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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 1h

In a rally outside the U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday, coal miners and their advocates stressed the need to limit silica exposure and protect workers from irreversible health impacts.

Coal Miners and Advocates Plead With Trump to Enforce Black Lung Rule - Inside Climate News

In a rally outside the U.S. Department of Labor, miners and their advocates stressed the need to limit silica exposure and protect workers from irreversible health impacts.

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The Coalition to Protect America's National Parks @protectnps.bsky.social · 24m

America's parks remain open, but not protected.

The government shutdown has left most National Park Service staff furloughed, while parks across the country remain open without essential services.

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 9h

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

- CO2 in the air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
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Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

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Delaware Riverkeeper Network @delriverkeeper.bsky.social · 3h

What makes fracking bad for your health?
Join us for a webinar October 30th, for a deep dive into how development of fracking has negatively impacted the health of those in the Pennsylvania Shale region.
Thursday, October 30th, 7:00pm
Signup here:
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New York Focus @nysfocus.bsky.social · 3h

The ICE detention center near Buffalo has banned book deliveries, New York Focus has learned.

One advocate says almost all the material at the facility is in English.
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New York’s Biggest ICE Detention Center Bans Book Deliveries

Rejected books include a Spanish-English dictionary, a Spanish translation of a George R.R. Martin novel, and "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage…

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Food & Water Watch @foodandwater.bsky.social · 1d

From our own Charlie Kratovil: “We have the technology to transition from fossil fuels right now, but unfortunately, we don’t have the political support for that, and that’s the main thing that’s holding us back and perpetuating this crisis.”

New Jersey Officials Ponder New Permit Requests for the Northeastern Supply Enhancement Pipeline - Inside Climate News

Williams Cos. has resubmitted permit applications for its Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) pipeline project in New Je

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Kierán Suckling @kieransuckling.bsky.social · 1d

“Trump has turned government websites into campaign billboards. This isn’t public service, it’s Trump fan fiction.”

@biologicaldiversity.org files Hatch Act complaints against US Forest Service and Dept of Health and Human Services.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 1d

Just here to remind everyone that while the federal government is shutdown, all study sections at the NIH are currently on hold. Another blow to science and to early career scientists like myself with young labs and research groups. Very hard to remain positive about this career path.

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Indigenous Environmental Network @ienearth.bsky.social · 2d

On #IndigenousPeoplesDay, the world celebrates our culture but what’s often unseen is the daily work to protect, revitalize, and honor in today's busy society.

Each day, Indigenous peoples step into our role as caretakers of the land, defending our waters, air, and territories.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4d

Trump’s presidency has been defined by the decay of public information sources and dismantling of public health institutions.

So firing the people who produce the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Report certainly tracks.

Donald Trump's war on public health enters a new phase

Another bad day at the CDC

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CHE @che-healthenv.bsky.social · 6d

On Children's Environmental Health Day, here's a call to action from CEHN's Director Nse Obot Witherspoon:

"Now more than ever, we need child health champions to stand up, have courage & raise their voice. If not us, then who?"

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Our children are not OK

Ten years ago the Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN), a national non-profit with the mission to protect all children from environmental hazards, launched Children’s...

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 7d

"Today, in my dual roles as a soil conservationist and my father’s caregiver, I have begun to dream about an alternative to the monoculture economies that poison the land and our bodies... To believe in a future where it is still possible to cultivate resilient rural economies in the Great Plains."

Soil Care and Home Care in the Great Plains

As a soil conservationist and my father’s caregiver, I dream about an alternative to the monoculture economies that poison our lands and our bodies.

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Climate One @climateone.org · 9d

From coal country to climate storytelling 🌍

Taylor Brorby & Suzie Hicks each found ways to turn tension into action — through writing, puppets, & radical honesty.

Listen to our latest episode to hear how these storytellers are finding the bright spots: listen.climateone.org/RKQw3zUh?sid...

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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 9d

The Trump administration wasted no time in tapping individuals with ties to fossil fuel industries and right-wing think tanks funded by oil tycoons for key environmental and energy policy positions, according to a new report.

New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires - Inside Climate News

Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 42 former fossil fuel industry employees among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 9d

Check out the report here: www.citizen.org/article/trum...

Trump's Polluter Playground: Fossil Fuel Insiders & Ideologues Prop Up Dirty Energy & Derail Clean Power - Public Citizen

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IPEN: toxics-free @toxicsfree.bsky.social · 9d

“Freshwater tidal marshes, critical for wildlife and coastal protection, are now serving as microplastic catch basins, according to a team of researchers at Penn State. They recently found that these marshes trap large amounts of diverse plastics...”
Learn more in: phys.org/news/2025-09...

