Jules<p>Only three people ever prosecuted for covering up England’s illegal sewage spills<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/24/only-three-people-prosecuted-for-covering-up-sewage-spills" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/apr/24/only-three-people-prosecuted-for-covering-up-sewage-spills</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/WaterPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterPollution</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/SewagePollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SewagePollution</span></a></p>
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Mojo ♻️<p>Environmental Impact of Gold Mining</p><p>Gold mining can bring severe pollution hazards, including:<br>• Water Pollution – Cyanide & mercury contamination threaten aquatic life & human health.<br>• Air Pollution – Dust and toxic fumes harm air quality & respiratory health.<br>• Soil Degradation – Heavy metals like mercury & arsenic poison the land, harming agriculture & wildlife.<br>• Biodiversity Loss – Destruction of natural habitats leads to extinction of vulnerable species.<br>• Health Risks – Exposure to toxic chemicals causes neurological damage, cancers, and more.<br>• Acid Mine Drainage – Harmful acids leak into water systems, causing long-term damage.</p><p>A stark reminder: The Cadia gold mine has been convicted of breaching dust limits five times between 2021-2023, with one test showing nearly 6x the allowable dust limit. Newmont Corporation has been fined $350,000 in penalties.</p><p>It’s time for stricter regulations and sustainable mining practices!</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/goldmining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goldmining</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/environmentalimpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalimpact</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/waterpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterpollution</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/airpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airpollution</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/soildegradation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soildegradation</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/healthrisks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthrisks</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/sustainablemining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainablemining</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/newmont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newmont</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/cadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cadia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/dustpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dustpollution</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/environmentaljustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentaljustice</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/fines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fines</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-31/cadia-gold-mine-newmont-corporation-fined-for-air-pollution/105115918" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-03-31/cad</span><span class="invisible">ia-gold-mine-newmont-corporation-fined-for-air-pollution/105115918</span></a></p>
Jules<p>Green activists try to make citizen’s arrests of <a href="https://social.coop/tags/ThamesWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThamesWater</span></a> executives<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/18/green-activists-try-to-make-citizens-arrests-of-thames-water-executives" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/mar/18/green-activists-try-to-make-citizens-arrests-of-thames-water-executives</span></a>? <a href="https://social.coop/tags/WaterPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterPollution</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/SewagePollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SewagePollution</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DirectAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectAction</span></a></p>
San Francisco Baykeeper<p>A reminder of what the Bay looked like before environmental regulation—open dumping of industrial waste, raw sewage, and fuel, and constant oil spills. </p><p>Before EPA and laws like the Clean Water Act, America's waters were choked with pollution. Ohio's Cuyahoga River, which became a symbol of environmental degradation in the 60s, was so polluted that it repeatedly caught fire.</p><p>Today, it's estimated that the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CleanWaterAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanWaterAct</span></a> alone prevents 700 *billion* pounds of toxic pollution from entering US waters every single year. </p><p>We MUST defend these vital laws and institutions.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bayarea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bayarea</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sanfranciscobay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanfranciscobay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SFBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFBay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/waterpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterpollution</span></a></p><p>Photos courtesy of EPA's historic archive</p>
Anastasia<p>Tonight, I came across quite a frightening map - a journalist project tracking the concentration of "forever chemicals" in Europe. </p><p>On the bright side though, we can fry our chicken nuggets and be unafraid of scrubbing the pan afterward, huh?</p><p><a href="https://foreverpollution.eu/map" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">foreverpollution.eu/map</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pfaspollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pfaspollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foreverchemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foreverchemicals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/waterpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterpollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a></p>
GailWaldby@bsky.social<p>House Republicans Cut Annual Cross-Border Sewage Infrastructure Funding in Half <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterPollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CleanWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanWater</span></a><br><a href="https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2025/03/10/house-republicans-cut-annual-cross-border-sewage-infrastructure-funding-in-half/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">timesofsandiego.com/politics/2</span><span class="invisible">025/03/10/house-republicans-cut-annual-cross-border-sewage-infrastructure-funding-in-half/</span></a></p>
Jules<p>Chicken manure can be classified as industrial waste, judge rules<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/11/chicken-manure-can-be-classified-as-industrial-waste-judge-rules" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/mar/11/chicken-manure-can-be-classified-as-industrial-waste-judge-rules</span></a>? <a href="https://social.coop/tags/AnimalAgriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalAgriculture</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/RiverWye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverWye</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/WaterPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterPollution</span></a></p>
Dr Claire Asher<p>Good news: Millions of pounds of fines paid by water firms for the pollution they caused will be used to fund environmental schemes to protect and restore the country’s waterways, rather than being diverted to the Treasury.</p><p>Bad news: The £11m in the fund is just a rounding error compared to the billions of pounds in dividends paid out to shareholders by polluting firms.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/09/the-sewage-scandal-ends-now-uk-water-company-fines-to-be-used-to-clean-up-rivers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/mar/09/the-sewage-scandal-ends-now-uk-water-company-fines-to-be-used-to-clean-up-rivers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterPollution</span></a></p>
