Opinion: New York is ready for single-use plastic waste reduction Cutting down on the production of single-use plastics will save taxpayer dollars, reduce pollution and protect our environment all at once.

www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...
@speakercarlheastie.bsky.social @nyassemblymajority.bsky.social

Stop This Senseless Destruction of Contraceptives Right now, $10 million worth of birth control is locked in a warehouse in Europe. Unless Congress acts, it will be destroyed instead of delivered to people who urgently need it. Tell Congress to stop ...

$10 MILLION in #birthcontrol. Sitting in a warehouse. About to be burned.

Republicans dismantled #USAID’s program and now won’t let these supplies be sent where they’re needed.

Tell Congress: Don’t burn it — distribute it. Sign the petition now: peoplefor.org/SaveBC

How much of FEMA will be left?

Let's hope one hits Mar a Lago

Blue Hill Troupe For 100 years this non-profit community theater group has produced Gilbert & Sullivan and Broadway shows to benefit NYC-based charities.

For Gilbert and Sullivan fans in the NYC area, their final collaboration, "The Grand Duke" will be presented by the Blue Hill Troupe April 30, May 1,2,3 (mat and evening),and 4th. Performances will be at the Teatro de Barrio on 5th Ave and 104th St. It's not done often. Come see us! - Tix at BHT.org

An image showing the massive numbers of people at protests in Boston, New York, Chicago, Portland, San Francisco, San Diego, Idaho, Utah, and Oakland The text says "HandsOff April 5th 2025 (And Sooooo Many More!)

Found this #HandsOff image on reddit, not sure who made it but I love it

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 “ Without facts, we're really just in the dark with regard to what the consequences of our actions are ... science really gives us a way to move forward and build that prosperous future that I think we all want to see.” —Mike Wong

In today's episode, we check in on the Stand Up for Science rallies that spread to 32 cities.

Listen here 🎧:

buff.ly/YgplAQ4

It's so much worse this time. All the scientists fired in all the agencies...

Coastal economies rely on NOAA, from Maine to Florida, Texas and Alaska – even if they don’t realize it NOAA’s work has kept fisheries from collapsing, helped coastal ecosystems survive extreme heat and battled invasive species, among many other tasks essential to coastal economies.

theconversation.com/coastal-econ...

NOAA is a vital agency that provides critical weather information, monitors the oceans, regulates fisheries, and overall protects our oceans and atmospheres. The Musk/Trump administration is trying to destroy it. If you are near Wash. DC come to this event tomorrow!!

Hope you can all take a little time off to attend a protest on Friday "Stand up for Science" all over the country.

Unfortunately he is our president or should I say Dictator...

Hoping for a very small tornado to come to Mar a Lago

Plugging my recent book, "Marine Pollution: What Everyone Needs to Know" (Oxford University Press) - in Q&A format - could be used in classes

Yes, but now you have blue crabs! (if you can't beat 'em, eat 'em)

It might be possible (wishful thinking) that he might do something beneficial for environmental health - e.g. toxic chemicals in the water, air, plastics...

And the might contradict Trump's predictions of where a hurricane was going to go

We saw shallow reef species snorkeling on the Eastern side of the island, and deeper ones on the Western side.

Hooray!

I am a Professor Emerita from Rutgers, a marine biologist who has published over 250 journal articles, 7 books, including the recent 2nd edition of "Marine Pollution: What Everyone Needs to Know" - Oxford Univ Press (below). My website is sites.rutgers.edu/judith-weis/

Please add me to this list. I'm an Emerita Professor from Rutgers, marine biologist. My website is
sites.rutgers.edu/judith-weis
and I recently published a second edition of my book Marine Pollution: What Everyone Needs to Know