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Italy's "Triangle of Death" - an area near Naples where criminals deposited so much hazardous waste, often on behalf of polluting industries, that the death rate is 9% higher than other parts of the region, as @investigate-europe.eu's @lorenzobuzzoni.bsky.social describes here:
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YouTube video by Roundtable How organised crime gangs are profiting from your rubbish

There are no controls over what enters illegal waste pits - they can contain any kind of harmful chemical with no barriers to prevent them contaminating air, water or soil - with potentially catastrophic results for people's health. Catch the full episode here:

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David Behringer told us, “If you’re drinking water, you’re drinking a lot of TFA". A type of PFAS, classed by German regulators as 'reprotoxic' - potentially damaging to fertility + child development - TFA is produced when F-gases used in refrigeration, or PFAS in pesticides begin to degrade.

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Rapidly rising levels of TFA ‘forever chemical’ alarm experts Trifluoroacetic acid found in drinking water and rain is thought to damage fertility and child development

"we’ve never seen in recent history a chemical that’s accumulating in so many media at such a high rate," @hanspeterarp.bsky.social told us, "It’s accumulating in our tap water, the food we’re eating, plants, trees, the sea, and all in the past few decades.”

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Deploy Alternative Refrigerants Deploy Alternative Refrigerants is a Highly Recommended climate solution. Many refrigerants are potent greenhouse gases. Alternatives exist that contribute far less to climate change.

As well as removing a leading cause of TFA pollution, @projectdrawdown.bsky.social advises a move away from using F-gases in refrigeration + air conditioning could put a huge dent in greenhouse gas emissions:

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Refrigerant myth busting - EIA This new briefing busts some of the myths being pushed about the viability of alternative natural refrigerants.

Cleaner refrigerants exist. However, @eia-news.bsky.social has been active in highlighting concerning moves by the F-gas industry to replace F-gases with very similar HFOs:

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Gas Stoves Account For More Than Half of Some Americans’ Exposure to a Known Toxin, New Research Concludes - Inside Climate News The common kitchen appliance plays an outsized role in exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a toxic air pollutant.

It seems your natural gas (methane) stove is poisoning you.

A new threat to affordability – just in time for winter | CNN Business A new problem is threatening to worsen the affordability squeeze this winter: Natural gas prices have raced back up just as extreme cold forces Americans to crank up the heat.

It's also costing you more.

With this eighth so-called omnibus we can see the European Commission continues to prioritise the short-term interests of industry over the health and environmental concerns of citizens. Clear deregulation is being masked as simplification, but in fact these measures will have real world impacts. As one example it is proposed that polluters should have weaker obligations, and more time to meet them, when it comes to the environmental impacts of their industrial plants. And by emphasising how it will “stress test” all EU environment rules by 2029 it’s clear that far more roll-back is in the pipeline.

"With this eighth so-called omnibus we can see the European Commission continues to prioritise the short-term interests of industry over the health and environmental concerns of citizens."
#EnvironmentalOmnibus

Corporate lobbyists will today be ticking off a few more demands from their deregulation hit-list.

And by emphasising how it will “stress test” all EU environment rules by 2029 it’s clear that far more roll-back is in the pipeline.

Find out more:
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Eco Chamber: Starmer goes nuclear on 'fundamentally misguided environmental regulations' The economist John Fingleton has published his recommendations to streamline planning laws for the development of UK nuclear power – and they could have implications far beyond the nuclear indust...

This week's ECO Chamber is live ⚡ with special guest Georgia Dent of the Somerset Wildlife Trust giving her views on the Fingleton Review.

"You can't just destroy [nature] and then stick a few trees in at the end and go, 'Look, we've covered off the biodiversity.'

Listen now: 🎧 pod.fo/e/3638a4

Terrible news, if not unexpected: European Commission in massive attack on regulations that protect nature and public health - #HandsOffNature

The European Commission is proposing to “simplify” environmental rules including those that govern waste trade, protect vulnerable ecosystems and drive a circular economy.

