<p>The May/June 2025 issue of Texas Observer magazine will be out starting May 1, featuring stories from Candice Bernd, Michelle Pitcher, Brant Deboer and more.</p><p>Become a member to support our work, and get the best of our reporting in our magazine. </p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/bitcoin/" rel="tag">#bitcoin</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> <a href="/tags/refugees/" rel="tag">#refugees</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/deathpenalty/" rel="tag">#DeathPenalty</a></p>
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<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>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>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><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>Donald Trump’s No. 2 Pick for the EPA Represented Companies Accused of Pollution Harm<br>—</p><p>David Fotouhi, a lawyer who recently challenged a ban on asbestos, worked to roll back climate regulations and water protections while serving in the Environmental Protection Agency during Trump’s first administration.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/david-fotouhi-donald-trump-epa-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/david-fotouhi-donald-trump-epa-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dav</span><span class="invisible">id-fotouhi-donald-trump-epa-pollution?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/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>In just two weeks, Trump has made drastic changes to the EPA, from firing top agency officials to freezing funding for community projects.</p><p>Here’s how that could impact efforts to reform toxic hot spots across the country.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-epa-toxic-air-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-epa-toxic-air-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/don</span><span class="invisible">ald-trump-epa-toxic-air-pollution?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/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a></p>
<p>EPA scales back pollution enforcement under Trump. <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p><p><a href="https://grist.org/accountability/the-trump-administration-has-all-but-stopped-enforcing-environmental-laws/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="grist.org/accountability/the-trump-administration-has-all-but-stopped-enforcing-environmental-laws/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grist.org/accountability/the-t</span><span class="invisible">rump-administration-has-all-but-stopped-enforcing-environmental-laws/</span></a></p>
<p>Feeling Anxiety About Climate Change and Other Environmental Threats? These Five New Books Can Help</p><p>Advice to help recharge your momentum and resilience makes these books must-reads for anyone who feels helpless or hopeless about climate chaos</p><p><a href="https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/feeling-anxiety-about-climate-change-and-other-environmental-threats-these-five-new-books-can-help/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="goodmenproject.com/featured-content/feeling-anxiety-about-climate-change-and-other-environmental-threats-these-five-new-books-can-help/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">goodmenproject.com/featured-co</span><span class="invisible">ntent/feeling-anxiety-about-climate-change-and-other-environmental-threats-these-five-new-books-can-help/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/globalwarming/" rel="tag">#GlobalWarming</a> <a href="/tags/irreversibleoverheating/" rel="tag">#IrreversibleOverheating</a> <a href="/tags/upheavalclimate/" rel="tag">#UpheavalClimate</a> <a href="/tags/globalburning/" rel="tag">#GlobalBurning</a> <a href="/tags/climatedestruction/" rel="tag">#ClimateDestruction</a> <a href="/tags/climatesuicide/" rel="tag">#ClimateSuicide</a> <a href="/tags/massextinction/" rel="tag">#MassExtinction</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> <a href="/tags/ecology/" rel="tag">#ecology</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a></p>
<p>Almost 4 <a href="/tags/starlink/" rel="tag">#StarLink</a> satellites fall back to Earth every day and they rain out aluminum oxide into the stratosphere which destroys the ozone layer. These microsatellites are more and mire problematic with every article I read.</p><p><a href="https://ground.news/article/elon-musk-starlinks-satellites-threaten-the-atmosphere-they-risk-polluting-the-planet" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ground.news/article/elon-musk-starlinks-satellites-threaten-the-atmosphere-they-risk-polluting-the-planet"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ground.news/article/elon-musk-</span><span class="invisible">starlinks-satellites-threaten-the-atmosphere-they-risk-polluting-the-planet</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a><br><a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a><br><a href="/tags/nightsky/" rel="tag">#NightSky</a><br><a href="/tags/satellites/" rel="tag">#satellites</a></p>
<p>Before the automobile industry invented the catalytic converter, the costs of reducing air pollution seemed astronomical, enough to bankrupt the entire industry. After they invented the catalytical converter, the costs were manageable. And they only invented it because they were faced with the threat of being shut down.<br></p>Industries creating harms often claim that controls and regulations are impossible, would bankrupt them, etc., trying to make their existence into a zero-sum game (for some people to have the benefit of our industry, other people must suffer). AI companies claim they must steal copyrighted works because they could not exist otherwise; or be allowed to use as much electricity as they demand in spite of the costs. But it's B.S., and we should stop accepting this rhetoric. Forced to innovate to reduce harms, these industries have innovated, and made themselves even more profitable than they were when they were dragging their feet about it like children who don't want to clean their rooms.<br><br>From <a href="https://lpeproject.org/blog/is-climate-change-an-externality/" rel="nofollow">Is Climate Change An Externality</a><br><br><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/genai/" rel="tag">#GenAI</a> <a href="/tags/generativeai/" rel="tag">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/innovation/" rel="tag">#innovation</a><br>
