Anna Kavanaugh: Writer, Producer, Journalist

www.annakavanaughofficialwebsite.com The Official Anna Kavanaugh Tumblr. Anna is a writer, film & broadcast producer, and journalist. She is also a dedicated environmentalist, conservationist, human and animals rights advocate. Word Enthusiast, Wanderer. Wonderer. Awe-Inspired. Faith-Filled.

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As a lifelong Oregonian, I am deeply opposed to Trump plans to maximize logging on 2.5 million acres for profit. A billion board feet annually is not management or leadership. It is a violation of Oregon's natural heritage, clean water, climate defense, and Indigenous Rights.

This policy is a retreat to 1960s-era "maximum harvest" targets that prioritize short-term profit over the long-term health of our state. We need to move forward toward forest resilience, not be dragged back into the divisive timber wars of the past.

Beyond the timber volume, this plan threatens the clean water our communities rely on and ignores the sovereign rights of the Indigenous Tribes who have stewarded these ancestral lands for millennia.

True sustainability means protecting the complex ecosystems and carbon-rich ancient stands that are our best defense against climate change. Ensuring that Oregon's future is not sacrificed for a temporary payout is the only way forward. We have only 19 days to make our voices heard before the March 23 deadline to stop this "maximum logging" revision of Oregon's forest management plans. Please contact the Bureau of Land Management and our federal representatives to demand they protect our water and our heritage. https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announces-plan-to-fell-oregons

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The loss of Arctic ice is a fundamental loss of planetary stability. This is because the Arctic acts as the world’s refrigerator, reflecting solar radiation back into space through the albedo effect. As reflective white ice is replaced by dark, heat-absorbing ocean water, we trigger a dangerous feedback loop that accelerates global heating. This shift disrupts the jet stream, leading to the extreme and unpredictable weather patterns we now see across the Northern Hemisphere.

Incrementalism is not a stabilization strategy. Small, slow adjustments cannot keep pace with the rapid thawing of permafrost, which threatens to release massive amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide in the short term. We must prioritize systemic transition to renewables and a resilient infrastructure to address our climate reality. Relying on fossil fuel expansion while the Arctic melts is a failure of logic and leadership. A true transition requires a massive overhaul of our energy grids to support wind, solar, and storage, ensuring our communities can withstand the intensifying storms and rising sea levels that are already locked in. Protecting the Arctic is not just about saving a remote landscape; it is about maintaining the thermal balance that allows our current civilization to exist. https://www.worldwildlife.org/resources/explainers/why-are-glaciers-and-sea-ice-melting/

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This image of "Sweet Girl" went viral because it captured a soul, not just a species. But the tragedy that followed is the heartbreaking reality for thousands of whales every year.

Speeding vessels are turning migration routes into death traps. In the case of this gentle juvenile humpback, the boat was moving far beyond safe limits. We can’t keep calling these "accidents" when the solutions such as slowing down and enforcing maritime laws are right in front of us. No more "Sweet Girls" should have to suffer for a few minutes of saved travel time, or for maximized profit.

We must remember that we do not own this planet. We share it. These oceans are their home, their nurseries, and their migration paths. When we prioritize our convenience, or our greed, over their survival, we lose more than just a whale. We lose a piece of our own humanity, empathy, and compassion. Until we collectively learn to respect, cherish, and preserve the boundaries of nature, and treat the ocean like the shared sanctuary it is, we will continue to see collapse of the world around us, and our only home. 🌎🌊🐋

Humpback Whale Swims Up To Photographer for Incredible Close-Up Picture

But the story has a tragic ending.

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Emperor Penguins moult to survive, but scientists fear it may now be killing them

Each year the birds must stay on floating ice long enough to replace their weather-beaten feathers.

Heartbreaking. Emperor Penguins are trapped during their annual moult without waterproof feathers. During this period, they undergo a "catastrophic moult," shedding their entire plumage in one block. For these several weeks, their biology effectively grounds them. Because they are no longer waterproof or insulated, they are physically unable to enter the Southern Ocean to hunt or escape. Their survival is entirely contingent on the stability of the land-fast ice beneath them.

