<p>Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections<br>—</p><p>Two bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/legislation-targets-epa-science-toxic-chemicals?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/legislation-targets-epa-science-toxic-chemicals?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/leg</span><span class="invisible">islation-targets-epa-science-toxic-chemicals?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>
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<p>Insects are disappearing from the last places we thought were safe <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250922074956.htm" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250922074956.htm"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.sciencedaily.com/releases/</span><span class="invisible">2025/09/250922074956.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/insects/" rel="tag">#insects</a></p>
<p>‘Mine, Baby, Mine’: Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal<br><a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a><br><a href="/tags/coalkills/" rel="tag">#Coalkills</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/climate/trump-coal-revival.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/climate/trump-coal-revival.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/cli</span><span class="invisible">mate/trump-coal-revival.html</span></a></p>
<p>“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump<br>—</p><p>More than 300 career employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an administration that plans to radically reshape the EPA while reversing environmental protections.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-workers-resign-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/epa-workers-resign-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/epa</span><span class="invisible">-workers-resign-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/dei/" rel="tag">#DEI</a></p>
<p>Trump Decimates NOAA Lab Protecting Great Lakes from Toxic Algae Blooms<br><a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/noaa-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/noa</span><span class="invisible">a-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water</span></a></p>
<p>Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.<br>—</p><p>The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/noaa-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/noa</span><span class="invisible">a-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/michigan/" rel="tag">#Michigan</a> <a href="/tags/ohio/" rel="tag">#Ohio</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/noaa/" rel="tag">#NOAA</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>
<p>In our magazine, from Candice Bernd: Texas is the national epicenter of <a href="/tags/bitcoin/" rel="tag">#Bitcoin</a> mining, with only about 24 total mines operating outside the state’s borders. Approximately 40 mines are operating in the state, together consuming about 3,200 MWs, enough to power 800,000 homes. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/the-crypto-racket/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/the-crypto-racket/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/the-cryp</span><span class="invisible">to-racket/</span></a> </p><p>Copublished with our friends at The Nation.</p><p><a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#energy</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/oilandgas/" rel="tag">#OilAndGas</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>
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<p>Citizen-led pollution monitoring persists in Louisiana, despite law that limits its use <a href="https://www.bocvip.com/1079296/citizen-led-pollution-monitoring-persists-in-louisiana-despite-law-that-limits-its-use/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bocvip.com/1079296/citizen-led-pollution-monitoring-persists-in-louisiana-despite-law-that-limits-its-use/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bocvip.com/1079296/citizen</span><span class="invisible">-led-pollution-monitoring-persists-in-louisiana-despite-law-that-limits-its-use/</span></a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a></p>
<p>Under <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>, <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> scientists say managers encouraged them to delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including <a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#cancer</a>, miscarriage and neurological problems, from their reports. And in some cases, they said, their managers deleted the information themselves.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p><p>(Published Sept. 2024) <a href="https://propub.li/3Zx4ljp" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/3Zx4ljp</a></p>
<p>When they set out to make their power supply 100% green, Northwest leaders ignored the fact that the region lacks the wiring to deliver new sources of renewable energy to people’s homes.</p><p>Little has been done to change that, ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting found.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-washington-green-energy-bonneville?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oregon-washington-green-energy-bonneville?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ore</span><span class="invisible">gon-washington-green-energy-bonneville?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/green/" rel="tag">#Green</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/wind/" rel="tag">#Wind</a> <a href="/tags/solar/" rel="tag">#Solar</a></p>
<p>Higher Prices, Rolling Blackouts: The Northwest Is Bracing for the Effects of a Lagging Green Energy Push<br>—</p><p>Oregon and Washington are nowhere near achieving their clean energy goals. The dramatic consequences are already being felt.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-washington-green-energy-consequences?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oregon-washington-green-energy-consequences?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ore</span><span class="invisible">gon-washington-green-energy-consequences?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/sustainability/" rel="tag">#Sustainability</a> <a href="/tags/green/" rel="tag">#Green</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a></p>
<p>I've had this project on the back-burner for years but with humanity descending more into chaos every day it's time for blackbird to tidy up!</p><p>Read it on my portfolio:</p><p><a href="https://jfml.eu/2025/05/zine-amsel-raeumt-auf/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="jfml.eu/2025/05/zine-amsel-raeumt-auf/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jfml.eu/2025/05/zine-amsel-rae</span><span class="invisible">umt-auf/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/jfmlart/" rel="tag">#JfmlArt</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#illustration</a> <a href="/tags/creative/" rel="tag">#creative</a> <a href="/tags/digitalart/" rel="tag">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="/tags/fediart/" rel="tag">#FediArt</a> <a href="/tags/creativetoots/" rel="tag">#CreativeToots</a> <a href="/tags/artwithopensource/" rel="tag">#ArtWithOpenSource</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#MastoArt</a> <a href="/tags/autokorrektur/" rel="tag">#AutoKorrektur</a> <a href="/tags/fuckcars/" rel="tag">#FuckCars</a> <a href="/tags/antifa/" rel="tag">#antifa</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#capitalism</a> <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#comics</a> <a href="/tags/krita/" rel="tag">#krita</a> <a href="/tags/inkscape/" rel="tag">#inkscape</a> <a href="/tags/zine/" rel="tag">#zine</a></p>