Read more about it here: https://loom.ly/x-Rr0fU

#plasticpollution #simplification #circulareconomy #wastetrade

Our @leanahosea.bsky.social on Roundtable talking about the potential cocktail of chemical pollutants from waste crime with Enda Brady, @investigate-europe.eu's Lorenzo Buzzoni, and former police Chief Superintendent, Dal Babu:

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A first look into congestion pricing in the United States: PM2.5 impacts after six months of New York City cordon pricing npj Clean Air - A first look into congestion pricing in the United States: PM2.5 impacts after six months of New York City cordon pricing

Air pollution in New York City down 22% after six months of congestion pricing

#airpollution
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Over the past 30 years, the depth of seasonal thawing of the upper permafrost layer in Russia has increased from 45 to 70 cm, placing 1,260 km of major gas pipelines and thousands of kilometers of roads in the danger zone. Photo caption: Permafrost thaw threatens Russia's economy – Ukraine

‼️ Russia's economy is expected to lose trillions of rubles due to permafrost thawing. The region generates ⬇️

10% of Russia's GDP
20% of exports
18% of it's oil production
90% of it's natural gas
90% of it's nickel & cobalt
60% of it's copper
100% of it's diamonds
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✊ On Human Rights Day, stand with environmental defenders who protect the land, water, and climate we all depend on.

⚖️ The Inter-American Court of Human Rights confirmed it:
Defending the planet is a human right. States must protect it.

Support our work to #DefendTheDefenders 👉 bit.ly/48LEWpx

🚨 Testing from @anses-fr.bsky.social has found that #PFASpollution in tap water is ubiquitous across France and its overseas territories.

⚠️ TFA, a short-chain PFAS, was found in 92% of the samples, often at high concentrations.

Find out more in our #ToxicFree4EU: buff.ly/IIpZXII

Greenpeace Scrutinizes the Environmental Record of the Company That Sued the Group - Inside Climate News The giant pipeline company and its subsidiaries reported hundreds of oil spills and gas releases to federal regulators in recent years. A new report from the nonprofit group, which was earlier sued by...

This new report is worth a read. Seeing it all in one place is stunning.

Our work is featured in the report which is linked to in @psskow.bsky.social's article so you can go check it out yourself.

Screenshot from an Optical Gas Imaging (OGI) camera video of emissions from an Energy Transfer compressor station in Martin County TX (Credit: Oilfield Witness)

The report includes a screenshot of one of our videos.

YouTube video by Oilfield Witness Energy Transfer Compressor Station 176 1 10/21/2024

Here is the video of that event. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xuQ...

YouTube video by Oilfield Witness Energy Transfer North Permian Midstream Compressor Station 176 12/02/2025

More business as usual. Same site, earlier this month.

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Eroding vital protections will sideline people and nature, and leave Europe less competitive, less resilient and less sovereign.

What does this mean for Europe's citizens and businesses?

Read our press release: eeb.org/en/environme... @ec.europa.eu

Troubling times for Venture these days. Might explain why an exec sold 1,000,000 share yesterday despite the stock being at an all time low.

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⚠️Today's unveiling of the new Envi #Omnibus & Grids Package confirms what we've been warning about for months: @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu Commission is dismantling decades of hard-won nature protections, putting air, water, and public health at risk in the name of competitiveness and streamlining.

Green protection gutted: EU Commission jeopardises nature and health safeguards | ClientEarth EU law-dismantling proposals mark a dangerous turn toward weaker rules and increased public health risks

These proposals are part of a broader pattern of attacks, from weakening the EUDR to cutting down protections against chemicals and pesticides, opening the door to increased pollution.

This dismantling goes beyond environmental policy - it undermines democratic accountability.

Our take⬇️

The climate needs a fair, fast and funded fossil fuel phase-out, so why did EU governments roll out the red carpet for the oil and gas industry at #COP30?

Our take on this year's UN climate talks and what went down.

#KickBigPollutersOut
#FossilFreePolitics

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Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.

NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!

My guide:

The #BuildBetterLives campaign continues with their DIY collectibles action by dropping the final renovation tool into the post-boxes 📫 of EU decision makers❗

Now they have a fully renovated home – including a solar panel which helps them to create & share their own energy.

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#CollectThemAll

Homes of the future must be powered by the sun 🌞 & citizens! Here's why:

🟡 Generating energy = empowering people
🟡 Less dirty emissions
🟡 Lower energy bills
🟡 Protection from energy price shocks
🟡 Money for local communities
🟡 Local job creation

More here: buildbetterlives.eu/2025/12/09/t...

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