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Nepal's Air Got More Toxic During Gen-Z Protests “Before, it used to be around 40 cases a day, but after the protests, it went over 100 — mostly people who had inhaled tear gas and thick smoke from burning buildings [and] seeking emergency care for…

“Before, it used to be around 40 cases a day, but after the protests, it went over 100 — mostly people who had inhaled tear gas and thick smoke from burning buildings [and] seeking emergency care for respiratory complications,” Dr. Bam explains.

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Nepal's Air Got More Toxic During Gen-Z Protests “Before, it used to be around 40 cases a day, but after the protests, it went over 100 — mostly people who had inhaled tear gas and thick smoke from burning buildings [and] seeking emergency care for…

Though Nepal is also no stranger to political movements — the country has seen two revolutions since 1990 — recent Gen-Z protests were marked by escalation of force. A local official told AFP that tear gas entered the hospital where she worked, making it difficult for doctors to treat the wounded.

"Severe air pollution from urban emissions during Nepal’s Gen-Z protests has sent vulnerable groups to hospitals with serious respiratory complications. A similar pattern emerged in June 2020, when Portland police unleashed excessive tear gas to control racial justice protests."

The 2025 Censorship of the Indiana Daily Student Indiana University just fired the director of the student newspaper, and abruptly eliminated its occasional print edition just two days before the next one was due to appear.

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Nepal’s Gen-Z Protests Are Fueling Its Toxic Air Pollution Crisis “Before, it used to be around 40 cases a day, but after the protests, it went over 100 — mostly people who had inhaled tear gas and thick smoke from burning buildings [and] seeking emergency care for ...

NEW: Severe air pollution during Nepal's Gen-Z protests has sent vulnerable groups to hospitals with serious respiratory complications. It echoes research that evaluated the effects of excessive chemical munitions use in urban areas during the George Floyd protests, writes @tankadhakal.bsky.social:

Some of our best work is powered by student journalists, and @tankadhakal.bsky.social is no exception.

Today, Indiana University, where tanka currently studies, ordered its student newspaper to end all print publication. @thexylom.com will continue to provide an outlet to bypass campus censorship.

EPA Considers Giving Oil and Gas Companies More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Highly Toxic Wastewater - Inside Climate News Technology to treat produced water has advanced. But critics warn against relaxing protections for disposal “of what is very hazardous material.”

Oil and gas industry wants to be able to dump highly toxic fracking wastewater—full of benzene and heavy metals, often radioactive—with more abandon, including in rivers and streams, and White House is open to that.

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Cover of Being Heumann by the late disability rights activist Judith Heumann. Cover is photo of Heumann sitting with her hand in her chin.

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Flowers for the unsung Black women of Bloody Sunday Black women fed, protected and housed the activists who traveled to Selma, Alabama, in March 1965 to demonstrate for voting rights. Here are their stories.

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RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore WASHINGTON—Addressing the ongoing outbreak in Texas that has infected at least 124 state residents and killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to mak...

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How Trump Has Undermined U.S. Climate Policy (Gift Article) President Trump has quickly transformed America’s approach to the environment, withholding funds and stretching the limits of presidential power.

“In a few short weeks, President Trump has severely damaged the government’s ability to fight climate change, upending American environmental policy with moves that could have lasting implications for the country, and the planet.”

By David GellesLisa Friedman & @bradplumer.bsky.social

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Cuts to National Weather Service Leave Forecasters Reeling (Gift Article) “Lives are being put in danger,” one meteorologist warned, as some experts feared the cuts will harm public safety.

“There are 122 Weather Service offices spread across the [U.S] that provide regional forecasting and issue warnings for things like violent storms. It was unclear this week just how many of the roughly 4,000 Weather Service employees had lost their jobs.”
By @amyjeangraff.bsky.social & Camille Baker

Impact of 2015 earthquake in still standing.

An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude struck in the early hours of February 28 (local time) in the central-eastern part of Nepal. Epicenter was in Sindhupalchwok-one of the worst affected districts in 2015 earthquake, and then catastrophic flash flood in 2021. So far no update on damage.

Indiana natural gas bill would redefine the fossil fuel as green energy The bill that would redefine a fossil fuel as clean energy has passed through Indiana's Senate.

Indiana lawmakers try to redefine methane and propane as clean sources of energy to obtain state and federal funding for green energy projects.

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Now studying in the US for a Master's in investigative journalism, @tankadhakal.bsky.social tells us what he's seeing, and feeling, during the Trump immigration crackdown. Full episode - bit.ly/Tankajourno

Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”

Catrin Einhorn @catrineinhorn.bsky.social describes how experts who worked on an environmental report, that was ended by President Trump, “are figuring out how to finish and publish it outside the government.”

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Joep Janssen Sharing stories of coastal communities tackling water challenges. Learn how they adapt to climate change, improve water safety, and recover from floods.

Hello Bluesky! 🌊

I share stories of communities facing water challenges head-on—their resilience, innovations, and hope. My focus: climate adaptation, water safety, and flood recovery. Looking forward to connecting and exchanging ideas here! 💫

Learn more at joepjanssen.com

A small group of waste workers is helping keep the world’s highest mountain from becoming inundated with human excrement.

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wild flower in mountain region in Nepal.

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