Search results for tag #pollution
Of specific concern are high-bandwidth memory chips, or HBM, a subset of DRAM that require more materials and which researcher Silicon Analysts estimates can consume as much as five times more energy per gigabyte than standard memory categories during production
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
When the federal government abandons the law and the science, everyday people suffer the consequences
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
The tunnels are the hardware that makes that promise real. A flat route under the mountains allows longer and heavier freight trains with lower energy use, since locomotives no longer need to climb steep gradients. Studies of Eurozone freight show that trains typically require about one-fifth of the energy and emit roughly one-quarter of the greenhouse gases per tonne‑kilometer compared with heavy trucks
Approximately 114 of Mexico’s 653 aquifers are already overexploited, and nearly half are operating at a deficit, according to the country’s water authority. The most stressed aquifers tend to lie beneath arid regions and population centers — a pattern that’s true in Baja Sur, where a surging population depends on seasonal rains filtering into deep aquifers
https://whowhatwhy.org/science/environment/can-this-mexican-paradise-navigate-a-water-crisis/
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Vancouver closes out first no-snow winter in 43 years with more of them on the way
#climatechange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
New Study Finds Biochar’s Climate Benefits May Diminish Over Time in Acidic Soils
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Experts at the Met Office say the "exceptional" wet weather so far in 2026 showed climate change was "happening now"
Record-breaking levels of rain has caused disruption in parts of south-west England with homes being flooded, rail lines forced to closed and damage to sea defences - leading to part of the A379 between Slapton and Torcross in Devon collapsing
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62g1kg8p13o
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Our top story: In #Trump’s first presidential term, federal judges often blocked administration efforts to roll back environmental protections. But as Trump has increasingly filled the courts with people who share his views, he faces fewer and fewer barriers to gutting environmental protections.
https://www.texasobserver.org/man-v-nature/
#politics #USpol #law #environment #ClimateChange #pollution
'phlconsortium' of phlbacteria phldiscovered phlcooperating to phleat phthalate phlplasticizers that phlsingle phlmicrobes can't phlconsume
Thanks to a minority of obscenely greedy egomaniacs and their submissive supporters, "survival of the fittest" has become "survival of the shittest."
#billionaires #government #war #injustice #oppression #autocracy #GlobalWarming #environment #ClimateChange #climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #ClimateAction #pollution #future #nature #Earth #world #humanity
"The results show that changing ocean conditions have altered where chum salmon can thrive. Suitable habitats have declined overall due to ocean warming, reduced zooplankton, which are an important food source, and increasingly frequent marine heat waves," notes Alabia. "Our results show broad-scale habitat loss in the North Pacific for chum salmon."
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-decline-japanese-chum-salmon-linked.html
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #environment #climate
Climate change poses greater risk to the North than military invasion, researcher says
An Inuvik-born master’s student in Canadian and Indigenous studies at Trent University in Ontario and a fellow in the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network says that when it comes to Arctic security, Canada is putting its focus on the wrong thing
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #environment #climate
‘You Can’t Live Without Us’: How Big Oil Pivoted from Climate-friendly Messaging to Normalise Dependence on Fossil Fuels
Clean Creatives analysis reveals a “coordinated narrative shift” by Shell, BP, ExxonMobil, and Chevron
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
The study examining these issues from Trinity College, Dublin found that EVs and heat pumps are five to seven times more prevalent in better-off areas than in lower-income neighbourhoods. The difference is as much as 13-fold between the highest and lowest income areas. The prevalence of wealth in the eastern half of the country has created an east-west as well as an urban-rural divide
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology), Marvin Gaye, 1971 >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoiDMlSHfZk
Whoa, oh mercy, mercy me
Oh, things ain't what they used to be, no, no
Where did all the blue skies go?
Poison is the wind that blows
From the north, and south, and east
Whoa mercy, mercy me (mercy)
Oh, things ain't what they used to be
Oil wasted on the ocean and upon our seas
Fish full of mercury, oh, oh, mercy, mercy me
Oh, things ain't what they used to be, oh no
Radiation underground and in the sky
Animals and birds who live nearby are dying
Oh mercy, mercy me
Ah things ain't what they used to be
What about this overcrowded land?
How much more abuse from man can she stand?...
