San Diego County to fix toxic TJ River hotspot, study impacts Following alarms from doctors and scientists, supervisors agreed to study connections between airborne pollutants, illness in the Tijuana River valley.

San Diego County will fix a toxic hotspot in the Tijuana River, fund epidemiological study. From Environment and Energy Reporter @philipsalata.bsky.social. inewsource.org/2026/01/29/t...

California data center cost, regulation a growing concern in state Sen. Padilla said data centers should “support the grid and local communities.” Trump pivots, saying Big Tech should pay its “own way.”

New legislation in California would limit electric rate increases tied to data centers, while also fast-tracking data center construction: inewsource.org/2026/01/15/d... via @philipsalata.bsky.social

California data center cost, regulation a growing concern in state Sen. Padilla said data centers should “support the grid and local communities.” Trump pivots, saying Big Tech should pay its “own way.”

Data centers a growing concern in California, from the State House to county supervisors. From Environment and Energy Reporter @philipsalata.bsky.social. inewsource.org/2026/01/15/d...

National City Council rejects biofuels project USD Clean Fuels proposed planting trees and distributing air filters to residents near the project site to help offset pollution impacts.

National City Council rejects biofuels project in pollution burdened neighborhood. From environment reporter @philipsalata.bsky.social. inewsource.org/2025/11/05/n...

Back in 2020 Kumeyaay avctisits fought against a similar action when the federal government was building more barrier walls through ancestral burrying grounds. It’s not just environmental laws they are dodging but ones protecting culture and history.

EPA to end collecting greenhouse gas emissions data Following Trump’s move away from the Paris climate agreement, EPA further deregulates environmental rules aimed at curbing climate change.

EPA to scrap greenhouse gas reporting for companies, including many in San Diego region. From Environment and Energy reporter @philipsalata.bsky.social.
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Tijuana River pollution project faces concerns over experimental tech Scientists are concerned that using a company’s “nanobubble technology” to capture contaminants could make matters worse.

‘Nanobubbles’: Why the fed’s experimental plan to clean the Tijuana River is sounding alarms. From Environment and Energy Reporter @philipsalata.bsky.social. inewsource.org/2025/09/09/t...

Where EPA’s 100-day Tijuana River pollution promise stands EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin came to San Diego in May and promised action on the Tijuana River sewage crisis in 100 days.

The EPA promised Tijuana River pollution fix in 100 days. Where things stand. From environment reporter @philipsalata.bsky.social. inewsource.org/2025/08/28/e...

Trump EPA races to meet Biden’s timelines on sewage crisis U.S.-Mexico sewage deal reaffirms Biden-era commitments and timelines that seemed out of reach.

Trump’s EPA is calling the latest deal with Mexico on the sewage crisis a “massive win,” yet the agreement actually reaffirms old deadlines and projects set under the Biden administration…
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NASA can see Tijuana River sewage from outer space A new NASA study cites data from an instrument orbiting Earth to show how the Tijuana sewage overflows are spilling into the ocean.

This one is pretty trippy…
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Toxic chemicals found in South Bay San Diego air: UCSD scientists New research from UC San Diego scientists shows how Tijuana River pollution becomes airborne through sea spray.

NEW: UC San Diego scientists find ‘complicated soup’ of toxic chemicals in South Bay air, reporting from @philipsalata.bsky.social @inewsource.org

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Residents gathered at Lower Otay Lake to watch firefighters take on the Border 2 fire.

Courts deny challenge to California’s first lithium project Advocacy groups say lithium companies should do more to mitigate community and environmental impacts despite judge clearing path for lithium extraction.

Advocacy groups say lithium companies should do more to mitigate community and environmental impacts despite judge clearing path for lithium extraction. inewsource.org/2025/01/10/c...

Just saw a no-longer relevant evacuation notice on instagram from five hours ago and remembered — that’s right, due to hyper-monetization every major social network no longer shows you life-saving breaking news as it happens.

They turned it over to an algorithm that finally noticed “he likes fire.”

Firefighters try to extinguish flames from the Eaton Fire engulfing an Altadena home. They kept saying they didn’t have enough water to do the job.

Scientific research has shown climate change is a significant contributor to the increasing size, intensity and damage of wildfires in the western U.S., and to longer fire seasons. @realsciline.bsky.social www.sciline.org/climate/clim...

Leaders propose toll to address Tijuana River pollution An Otay Mesa toll would generate funds to address the ongoing Tijuana River sewage crisis, which threatens the health of South Bay residents.

Spent some time discussing some recent reporting on the Tijuana River sewage on @kpbssandiego.bsky.social , we need more discussion and more in-depth work! www.kpbs.org/podcasts/kpb...

The text in the image is from the 14th Amendment, Section 1 of the United States Constitution. It states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

The Trump admin threats to end birthright citizenship should be a wake up call that we are post law. The 14th amendment is unambiguous. Everyone born in the United States is a citizen. If they can strip citizenship from newborns, they can do it to anyone.

100 years ago this weekend locals took over the Alabama Gates, a key juncture in the LA aqueduct in protest. The struggle continues today. Some mitigations agreed on 30 years ago are still not done. But Noah Williams of the Big Pine Paiute Tribe says they’ve got more staying power than LADWP.

LADWP still owns the water under Paiute Shoshone reservations along with the majority of land and water in Owens Valley. Michael Prather, former Inyo County Water Commission Chair leads a tour at Patsiata, Owens Lake, with Tribal Relations Manager for Inyo FS, Wilfred Nabahe.

Oceanside to pay $1.5 million for sewage spill San Diego County’s aging sewage infrastructure is being challenged by intensifying weather events.

Not an opus, but an update. On the other hand, pretty strong to keep learning about how much are estuaries suffer when we don’t update our infrastructure to take into account worsening storm systems. inewsource.org/2024/11/14/o...

The New Artificial Intelligentsia | Los Angeles Review of Books In the fifth essay of the Legacies of Eugenics series, Ruha Benjamin explores how AI evangelists wrap their self-interest in a cloak of humanistic concern.

Ruha Benjamin (@ruha9.bsky.social) brilliant and exacting as usual:

"Many of the same people behind technologies wreaking havoc today also brand themselves as humanity’s saviors...Just as in the past, the Eugenics 2.0 of the tech evangelists is swaddled in the language of betterment..."

Anyway the audience of news nerds hadn’t really been here in full force, but if that changes…

Election May Decide Health Coverage Fate for Millions as Some Affordable Care Act Subsidies Are Set to Expire Chrysa Ostenso — who operates the only optometry practice in Rusk County, Wisconsin — worries about keeping her doors open if Biden-era tax credits end.

In October, I reported on how the election would determine whether ACA subsidies would expire at the end of 2025. Republicans’ victory makes subsidy extensions incredibly unlikely. Health insurance will likely get more expensive for tens of millions as a result. capitalandmain.com/election-may...