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steve_zeke, to environment
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Excellent article by Sharon Lerner. Long, but reads fast like intrigue fiction (but 100% true).

> After the late ’70s, when 3M scientists established that the chemical was toxic in animals and was accumulating in humans, it produced millions of pounds per year.

> all people have at least one forever chemical in their blood, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story

steve_zeke,
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For more on how this affected one community, read this from Dec 2022

https://minnesotareformer.com/2022/12/14/there-must-be-something-in-the-water/

> 3M dumped chemical waste in Washington County for decades. A lot of young people got cancer. Some of them made it, some didn’t.

Amara Strande, profiled in the article, died on April 14, 2023 at age 20.

https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/05/03/amara-kind-of-was-someone-who-looked-out-for-the-underdog/

ongoliard, to environment
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Environmental advocates heartbroken over sale of Florida seabird preserve | Florida

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/20/florida-bird-island-sanctuary-

nus, to environment
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If you needed another reason to be wary of : He's recently allied with Ron DeSantis in attacking lab grown meat.

There's no rational reason to hate lab-grown meat besides traditionalism, but plenty of reasons to attack - it's bad for the , animals are kept in horrible conditions, the government subsidizes it...

Fetterman even chooses a strangely Trumpian insult too: "Crash and Burn Ron."

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2024/5/8/24151435/john-fetterman-lab-grown-cultivated-meat-ron-desantis-florida-ban

@liveposting

hannahshouse2,
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@nus @liveposting
Not so odd...As a member of @SenateAgDems.... He's doing his donor's bidding. They all do this.

Dragofix, to environment
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Summer 2023 was northern hemisphere's hottest for 2,000 years, tree rings show #environment #temperature https://phys.org/news/2024-05-summer-northern-hemisphere-hottest-years.html

Wen, to environment
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Lunacy from the Cato Institute

https://www.cato.org/publications/superabundance-free-exchange

I read it so you don't have to….

'Humans, especially those living in the countries on the frontier of innovation, create knowledge that allows us to grow our resources well in excess of the resources that we consume.’

It is laughable, but expect the ‘arguments' to be repeated by right wing politicians everywhere.

europesays, to environment
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https://www.europesays.com/1226995/ Eight of the top 10 vehicles in Canada are now defined as ‘trucks.’ Why our obsession with trucks is becoming a health and safety hazard #Environment

europesays, to environment
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https://www.europesays.com/1226738/ Brazil counts cost of worst-ever floods with little hope of waters receding soon #Environment

bobjmsn, to environment
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End peak rail fares in Scotland for good.

Petition:

https://greens.scot/endpeakfares

#RailTravel #environment #travel

BenHigbie, to environment
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bobjmsn, to environment
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Earlier today the UK Government’s Secretary of State for Scotland, Alister Jack MP, announced that he will order ministers to plan for a nuclear reactor to be built in Scotland!

Scotland only has one operational nuclear site left, Torness, which will be decommissioned in 2028.

Will you help us tell Alistair Jack and the UK Government to keep nuclear out of Scotland?

Petition:

https://greens.scot/NuclearFreeScotland?utm_source=email&utm_medium=middle

“Picking losers:” Choosing nuclear over renewables and efficiency will make climate crisis worse (reneweconomy.com.au)

One of the world’s leading energy experts, and the man dubbed the “Einstein of energy efficiency” has debunked the claims that nuclear energy is essential to meet climate goals, saying that choosing nuclear over renewables and energy efficiency will make the climate crisis worse....

Wen, to environment
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Solicitor general to appeal over case of climate activist who held sign on jurors’ rights

https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/may/15/trudi-warner-climate-activist-solicitor-general-appeal

The Conservatives are prepared to go to any length, to stifle dissent and overturn long established principles in English law.

The judge accused the government’s solicitor general of “significantly mischaracterising” the evidence, when his lawyers alleged Warner behaved in an intimidating manner, confronting potential jurors outside the court.

Wen,
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@RejoinEU that would be the best in the best of all worlds, but….

anathema_device,
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@Wen bastards :(

DaPickle, to environment
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She swapped her lawn for a verdant microfarm and now she feeds the neighborhood, with a little help from her friends.

Every community needs a microfarm start up organization like this! https://apple.news/Ax7zo2o0dQKShiItGZwx2AA
#goals #environment #food #gardening

After a decade of chaos, Labor finally pivots Australia away from dig-and-ship petrostate to post carbon world (reneweconomy.com.au)

Finally, after a devastating decade of climate and energy transition chaos, inaction and underinvestment under the LNP luddites, we appear to have a government that appreciates Australia’s comparative advantages....

Wen, to environment
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Around half the world could lose easily accessible groundwater by 2050

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430674-around-half-the-world-could-lose-easily-accessible-groundwater-by-2050/

And we think we have problems now with migration, edible crops and of course water munching ‘AI' technologies and other data centres.

Anin’t seen nothing yet folks.

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