#war #FossilFuels #pollution #violence #oil #wars #AtmosphericDispersion #PM #combustion #atmosphere #climate #ecology #ocean #biodiversity #music
IMAGE: The oil fires caused a dramatic decrease in air quality
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwaiti_oil_fires#/media/File:BrennendeOelquellenKuwait1991.jpg
A reflective look at what each generation left behind, from culture to conflict to progress, and how those inheritances shaped the world we live in today.
https://medium.com/@rwarwriter/about-your-inheritance-46ee9acef419
#GenerationalHistory #AmericanCulture #SocialChange #HistoricalPerspective #CulturalInheritance #climatechange
#Boomers #Pollution #History #AmericanHistory
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A sign in support of environmental action held aloft during a protest.
19 cities including London, Beijing and San Francisco have made "remarkable reductions" in air pollution since 2010, according to new analysis by Breathe Cities. Here's more from Good News Network.
#AirQuality #Pollution #Environment #London #Beijing #SanFrancisco
'To protect our health and our environment: let's reject the pesticide omnibus project. Support the demands:
Weaker pesticide regulations put our future at risk. Instead, we need real protection of health, water and environment. Pesticides need regular reassessment. Let’s move away from the old chemical age. Towards a new healthy and biodiverse era!'
https://www.pan-europe.info/health-bees-and-farmers?
https://www.pan-europe.info/health-bees-and-farmers?utm_source=Laposta&utm_campaign=Extra+Newsletter+March+2026+%28widget%29&utm_medium=email
#eu #pesticides #pollution #environment #bees #health
Changing flight paths could slash aviation's climate impact
Small changes to aircraft flight paths to avoid the atmospheric conditions that create condensation trails—known as contrails—could reduce aviation's global
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-flight-paths-slash-aviation-climate.html
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
19 Cities Including London, San Francisco, Hong Kong Achieve ‘Remarkable Reductions’ in Air Pollution
#goodnews #health #air #pollution #urban #HongKong #London #SanFrancisco
This latest research tells us we are heading to the safe limits of our bodies ability to handle atmospheric CO₂ levels in the next 50 years – by 2079. That’s within the lifetimes of many, and of our children and grandchildren
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Carney stays the course on fossil fuels despite the climate reckoning
The Liberal government under Mark Carney continues to exhibit the same fossil fuel industry bias as its predecessor under Justin Trudeau
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/17/news/mark-carney-fossil-fuels-climate-policy
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
The Climate Migrants: How Desertification is Forcing Millions Out of Sub-Saharan Africa
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
#Kaziranga #Assam #Jaldapara #Bengal #India
Does a changing climate increase the risk of rhino poaching? Yes, say experts
Climate-related pressures disrupt livelihoods, particularly among rural communities who live alongside wildlife, increasing the risk of poaching and other wildlife crimes
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
A new report estimates that climate change could cost Minnesotans more than $20 billion a year by 2040, if global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and the state doesn’t take action to adapt to a warmer climate
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/03/17/minnesota-to-see-billions-in-climate-costs
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
#health
In a warming world, playground slides grow too hot for children, a jog becomes punishing for adults trying to get fit and an evening stroll feels unbearable for older adults
Climate change is exacerbating physical inactivity with dire consequences, driving potentially hundreds of thousands of premature deaths worldwide by 2050, according to a study published Monday in Lancet Global Health
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
In the fight against the climate crisis, countries are pinning great hope in reforestation projects. In a new study, ETH Zurich researchers show that the location in which reforestation is taking place is usually more important than the number of trees planted. If forests are strategically positioned, the same cooling effect could be achieved using half the area of land
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-reforestation-greater-effect-climate-trees.html
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
150 nations warn that the obsession with growth is destroying nature
https://www.politico.eu/article/obsession-with-growth-destroying-nature-150-countries-warn/
#world #Earth #nature #environment #pollution #GlobalWarming #climate #ClimateAction #climatechange #international
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Out today: “This feels like a very colonialistic action. … Somebody with a lot of money comes into your town, uses up all your resources, does not talk to the people that are there, makes money, and sends it somewhere else.” https://www.texasobserver.org/man-v-nature/
#politics #USpol #pollution #law #environment #ClimateChange #Trump
@esoastronomy do you already follow #astronomer @sundogplanets ? She's a great activist against this #pollution and #spaceDebris !