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<p>Mobilisez - Partagez la pétition - N'ayez pas de regrets -> Diffusez tant qu'on nous le permet et qu'il reste un espoir</p><p>Loi <a href="/tags/poison/" rel="tag">#Poison</a> du <a href="/tags/lobby/" rel="tag">#lobby</a> agro-industriel qui s’assoit sur votre <a href="/tags/sante/" rel="tag">#sante</a> </p><p><a href="https://petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/i-3014" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/i-3014"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petitions.assemblee-nationale.</span><span class="invisible">fr/initiatives/i-3014</span></a></p><p>N'oubliez pas : la sécurité sociale dérembourse, les urgences sont noyées, les déserts médicaux pérennisés... et il faut encore faire un effort (sur notre espérance de <a href="/tags/vie/" rel="tag">#vie</a>) pour l'année blanche à venir.</p><p>20 juil 1M</p><p><a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> <a href="/tags/neonicotinoide/" rel="tag">#neonicotinoide</a> <a href="/tags/corruption/" rel="tag">#corruption</a> <a href="/tags/sante/" rel="tag">#sante</a> <a href="/tags/economie/" rel="tag">#economie</a> <a href="/tags/politique/" rel="tag">#politique</a></p>
Edited 259d ago
<p>EPA puts 139 employees on leave after they sign a ‘declaration of dissent’ <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/epa-employees-administrative-leave" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/epa-employees-administrative-leave"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jul/03/epa-employees-administrative-leave</span></a> <a href="/tags/usenvironmentalprotectionagency/" rel="tag">#USEnvironmentalProtectionAgency</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/society/" rel="tag">#Society</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#USnews</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>
<p>Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters<br>—</p><p>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.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-greenhouse-gas-reporting-climate-crisis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-greenhouse-gas-reporting-climate-crisis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-epa-greenhouse-gas-reporting-climate-crisis?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/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a></p>
<p>Federal housing officials spent years investigating cities from <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> to Memphis to Corpus Christi for putting industrial plants and unwanted facilities in poor, nonwhite neighborhoods.</p><p>Now, under Trump, the agency plans to drop the cases.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-hud-drop-housing-discrimination-cases-housing-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-hud-drop-housing-discrimination-cases-housing-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-hud-drop-housing-discrimination-cases-housing-pollution?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/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/discrimination/" rel="tag">#Discrimination</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#Racism</a></p>
<p>《An estimated 92% of the world’s population lives in areas where air pollution exceeds safety limits, according to the World Health Organization》</p><p><a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/airpollution/" rel="tag">#AirPollution</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/who/" rel="tag">#WHO</a> <a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#Capitalism</a> <a href="/tags/hypocrisy/" rel="tag">#Hypocrisy</a> <a href="/tags/corruption/" rel="tag">#Corruption</a> <a href="/tags/corporategreed/" rel="tag">#CorporateGreed</a></p><p><a href="https://www.weforum.org/stories/2016/09/92-of-the-world-s-population-lives-in-areas-with-unsafe-air-pollution-levels-this-interactive-map-shows-just-how-bad-the-problem-is/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.weforum.org/stories/2016/09/92-of-the-world-s-population-lives-in-areas-with-unsafe-air-pollution-levels-this-interactive-map-shows-just-how-bad-the-problem-is/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.weforum.org/stories/2016/0</span><span class="invisible">9/92-of-the-world-s-population-lives-in-areas-with-unsafe-air-pollution-levels-this-interactive-map-shows-just-how-bad-the-problem-is/</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> tells scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say<br>
Staff from the EPA’s Office of <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> were summoned to a “town hall” meeting this week & told to pause the publication of most <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#research</a>, pending a review.</p><p><a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/environmentallaw/" rel="tag">#EnvironmentalLaw</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/20/epa-scientists-research-publications/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/20/epa-scientists-research-publications/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/climate</span><span class="invisible">-environment/2025/09/20/epa-scientists-research-publications/</span></a></p>
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<p>New Bills Seek to Rein In Oil Companies’ Pollution of Oklahoma Groundwater<br>---</p><p>The legislation comes after The Frontier and ProPublica found over 150 incidents where oilfield wastewater had gushed from the earth, releasing toxic chemicals — including some that cause cancer — near homes and farms and into drinking water sources.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-legislation-oil-gas-injection-wells-water-pollution-cleanup?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-legislation-oil-gas-injection-wells-water-pollution-cleanup?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/okl</span><span class="invisible">ahoma-legislation-oil-gas-injection-wells-water-pollution-cleanup?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/oklahoma/" rel="tag">#Oklahoma</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#Cancer</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a></p>
