Jenn Engstrom

Repair Advocates Tell Microsoft: Stop the ‘End of Windows 10’ | KQED Microsoft is set to end automatic, free updates for Windows 10 users on Tuesday, potentially rendering millions of computers increasingly obsolete.

As I told @kqednews.kqed.org, the end of Windows 10 is a “lose-lose-lose” situation. “It’s bad for consumers. It’s bad for security, and it’s bad for the environment." www.kqed.org/news/1205920...

Opinion | Relax, America, There Is Life After Nonstick Pans

"Eliminating PFAS in cookware would reduce the spread of contamination, protect future generations and, as a bonus, allow us to rediscover how to actually cook" @governor.ca.gov #SB682 @benallenca.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Had a great time with the CA Alliance for Children’s Environmental Health, bringing together parents, medical professional, and young people to lobby to ban toxic PFAS, tackle microplastics and extreme heat, and make our kid’s food safe #SB682 #AB1264 #AB823 #SB646 #SB655

CALPIRG joins first-ever International Plastic Pellet Count Volunteers combed through California waterways in search of plastic pollution

I was horrified by the amount of microplastics and plastic pellets found around the globe during the first-ever International Plastic Pellet Count pirg.org/california/a...

Plastics industry pushed ‘advanced recycling’ despite knowing problems – report Producers promoted chemical recycling – processes used to break plastics into constituent molecules – but knew of limitations

"Plastic producers have pushed “advanced recycling”... despite knowing for years that it is not a technically or economically feasible solution." Let's not let false solutions distract from addressing the plastic waste crisis @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...