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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · Sep 10

“If the EPA wants to convince us that our pesticide regulatory process is robust, they should make it robust,” said @loriannburd.bsky.social, the Center's environmental health director in @pbsnews.org ⬇️

3 things to know about RFK Jr.'s MAHA report on children’s health

Since the Senate confirmed him in February, Kennedy has promoted the concept and use of what he calls “gold-standard science” to expose the causes of child health outcomes, a phrase he repeated today ...

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · Aug 15

Big surprise (to no one): A much-anticipated draft action plan from the Make America Healthy Again Commission eliminated any plans for action on pesticides.

You cannot "Make America Healthy Again" while allowing a billion pounds of pesticides to be dosed on crops.

More info: biodiv.us/3V9pInz

A close-up of a Karner Blue butterfly perched on a grass blade against a blurred green background. Image by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · May 22

“There’s an epic battle brewing over the direction that the administration is going to take on toxic chemicals,” said @loriannburd.bsky.social, our Environmental Health Program Director, “But we’re also up against some of the most powerful corporate lobby groups in the country.”

Kennedy’s Allies Against Pesticides: Environmentalists, Moms and Manly Men

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Lori Ann Burd @loriannburd.bsky.social · May 12

Honeybees—which are domesticated livestock in no danger of extinction—usurp and replace native pollinators, including threatened species like bumblebees and butterflies, by outcompeting them for finite resources and introducing pathogens into the native population.
www.wweek.com/news/2025/05...

Should Portland Ban Backyard Beekeeping?

Adding hundreds of thousands of honeybees into a previously balanced residential environment disrupts it substantially.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · May 1

“The EPA’s pesticide general permit creates a virtual free-for-all where most pesticide users aren’t even required to identify the pesticide being used or where it’s being sprayed directly into lakes and streams,” said Allison LaPlante, a senior environmental health attorney at the Center.

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Taylor McKinnon @publiccarbon.bsky.social · Apr 10

“...This speed bump gives senators a chance to ponder whether they really want to feed America’s public lands and monuments into the snapping jaws of the fracking and mining industries,” said Taylor McKinnon of the Center for Biological Diversity.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/c...

Kathleen Sgamma Ends Bid to Lead the B.L.M.

Kathleen Sgamma abruptly withdrew from consideration days after a memo surfaced in which she sharply criticized President Trump.

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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · Apr 10

NEW: EPA is planning to eliminate requirements to report greenhouse gas emissions for thousands of facilities.

“It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill”
@maibached.bsky.social told me

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters

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.

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Jason Rylander @jasonrylander.bsky.social · Apr 8

"Trump's coal orders take his worship of dirty fossil fuels to a gross and disturbingly reckless new level," said Jason Rylander ... "Forcing old coal plants to keep spewing pollution into our air and water means more cancer, more asthma and more premature deaths."

www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-e...

Trump signs executive orders aimed at revitalizing coal industry

The executive orders are meant to reenergize the coal industry, which has been steadily declining for years.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · Apr 8

“We’re determined to do what it takes to make sure the city stops discharging toxic contaminants into the Sound so that people, salmon and orcas can thrive,” said @loriannburd.bsky.social, our environmental health director.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · Apr 8

The Center + allies filed a notice today of their intent to sue the city of Tacoma, Washington, for discharging toxic wastewater at levels that harm Puget Sound Chinook salmon, protected as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

More info: biodiv.us/3G0ULhi

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Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · Apr 8

Just me banging on again that BROADWAY employs more people than coal.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 8

Trump is doing a White House event right now to hype coal

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Lori Ann Burd @loriannburd.bsky.social · Apr 8

Coal's not clean or beautiful, it is horribly polluting, and this is nuttier than peanut butter. “We are committed to supporting all forms of energy, including clean beautiful coal...while ensuring we have the cleanest air, land & water on the planet,” EPA's Zeldin.
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US federal agencies to 'unleash' coal energy after Biden 'stifled' it: 'Mine, Baby, Mine'

The Departments of Energy and Interior are expected to take a slate of actions to strengthen the use of coal after Trump's executive order reinvigorating the coal industry.

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Lori Ann Burd @loriannburd.bsky.social · Apr 8

We just launched a major new lawsuit to protect threatened chinook salmon from dangerous chemicals being released in City of Tacoma wastewater. Pollutants like pesticides are causing serious harm to endangered species in Puget sound.
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Lawsuit Launched to Stop Tacoma Wastewater Discharges From Harming Protected Puget Sound Salmon

groups filed a notice today of their intent to sue the city of Tacoma, Washington, for discharging toxic wastewater at levels that harm Puget Sound Chinook salmon, protected as threatened under the En...