San Francisco Baykeeper<p>San Francisco handed <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> the chance to weaken the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CleanWaterAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanWaterAct</span></a> -- and they took it.</p><p>This ruling will make it easier for polluters to pollute, and harder for regulators to protect the health of people and the environment. Really shameful. </p><p><a href="https://www.kqed.org/news/12029553/supreme-court-sides-with-san-francisco-against-epa-sewage-lawsuit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kqed.org/news/12029553/supreme</span><span class="invisible">-court-sides-with-san-francisco-against-epa-sewage-lawsuit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sfpuc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sfpuc</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sanfrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanfrancisco</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/waterpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterpollution</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/waterislife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterislife</span></a></p>
Richard Ashwell<p>“Your chicken is killing our rivers”: British icons take on Nando’s over supply chain</p><p>A group of high-profile figures—including celebrities, musicians, comedians, and campaigners such as Paul Whitehouse, Jo Brand, Joanna Lumley, Chris Packham, Liz Bonnin, George Monbiot, Johnny Flynn, Dominic West, Jim Murray, and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall—have united to pressure Nando’s to take responsibility for its environmental impact. They are calling on the restaurant giant to clean up its supply chain and tackle its contribution to severe river pollution.</p><p><a href="https://riveractionuk.com/your-chicken-is-killing-our-rivers-british-icons-take-on-nandos-over-supply-chain/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">riveractionuk.com/your-chicken</span><span class="invisible">-is-killing-our-rivers-british-icons-take-on-nandos-over-supply-chain/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/WaterPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterPollution</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivers</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FactoryFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactoryFarming</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AnimalAgriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalAgriculture</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a></p>
sheislaurence<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/waterpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterpollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuit</span></a>: if you live/work in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a> by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivers</span></a> Wye, Usk or Lugg, join the community-led claim aka <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/classaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classaction</span></a> against Dwr <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cymru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cymru</span></a> Welsh Water and Cargyll poultry UK polluting the area. LeighDay runs weekly legal clinics and regular events. More details 👇🏽. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freshwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freshwater</span></a> <a href="https://www.leighday.co.uk/our-services/group-claims/river-wye-claim/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">leighday.co.uk/our-services/gr</span><span class="invisible">oup-claims/river-wye-claim/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Bill to increase <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a> regulations killed in [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthDakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthDakota</span></a>] state House</p><p>By Amelia Schafer Feb 14, 2025</p><p>"A new bill to increase regulations on lithium mining in South Dakota failed to make it out of the state House on Thursday. </p><p>"House Bill 1258, proposed by Rep. Nichole Uhre-Balk, D-Rapid City, would have placed lithium mining under the same regulations as gold and silver rather than its current sand and gravel standards.</p><p>"Hard rock mining (gold and silver) is subject to stricter <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterPollution</span></a> control regulations than sand and gravel mining. <br> <br>"Organizations like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MidwestLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MidwestLithium</span></a> are currently exploring mining operations in the hills. Most lithium in the hills is found around the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HarneyPeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarneyPeak</span></a> Granite formation, according to the organization's webpage. </p><p>"The South Dakota lithium project is comprised of roughly 23,500 acres of both <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> and private Land. <br>The House Agriculture and Natural Resources committee first split 6-6 on a do-pass motion Thursday before voting 8-4 to send the bill to the 41st day, killing it.</p><p>"''I think the general consensus is that the issue needs to be addressed, and so we'll continue to look harder at that, make sure we get all of our any concerns addressed and try to bring that bill back next year,' Uhre-Balk told the crowd at Saturday's crackerbarrel event hosted by Elevate Rapid City.</p><p>"Organizations like the local Indigenous led nonprofit <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NDNCollective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NDNCollective</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackHillsCleanWaterAssociation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHillsCleanWaterAssociation</span></a> spoke out in support of the bill Wednesday, stating that increased lithium mining threatens clean water for Black Hills residents especially since its treated like sand or gravel mining. </p><p>"Critics of the bill, such as Mike Lees, program administrator for the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Minerals Mining Program, said current regulations are sufficient. At the crackerbarrel, Rep. Tim Goodwin, R-Rapid City, said the bill, 'was going to choke off mining. It was bureaucratic.'</p><p>"Uhre-Balk said the bill wouldn't stop mining.</p><p>"House Agriculture committee members cited a need to better understand the issue when voting to send it to the 41st day.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthDakotaMineralIndustriesOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthDakotaMineralIndustriesOrganization</span></a> was not immediately available for comment."</p><p>Original article:<br><a href="https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/mining-regulations-bill-south-dakota/article_e094c352-ea57-11ef-aa4e-e38ee2e6b85a.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rapidcityjournal.com/news/stat</span><span class="invisible">e-regional/government-politics/mining-regulations-bill-south-dakota/article_e094c352-ea57-11ef-aa4e-e38ee2e6b85a.html</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/Gqvb8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/Gqvb8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheBlackHills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheBlackHills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DrillBabyDrill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrillBabyDrill</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeaveItInTheGround" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeaveItInTheGround</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendMotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendMotherEarth</span></a></p>
