials that fill our homes & the food we eat" The 450M metric tons of plastic produced yearly include chemical additives. Yikes. Thank you @naemas.bsky.social
& @shannonosaka.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com
wapo.st/4qbRxcv

Litigators build toolkit to fight AI data centers The Trump administration’s plans to advance data centers and the energy to support them are sparking a legal backlash.

Legal fights are brewing over the Trump administration’s push for data centers and the energy to support them. Data centers use as much energy as a city and mean more pollution and higher bills for utility customers paying the price for surging energy demand.

Defend the Endangered Species Act The Endangered Species Act is wildly effective and widely popular. The law has prevented extinctions of numerous iconic species, recovered imperiled plants and animals, and protected the ecosystems we...

Now the public has 30 days to comment on these proposed rollbacks. Tell the Trump administration: Don’t slash protections that keep thousands of species alive.