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Lori Ann Burd @loriannburd.bsky.social · Apr 8

We just launched a major new lawsuit to protect threatened chinook salmon from dangerous chemicals being released in City of Tacoma wastewater. Pollutants like pesticides are causing serious harm to endangered species in Puget sound.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Lawsuit Launched to Stop Tacoma Wastewater Discharges From Harming Protected Puget Sound Salmon

groups filed a notice today of their intent to sue the city of Tacoma, Washington, for discharging toxic wastewater at levels that harm Puget Sound Chinook salmon, protected as threatened under the En...

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Lori Ann Burd @loriannburd.bsky.social · Apr 2

The "we won't let big government police our words" administration has banned the use of words like "clean water," "safe drinking water," and "water pollution" at USDA. Trump promised the U.S. will have the cleanest water in the world, how does this get us there? #MAHA newrepublic.com/post/193395/...

Leaked Memo Reveals Insane Ban on Words Agriculture Department Can Say

The Department of Agriculture is no longer allowed to use the phrase “safe drinking water.”

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Lori Ann Burd @loriannburd.bsky.social · Apr 2

The "we won't let big government police our words" administration has banned the use of words like "clean water," "safe drinking water," and "water pollution" at USDA. Trump promised the U.S. will have the cleanest water in the world, how does this get us there? #MAHA newrepublic.com/post/193395/...

Leaked Memo Reveals Insane Ban on Words Agriculture Department Can Say

The Department of Agriculture is no longer allowed to use the phrase “safe drinking water.”

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Lori Ann Burd @loriannburd.bsky.social · Mar 27

Biden required coal plants to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals like mercury bc they can harm babies’ brains & cause heart disease. Now Trump's offering polluters an out: email him & he may greenlight bypassing these & other major clean-air rules. How is this #MAHA?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/c...

E.P.A. Offers a Way to Avoid Clean-Air Rules: Send an Email

Referring to a little-known provision, it said power plants and others could write to seek exemptions to mercury and other restrictions and that “the president will make a decision.”

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Lori Ann Burd @loriannburd.bsky.social · Mar 27

Biden required coal plants to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals like mercury bc they can harm babies’ brains & cause heart disease. Now Trump's offering polluters an out: email him & he may greenlight bypassing these & other major clean-air rules. How is this #MAHA?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/c...

E.P.A. Offers a Way to Avoid Clean-Air Rules: Send an Email

Referring to a little-known provision, it said power plants and others could write to seek exemptions to mercury and other restrictions and that “the president will make a decision.”

www.nytimes.com

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Wendy Leung @wendyleung.bsky.social · Mar 25

Much of coastal Costa Rica is owned by foreign land owners but the @biologicaldiversity.org has just donated 40+ acres to a group of Indigenous women for conservation and sustainable cocoa production.
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Lori Ann Burd @loriannburd.bsky.social · Mar 13

Thank you!

Lori Ann Burd @loriannburd.bsky.social · Mar 13

Thank you!!!

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Lori Ann Burd @loriannburd.bsky.social · Mar 13

We’re thrilled to have won this case, but the real victory won’t come until the Trump administration acts on its promise to rein in use of dangerous pesticides like atrazine that are causing grave harms to people and wildlife alike. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Court Orders Trump Fish and Wildlife Service to Protect Endangered Species From Atrazine, Chlorpyrifos, Three Other Toxic Pesticides

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to assess what steps are needed to reduce widespread harms some of the nation’s most toxic pesticides are causing to hundreds of endangered plants ...

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Lori Ann Burd @loriannburd.bsky.social · Mar 13

Nobody voted for dirtier air and water, more asthma and cancer, or for more species to go extinct, but that’s what is coming unless we stop these catastrophic rollbacks of common sense pollution controls.

John Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · Mar 13

Remember the campaign speeches & debate vows from Trump to execute the biggest rollbacks of EPA safeguards in history for clean water & air, climate, land, food safety & the environment?

He did not.

There is no "mandate" from Americans to roll back these safeguards, despite Big Oil gaslighting.

John Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · Mar 13

<> that the Big Oil Lobby chortled with glee over the Trump EPA's announcement of the biggest rollback of EPA safeguards in U.S. history—and congratulated Trump for following many demands from Big Oil's top rollback wish list. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

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Lori Ann Burd @loriannburd.bsky.social · Mar 13

Here’s our press release on this exciting win, biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Court Orders Trump Fish and Wildlife Service to Protect Endangered Species From Atrazine, Chlorpyrifos, Three Other Toxic Pesticides

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to assess what steps are needed to reduce widespread harms some of the nation’s most toxic pesticides are causing to hundreds of endangered plants ...

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Lori Ann Burd @loriannburd.bsky.social · Mar 12

Breaking now: We just won our case challenging U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's failure to protect endangered species from dangerous pesticides, including atrazine & chlorpyrifos. Here's the press release from the filing, press release on this win coming soon. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Lawsuit Targets Federal Fish and Wildlife Service’s Failure to Protect Endangered Species From Toxic Pesticides

The Center for Biological Diversity filed new legal challenges today to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop allowing some of the most dangerous pesticides from threatening up to 97% of en...

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