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FORESTS FOREVER For more than 30 years Forests Forever has been rallying Californians in defense of the state’s 17 million acres of woodland ecosystems and watersheds.

We do year-round education, grassroots organizing, and legislative advocacy.

"The report identified continued burning of fossil fuels as the primary source of record-high greenhouse gas levels, whi...
10/13/2026

"The report identified continued burning of fossil fuels as the primary source of record-high greenhouse gas levels, which are raising global temperatures and intensifying extreme weather."

A new American Meteorological Society report paints a grim picture of the global climate.

"The gap between the largest countries and the rest is steep. Australia, ranked sixth, is nearly three times larger than...
10/12/2026

"The gap between the largest countries and the rest is steep. Australia, ranked sixth, is nearly three times larger than India in seventh place."

"Taken together, the five largest countries occupy more land than the next 27 countries combined."

The five largest countries cover 40% of the world’s land, while the U.S. and Canada together are larger than South America.

"That carbon-major pollution has drained the West of trillions of gallons of water, about the full capacity of Lake Mead...
10/12/2026

"That carbon-major pollution has drained the West of trillions of gallons of water, about the full capacity of Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the U.S., the study found."

Some of the most impactful changes have come in the stressed Colorado River basin.

"The Sierra Club, an environmental advocacy group, rebuked the plan, calling it a 'corrupt back-room deal' that would br...
10/11/2026

"The Sierra Club, an environmental advocacy group, rebuked the plan, calling it a 'corrupt back-room deal' that would break with a longstanding commitment to 'protect Yosemite for the public good' by handing over national park land to a developer."

The Trump administration is considering a Yosemite land exchange that could give a developer more direct park access.

"The company is using the wells to determine how far and how deep an unknown quantity of petroleum fuel has spread into ...
10/11/2026

"The company is using the wells to determine how far and how deep an unknown quantity of petroleum fuel has spread into drinking water supplies from a rupture in its 68-year-old pipeline beneath this neighborhood just north of Philadelphia, a mile uphill from the Delaware River."

As Trump’s agencies shrink, narrow their role and reduce enforcement, politically connected Energy Transfer is steering a slow clean-up of fuel it spilled into drinking water near the Delaware River.

"Thousands of workers like Mullin who were promised steady, well-paying careers in offshore wind now find themselves rac...
10/11/2026

"Thousands of workers like Mullin who were promised steady, well-paying careers in offshore wind now find themselves racing to secure the few positions left or returning to their prior work. Meanwhile, the supply chain that emerged to support offshore development has been left adrift, including in towns in need of a promised economic boost."

Building trades spent the past five years preparing for an offshore wind boom that went bust. Now, U.S. workers mourn the well-paying careers they don’t see coming back.

"Women spoke of being sprayed while working next to fields treated by crop dusters and seeing coworkers caught in drifti...
10/10/2026

"Women spoke of being sprayed while working next to fields treated by crop dusters and seeing coworkers caught in drifting pesticide clouds. They spoke of suffering from asthma and liver disease and watching family members die of cancer. They spoke of being exposed to pesticides while pregnant, having children born prematurely, with birth defects, autism, ADHD or other neurodevelopmental problems."

State regulators face calls to better protect low-income, Spanish-speaking immigrants from pesticide exposure in agricultural communities.

"[H]ere, in a part of the country where many people can trace their roots back to the early days of ranching and where r...
10/10/2026

"[H]ere, in a part of the country where many people can trace their roots back to the early days of ranching and where raising cattle is practically a birthright, there’s a point where even they say that concept goes too far."

In Nebraska, Blackshirt Feeders LP is building the country’s largest feedlot for 200,000 beef cattle on a square-mile slab of concrete.

"According to a new study published in the journal PLOS, the Trump administration’s expected repeal of the ‘Roadless Rul...
10/09/2026

"According to a new study published in the journal PLOS, the Trump administration’s expected repeal of the ‘Roadless Rule’ could impact the drinking water supply for an estimated 25 million Americans."

Nearly all drinking water in the United States starts somewhere in a forest, long before it reaches a tap. About 90% of Americans get their water from public systems, and a large portion of that water comes from forestlands, which means policies affecting forests also have an impact on water.

"The primary results show how political support for unpopular data centers can come with a real cost, and the results ar...
10/09/2026

"The primary results show how political support for unpopular data centers can come with a real cost, and the results are instructive for those who want to win in this critical swing state in 2028."

In primary races for Congress, the state legislature and attorney general, data center opponents prevailed.

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