<p>NOAA: 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season Predicted to Be Above Normal With 13 to 19 Named Storms <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/noaa-atlantic-hurricane-season-forecast-2025.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ecowatch.com/noaa-atlantic-hurricane-season-forecast-2025.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ecowatch.com/noaa-atlantic</span><span class="invisible">-hurricane-season-forecast-2025.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/atlantic/" rel="tag">#Atlantic</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/noaa/" rel="tag">#NOAA</a></p>
<p>Although Tom Ragsdale’s <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> companies owe New Mexico more than $3.5 million for <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> and unpaid fees, the state has recovered only about $50,000.</p><p>Drillers across the industry have employed similar tactics in what is known as “the playbook.”</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#Illustration</a></p><p><a href="https://propub.li/40oiShP" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/40oiShP</a></p>
<p>Kate Hildenbrand makes wonderful videos about gardening, the environment, animals, nature, cooking and other topics. You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://video.katehildenbrand.com/accounts/kate" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kate</span></a></span> </p><p>There are already 174 videos uploaded. If they haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at <a href="https://video.katehildenbrand.com/a/kate/videos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="video.katehildenbrand.com/a/kate/videos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">video.katehildenbrand.com/a/ka</span><span class="invisible">te/videos</span></a></p><p>You can also follow Hildenbrand's general social media account at <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rootsandcalluses" rel="nofollow">@rootsandcalluses</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredpeertube/" rel="tag">#FeaturedPeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/gardening/" rel="tag">#Gardening</a> <a href="/tags/gardens/" rel="tag">#Gardens</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#Nature</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#Animals</a> <a href="/tags/cooking/" rel="tag">#Cooking</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/peertubers/" rel="tag">#PeerTubers</a></p>
<p>The amount of bad news that I could be sharing with you, if I chose to, is much greater than what you actually see here on my page. Every day I have to filter through all the items I find, looking for those that seem to me the most relevant and most important for readers to know, not simply those that are the most alarming or most sensationalist.</p><p>I’m not trying to scare people — well, maybe I am trying to scare people — but the point is not simply for you to be frightened, but to take action in the face of a looming disaster. </p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/climateaction/" rel="tag">#ClimateAction</a> <a href="/tags/climatejustice/" rel="tag">#ClimateJustice</a></p>
<p>The world is drowning in plastic.</p><p>Experts say we need to stop making so much. But the plastics industry is peddling a "solution" that works like magic.</p><p>Don't be fooled.<br> <br>(Published June 2024)<br><a href="https://propub.li/4eYp8RR" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/4eYp8RR</a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/plastic/" rel="tag">#Plastic</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/sustainability/" rel="tag">#Sustainability</a> <a href="/tags/recycling/" rel="tag">#Recycling</a></p>
<p>Industry documents obtained by ProPublica reveal how NW Natural, Oregon’s largest natural gas company, pursued an approach that ended up perpetuating its core fossil fuel business while the company painted a picture of going green.</p><p>(Published Sept. 2024)<br><a href="https://propub.li/3PlzCQ7" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/3PlzCQ7</a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/green/" rel="tag">#Green</a> <a href="/tags/cleanenergy/" rel="tag">#CleanEnergy</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> Report Finds That Formaldehyde Presents an “Unreasonable Risk” to Public Health<br>—</p><p>The report was published weeks after a ProPublica investigation found that the chemical causes more cancer than any other toxic air pollutant and can trigger asthma, miscarriages and fertility problems.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#Cancer</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a></p><p><a href="https://propub.li/4fIZP60" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/4fIZP60</a></p>
<p>Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight<br>—</p><p>Given Musk’s role advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to slash regulations and <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> oversight, Boring and the Vegas Loop project might be a harbinger for the country.</p><p><a href="https://propub.li/3Wb4iaL" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/3Wb4iaL</a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/lasvegas/" rel="tag">#LasVegas</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/transit/" rel="tag">#Transit</a> <a href="/tags/traffic/" rel="tag">#Traffic</a></p>
<p>In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers.</p><p>See what changes are in store for your county.</p><p><a href="https://propub.li/3C2UI2U" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/3C2UI2U</a></p><p><a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/wildfires/" rel="tag">#Wildfires</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a></p>
<p>Hydroelectric Dams on Oregon’s Willamette River Kill Salmon. Congress Says It’s Time to Consider Shutting Them Down.<br>—</p><p>The newly signed legislation follows reporting from Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica that underscored the risks and costs associated with a plan to migrate salmon past hydroelectric dams using a giant fish collector and tanker trucks.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-willamette-river-dams-shutdown?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oregon-willamette-river-dams-shutdown?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ore</span><span class="invisible">gon-willamette-river-dams-shutdown?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/sustainability/" rel="tag">#Sustainability</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#Wildlife</a> <a href="/tags/fish/" rel="tag">#Fish</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a></p>
<p>The Drying Planet<br>—</p><p>A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwater-rising-ocean-levels?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwater-rising-ocean-levels?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/wat</span><span class="invisible">er-aquifers-groundwater-rising-ocean-levels?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> <a href="/tags/earth/" rel="tag">#Earth</a></p>
<p>now why would they call it a "swarm of angry jellyfish"? the jellies were just jellying!: "Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down by Furious Jellyfish"</p><p><a href="https://futurism.com/nuclear-power-jellyfish-france" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="futurism.com/nuclear-power-jellyfish-france"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/nuclear-power-jel</span><span class="invisible">lyfish-france</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a></p>