They drown or freeze if sea ice melts too soon. This is the grim reality for them in the current crisis. When the ice platform fragments or disintegrates before their new feathers are fully grown and sealed, these birds have no recourse. Forced into sub-zero waters without their protective barrier, they face immediate hypothermia or drowning. They are trapped by a biological process in a habitat that is no longer reliable.

Among many other points of crisis in the world, climate change has plunged these colonies from 100 to 25 in just 3 years. In Marie Byrd Land, the data is stark. We are witnessing a localized collapse where three-quarters of identified groups have vanished. But this isn't just about penguins. From ocean acidification destroying the base of the food web to extreme heatwaves and unpredictable droughts destabilizing our own food systems, the structural integrity of our entire world is failing. When the foundation fails, whether it’s sea ice or a stable climate, the entire system fails.

We must act. This is a survival emergency for one of many species whose primary refuge is disappearing and a warning for our own. We must protect what remains and address the systemic greed driving this collapse. ❄️🐧🌎

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Six Myths About Plastic Pollution: Debunked  | Oceana

The promise of plastics was a great one, but as the consequences become clear, these broken promises leave us wondering: what is the truth a

Recycling failure is more than inefficiency. It's about habitability and health. Plastics are a driving critical force in ecological, biological, and climate collapse. We cannot treat symptoms as poor end management. We must end them. 🌎

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I so love Rumi… ❤️

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Great Gray Owl in snowfall by Christoph Nolte

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Advocates warn of more toxic pollution, asthma attacks, and premature deaths, especially in communities living near coal plants.

The Trump EPA has repealed mercury standards, recklessly allowing coal plants to emit 3x more toxin. Food chain contamination, brain damage, heart disease, asthma, and cancer will rise for millions. Profit over health is not leadership or protection.

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50% of coral reefs were damaged or killed by catastrophic heat stress from 2014-17. A massive collapse of ecosystems and natural infrastructure that a billion people rely on for food security and coastal safety. With conditions worsening, we have no time for gradual solutions. 🌎🌊

Coral reefs, worth an estimated $9.8 trillion a year to humanity, are in far worse shape than previously realized. A massive international s

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“Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

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Loving this! ❤️💃🍃

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Normalizing volatility and chaos as a permanent state only strengthens it. Progress requires dismantling cycles of hostility and greed that have defined the status quo. We owe it to the future to maintain a standard of engagement that transcends grievances and hate. #MLK2026 🕊️

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We often look for external solutions to systemic problems. MLKJr reminds us that the internal tools of empathy, patience, and compassion are the engines of change. We cannot build a better world with the same bricks of resentment, pain, and hatred that tore it down. #MLK2026🕊️

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Alliances are built on trust, not tariffs on 8 of our closest allies or personal slights to Norway. The logic of "securing" Greenland against China does not stand when the cost is alienating our own partners. When Denmark feels they must militarize against American coercion, it is a US self-inflicted wound to the Atlantic front. You cannot protect the free world by breaking it. ForeignPolicy

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We too often discuss ice loss in terms of volume rather than global equilibrium. The accelerating melt from the Greenland ice sheet represents a massive, non-linear shift in our planet’s hydrologic cycle that will redefine national security and resource competition for the next century. 🌎

Climate change is melting glaciers and ice sheets faster than they can regrow » Yale Climate Connections

Yale Climate Connections is a nonpartisan, multimedia service providing daily broadcast radio programming and original web-based reporting,

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Evidence increasingly shows that ecological recovery is most resilient when centering the expertise of Indigenous and local communities who sustain it. This leads to achieving measurable, long-term biodiversity outcomes and climate mitigation. 🌎🙏

Why restoring nature can work so much more effectively when led by local people

Restoring the ability of local communities to act as guardians of nature is a promising approach to both ecological and social recovery.

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Sustainable peace is impossible without a stable planet. Climate justice is not just an ethical priority; it is a strategic necessity for maintaining international security and resilient supply chains in an increasingly volatile world. In a world this interconnected, a crisis for one eventually becomes a crisis for all. environment 🌎🕊️🙏

Excellencies,Happy new year. I wish you and your families peace and health in 2026. It is tradition for the Secretary-General to come before

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Wetlands are not just ecosystems. They are natural infrastructure that filter water, shelter critical biodiversity, and sequester carbon. Sustainable management is essential for disaster mitigation, climate health, and water security. We must protect them. 🌎