GailWaldby@bsky.social<p>Massive coal mining operations near Fernie, British Columbia, devastate the environment and pollute Idaho's Kootenai River. For years, unchecked mining has poisoned waterways with selenium, harming fish populations and threatening the cultural heritage of the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Idaho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idaho</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterPollution</span></a></p>
smeg<p>Bill introduced in Arkansas legislature to end Buffalo River, watershed protections</p><p><a href="https://www.kark.com/news/politics/bill-introduced-in-arkansas-legislature-to-end-buffalo-river-watershed-protections/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kark.com/news/politics/bill-in</span><span class="invisible">troduced-in-arkansas-legislature-to-end-buffalo-river-watershed-protections/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/arkansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arkansas</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/waterpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterpollution</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/buffaloriver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buffaloriver</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/ArkansasPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArkansasPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/arkansaspollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arkansaspollution</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/environmentalprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalprotection</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/cleanwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cleanwater</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/watersheds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watersheds</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/arpx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arpx</span></a></p>
Sabrina Kirschner<p>To be honest, I’m totally aware that topics like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/airpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airpollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monitoring</span></a> Networks in Latin American metropolises like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MexicoCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MexicoCity</span></a>, or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/waterpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterpollution</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/S%C3%A3oPaulo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SãoPaulo</span></a>, are pretty <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/niche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>niche</span></a> when it comes to historical research. That’s why I was especially excited yesterday when I got a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/googlescholar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>googlescholar</span></a> notification with the subject “1 new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/citation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citation</span></a> of your <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/articles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>articles</span></a>.” 3/4</p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Pollution & Deforestation In The Medieval World<br>--<br><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/pollution-deforestation-medieval-world/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecollector.com/pollution-def</span><span class="invisible">orestation-medieval-world/</span></a> <-- shared technical article<br>--<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medieval</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deforestation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/middleages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>middleages</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/seacoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seacoal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/heating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heating</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuel</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/airpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airpollution</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/waterquality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterquality</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ships</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/shipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shipping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/watermills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watermills</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/MedievalWarmPeriod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedievalWarmPeriod</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/civilisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilisation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/urban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urban</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>city</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cities</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>growth</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/humanimpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanimpacts</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/population" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>population</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/livingstandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livingstandards</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/clearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clearing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/croplands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>croplands</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/waterresources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterresources</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/airpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airpollution</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/waterpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterpollution</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Not just human health! The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toxic</span></a> Blend of LA’s Urban <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WildfireSmoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildfireSmoke</span></a> Will Have Lasting Health Consequences </p><p>Los Angeles residents are breathing bits of "cars, metal pipes, plastics."<br> <br>By Zoya Teirstein, January 22, 2025</p><p>“These fires are different from previous quote-unquote ‘wildfires,’ because there are so many structures that burned,” said Yifang Zhu, a professor of environmental health sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. 'Everything in the households got burned — cars, metal pipes, plastics.'</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildfiresmoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfiresmoke</span></a> is toxic. Burning trees and shrubs produce very fine <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/particulatematter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>particulatematter</span></a>, known by the shorthand PM 2.5, which burrow deep into the lungs and can even infiltrate the bloodstream, causing cold- and flu-like symptoms in the short term, and heart disease, lung cancer, and other chronic issues over time. </p><p>"But the fires that raced through Los Angeles burned thousands of homes, schools, historic buildings, and even medical clinics, blanketing the city in thick smoke. For several days after the first fire started, the city’s air quality index, or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a>, exceeded 100, the threshold, typically seen during wildfires, at which air becomes unhealthy to breathe for children, the elderly, and those with asthma. In some parts of the city, the AQI reached 500, a number rarely seen and always hazardous for everyone. </p><p>"At the moment, air pollution experts know how much smoke fills the air. That’s shown improvement in recent days. But they don’t know what’s in it. 