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One of the world’s tallest trees — the centuries-old 'Doerner Fir' — is on fire in Oregon.

Oregon's tallest fir tree is on fire, and firefighters are racing to save it.

LiveScience

Here's the 200 Million Acres of Public Land the Government Opened Up for Mining

The Trump Administration's efforts to sell and lease public lands to extractive industries like mining for mineral and gas deposits is heating up, as the Department of the Interior has released what lands are available.

RideApart

The Reality of Trump’s ‘Beautiful Bill’: A Generation’s Worth of Damage

Western Environmental Law Center attorney discusses New Mexico, the president's energy emergency and how we can emerge from the “ruins.”

Capital & Main

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‘It’s like clapping for the NHS’: Lionesses’ decision to stop taking the knee triggers debate

While some activists insist it remains a ‘powerful antiracist act’, others say the symbol has been stripped of value

The Guardian - UK

Summer of Our Discontent by Thomas Chatterton Williams review – the liberal who hates leftists

In his caustic critique of identity politics, Williams ends up condemning every kind of collective action

The Guardian - UK

Terrifying video shows rockfall narrowly missing swimmers at popular Utah waterfall - visitors warned "this is not a backyard swimming pool"

Bureau of Land Management officials posted the video after the near miss by large rocks falling from the cliffs at Lower Calf Creek Falls

Advnture

What’s at risk for Arctic wildlife if Trump expands oil drilling in the fragile National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

The largest tract of public land in the United States is a wild expanse of tundra and wetlands stretching across nearly 23 million acres of northern Alaska. It’s called the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, but despite its industrial-sounding name, the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, or NPR-A, is much more than…

The Conversation

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The Problem With Mike Lee's Public Lands Proposal Is That It Doesn't Sell Off Enough Land

America's housing shortage is worst in Western states. That's also where the federal government owns the most land.

Reason

Senate Excludes Public Land Sales From Budget, New Lee Proposal Puts It Back In

After mass public outcry, the Senate's parliamentarian has stricken the provision to sell public lands from the budget reconciliation bill. However, Utah Senator Mike Lee proposed a new plan that puts it back in.

RideApart

US appeals court refuses to vacate Biden approval of Alaska's Willow oil project

A federal appeals court panel has refused to vacate the approval of the massive Willow oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope

The Independent UK

Tuesday briefing: What Trump’s response to the LA protests could mean for US democracy

In today’s newsletter: A lauded human rights lawyer on the anti-immigration protests in Los Angeles – and just what is at stake

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s BLM Deputy Director escorted out after clashing with Musk’s ex-DOGE staffer

DOGE seems to keep getting in the way.

We Got This Covered

What I learned from the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter uprising

Five years ago, I didn’t trust the moment; did the world really need to see a man die on a pavement to realise racism existed?

The Guardian - UK

Storyville: White Man Walking review – the man who marched 1,500 miles with a Black Lives Matter sign

This documentary starts with an off-putting sense of white saviourism and sanctimonious liberalism … only to become a compelling tale of how the US is riven by disfranchisement and division

The Guardian - UK

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Evening Standard

I walked across the south of America in a Black Lives Matter shirt — this is what happened

Documentary maker Rob Bliss set out on an epic journey to the Deep South in 2020. Cue the threats

International Business Times

George Floyd's Uncertain Legacy Marked In US Five Years On

Americans on Sunday marked five years since George Floyd was killed by a US police officer, as President Donald Trump backtracks on reforms designed to tackle racism.

Al Jazeera

Five years after George Floyd’s death, why misinformation still persists

Five years after Floyd’s killing, false claims of overdose fuel calls for Trump to pardon the police officers involved.

The Guardian - UK

How did 2020’s Black Lives Matter movement change the world? Our panel responds

Five years ago, George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis. Writers and activists from Brazil to Berlin talk about the protests, hope and disappointment that followed

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The Guardian - UK

UK Border Force is in effect under military command, report says

Institute of Race Relations says MoD’s Channel role reflects global rise of ‘hyper-militarisation’ in law enforcement

The Guardian - UK

Was the Black Lives Matter rebellion all for nothing? It may feel like that, but I have seen reasons for hope

It is easy to look back at 2020 and feel aggrieved, even fooled. But in the British city where slaver Edward Colston’s statue was pulled down, I found cause for optimism, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye

The Independent UK

Black Lives Matter street murals stand as an enduring reminder of protests against racism

In 2020, Black Lives Matter street murals appeared in cities across the U.S. following the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery

International Business Times

Did George Floyd Protesters Miss Their Moment For Change?

Outrage over George Floyd's killing by police catapulted Black Lives Matter into one of the largest protest movements in US history, with angry crowds chanting the slogan at rallies from Los Angeles to Washington.

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re going backwards’: Black Lives Matter’s Nekima Levy Armstrong on Trump’s US and the murder of George Floyd

When Minneapolis police killed George Floyd, Armstrong led the fight to bring them to justice. She talks about those terrible days in 2020 – and the battles that lie ahead

The Guardian - UK

Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd review – timely, human-scale recap of momentous times

The Black Lives Matter protests – and counterprotests – that unfolded in the UK in the wake of Floyd’s killing by police are at the centre of this detailed look at British racism

Reason

The Federal Government Has a Lot of Unused Land. Can We Sell It Off To Build Houses?

One proposal would create a streamlined process for selling off federal land to state and local governments, but only if they allow housing to be built on it.

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