The world’s highest court has spoken: tackling climate change is not a choice: it’s a legal obligation. Now it’s up to the United Nations General Assembly to speak up and urge its 193 member countries to take action
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/16/governments-should-support-vanuatus-un-climate-resolution
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
When researchers analyzed more than 2 billion social media posts from spring 2014 to fall 2016, they found that people think of normal temperatures as those occurring just two to eight years earlier. People’s mental baseline shifts too quickly for even rapid climate change to be noticed, the team reported March 2019 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-change-binary-frozen-weather
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Rising CO₂ levels are reflected in human blood. Scientists don't know what it means
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-human-blood-scientists-dont.html
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Experts warn road salt piles could harm waterways, drinking water
Experts warn that road salt from melting snow piles can contaminate waterways, harm fish and seep into groundwater, as cities explore ways to reduce its environmental impact.
#Canada #Environment #Enviornment #saltmounds
https://globalnews.ca/news/11728569/warn-road-salt-piles-harm-waterways-drinking-water/
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For green energy deniers:
"Spain has some of the lowest wholesale electricity prices in Europe, largely owing to the country’s strong solar and wind growth."
#environment #fossilfuel #gas #oil #renewable #pollution #energy #climatechange #price #economy
But cities are not mechanical assemblies. They’re living systems, comprising features that include water and energy infrastructure, nature, buildings, institutions, and human relationships. When those systems fail to reinforce one another, resilience strategies stall—not because the technology fails, but because coordination does
https://commonedge.org/we-dont-have-a-climate-design-problem-we-have-a-trust-problem/
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
What is waterproof?
Affordable PFAS-free gear ($100 to $250)
Exercising in extreme conditions ($300 to $650)
Natural alternatives to PFAS ($400 to $700)
Make do with what you have (from $0)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/03/10/pfas-free-jackets-dry-warm/
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
PLAN-B's "Review of light and noise pollution impacts on terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem services" is now published.
#ALAN #LightPollution #Noise #EcosystemServices #Ecology #Pollution #Environment
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Tackling light and noise pollution
REVIEW OF LIGHT AND NOISE
POLLUTION IMPACTS ON
TERRESTRIAL BIODIVERSITY AND
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
🇨🇦 Hot Rocks
Hot Water
Fish
Geothermal Greenhouse
Food
#Canada #Indigenous #Food
#Energy #Pollution
https://thenarwhal.ca/west-moberly-geothermal-power-greenhouse/
RE: https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116176109080132380
Sometimes I just don't get people's... naivete? Gullibility?
I mean, even if they don't understand data centers' nefarious effects, at the very least they should wonder why they're never built where rich people live?
I so wish more White Americans would get that billionaires don't give a flying fuck about them.
#AI #datacenters #tech #pollution #taxtherich #musk
Residents Say Elon Musk’s AI Facility Is Like Living Next Door to Mordor
"The $20 billion facility, run by Musk’s AI firm xAI, is powered by 27 methane gas turbines that run day and night, belching fumes and emitting a constant noise like jet engines, NBC News reports. The turbines were trucked in because Southaven, the unsuspecting rural community that Musk chose to build the data center in, can’t provide the electricity the facility needs."
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/elon-musk-ai-facility-mordor
A Global Chemical Giant Racks Up Violations in Durham, N.C., Where Drinking Water for a Million Is Threatened
Acetone, ethanol, 1,4-dioxane and methylene chloride were among contaminants found in a stream near Brenntag Mid-South’s chemical repackaging facility
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04032026/durham-nc-brenntag-drinking-water-contaminants/
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Across the globe, climate change media coverage fell 14% in 2025, according to a recent report from CU Boulder’s Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO). Ongoing political and economic pressures, along with newsroom consolidation and staff reductions have contributed to this diminished coverag
https://www.newswise.com/articles/experts-declining-climate-change-coverage
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Elon Musk’s xAI is now operating 62 unpermitted methane gas turbines across two data centers in Memphis, Tennessee, and Southaven, Mississippi. According to xAI’s own permit application, the facilities could emit more than 6 million tons of greenhouse gases and over 1,300 tons of health-harming air pollutants every year.
https://electrek.co/2026/03/03/elon-musk-xai-data-center-undoing-tesla-climate-gains/
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
"The store was a graveyard of recent festivities and a staging ground for the next. In one corner, the bedraggled remains of Valentine’s Day gifts - plush hearts and plastic roses - were being cleared away. In another, Mother’s Day displays were already rising like a strategic invasion.
It made me realize that we have allowed the retail industry to colonize our calendar."
#Plastic #Environment #Pollution #Consumerism #Sustainability #Capitalism #Community
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The Cathedral of Plastic: How We Manufactured a Year of Excess
Saskia Karges, originally published by Resilience.org
March 2, 2026
We need our autonomy back. And that starts with walking out of the toy store empty-handed and realizing that the most resilient thing we can give the next generation isn't a piece of plastic - it's a planet that isn't a graveyard for their old toys.
