now why would they call it a "swarm of angry jellyfish"? the jellies were just jellying!: "Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down by Furious Jellyfish"
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Nearly 300 people from Newtok, Alaska, have moved nine miles across the Ninglick River to a new village called Mertarvik as part of a federally funded effort to resettle communities threatened by climate change.
But much of the infrastructure there is already failing, according to our investigation with The Washington Post and KYUK.
#News #Alaska #Climate #Environment #ClimateChange #Native #Indigenous
Donald Trump’s No. 2 Pick for the EPA Represented Companies Accused of Pollution Harm
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David Fotouhi, a lawyer who recently challenged a ban on asbestos, worked to roll back climate regulations and water protections while serving in the Environmental Protection Agency during Trump’s first administration.
#News #EPA #Environment #Pollution #Climate #Trump #Government
ProPublica reporter Rob Davis began with a simple question: Had Nike truly become a beacon of environmental stewardship and fair labor practices, as it claimed?
To find the answer, he had to travel across the Pacific Ocean.
https://www.propublica.org/article/nike-labor-practices-cambodia-column?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Nike #Environment #Labor #Work #Business #Cambodia
Trump Administration Looking to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches
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A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others have long sought.
#News #Environment #Aviation #SpaceX #Space #ElonMusk #Regulation #Trump
If you turn the sink off when you're done using it to conserve water, or turn the lights off when you leave the room to conserve electricity, why do you use ChatGPT or other AI tools? Using those sorts of tools a few times a month negates whatever you've conserved by being prudent in other parts of your life.
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #waste #environment
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #waste #environment
Photographer Justin Hamel joined Battalion Search and Rescue in their attempt to rescue lost migrants ... or discover the remains of those who hadn't made it through the El Paso desert.
Find his photo essay in our magazine, or on our website: https://www.texasobserver.org/death-in-the-desert/
#SouthTexas #border #immigration #HumanRights #environment #politics #USpol #Mexico #Texas #news
Donald Trump’s choice to lead HUD has a history of voting against protections for poor tenants. And Trump’s choice to lead the IRS once pushed to abolish the agency entirely.
Revisit ProPublica’s reporting on some of Trump’s key appointees:
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-appointments-cabinet-propublica-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Government #Housing #Tax #Environment #Business #Health
In just two weeks, Trump has made drastic changes to the EPA, from firing top agency officials to freezing funding for community projects.
Here’s how that could impact efforts to reform toxic hot spots across the country.
How Trump’s Federal Funding and Hiring Freezes Are Leaving America Vulnerable to Catastrophic Wildfire
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Uncertainty over funding and hiring stemming from the president’s executive orders has limited wildfire training and postponed work to reduce flammable vegetation. It has also led some firefighters to leave the force, their colleagues said.
#News #Wildfires #Trump #USPolitics #Climate #Biodiversity #Environment
The One That Got Away: This Small Town Is Left in Limbo After Betting Big on GMO Salmon
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AquaBounty GMO salmon was going to be the future of fish — and the future for one Ohio village that offered incentives to make a new facility happen. But years after breaking ground, there are no fancy fish tanks. No designer fish. No new jobs.
🔥 🇨🇦 🗺️ With Canada warming twice as fast as the global average (Government of Canada 2019), and home to more than a quarter of the world’s boreal forests, the country is experiencing this consequence of global heating firsthand.
#ClimateEmergency
#Canada #Wildfire #Nature
#Environment #FossilFuels
#Alberta #Energy
#Cdnpoli #Cdnpoli
https://climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sheet-wildfires/
Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals
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The change would effectively transfer financial responsibility from oil drillers, auto manufacturers and others and leave Americans to face greater direct costs as warming continues.
#News #Trump #Climate #Environment #ClimateChange #Carbon #Oil
EPA scales back pollution enforcement under Trump. #Environment #EPA #Pollution #Trump
Ticks are showing up in places where they didn’t use to
Ticks are showing up in more places, earlier in the season and bringing disease risks with them. CBC's Johanna Wagstaffe breaks down how climate change is helping ticks thrive — and why public-health experts say it’s time to pay attention.
#climate #disease #health #environment
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6795771?cmp=rss
An EPA complaint filed under the Biden administration alleged that a harmful disinfectant was being used without proper protection at an ICE facility in California.
Last week, the case — filed against the GEO Group, a major Trump donor — was dropped without explanation.
Feeling Anxiety About Climate Change and Other Environmental Threats? These Five New Books Can Help
Advice to help recharge your momentum and resilience makes these books must-reads for anyone who feels helpless or hopeless about climate chaos
#books #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
We will shoot past the 1.5°C target, averaged over 20 years, by the end of this decade. There’s no way to prevent it.
After that, to avoid 2C, 3C, or even 4C, it will take a massive and — dare we say? — highly unlikely global effort to unite in slashing carbon emissions at an unprecedented rate.
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For global average temperatures to stabilize at less than 1.5°C above preindustrial levels, humanity needs to achieve 43% greenhouse gas emissions cuts by 2030. But progress on climate action has stagnated in recent years, global GHG emissions are yet to peak, and our remaining carbon budget is dwindling.
Above 1.5°C of warming, we risk passing critical tipping points in natural Earth systems, triggering self-perpetuating changes that could shift the planet out of the habitable zone for humanity and for life as we know it. Even with rapid, large-scale action on climate change, crossing some tipping points may now be unavoidable.
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LEARN MORE ➡️ https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/climate-futures-whats-ahead-for-our-world-beyond-1-5c-of-warming/
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon
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The Trump administration canceled a deal, signed under President Joe Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmon.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-salmon-columbia-river-tribes-deal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Native #Indigenous #Oregon #Environment #Sustainability #PNW
ClimateJustice.social is a Mastodon server for climate justice activists and those concerned about global warming and the current environmental crisis.
This server has a post size of up to 5000 characters and has been operating since 2020.
You can find out more at https://climatejustice.social/about or contact the admin @PaulaToThePeople
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Special shoutout to the repair site iFixit who are now on the Fediverse, you can follow them at:
➡️ @iFixit
They provide repair forums and free repair guides for phones, computers, consoles, kitchen equipment, tools, medical devices, cars etc. They also review and tear down new gadgets to see how repairable they are.
Repairing your existing stuff is much, much better for the environment than buying replacements.
#Repairs #Electronics #DIY #Environment #Gadgets #Tech #RightToRepair
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Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning.
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Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic partner in Asia.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-halted-agent-orange-cleanup-dioxin-vietnam-poison-risk?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Vietnam #USAID #Environment #PublicHealth #USPolitics
Introducing the July/August 2025 issue of our magazine, with reporting from Sandy West on predatory adoption agencies, Chilton Tippin on international #politics and natural resources, and much more.
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#journalism #Texas #nonprofit #culture #news #USpol #environment #water #children
Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts #Researchanddevelopment #Trumpadministration #Climatecrisis #Environment #USpolitics #Science #USnews #Race
EPA to launch program that lets people adopt its lab animals amid Trump cuts https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/epa-lab-animals-trump-cuts #Trumpadministration #Environment #USpolitics #Animals #Science #USnews