<p>PFAS 20 dans l'eau de distribution en RW 🇧🇪 (norme 4,4 ng/l) 😱 </p><p><a href="/tags/pfas/" rel="tag">#PFAS</a> <a href="/tags/wallonie/" rel="tag">#Wallonie</a> <a href="/tags/eau/" rel="tag">#Eau</a> <a href="/tags/régionwallone/" rel="tag">#RégionWallone</a> <a href="/tags/envoronnement/" rel="tag">#Envoronnement</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a></p>
<p>Why are Bicycling Monterey and many other <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a> <a href="/tags/bike/" rel="tag">#bike</a> / <a href="/tags/activetransportation/" rel="tag">#ActiveTransportation</a> advocates (<a href="https://www.calbike.org/about_us/who_we_are/local_partners/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.calbike.org/about_us/who_we_are/local_partners/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.calbike.org/about_us/who_w</span><span class="invisible">e_are/local_partners/</span></a>) members of the California Bicycle Coalition aka <a href="/tags/calbike/" rel="tag">#CalBike</a>? </p><p>See ED Kendra Ramsey’s msg below. </p><p>To help make our streets better, join, renew, or donate to CalBike: <a href="https://www.calbike.org/join/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.calbike.org/join/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/actonclimate/" rel="tag">#ActOnClimate</a> <a href="/tags/transportation/" rel="tag">#transportation</a> <a href="/tags/mobility/" rel="tag">#mobility</a> <a href="/tags/publicsafety/" rel="tag">#PublicSafety</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/communitybuilding/" rel="tag">#CommunityBuilding</a> <a href="/tags/roads/" rel="tag">#roads</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/elders/" rel="tag">#elders</a> <a href="/tags/mobility/" rel="tag">#mobility</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> <a href="/tags/cycling/" rel="tag">#cycling</a> <a href="/tags/biking/" rel="tag">#biking</a> <a href="/tags/biketooter/" rel="tag">#BikeTooter</a> <a href="/tags/climatejustice/" rel="tag">#ClimateJustice</a> <a href="/tags/streets/" rel="tag">#streets</a> <a href="/tags/ourstreets/" rel="tag">#OurStreets</a></p>
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<p>In government records that have flown under the radar, President Trump’s EPA said it’s reconsidering whether the agency has the legal authority to update air pollution rules based on new scientific knowledge.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/air-pollution-regulations-epa-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/air-pollution-regulations-epa-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/air</span><span class="invisible">-pollution-regulations-epa-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/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/namibia/" rel="tag">#Namibia</a></p><p>In an extraordinary example of resilience, Namibia’s desert lions—once thought to be confined to the arid interior—are now roaming the Atlantic coastline, evolving into the world’s only known maritime lions. According to BBC Future, these rare big cats have adapted to extreme conditions by changing their diet and habitat, swapping traditional prey like oryx and springbok for seals, flamingos, and even cormorants</p><p><a href="https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/namibias-beach-lions-are-adapting-to-climate-change-by-hunting-seals/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.onegreenplanet.org/news/namibias-beach-lions-are-adapting-to-climate-change-by-hunting-seals/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.onegreenplanet.org/news/na</span><span class="invisible">mibias-beach-lions-are-adapting-to-climate-change-by-hunting-seals/</span></a></p><p><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/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a></p><p>US Congress Rejects Trump’s Proposed Cuts to NOAA and NASA Climate Funding</p><p>The U.S. Capitol is virtually ready to reject the Trump administration’s proposals for drastic cuts to funding for federal climate and weather research programs, including NOAA and NASA</p><p><a href="https://mezha.net/eng/bukvy/us-congress-rejects-trump-s-proposed-cuts-to-noaa-and-nasa-climate-funding/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mezha.net/eng/bukvy/us-congress-rejects-trump-s-proposed-cuts-to-noaa-and-nasa-climate-funding/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mezha.net/eng/bukvy/us-congres</span><span class="invisible">s-rejects-trump-s-proposed-cuts-to-noaa-and-nasa-climate-funding/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/globalwarming/" rel="tag">#GlobalWarming</a> <a href="/tags/upheavalclimate/" rel="tag">#UpheavalClimate</a> <a href="/tags/climateinstability/" rel="tag">#ClimateInstability</a> <a href="/tags/massatrocity/" rel="tag">#MassAtrocity</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> <a href="/tags/ecology/" rel="tag">#ecology</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a></p>
<p>Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.</p><p>Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-gas-wastewater-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-gas-wastewater-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/okl</span><span class="invisible">ahoma-oil-gas-wastewater-pollution?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/oklahoma/" rel="tag">#Oklahoma</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a></p>
<p>About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says. </p><p>New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%. </p><p>But Trump has halted those efforts.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-air-pollution-pittsburgh-clairton-coke-works?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/epa-air-pollution-pittsburgh-clairton-coke-works?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">-air-pollution-pittsburgh-clairton-coke-works?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/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/industry/" rel="tag">#Industry</a> <a href="/tags/pittsburgh/" rel="tag">#Pittsburgh</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