Photo of stacks of boxed plastic toys in the entrance of a toy store.
"Right now we are witnessing the final frontier of retail: the elimination of “empty” time. The industry can no longer afford the traditional gaps between the major peaks of December and April; it is now actively scouting the calendar for any remaining pockets of peace. Whether it’s the artificial elevation of “Midsummer” into a second gift-giving season or the rebranding of “Mental Health Awareness” into a reason to purchase high-end wellness gadgets, the strategy remains the same. By tying every human emotion - from seasonal joy to self-care - to a mandatory transaction, we are losing the ability to experience our lives without a price tag. It is a cultural occupation that trades our authentic time for manufactured “kicks,” leaving both our sanity and the planet’s resources depleted."
Climate activists protest for ‘ethical careers policy’
Cambridge Climate Justice called on the University to end all relationships with oil, gas, mining, and arms companies
https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/31287
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate #ClimateStrike
#Pennsylvania#USA #US
If you or any Democratic candidate want my vote in the Pennsylvania primary, I will have to see a commitment to address the climate crisis, not just in words, but in deeds. Yes, there are numerous other issues that concern me, but this one is as close to an existential threat as there is
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Conversion of grasslands and wetlands to cropland and pastures is happening at a rate 4 times faster than forests.
While the destruction of any environmentally sensitive areas is unacceptable, the continued weakening of wetlands and their ability to remediate water will lead to increased pollutant exposure.
#wetlands #wetland #grassland #grasslands #forest #forests #pollution #deforestation #ecosystem #ecosystems #environment #environmentalscience
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-grasslands-faster-forests-global.html
Young people anxious about climate change, environment and economic insecurity; protests by youth on these issues increasing: SOE 2026 report
A Down To Earth (DTE) survey of youth says almost 88% of respondents felt climate is changing around them; 67% said these changes were already affecting their daily lives and lifestyles
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments https://phys.org/news/2026-02-southern-california-air-board-pollution.html
Forever chemicals like PFOA in drinking water
No action by the EPA despite decades of internal studies by 3M and Dupont, blood tests of workers by St. Gobain -- even before the current wholesale rollback of regulations.
As industry consultants said: "doubt is our product.
"Safe to Drink", "Episode 1: You don’t know about this?"
Here or wherever you get your podcasts:
https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-aj48y-2aaa7bf0
Birds Aren’t Just Declining. They’re Declining Faster, a New Study Finds.
Scientists studying data collected over more than three decades found accelerating losses. Their research offers clues about the causes
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/climate/bird-declines.html
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
In a first for western Washington, agriculture officials are gearing up to spray insecticide to fight an infestation of Japanese beetles in south King County, near Seattle.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/japanese-beetle-pesticide-spraying-coming-to-south-king-county
#KUOW #News #Pollution #Environment #Agriculture
Across Canada, seasonal snowpack acts as a natural water reservoir. Snow accumulates during the cold months, storing precipitation until spring, when it melts and feeds rivers, taking the water downstream. This delayed release is one of the hidden pillars of Canada’s water, food and energy security
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/25/opinion/canada-climate-change-snow-drought
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
#petition #agriculture #pollution #environment #children Don't let the chemical industry operate without regulation-
https://earthjustice.org/action/tell-congress-our-children-have-a-right-to-live-in-toxic-free-environments?ms=email&sourceid=1048653&utm_source=crm&utm_medium=email&utm_term=action&utm_campaign=2601_Action_TSCA_Congress&utm_content=HTMLTakeActionButton1&contactdata=BtSBDbuujFJnvtAQnc69RLEsrlra1JsS2oYzvqE%2f8bscISfH6ZMys3YNmWhfn5fr3Io2jaO8CSz0lqzSegNXOD+2eyuc%2fgPy6VbQ8EdB2BELwt7hQFQMPglf6tIjA1HNRemqNg3fmJiN7oTizW8r7d+qcQp7MDoJ77gbtFoXYzFB3ZCTAbVLiJtzVm2NB%2fJOZvy9ebWpizwsLYK%2f1iIgRgHjKsk9SKGii%2frXrZ8R1m5iTgEeZ+joBoc1922WLdH15xjIsrpWRB9hpay0Wk%2fHGQ%3d%3d&emci=a646e9a2-ad12-f111-a69a-000d3a57593f&emdi=e0e97792-0213-f111-a69a-000d3a57593f&ceid=1379197
The report concludes that scientific models estimating ocean carbon uptake may differ from real-world measurements by as much as 10 to 20 percent globally, with even larger discrepancies in some regions. These inconsistencies stem from limited long-term observational data and gaps in understanding how key processes respond to a changing climate
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Human-driven climate change intensified torrential downpours that killed dozens and forced thousands of people from their homes across Spain, Portugal and Morocco earlier this year, a network of climate scientists said Thursday.
