Gabriel Filippelli

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Massive raw sewage spill into the Potomac this month-barely made the news even though it is likely the biggest such spill in US history (stat courtesy of @nytimes.com )

Have you heard that Iowa is looking to become a player in the hydrogen economy?
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Clean, green hydrogen is on the ropes because of this Administration’s philosophy of “pollution good, clean bad”
Some thoughts from me and others

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Had a great opportunity to have a lunch with Erin Brokovich when she visited Indiana University this week, along with phenomenal colleagues! What a force of nature, and dogged supporter of environmental justice

Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change — The Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency has revoked a key scientific finding that supported U.S. regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.

When you regulate carbon emissions, you are also regulating direct and indirect contamination that sickens and kills millions
This Administration continues to go the wrong way for Americans, and the health of the planet

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Communicating the need for climate action - Nature Climate Change It is essential to understand the best way to frame a persuasive message aimed at increasing concern about climate change and support for pro-environmental action. Now a Registered Report presents a l...

The scientific case is won, the Paris Agreement means all the countries of the world agreed to action, yet it still remains a challenge to shift the dial. Some good news here but depressing that climate change action remains political. 🧪
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Unsafe lead levels found in half of New Orleans playgrounds Verite News tested lead levels at more than 80 parks. Even trace amounts of the toxic metal can cause learning problems and behavioral issues in children.

The long legacy of soil lead continues to burden children-particularly horrifying that this occurs in children’s playgrounds!

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Yep, you read that right👇🏻

We are awash in dirty oil already!
The world has too much oil right now. Will companies want Venezuela’s? - NPR

‘Death by 1,000 cuts': How EPA policy changes will affect Indiana
Some thoughts from me and others (but my quote got the headline!)

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What is Nitrogen?

Also features a cool user app that my graduate student, the first author of this paper, produced--students are awesome! A good teaching/learning tool
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Check out our newest work in Springer on the sources of excess nutrients in urban watersheds
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Duke Energy Florida customers will save more than $1 billion in energy costs from company's 2025 infrastructure investments /PRNewswire/ -- Throughout 2025, Duke Energy Florida teams have completed many targeted investments designed to boost energy reliability, reduce customer rates...

Duke Energy Florida trolls Republicans over their love affair with coal by releasing a press release describing how they've avoided the cost to buy fossil fuels by generating renewable energy resulting in 44% savings.
#EnergySky
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Sunday News: “The Year in Climate”; “Zelensky says Russia ‘doesn’t want peace'”; “What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration”; “Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025”; “Pausing Dominion’s Coastal Virgin... by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, December 28. The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Ter...

Sunday News: “The Year in Climate”; “Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025”; “Pausing Dominion’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is lunacy” and more | A powerful collection of today’s headlines via Lowkell for @bluevirginia.bsky.social:

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OK-now you are just torturing me!

Southeast Side residents push for benefits as Chicago quantum campus moves forward Activists want a meet with the developer and state representatives to secure a community benefits agreement.

Today's ChicagoTribune.com covers a study I've been working on w/ gabefilippelli.bsky.social (IUI Center for Urban Health), other researchers & SE Chi env justice groups. We used citizen science to find env toxins in & around a brownfield steel plant. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/14/c...

Seasonal dynamics of groundwater pollution and health risks in municipal solid waste-affected urban settlements of Bengaluru, Kolkata and Durgapur, India - Environmental Geochemistry and Health Groundwater contamination is a concern for drinking and domestic supply across India. Escalating volumes of municipal solid waste (MSW) generation, and unsystematic dumping with the rapid urbanization...

Our latest on water pollution and human health risks

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Human alterations to global riverine phosphorus fluxes to the ocean River phosphorus flux has declined in the Northern Hemisphere but increased in the Southern Hemisphere.

Happy to be part of the team to explore human impacts on a critical global nutrient cycle

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Check out our newest work, which is open access and quantifies a policy-relevant “floor effect” in environmental justice: even with perfect spatial equity, substantial health disparities remain driven by susceptibility

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Cost of installed solar is Australia? $1/W
Cost of installed solar in the USA? $2.50/W
This is why Australia is killing it wrt solar and wind generation

IU expert explains extremes of this week’s weather The temperature is expected to reach a high of 70 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday.

Prognostication from the Prof👇🏻

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What an amazing presentation, @katharinehayhoe.com at our Spirit & Place event tonight, and thanks for the kind shoutouts to our programs and fellows at the Indiana University Environmental resilience Institute!

Recent consumer reports find some protein powders contain lead How much protein you need depends on your goals and should be tailored to your body and training plan.

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Avon gun range closes amid state investigation into reports of high lead levels 13 Investigates has confirmed the state is investigating an Avon gun range after a former employee said he developed lead poisoning on the job.

Lead poisoning at shooting ranges-plus some of my thoughts on this tragic issue

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Grain dust as Hoosier farmers harvest millions of acres of corn and soybeans stirs up risk of lung ailments While grain dust is an occupational hazard for farmers, it can also trigger asthma symptoms in others living nearby

Some farmers see dry conditions as a positive —corn and soybeans could dry more quickly after harvest; however, there’s a downside - grain dust. Not only would the dust be produced from harvesting them, the plants have accumulated dust from soil around them

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Science organizations working to collect climate science after Trump budget cuts Local governments use predictions about heat and weather to plan things like mosquito control and where to build levees.

Indy researchers join effort to fill gaps in climate science mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...

Typhus, a disease once nearly eradicated in the U.S., is on the rise in Texas Texas is seeing an explosion of cases of typhus, a disease that – if untreated – can be fatal. Typhus was almost eradicated from the United States, but now it's making a comeback.

Yikes! Typhus too? Another serious climate sensitive disease is making a huge comeback in the US.

Let's clean up our energy supplies, transportation options, and food systems so we can protect our loved ones and the climate on which all human life depends.

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Trump team readies more attacks on mainstream climate science The plans include a public debate on global warming. Scientists say that falsely implies the major tenets of climate research are unsettled.

The lather, rinse and repeat cycle of climate denialism, all while climate-charged disasters are putting their lies on full display

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