EPA puts 139 employees on leave after they sign a ‘declaration of dissent’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/epa-employees-administrative-leave #USEnvironmentalProtectionAgency #Environment #USpolitics #Pollution #Society #USnews #Health
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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS.
Despite this, the agency has delayed enforcement of standards and terminated over $15 million in funding for “forever chemicals” research.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-pfas-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Environment #EPA #PFAS #PublicHealth #ForeverChemicals #Trump
The administration is trying to kill every program that pops up in a search for the word “climate.” In the process, the heart is being cut out of agencies that produce information that the state needs to manage its environmental threats. https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-texas-doge-cuts-disaster-aid/
#weather #Trump #FEMA #politics #USpol #news #Texas #environment #ClimateChange
Poisoned water and scarred hills
The price of the rare earth metals the world buys from China
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-66cdf862-5e96-4e6e-90b8-a407b597c8d9
8 Things to Know About New Research on Earth’s Rapid Drying and the Loss of Its Groundwater
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Decades of NASA satellite data reveal how quickly the planet’s underground stores of fresh water have been depleted and how their use is contributing to rising sea levels. Here are the key takeaways.
https://www.propublica.org/article/groundwater-fresh-water-depletion-research-science-advances-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Science #Climate #Environment #ClimateChange #Water #NASA #Data
New today: It’s a different camp, different year, different creek, but the same story. This story—the one where the Hill Country experiences devastating and unexpected flash #floods following an intense period of extended drought—is a familiar one for those of us who grew up in the area. https://www.texasobserver.org/hill-country-flood-family-home-fourth-of-july-2002/
#Kerrville #KerrCounty #Texas #CentralTexas #flooding #history #environment #weather #politics #USpol #news #ClimateChange
TCE Is Linked to Heart Defects in Babies, Cancer and Parkinson’s. Republicans in Congress Want to Reverse a Ban on It.
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The toxic substance, used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, has been linked to a host of serious health problems. A Biden-era ban on the chemical has faced multiple challenges since Trump took office.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tce-ban-cancer-parkinsons-trump-republicans?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters
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Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-greenhouse-gas-reporting-climate-crisis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #EPA #Environment #Trump #Climate #ClimateChange #Pollution
Feds pull $4M in funding from Princeton for pushing ‘alarming climate scenarios’
#environment
Princeton attacked for telling the truth
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
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By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
#News #Trump #DOGE #Data #Climate #Health #Environment #Immigration #Science #Education
We’re proud to welcome to the Observer masthead @candicequestions and Mary Tuma as special investigative correspondents, joining @stevanzetti as freelance reporters helping us tackle the #environment, reproductive rights, and #extremism respectively: https://www.texasobserver.org/home/staff/
#ReproductiveRights #abortion #healthcare #ClimateChange #news #fascism #journalism #nonprofit #media #environment
Earthjustice President Describes a “Fundamentally Different” Era of Hostility Toward Environmentalists
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Abigail Dillen sees the increase of lawsuits targeting green groups as just one of the growing threats to environmental advocacy organizations — and the people who staff them.
https://www.propublica.org/article/earthjustice-abigail-dillen-q-a?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #EarthDay #Earth #Science #Environment #Climate #Trump
Federal housing officials spent years investigating cities from #Chicago to Memphis to Corpus Christi for putting industrial plants and unwanted facilities in poor, nonwhite neighborhoods.
Now, under Trump, the agency plans to drop the cases.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-hud-drop-housing-discrimination-cases-housing-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Housing #Environment #Pollution #Discrimination #Racism
Indigenous activists opposed to Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine have for years been surveilled by law enforcement agencies and the company behind the mine, records show.
“They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.
#News #Indigenous #Environment #Surveillance #Nevada #ThackerPass #FBI
Return of wolves to Yellowstone has led to a surge in aspen trees unseen for 80 years
https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/return-of-wolves-to-yellowstone-has-led-to-a-surge-in-aspen-trees-unseen-for-80-years
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44658323
Trump’s War on Big Law Means It’s Harder to Challenge the Administration
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Some of America’s largest law firms are refusing to take pro bono and paid legal work from groups that seek to hold the government to account on issues like environmental protection, LGBTQ+ rights and police accountability.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-law-firms-accountability-environment-police-lgbtq?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Law #Trump #LGBTQ #Environment #CriminalJustice #Nonprofit
Oregon liberals, opposed to nuclear power in the 1970s, created a complex process for getting new energy projects approved.
It’s now being used to stall developments in wind and solar — with a 76-year-old activist leading the charge.
For years, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pushed discredited theories linking vaccines to autism.
Now, scientists studying the condition fear he has preconceived notions that will harm the field and taint new funding for research.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-autism-environment-research-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #RFKJr #Vaccines #Autism #Environment #Research #Science
"We like the environmental benefits of solar and wanted to engage with solar in some fashion."
Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.
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The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-methane-oil-emissions-climate?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Béton, métal, chaleur, vapeur 🎵
Ce n'est pas un nouveau titre de Daft Punk, mais le titre de ma prochaine conférence sur l'IA générative. On peut se le dire, ça passe beaucoup moins bien en français 😁
Le contenu devrait toujours être d'intérêt:
- des vues aériennes de Datacenters, explications à la clef
- une visite (virtuelle) de l'intérieur
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Meat from ‘critically endangered’ sharks being sold in supermarkets
A new study has found that shark meat sold in U.S. grocery stores, seafood markets, and online vendors…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #environment #pound #Science #Sharks #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/137635/
Before and after the 2024 election, Elon Musk made it clear he disliked environmental regulations and considered them a barrier to innovation.
His companies, from Boring Co. to xAI, have been accused of finding ways to sidestep regulations. Here's what to know:
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-environmental-regulations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#ElonMusk #Environment #Regulation #Business #SpaceX #Tesla #Musk
Italy Launches First Flight Allowing Large Dogs in Cabin https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/italy-launches-first-flight-allowing-large-dogs-in-cabin/
'You struggle on': Tim relies on a GM pig kidney to keep him alive
By Peter de Kruijff and James Bullen
US man Tim Andrews has been broken the record for the longest length of time with a genetically modified animal organ. He hopes more people will receive GM pig kidneys as clinical trials ramp up.
#MedicalProcedures #GeneticallyModifiedOrganisms #ScienceandTechnology #Environment #Health #GeneticEngineering #Technology #Biotechnology #Animals #AgriculturalTechnology #BioEthics #MedicalEthics #MedicalResearch #Surgery #Diabetes #DiseasesandDisorders #PeterdeKruijff #JamesBullen