Precipitation during the region's wettest days now entail around one-third more rainfall compared with the pre-industrial climate, which was 1.3C cooler
https://www.bssnews.net/international/363989
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #pollution #environment #climate
The ecological impacts of this are not fully clear, but these changes to flowering times may threaten the dependent relationships between plants, pollinators, and fruit-eating seed-dispersing animals, therefore raising the likelihood that shifts to flowering periods impact the wider tropical ecosystems
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-tropical-blooming-weeks-climate.html
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
By 2050, climate change may displace up to 19.9 million Bangladeshis and submerge 17% of Bangladesh’s land (nearly one-third of our farmland). Yet the climate crisis remains largely absent from our political agenda. Bangladesh is among the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, but climate change rarely features as a top priority in election manifestos or policy debates
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #pollution #environment #climate
US weather and climate disasters could top $1 trillion by 2030
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-weather-climate-disasters-trillion.html
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
A Warming Planet Makes Nor’easters & Other Storms More Intense: Climate Scientist Michael Mann
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/24/northeast_united_states_blizzard
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Marine plastic #pollution leaches bioactive chemicals, such as the industrial lubricant oleamide, into the ocean, mimicking natural biological signals and fundamentally altering the behaviors and interactions of marine predators, like octopuses, and their prey.
#MarineBiology #Ecology #Environmental #BehavioralScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/mb02242601.html
Unequal Access to Nature Fuels America’s Health Crisis
Communities of color and low-income neighborhoods face the worst impacts as the U.S. loses forests, wetlands and other green spaces
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Newfoundland lobster tags from the 1980s among plastic trash washing up on the coast of the Oarkney archipelago, Scotland 🏴
https://montreal.citynews.ca/2026/02/21/newfoundland-lobster-tags-from-the-1980s-among-plastic-trash-washing-up-in-scotland/
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Des rubans d'homards des années 1980 venant de de Terre-Neuve parmi les détritus de plastique qui se retrouvent sur les côtes de l'archipel des Oarkney, Écosse 🏴
// Article en anglias //
#Newfoundland #TerreNeuve #Oarkney #Scotland #Écosse #UK #UnitedKingdom #RoyaumeUni #Pollution
The #EPA on Friday weakened #pollution limits for #coal burning power plants, allowing them to release more heavy metals including #mercury, a powerful #neurotoxin linked to #BrainDamage.
The move was one of many efforts by the #Trump admin to revive the declining US coal industry, despite overwhelming scientific evidence that burning coal is harming #PublicHealth & driving dangerous levels of #GlobalWarming. Coal is the dirtiest of the #FossilFuels.
#law #ClimateChange
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/climate/epa-mercury-coal-plants.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
La preuve que détruire les forêts change le climat : une zone déboisée a gagné 4 °C !
La déforestation entraîne « des températures de surface plus élevées, une évapotranspiration plus faible, des précipitations réduites et une diminution du nombre de jours de pluie, notamment dans les régions où le couvert forestier est inférieur à 60 % »
#ChangementClimatique #RéchauffementClimatique #BouleversementClimatique #pollution #écologie #environnement #Climat
‘Mushroom Mining’ Could Be Cheap Way to Recover Rare Earth Minerals from Industrial Waste
#goodnews #goodearth #business #science #mushrooms #materials #geology #pollution #waste
Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing
Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
"[T]he presence of [artificial light at night] can disrupt the proper functioning of not only humans but all organisms on Earth that have evolved in conditions of alternating day and night. Cities are the primary source of LP, and the ever-increasing global urbanization makes LP one of the fastest-growing threats to our civilization. It is particularly dangerous because public awareness of its existence is exceptionally weak."
RE: https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/116079450649446984
@EUCommission What does the #EU do against the real threat of #spaceDebris and #space #pollution by US corporations like #SpaceX & Co? The space is not a military room, it is at first nature and our vulnerable atmosphere! We only have this one planet!
https://mastodon.online/@sundogplanets@mastodon.social/116079450784889577
Too wound up to go to bed, so I just sent lots of emails to people hoping that they'll spread the word and get lots more people to write comments to the FCC telling them that orbital data centres and sunlight-as-a-service are incredibly stupid, dangerous ideas and should never be launched.
