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Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it. Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from Oklahoma oil wells.

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.

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#Oklahoma #Water #OK #Gas #Climate

No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse An analysis of the storm found “all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change, and that we'll see more of the same.”

No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse.

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#Disaster #Hurricane #Climate #Science

‘New York City Has Fallen’: MAGA Responds to Zohran Mamdani’s Victory With a Racist Freak-Out Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory.

Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory.

Greece to Overhaul Rail Safety in Light of Tempi Disaster Following the outcry over the 2023 train crash at Tempi, a new draft law plans to make the railway system safer – and restore passengers' sense of trust in Greek trains, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitota...

2 years after an unacceptable #TrainDisaster, Greek government still talking about what it "plans" to do. As of April 2025: "At the end of the process, the railway system will have fully remote-controlled signals and automatic braking"

Greece still has no safety system for its trains and railway system. The country demonstrates that it does not care about the safety and lives of its people. #TrainDisaster #τεμπη

The ocean has been hoarding heat. Now it is building up a massive 'burp.' Even if humans cut emissions enough to reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean could kick warming back into gear.

The ocean has been hoarding heat. Now it is building up a massive ‘burp.’

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#Ocean #Heat #Climate #Nature

Lipstick, manicures ... and fascism: the ugliness behind the $450bn beauty industry In their new book The House of Beauty, beauty writer Arabelle Sicardi examines the good, the bad and the ugly of the lucrative industry

Lipstick, manicures ... and fascism: the ugliness behind the $450bn beauty industry

State of New Mexico says FEMA denied ‘indispensable’ aid for Ruidoso flood recovery  • Source New Mexico The mitigation program enables the state to prepare for future disasters and prevent so-called “cascading events” from causing repeated damage or undoing progress in disaster areas.

Officials with New Mexico’s state emergency management agency said Thursday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency opted to withhold disaster prevention funding following deadly flooding in the Ruidoso area, a decision they are appealing.

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This is corruption.
#DisasterRisk

I watched it, and loved it. Interesting work you are doing there!

Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...

Our analysis of EPA air monitoring data shows that companies have far underestimated the pollution caused by their facilities.

At a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, monitors found benzene levels 37 times higher than estimated emissions.

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📢 We won! A Youth Climate Corps is in Budget 2025.

Years of youth organizing secured a $40M two-year commitment. A meaningful start, but only the beginning.

👉 Read our response & stay with us as we push for what comes next: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca

Mussels reveal growing microplastic pollution in Greece’s prized seas

New report: Building Resilience to Heat in the City of Athens, in English and Greek #ResilientCitiesNetwork #ARSINOE_EU resilientcitiesnetwork.org/building-res...

When Greek Cities Outgrew Themselves - tovima.com

Decades of unchecked growth have turned Greece’s cities into sprawling heat traps, a new University of Athens study warns

In Houston-area floodplain development, political donations beat science Many of the top political donors in the Houston area are businesses behind development projects in floodplains.

Houston Chronicle: In Houston-area floodplain development, political donations beat science www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...

DOJ Scrubs Jan. 6 Attack From Court Record After Suspending Career Prosecutors Read more here.

This is next level authoritarianism.👇

"Following the suspension of two career prosecutors, the U.S. Department of Justice quietly revised a sentencing memo in a high-profile case — removing all references to the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and President Donald Trump’s social media post."

Overconstruction on Greek islands in the spotlight | eKathimerini.com The rapid and often uncontrolled residential boom on the islands of the Southern Aegean over the last two decades is the focus of a new study carried out by a team at the University of the Aegean’s De...

The study focuses on 38 islands belonging to the Cyclades and Dodecanese clusters, and represents the first quantitative and cartographic analysis of how construction activity “touches” or impacts their cultural heritage. #Greece #overconstruction
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The White House's East Wing construction rubble was taken to East Potomac Golf Course. It was reported that the rubble will be used to create mounds on the golf course.

Read more: bit.ly/4oa2tXA

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

#ICYMI: Among the citizens detained by immigration agents are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

Four children were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened.

By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

Trump Administration To Monitor Voting in California and New Jersey Read more here.

NEW: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that it will send election monitors to polling sites in California and New Jersey — a move that Democrats and democracy advocates warned may be a potential step toward the Trump administration seizing control of voting.

Pay attention -- what he means is allowing Democrats to win a free and fair election.

Using Big Data to Measure Environmental Inclusivity in Cities - Eos Lower-income urban communities bear the brunt of environmental burdens, even in wealthy green cities around the world.

A new big-data tool can assess environmental conditions at the scale of individual neighborhoods across the globe.

What it shows: lower-income urban communities bear the brunt of environmental burdens, even in wealthy green cities around the world. 🧪

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What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who ...

Why is Vought’s role as Trump’s budget director so key to the president’s plans?

“Every goddam thing in the executive branch goes through OMB,” a former official explained. The agency is the choke point for $7 trillion in federal spending.

Effects of antidepressants on physical health ranked for first time

Effects of antidepressants on physical health ranked for first time

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d65nqgd5zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

Has climate always shaped how we live in cities, or is this a uniquely modern concern? Explore this question with Dorothee Brantz on October 30th (10:30 AM) at SFU Burnaby (AQ 6229).
Learn more:
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#sfuurb @sfuhistory.bsky.social

Europe is increasingly facing climate-related hazards. Extreme temperatures, heavy rainfall, and droughts threaten human health, ecosystems, and create substantial economic losses.

Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]

Our second episode from our series ‘Where is Urban Politics?’ is out now:

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Josh Ryan-Collins (@jryancollins.bsky.social)
and Dirk Bezemer are talking about Europe’s housing crisis, financialisation, and the urgent need to rethink the politics of home.