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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 1d

“We are in an authoritarian state,” said @peer.org's @timothywhitehouse.bsky.social at a recent briefing. Federal scientists and environmental experts are no longer free to give unbiased evidence to agency heads, who now serve corporate interests, they say. See @insideclimatenews.org
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EPA’s ‘Comeback’ a Sham Fueled by Trump’s Authoritarian Power Grab, Critics Charge - Inside Climate News

Federal environmental scientists have been “left largely defenseless.” Their jobs abruptly terminated. Their research and policy advice ignored, manipulated or suppressed. Their agency captured by the...

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 6d

“Imagine harvesting fruits that feed America, yet being told that we don’t deserve the protections that are already written in law. This is our reality.”

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UFW pushes for farms to honor union contracts - Rochester Beacon

United Farm Workers organizers have called on Wayne County’s Wafler Farms to implement a contract imposed in arbitration.

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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 10d

Probably need both together, since organic conversion takes time.

Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks for reading. To start: Scientists recommend and community members have long urged growers to stop using toxic chemicals near communities and convert to organic ag near places live, work and play, starting with those most exposed. Phase out OPs and other classes of clearly harmful effects.

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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 11d

New from me at @insideclimatenews.org
It’s not unusual to find ethnic disparities w/pesticide exposures, said an author of a new study that found 1 in 2 pregnant Latina women lived near high use of brain-damaging organophosphates. But “it’s a huge injustice.”
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California Sanctions Stark Disparities in Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy - Inside Climate News

If you’re young, pregnant and Latina, chances are you live near agricultural fields sprayed with higher levels of brain-damaging organophosphate pesticides.

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 11d

Jane Goodall was a huge figure for everyone & also us at @mongabay.com 😔

An advisory board member & friend for years, she traveled 300 days/year right to the end, promoting conservation worldwide

Her memory is definitely a blessing

Here's the last conversation we had w/ her for the podcast:

Jane Goodall at 90: On fame, hope, and empathy

Jane Goodall turns 90 today. For the past few weeks, the world has been marking her birthday in a variety of ways, from a unique 90-dog salute on a beach in Carmel, California, symbolizing her life-lo...

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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 18d

Eating fruits and vegetables grown in the U.S. exposes consumers to classes of #pesticides associated with serious health problems. New research from @ewgofficial.bsky.social helps show just how much. insideclimatenews.org/news/2409202...

Pesticides in Your Produce? Probably. - Inside Climate News

Eating fruits and vegetables grown in the U.S. exposes consumers to classes of pesticides associated with serious health problems. New research helps show just how much.

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 20d

How Workers Died Last Week: Crushed by machinery, tiger attack, pipeline, farming, drowning, tree trimming, construction, vehicle incidents and shootings. On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries at work.

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Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job - Confined Space

On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the US due to traumatic injuries suffered at work. Here are how a few died last week.

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 20d

My interview with CNN

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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 22d

Aside from @asmpilarschiavo.bsky.social, people near #ChiquitaCanyonLandfill say, few officials have tried to hold the operators accountable or help them resume some semblance of normal life. That's what government is for, they say. To protect its people. Not abandon them to bad actors. /end

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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 22d

People living near the #ChiquitaCanyonLandfill want to know: Why won't @governor.ca.gov Newsom declare a state of emergency for those suffering debilitating ailments from the landfill like Gov. Brown did for those affected by #AlisoCanyon? /7

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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 22d

Just this week, the #ChiquitaCanyonLandfill received a "public nuisance" violation for “discharging such quantities of air contaminants to cause injury, detriment, nuisance or annoyance to a considerable number of persons" every single day. That's "normal." /6

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Notice of Violation Log

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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 22d

The LA County Health Dept. reported receiving about 700 complaints during the #AlisoCanyon disaster. It received more than 29,500—that's right, 29,500—complaints from residents living near #ChiquitaCanyonLandfill. And the regional air district cited the landfill with hundreds of violations. /5

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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 22d

People living downwind from Aliso Canyon described recurring symptoms such as headaches, nausea, abdominal discomfort, dizziness and respiratory irritation. People living near #ChiquitaCanyonLandfill reported all those ailments and many more, including a cancer cluster./4

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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 22d

As I reported last month, CC landfill has long spewed climate super-pollutants and toxic gases that make residents sick, just like Aliso Canyon. Yet their pleas for help from CA officials—who tout themselves as green leaders—remain unanswered. /3 insideclimatenews.org/news/1808202...

The Smoldering, Noxious Waste Dump Next Door - Inside Climate News

L.A. County’s Chiquita Canyon Landfill has spewed high levels of toxic gases and climate super-pollutants for years. Yet local residents’ pleas for help from state officials remain unanswered.