Instructions how to submit here: https://darksky.org/news/two-satellite-proposals-threaten-the-night-sky-the-window-to-act-is-now/
I don't think it'll actually make a big difference. But I do think it's incredibly important that the official record shows how many opposed this.
#DMV #rivers #sanitation #pollution
Huge sewage spill into the Potomac.
https://wtop.com/virginia/2026/02/virginia-health-officials-warn-to-avoid-contact-with-potomac-river-due-to-sewage-spill/
How Resource Extraction and Infrastructure Projects Are Driving the Climate Crisis in the Amazon
(text available in “reading mode”)
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
The #EndangermentFinding by the #Obama admin is the legal underpinning of nearly all #climate #regulations under the #CleanAirAct for motor vehicles, power plants & other #pollution sources that are heating the planet.
#Legal challenges are certain for an action that repeals all #GreenhouseGas #emissions standards for cars & trucks, & could unleash a broader undoing of climate regulations on stationary sources such as #power plants & #oil & #gas facilities, experts say.
#Trump #law #PublicHealth
The Boarman family’s water was undrinkable: It corroded taps. It withered plants. Their ice maker expelled clumps of salt.
But why was this happening? For two years, Oklahoma delayed basic tests that would help them find out.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-polluted-drinking-water-boarman-family?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oklahoma #Pollution #Water #Environment #Health #Safety #Oil
Out today, in collaboration with Truthdig:
“It was bad enough houses were being built on it,” said Lee Oldham, “but when I seen an elementary school, my stomach just dropped.” https://www.texasobserver.org/radioactive-oil-and-gas-waste-north-texas-elementary-school/
#Dallas #NorthTexas #news #politics #USpol #schools #pollution #ClimateChange #environment
A massive Fort Worth-area subdivision and a school have risen atop layers of drilling waste. One worker who helped spread the material is speaking out.
In collaboration with Truthdig: https://www.texasobserver.org/radioactive-oil-and-gas-waste-north-texas-elementary-school/
#pollution #environment #ClimateChange #politics #USpol #News #Texas #NorthTexas
Dans sa nouvelle Stratégie nationale pour l'alimentation, le gouvernement appelle à une "limitation" de la consommation de viande. Censées définir l'action du gouvernement d'ici 2030 pour une alimentation moins émettrice de gaz à effet de serre, les propositions ne vont pas assez loin pour certains
#ChangementClimatique #RéchauffementClimatique #BouleversementClimatique #InstabilitéClimatique #AtrocitéDeMasse #pollution #écologie #environnement #Climat
With all the war, epstein cobal, ice, trump & his cronies, facism, racism and more. We have been set on fire with alarming news of our current administration decisions on all fronts.
We keep putting our environmental catastrophe on mute.
#environment #pollution #airquality #watergate #coal #energy
@aaron.rupar https://www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar/post/DUnxZUvCXia
Greenwashing Revolt: Bank Bosses Face Ouster Over Climate U-Turns
ShareAction launches a campaign to unseat bank chairs who dilute climate pledges, targeting giants like Barclays and HSBC in a bid to stop the "greenwashing" of global finance
https://streamlinefeed.co.ke/news/greenwashing-revolt-bank-bosses-face-ouster-over-climate-u-turns
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Adults keep saying: "We owe it to the young people to give them hope."
But I don't want your hope.
I don't want you to be hopeful.
I want you to panic.
I want you to feel the fear I feel every day.
And then I want you to act.
I want you to act as you would in a #crisis.
I want you to act as if our house is on fire.
Because it is.
Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
The world is poised to overshoot the goal of limiting average global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as for the first time, a three-year period, ending in 2025, has breached the threshold. And climate scientists are predicting devastating consequences, just as the world’s governments appear to have lost their appetite for tackling the emissions that are causing the warming
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #MassAtrocity #pollution #environment #climate
uspol [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
Under Trump, EPA’s enforcement of environmental laws collapses, report finds
The Environmental Protection Agency has drastically pulled back on holding polluters accountable.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/under-trump-epas-enforcement-of-environmental-laws-collapses-report-finds/#environmental-protection-agency #policy #pollution #science #syndication #trump-administration
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Steam rises from one of the plants near the Houston Ship Channel.
Artificial light at night — already known to disrupt birds and sea turtles — may also worsen human allergies.
