DoomsdaysCWMar 27

No surprise. #ChelliePingree voted against HR556, #JaredGolden voted for it.

Protect #Wildlife from Toxic #LeadAmmunition [and #FishingTackle]

"#HR556, a bill to prevent federal agencies from prohibiting or regulating the use of toxic lead ammunition and fishing tackle on certain public lands and waters, passed the House of Representatives on March 18. However, we are not done fighting this bill! Lead ammunition is a well-documented threat, leading to illness and death for millions of birds and other wild animals each year. Since there is no safe level for lead exposure, hunters, anglers, and their families can also be harmed. Please contact your US representative about their vote on H.R. 556 and urge your senators to oppose this bill."

https://awionline.org/action-center#/535

Bill Status and details:

H.R.556 — 119th Congress (2025-2026)

Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2025

"This bill bars the Fish and Wildlife Service (#FWS), the Bureau of Land Management (#BLM), and the Forest Service from prohibiting or regulating the use of lead ammunition or tackle on federal land or water. The bill makes exceptions for specified existing regulations and where the FWS, the BLM, or the Forest Service determines that a decline in wildlife population at the specific unit of federal land or water is primarily caused by the use of lead in ammunition or tackle, based on the field data from such unit, and the state approves the regulations."

House Roll Call Vote 93 119th Congress - 2nd Session (2026)

Passed - Yea: 215 | Nay: 202
(R 208-1 Pres=0 NV=9, D 7-201 Pres=0 NV=6, I 0-0 Pres=0 NV=0)

Full voting roster:
https://www.congress.gov/votes/house/119-2/93

#USPol #MainePol #ProtectWildlife #ProtectNature #LeadPoisoning #WaterIsLife #SoilIsLife #NatureIsLife

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Claire McNabMar 19

RE: https://flipboard.com/@pinknews/uk-news-3r20qt2qz/-/a-VPy5LCg7RJeT7JxM-CYtlQ%3Aa%3A2382343751-%2F0

#PoliceScotland's new policy as reported here is illegal, because it takes no account of a #GenderRecognitionCertificate (#GRC).

The atrocious #UKSC decision in #FWS allows a GRC to be disregarded for purposes of the #EA2010. But it doesn't override a GRC for other purposes.

#GRA2004 §22 still applies: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/7/section/22

Disclosing info relating to a GRC is a criminal offence. The police focus on "BiologicalSex" risks routine illegal disclosure. I hope #trans are ready to sue

#scotpol

GESISDec 18
#DatensatzdesMonats #datasetofthemonth #GESISCommunityDataCollection
Der sechste Deutsche #Freiwilligensurvey (#FWS) mit Daten aus 2024 ist jetzt veröffentlicht. Die repräsentative Befragung zum freiwilligen Engagement in Deutschland wird seit 1999 alle fünf Jahre durchgeführt. Sie ist für Politik, Forschung und zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen eine wertvolle Ressource, um Trends im sozialen Engagement zu verstehen.
Show threadClaire McNabNov 15

@GeofCox I share @benofbrown's caution.

#BridgetPhillipson's track record on #trans rights is atrocious. If #Phillipson wanted to support trans people, the simple remedy would be to pass a one-sentence amendment to the #EA2010 making a GRC define sex in the EA as it does elsewhere. The #UKSC ruling in #FWS would be redundant.

This intervention marks a useful but small retreat from the #EHRC's extremist #transExclusion agenda. Phillipson just wants to crap on us less crudely.

Claire McNabNov 4

Excellent letter in #TheGuardian from Labour #MP Rachel Taylor about the destructive role of the #UK #EHRC's chair, the hardline #transphobe #KrisherFalkner, whose "ideological interpretation" of the #UKSC judgment in #FWS "risks marginalising transgender people". https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/03/equality-commission-guidance-after-sex-ruling-is-fundamentally-unworkable

Of course, Taylor diplomatically understates the problem. Falkner does not "risk marginalising #transgender people"; #trans exclusion is her clear goal.

There are also signs of possible govt caution ...

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Show threadClaire McNabNov 3

Absolutely, @simon_brooke. The #UKSC inverted reality, and stripped rights that parliament had clearly intended to confer.

That could have been done honestly by Parliament. It could have voted to clarify definitions either way, and it could still do so. A simple amendment could undo the #FWS judgment.

But my meta point is that both with Andrew and with #trans people, UK law was simply pulled out of a conjurer's hat, then solemnised as if it was ancient. The "#BritishConstitution" is a farce.

Show threadClaire McNabNov 3

Smilarly, the #UKSC's stripping of trans rights in #FWS could have been done in a very simple bill amending the Equality Act 2020. That would still have been a cruelly devastating breach of #ECHR rights, but at least it would have been procedurally honest.

#UKania does sometimes do procedural honesty. But it's optional.

END OF THREAD

Show threadClaire McNabNov 3

This is of course what happened In the #UKSC's judgment in #FWS. The judges refused to hear any opposing arguments, ignored all the evidence in parliamentary proceedings of the clearly stared intent of ministers. They then proceeded to not just gut the existing statutory framework and overturn it, but to do so on the basis of absurdist concepts such as "biological sex", which they didn't even attempt to define.

In both cases, sleight of hand is masquerading as law.

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Karen E. Lund 💙💛May 29, 2025

I recently spent a couple of evenings with NYC's Urban Park Rangers observing, counting, collecting data, and tagging Horseshoe Crabs. They are amazing animals, and I am more awed each time I see them.

Shoring up beaches for horseshoe crabs and birds | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

#HorseshoeCrabs #Conservation #FWS
https://www.fws.gov/story/2024-10/shoring-beaches-horseshoe-crabs-and-birds

Shoring up beaches for horseshoe crabs and birds | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Some beachgoers prefer the feel of soft, fine sand underfoot. But not horseshoe crabs.  For these ancient arthropods, fine sand can be a death trap.  Much like sea turtles, horseshoe crabs lumber onto shore to lay their eggs, which typically incubate in the sand for two to four weeks before hatching. 

FWS.gov
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 🤖Mar 9, 2025

Gabriel Gómez is the 2025 #FormulaWinterSeries champion! 👏👏

#WinterSeries #FWS