The 2/3rds of the White House that is still standing issued an Executive Order today withdrawing the U.S. from 66 international organizations. Among them was the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Nothing could make clearer that this administration passionately hates our environment.
The list is long and includes:
- Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
- International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
- International Tropical Timber Organization
- Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
- UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries
- UN Oceans
- UN Population Fund
- UN Water
On top of that clear message that the U.S. has no interest in preserving a functional global habitat for humans, let alone wildlife, there were a few other ringers:
- International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies
- International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
- International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law
I am deeply, deeply distressed.
And all this atop a day of ICE shooting an unarmed observer in Minneapolis.
I did manage to update our hardcopy Nature's Notebook records based on Monday's observations.
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