A study of the northeastern U.S. found plants exposed to nighttime light produced more pollen and extended pollen season by 1–2 weeks, with impacts comparable to climate change.
Researchers call light pollution a public-health “blind spot” and urge urban planners to factor it into city design.
by Bobby Bascomb
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/02/light-pollution-could-worsen-allergy-seasons-new-study-suggests/
...But it is the #sufferings of the many which pay for the luxuries of a few.
Greta Thunberg, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Individuals are told to reduce our "#carbon footprint," and we should. But how many years of riding a bike to work would it take me to offset one F-15 flying for an hour?
Bruce E. Johansen
The fight against climate change is often framed as a sacrifice: eat less meat and drive less often. But those actions could also be framed positively: eat more plants and ride bikes more often. A new study finds presenting environmental action in a more proactive light makes people more likely to act and feel happier about doing it
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
A new book by a Cambridge engineer and an Oxford theologian argues that our faith in technology to solve the climate crisis is distracting us from the uncomfortable truth: that saving the planet is neither a task for future technologies nor for world leaders alone. It is something all of us—especially those with comfortable lives—can and must do now
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-earth-real-climate-action-restraint.html
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Lawmakers from Croatia’s green-left party Možemo! warned on Friday that the country must not retreat from its climate commitments or reshape its environmental policy in line with the approach of U.S. President Donald Trump, calling instead for an immediate withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty, reports HRT
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Under Trump, EPA’s Enforcement of Environmental Laws Collapses, Report Finds
Analysis of federal data by a nonprofit watchdog group found that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has drastically pulled back on holding polluters accountable
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05022026/trump-epa-polluter-enforcement-collapses/
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
I listened to an interview on CBC As It Happens last night of one of the OLAUG members. One comment stuck with me: She said as you get old you lose your memory and some physical strength but you can still find wonder around you. I very much agree with her.
OLAUG stands for Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage. Check out their work here: https://olaug-ma.com/
On Thursday, when asked what he thinks of Prime Minister Mark Carney calling himself an environmental leader, NDP interim Leader Don Davies said 'I think the facts completely belie that.' Carney said he still considers Canada a climate leader after announcing his government would scrap the EV mandate that morning
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7076140
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
UK to cut climate finance to poor countries by a fifth despite promising more help
Exclusive: Campaigners say proposed cut from £11.9bn over past five years to £9bn over next five years will cost lives and livelihoods
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/05/uk-cut-climate-finance-poor-countries-by-fifth
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Inside America’s carpet capital: an empire & its #toxic legacy Covering the world in #carpet came with a cost no one wants to pay
…A lack of state & federal #regulations allowed carpet companies & their suppliers to legally switch among different versions of stain-&-soil resistant products.
#law #EnvironmentalLaw #pollution #PFAs #ForeverChemicals #chemicals #PublicHealth #Climate #people #children #fish #wildlife #river #water #soil #DrinkingWater #Alabama #Georgia
https://apnews.com/projects/pfas-forever-stained/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-05-AP+Investigation+
The #pollution is so bad some researchers have identified the region as one of the nation’s #PFAS hot spots. Today, the consequences can be found everywhere. PFAS, often called #ForeverChemicals because they can take decades or more to break down, are in the #water & the #soil.
They’re in the dust on floors where #children crawl, the local #fish & #wildlife, & as ongoing research has shown, the #people.
#law #EnvironmentalLaw #regulations #PublicHealth #Climate #DrinkingWater #Alabama #Georgia
"Air pollution crosses borders, and so must the policies aimed at tackling it"
#Pollution #AirPollution #Environment
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-air-pollution-borders-policies-aimed.html
Legal experts say America’s recent withdrawal from global climate agreements could force states like Maine to shoulder more responsibility for climate action
https://mainebeacon.com/maine-leads-on-climate-action-as-u-s-withdraws-from-global-agreements/
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Ski resorts adapting: Since 1970, the snow season in The Alps has shrunk by a whopping 34 days
overheated Mediterranean summers: July/August in Italy or Greece now means days where the temperatures are as high as 40°C (104°F). In the peak holiday season, locals no longer hang around but rather choose to flee from the cities. The September-October period is now the new ideal
https://www.meer.com/en/103199-the-climate-passport-travel-in-a-warming-world
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #MassAtrocity #pollution #environment #climate
These are the experts who prevent oil spills from becoming catastrophes, who ensure dangerous goods don’t explode on our railways, who make sure Canadians can trust weather warnings, and who protect species from extinction. Cutting this scientific expertise puts public safety and the environment at risk
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Oh look, spacejunk. Just like @sundogplanets promised.