'What are the chemical mixtures in this smoke?' asked Kai Chen, an environmental scientist at the Yale School of Public Health. 'In addition to fine particulate matter, there are potentially other hazardous and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/carcinogenic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carcinogenic</span></a> organic compounds — gas pollutants, trace metals, and microplastics.'</p><p>"Previous research shows that the spikes in unhealthy air quality seen during such events lead to higher rates of hospitalizations for issues like asthma, and even contribute to heart attacks among those with that chronic disease. A 2024 study on the long-term effects of smoke exposure in California showed that particulate matter from wildfires in the state from 2008 to 2018 contributed to anywhere from 52,000 to 56,000 premature deaths. A health assessment of 148 firefighters who worked the Tubbs Fire, which burned more than 36,000 acres in Northern California in 2017 and destroyed an unusually high number of structures, found elevated levels of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PFAS</span></a> known as forever chemicals, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HeavyMetals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeavyMetals</span></a>, and flame retardants in their blood and urine.</p><p>"The L.A. County Department of Public Health has formally urged people to stay inside and wear masks to protect themselves from windblown toxic dust and ash. Air quality measurements don’t take these particles into account, which means the air quality index doesn’t reveal the extent of contaminants in the air. </p><p>"Zhu and her colleagues have been collecting samples of wildfire smoke in neighborhoods near the fires. It’ll be months before that data is fully analyzed, but Zhu suspects she will find a dangerous mix of chemicals, including, potentially, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asbestos</span></a> and lead — materials used in many buildings constructed before the 1970s. </p><p>"The risk will linger even after the smoke clears. The plumes that wafted over the landscape will deposit chemicals into drinking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> supplies and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/contaminate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contaminate</span></a># soil. When rains do come, they’ll wash <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicAsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicAsh</span></a> into streams and across the land, said Fernando Rosario-Ortiz, an environmental engineer and interim dean of the University of Colorado Boulder environmental engineering program. 'There’s a lot of manmade materials that are now being combusted. The potential is there for contamination,' he said, noting that little research on how toxic ash and other byproducts of wildfires in urban areas currently exists. 'What we don’t have a lot of information on is what happens now.'</p><p>"After the Camp Fire razed Paradise, California, in 2018, water utilities found high levels of volatile organic compounds [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VOCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOCs</span></a>] in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DrinkingWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrinkingWater</span></a>. Similar issues have arisen in places like Boulder County, Colorado, where the Marshall Fire destroyed nearly 1,000 structures in 2021, Rosario-Ortiz said, though the presence of a contaminant in a home doesn’t necessarily mean it will be present in high levels in the water. Still, several municipal water agencies in Los Angeles issued preemptive advisories urging residents not to drink tap water in neighborhoods near the Palisades and Eaton fires. It’ll be weeks before they know exactly what’s in the water. </p><p>"As wildfires grow ever more intense and encroach upon urban areas, cities and counties must be prepared to monitor the health impacts and respond to them. 'This is the first time I’ve ever even witnessed or heard anything like this,' said Zhu, who raised her daughter in Los Angeles and has lived there for decades, said. 'Even being in the field studying wildfires and air quality impacts, I never imagined that a whole neighborhood, a whole community in Palisades, would burn down.'"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-toxic-blend-of-las-urban-wildfire-smoke-will-have-lasting-health-consequences/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=flipboard_rss&utm_campaign=znetwork" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-t</span><span class="invisible">oxic-blend-of-las-urban-wildfire-smoke-will-have-lasting-health-consequences/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=flipboard_rss&utm_campaign=znetwork</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirPollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterPollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicMaterials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicMaterials</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDisaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDisaster</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDamage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDamage</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pyrocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pyrocene</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PyroceneEra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PyroceneEra</span></a></p>
Jules<p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/UnitedUtilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedUtilities</span></a> drops its appeal against an order to disclose data about sewage discharged into <a href="https://social.coop/tags/LakeWindemere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LakeWindemere</span></a><br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0e4l39xwz5o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0e4l3</span><span class="invisible">9xwz5o</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/WaterPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterPollution</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/SewagePollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SewagePollution</span></a></p>
Jules<p>Researchers seek to expand <a href="https://social.coop/tags/CitizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenScience</span></a> testing of UK river quality<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/03/uk-river-quality-citizen-scientist-testing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jan/03/uk-river-quality-citizen-scientist-testing</span></a>? </p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/WaterQuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterQuality</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/WaterPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterPollution</span></a></p>
Flipboard Science Desk<p>Manta rays are elegantly shaped. They swim by flapping their fins like enormous wings, and their gills filter for plankton with the utmost precision. These creatures have now inspired human innovations that take soft robots and water filters to the next level. Ars Technica reports:<br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/12/manta-rays-inspire-faster-swimming-robots-and-better-water-filters/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2024/1</span><span class="invisible">2/manta-rays-inspire-faster-swimming-robots-and-better-water-filters/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Robot</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MantaRay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MantaRay</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WaterFilter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterFilter</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WaterPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterPollution</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/CleanWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanWater</span></a></p>
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