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| ICYMI: Trump Trashes Coasts for New Year's, Frozen Sharks, & More Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke starts the new year by proposing to open up all U.S. waters—including previously protected areas off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in the Arctic—to oil and gas drilling. West Coast starfish are rebounding after being decimated four years ago by a mysterious disease known as sea star wasting syndrome. The EPA considers greatly expanding the use of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides. California says it will freeze use of such pesticides at current levels. A huge winter storm envelops the East Coast: Invasive iguanas are falling out of trees in Florida. It is colder in Tallahassee than in Juneau, Alaska. Frozen sharks wash up in Cape Cod. The zoo in Calgary, Canada, brings its penguins indoors for safety. Illustration by Peter Arkle Join Naomi Klein and Michael Brune for a Facebook Live Event What will it take to sustain a political movement capable of driving the transition to an ecologically sustainable and socially just society? Naomi Klein, author of No Is Not Enough, and Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune will discuss this and other questions during a Facebook Live conversation on January 10. And anyone who tunes in will have a chance to ask questions. Find out more and RSVP. Photo by Kourosh Keshiri
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