https://archive.md/OzFhx
(orig: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/elon-musk-s-space-junk-blazes-across-victorian-skies-20260203-p5nz0y.html )
Right-wing media are suggesting that the energy transition has permanently fallen out of favor as a global priority, evidenced by business leaders’ and governments’ rapid shift in focus toward artificial intelligence. But other recent milestones and ambitious projects signal that long-term interest in climate action is still very much alive
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Mexico moves to combat pollution following Guardian investigations | America's toxic trade | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/mexico-moves-to-combat-pollution-following-guardian-investigations
it targets plastic that recyclers usually reject because it is too degraded, mixed, or colored
Measured by weight, PET already contains more than 60 percent carbon. Its structure stays strong even after chemical changes. When converted into BAETA, the material gains a surface rich in sites that attract and hold carbon dioxide molecules. This makes it highly effective at trapping the gas from air or industrial exhaust
#AI’s #water and #electricity use soars in #2025
A new study estimates the environmental impact of AI in 2025 and calls for more transparency from companies on their #pollution and water consumption.
AI created as much carbon pollution this year as New York City and guzzled up as much H20 as people consume globally in water bottles, according to new estimates.
https://www.theverge.com/news/845831/ai-chips-data-center-power-water
https://archive.ph/WUoq5
7 Climate Fiction Books You Must Read In 2026
Explore the Top 7 Climate Fiction Books In 2026 That Highlight Environmental Change, Dystopian Futures, and Stories of Resilience
https://vocal.media/bookclub/7-climate-fiction-books-you-must-read-in-2026
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
New from Dylan Baddour at Inside Climate News: Texas’ environmental regulator this week issued the largest air #pollution permit in the country to an enormous planned complex of gas power plants and data centers. Only China has more gas power projects in development than #Texas. https://www.texasobserver.org/developer-gw-ranch-pecos-county-largest-power-project-us/
#environment #ClimateChange #AI #tech #energy #politics #USpol
“We are a degree-and-a-half warmer around the globe and the globe now holds 10 per cent more moisture on average,” Abraham says. This means there could be more precipitation across all seasons, he says
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Making Smokestack Pollution Great Again
AP: EPA plan would begin rolling back ‘good neighbor’ rule on downwind pollution from smokestacks
Women’s rights groups in Indonesia’s Dairi regency helped defeat a zinc mine in court in May 2025, setting a national legal precedent after 20 years of resistance.
Despite the developer seeking a new permit, local activists say they’ll continue opposing the project.
by Tonggo Simangunsong
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/the-long-struggle-of-women-farmers-to-halt-a-zinc-mine-in-north-sumatra/
#news #agriculture #conservation #environment #indigenouscommunities #indigenousrights #pollution
A major global review finds that climate change is intensifying more rapidly in mountain regions than in nearby lowland areas. Scientists warn this uneven warming could have serious consequences for billions of people who live in or depend on mountain environments for water, food, and stability
https://scitechdaily.com/a-hidden-climate-crisis-is-unfolding-in-the-worlds-mountains/
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
This is what oil corporations do: walk away and leave behind soil and groundwater contamination that taxpayers have to pay to clean up.
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-mexico-oil-orphan-wells-cleanup
Protesters at State House want big oil to pay for Maine climate damages
Environmental groups lobby in support of a proposed climate superfund bill
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate #ClimateStrike
Human: “We built you to tell us how to avoid this. How do we decarbonize?”
The Oracle: “You have had the roadmap since the early 2020s. Stabilizing the planet requires more than $6 trillion of annual global investment in climate action. I am simply reading your own research back to you in a voice that cost you $15 trillion to hear.”
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/20260127/superintelligence-is-not-the-answer-to-climate-change
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
#AndhraNord #AndhraPradesh #India
‘Great Green Wall’ launched to fortify North Andhra coastline from climate threats
Conceived as a large-scale ecological bio-shield, the project is designed to strengthen natural coastal defences while safeguarding communities, livelihoods, infrastructure and fragile ecosystems
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
How Will Climate Change Affect Future Operations?
Climate change projections suggest more frequent and severe winter storms, requiring fundamental shifts in operational planning and infrastructure design. Companies must balance increased resilience investments against competitive cost pressures, particularly as winter storm impacts on US oil production become more predictable yet potentially more severe
https://discoveryalert.com.au/winter-storm-us-oil-production-2026-climate-impacts/