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47: out of 10-15,000 varieties of PFAS, UK water companies are only required to test for 47 types. TFA is not one of them.

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An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house" The practice, an expert warns, could lead to "reprisals and retribution by the police for your politics.”

An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house."

The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.

Doing your part to get rid of #Plastic #ToxicTurf?

Live in an area built mainly from concrete? You might develop this condition Asthma is more prevalent in urban settings. Zhebin Yu asnd Erik Melen report

"Even areas without high levels of air pollution, but which were built primarily from concrete and asphalt and lacked green spaces, increased asthma risk by as much as 36 per cent."

Access to green space is not a fluffy extra - it's integral to health.

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weird, what could explain this

Sam Jose April 5th 50501 protest march with sidewalk full of people holding signs that read: Rise up! Let’s get in good trouble Hand off everything! Crybaby need a time out Respect existence or expect resistance The only minority destroying America is the billionaires We all have rights Education not deportation Stand up speak out Stand up GOP! Stop getting ass fuck’d remember your oath! Remove reverse reclaim Just stop it!!

Thank you so much to the over 5300 people who came out in San Jose today!

We’re thrilled to see that the movement is growing. This is more than triple the turnout from Feb 17th!!

More photos to come! Follow us for updates

Photo by Jesse Kornblum / probonophoto.org

#50501movement #HandsOff

#handsoff In San Jose +5300 people showed up!

West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.

Trump doesn't rule out military force to acquire Greenland Trump's comments undercut the pitch Vice President Vance made just last week.

President Trump said in an interview with NBC News nothing is off the table in his desire to acquire Greenland — including "military force."

When I saw the photo, it reminded me of San Luis Reservoir. We drive by every year on our way to Yosemite.

Whoever is doing this in the UK deserves an award.

She saw family in Lebanon. Now this Brown Medicine doctor is being held at Logan for deportation. Dr. Rasha Alawieh flew into Logan Airport Thursday after visiting family in Lebanon. She's being detained now at Logan without legal counsel.

They're trying to deport my colleague from the med school and holding her without counsel. She was coming back from a visit to her family. If there are ways to help I'll let you know. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...

I am not Pam Bondi fyi. Maybe you tagged the wrong person…

My latest: Zelensky is being forced into an "extortionist" "neocolonial plundering" of Ukraine's riches, giving Trump and Putin unprecedented control of fossil fuels & minerals. Big Oil's big prize awaits: Russia's vast oil and gas fields. @rollingstone.com
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Emails sent out late last night—The Department of Health and Human Services is offering employees up to $25,000 to voluntarily leave the agency.

NEW: The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods is (or was) an advisory committee housed within the USDA which provides outside expert advice to advance food safety across the US and across different levels of govt. It was ordered disbanded this afternoon.

A Beginner's Guide to Climate Change — LA Climate Reality LA Climate Reality welcomes all to this webinar about how climate change is impacting Los Angeles and what we can do about it. In one hour, our trained climate leaders will walk you through the basic...

We're hosting "A Beginner's Guide to Climate Action" next Tuesday, March 11 at 12pm PT. This one-hour webinar explains how climate change is making disasters more frequent and deadly, and how we can work together to address it.

Please share! www.laclimatereality.org/calendar/202...

'We're not prepared': States brace for Trump's plans to dismantle the Education Department Trump has said he wants to leave school policy to the states, but state officials and lawmakers aren’t clear on what that would look like.

President Trump has set his sights on abolishing the Education Department and says he’d prefer to put education policy in the hands of the states.

But state officials and lawmakers say they’re wildly unprepared for such a huge task.

Emails titled “What Did You Do Last Week? Part II” were sent to federal employees, instructing us to list five bullet points of our accomplishments and copy our managers. This time, we were informed that it will be a weekly requirement, due by 11:59 p.m. ET on Mondays.

NOAA is an absolute mess, and it’ll be worse tomorrow. Please help us. There have already been over 1,000 terminations. It’s not just layoffs—Elon Musk and his staffers are trying to completely dismantle us. Today, there were tons of firings, and more are coming tomorrow.

A seagull drinks from a container marked “DOGS ONLY, NO SEAGULLS.”

every day we see more and more evidence of society descending into utter lawlessness and chaos

On Air Force One from Las Vegas to Miami, President Trump says Palestinians in Gaza should be relocated.

“I’d like Egypt to take people. I’d like Jordan to take people,” he tells reporters.”We just clean out that whole thing.”

📢 Plastic and polymers need to be prioritised in the EU's #Ecodesign regulation!

✉️ 40 civil society organisations across Europe sign our open letter urging @jessikaroswall.bsky.social to include plastics and polymers into the first #ESPR work program ⤵️
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I then took off my figurative Party activist hat and put on my hats as Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action member and County resident to urge their support for a prohibition of new installation of artificial turf on January 28th.

South Portland debates natural vs. artificial grass at planned athletic facility A workshop on Wednesday night was the first in a series of meetings about the future of South Portland High School's athletic facilities after the city voted down a $12.3 million bond last year.

Why is this a conversation? #Plastic #ToxicTurf was voted down!! Stop wasting time/energy! Time to GET REAL w/ #NaturalGrass playing fields!! www.pressherald.com/2025/01/09/s...

Biden calls Meta's decision to end fact-checking 'really shameful' Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that the company would focus on “restoring free expression” and end its fact-checking program.

President Joe Biden slams Meta’s decision to end its fact-checking program, calling it “really shameful.”

Elon Musk wrote, ‘Defund Sierra Club,’ on his social media platform, X. However, he might not realize that the Sierra Club is not government funded. #FactsMatter

Leaked documents reveal that Samsung's electronics manufacturing involves irresponsible chemical management, leading to significant environmental pollution and health risks for workers, especially in Vietnam: ipen.org/news/interna...