Tidal marshes trap microplastics, raising risks for ecosystems and people

Freshwater tidal marshes, critical for wildlife and coastal protection, are now serving as microplastic catch basins, according to a team of researchers at Penn State. They recently found that these m...

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Science and Environmental Health Network (SEHN) @sehnetwork.bsky.social · 12d

"... high levels of energy, water—and chemicals. Public health advocates are only now beginning to understand that #DataCenters are a source of chemical pollution, especially from #PFAS, so-called 'forever chemicals,' which are used to cool some facilities."

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EPA Moves to Prioritize Review of New Chemicals for Data Centers - Inside Climate News

The agency’s administrator, Lee Zeldin, says he wants to “get out of the way” and stop “gumming up the works” so that fast-track construction of the massive computing facilities will “make America the...

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NPR @npr.org · 12d

The federal shutdown will affect people across the United States. NPR's network of member stations explains what will be impacted and where.

Here's what is being affected by the government shutdown across the country

The federal shutdown will affect people across the United States. NPR's network of member stations explains what will be impacted and where.

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Dana Drugmand @danad1012.bsky.social · 12d

"We’re pretty sick and tired of people making bajillions of dollars & then we have to clean up their messes. That’s what this bill does" - state Rep Tricia Farley-Bouvier
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Climate activists and community leaders call on Massachusetts to pass Make Polluters Pay bill - The Berkshire Edge

Speakers at the event highlighted some of the localized impacts of a changing climate—from wildfire smoke to flooding in the Housatonic River Valley—and explained why they are supportive of the legisl...

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 14d

The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said.

“Dr Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionised science,” the statement read. “She was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world.”

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 15d

In a rural corner of Louisiana, Meta is building one of the world's largest data centers, a $10 billion behemoth as big as 70 football fields that will consume more power in a day than the entire city of New Orleans at the peak of summer.

New Meta Data Center Needs Twice as Much Energy as New Orleans

Meta is constructing its largest data center yet: a $10 billion facility in Louisiana requiring more than twice as much electricity as New Orleans.

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Dakota Rural Action @dakotarural.bsky.social · 16d

The pro-pipeline crowd is trying to blur the facts. They outspent our coalition by 11 - 1 & still lost 60%-40% at the ballot box last fall. They had millions of outside dollars, slick PR firms, and still lost. #SouthDakota doesn't like bullies. #ccs #carbonpipeline #carboncapture

South Dakota Searchlight @southdakotasearchlight.com · 19d

A panelist in ND attributed carbon pipeline opposition to "horseshoe politics": "... Not only from those on the far left who frame these projects as perpetuating fossil fuel use, but also from the far right who view them as government overreach." buff.ly/Eni5Xa3

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Opposition to Summit pipeline fueled by ‘horseshoe politics,’ on left and right, panelists say • South Dakota Searchlight

A South Dakota lobbyist hinted this week that Summit Carbon Solutions’ plan to build a 2,000-mile carbon dioxide pipeline is on life support without the ability to secure easements through eminent…

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New York Focus @nysfocus.bsky.social · 19d

NEW: New York energy regulators gave their blessing last week to the Northeast Supply Enhancement Project, a Trump-backed gas pipeline that would serve New York City and Long Island.
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Pipeline Opponents Vow Election Showdown If Hochul OKs More Gas

Pipeline opponents say that approving NESE could bite Hochul in next year’s elections.

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 23d

Part 1 of a new essay I wrote about my visit to the world’s biggest carbon bomb: the intensely fracked region of the United States that’s bigger than Florida, provides half the nation’s oil, and is oozing methane and benzene out of every orifice: the Permian Basin. 1/

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Repercussion Section: The Intended Consequences of the Permian Basin (Part 1) — The Science and Environmental Health Network

Part 1 of a two-part series by Sandra Steingraber, SEHN senior scientist and writer in residence In September 2025, I traveled to West Texas to join Sharon Wilson and Miguel Escoto of Oilfie...

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Marta Schaaf ❌ 👑 @martaschaaf.bsky.social · 24d

13.5% of the population in the richest country in the world experiences food insecurity. This will grow following devastating cuts to food stamps - but as part of the regime’s war on information and transparency,
We are going to stop counting. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

Trump Administration to Stop Measuring Food Insecurity

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