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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 22d

#Naturalgas was long promoted as a cleaner alternative to coal and oil and a bridge fuel in the transition to renewable energy. But recent work from PSE Healthy Energy shows that natural gas is far more than just #methane, the #climate super-pollutant; it's also loaded with toxic chemicals. /2

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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 22d

People living near the Aliso Canyon natural gas blowout in L.A.'s upscale Porter Ranch won an emergency declaration from Gov. Jerry Brown to help them relocate until it was thought safe to return. People in Latino and historically Black communities near #ChiquitaCanyonLandfill have not. A thread. /1

Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 22d

New: Pregnant women who lived closest to the #AlisoCanyon disaster during their final trimester were twice as likely to have low birth weight babies, a risk factor for childhood and adult disease, new research found. #Naturalgas is loaded with toxic chemicals insideclimatenews.org/news/2009202...

Toxic Plumes from Aliso Canyon Gas Blowout Harmed Babies, Study Shows - Inside Climate News

Infants born to pregnant women exposed to the massive Southern California gas leak were more likely to be underweight, a risk factor for serious long-term health conditions.

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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 22d

New: Pregnant women who lived closest to the #AlisoCanyon disaster during their final trimester were twice as likely to have low birth weight babies, a risk factor for childhood and adult disease, new research found. #Naturalgas is loaded with toxic chemicals insideclimatenews.org/news/2009202...

Toxic Plumes from Aliso Canyon Gas Blowout Harmed Babies, Study Shows - Inside Climate News

Infants born to pregnant women exposed to the massive Southern California gas leak were more likely to be underweight, a risk factor for serious long-term health conditions.

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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 23d

If you need a break from stories documenting the reversal of landmark laws to protect the climate, environment and public health, do yourself a favor: read about this inspiring teen who's working to find ways to combat the #climatecrisis and safeguard the planet for future generations.

Jorgy @jjorgensonmcr.bsky.social · 24d

From @lizagross.bsky.social pretty self explanatory from the headline. I can totally relate. Welcome to the fight Mira Shah and Karbon Economics. www.karboneconomics.com. Next we need to get you on @bsky.app 🔌💡

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California Teen Starts an Online Journal on the Power of Economics to Confront Climate Change - Inside Climate News

Frustrated with the lack of climate action, a high-school student launched Karbon Economics to explore systems that can shape solutions to the climate crisis.

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 26d

Many thanks to Gretchen Goldman @nature.com for the review of our new book #ScienceUnderSiege by @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social

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How did assaults on science become the norm — and what can we do?

An insightful book explores attacks on science from a historical and a personal perspective.

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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 26d

Hey, I know that story! From @ucscscicomm.bsky.social Communicating Climate Solutions Symposium. cc @lizagross.bsky.social

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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 27d

So inspiring to see young students working together to confront the climate crisis. "We’re going to be inheriting this problem, and we might actually have a chance of slowing it down," the teen founder said.

Many thanks to @ssteingraber1.bsky.social and @doctorvive.bsky.social for comments.

Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 27d

🔥 Great story by @lizagross.bsky.social about a new peer-reviewed journal on climate economics that was launched by a 16-year-old, and what are YOU doing about the climate crisis, fellow grown-ups with actual resources?

#StopGivingUp

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California Teen Starts an Online Journal on the Power of Economics to Confront Climate Change - Inside Climate News

Frustrated with the lack of climate action, a high-school student launched Karbon Economics to explore systems that can shape solutions to the climate crisis.

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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · Sep 12

Yikes. Important comments.

"At least 12 million Americans, which Hotez believes includes “a substantial percentage” of children, suffer from at least one neglected tropical disease. Hotez calls the chronic, debilitating conditions “the most important diseases you’ve never heard of.”

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · Sep 12

My comments with @lizagross.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org

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RFK Jr. Is Making America Safe for Debilitating ‘Neglected’ Tropical Diseases - Inside Climate News

Trump administration cuts to programs that study, track and prevent infectious diseases many Americans have never heard of could spell disaster, experts say.

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 28d

"Their propaganda is now official government policy."

an image of the book "The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It," by Genevieve Guenther

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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · Sep 12

Trump and RFK Jr. cancelled >$1 billion in grants to study, control and prevent deadly neglected tropical diseases, which afflict people living in poverty worldwide. But with an outbreak just a plane ride away, those cuts could spell disaster in the U.S. too insideclimatenews.org/news/1209202...

RFK Jr. Is Making America Safe for Debilitating ‘Neglected’ Tropical Diseases - Inside Climate News

Trump administration cuts to programs that study, track and prevent infectious diseases many Americans have never heard of could spell disaster, experts say.

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