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CNBC: The EPA is moving to rescind this endangerment finding on carbon dioxide and greenhouses gases. Is that a danger to public health?

MAKARY: To be honest, I don't know enough about that issue

CNBC: You're in charge of our public health! Can you look into it for us?

If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those in power work for us.

- Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World

EPA looks to overturn the scientific reason for climate regulations The move is guaranteed to spark litigation.

BREAKING: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says he's issuing draft plans to overturn the agency's 2009 scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human health and welfare — a move that would seek to remove the basis for climate regulations.

POLITICO Pro: EPA to launch plan Tuesday for undoing climate rule cornerstone EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is planning to announce the move at an Indiana transportation facility.

EPA will move tomorrow to revoke the endangerment finding, the foundation for all US climate regulations, and emissions limits for cars and trucks.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will make the announcement in Indiana.

w/ @chemnick.bsky.social

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Air pollution raises risk of dementia, say Cambridge scientists Most comprehensive study of its kind highlights dangers of vehicle emissions and woodburning stoves

Dr Isolde Radford, senior policy manager at Alzheimer’s Research UK, said: “This rigorous review adds to mounting evidence that exposure to air pollution – from traffic fumes to wood burners – increases the risk of developing dementia."

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Truckers and Environmentalists Unite Against Fracking A new alliance has been formed to protect both workers and the land of the Ohio River Valley.

Love this piece from @emmarjanssen.bsky.social and @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social. It's about unlikely alliances between anti-fracking enviros and the truckers who actually cart around the hazardous materials. Important lesson on solidarity bridging other divides.
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There are two types of people, those who plant trees for future generations.

And those who leave pollution.

The latter shouldn't be allowed anywhere near government or power.

@Reuters: Artificial intelligence is helping warn school children in Laos when air pollution levels are a hazard as part of a drive to address the issue in a region where the deaths of more than a hundred children a day are linked to air pollution https://t.co/1wtpFQS52u

Closing windows doesn't block pollution it just traps CO2 and infection risk

Air filters = 29% less classroom pollution.

Proven.

GUEST APPEARANCE: Seneca County named NY’s most beautiful – but it won't continue to be if Seneca Meadows is allowed to expand Love Exploring, a popular travel blog, recently announced that Seneca County is New York’s most beautiful. Highlighting its prime location between Seneca and Cayuga lakes, the blog listed many of

www.fltimes.com/news/seneca_... GUEST APPEARANCE: Seneca County named NY’s most beautiful – but it won't continue to be if Seneca Meadows is allowed to expand | Seneca County | fltimes.com

The current EPA proposals to roll back the health-based drinking water standards “are especially concerning given how widespread PFAS contamination is,” said Cordner.

How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals The company found its own toxic compounds in human blood—and kept selling them.

How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? Sharon Lerner reports the inside story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.

Anything else you're interested in is not going to happen if you can't breathe the air and drink the water. Don't sit this one out. Do something. Author Carl Sagan.

“…Unsafe levels of these PFAS chemicals were detected in the water of 79 percent of congressional districts…”

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US wetlands ‘restored’ using treated sewage tainted with forever chemicals Use of wastewater treatment plant effluent containing Pfas threatens wildlife, food and drinking water, advocates say

PFAS-contaminated treated wastewater is also used to recharge aquifers which may then be used for drinking water and irrigation.
🧪 🌍

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Baby bald eagles tested positive for PFAS and other legacy contaminants | Great Lakes Now More PFAS news as an Illinois “forever chemicals” bill awaits Gov. Pritzker’s signature, and a promising replacement for toxic firefighter foam could hit the market soon.

🦅 Baby bald eagles in the Great Lakes are testing positive for toxic chemicals like PFAS, and long-banned PCBs and DDT. But there’s also hope: a new soybean-based product may soon replace cancer-causing firefighter foam.

For more on the latest PFAS news:
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Maine DEP recommends keeping PFAS ban on nonstick cookware The agency said an industry request to exempt pots and pans with nonstick coatings did not meet standards for unavoidable uses of forever chemicals.

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection recommends the state push forward with a ban on toxic forever chemicals in nonstick cookware and other consumer products.

Pipeline Leak Contaminates Wells Just Miles from Hopewell, Raising Alarm Along 105-Mile Route - MercerMe A map of the Twin Oaks Pipeline from the Mt Eyre Rd. neighborhood in Bucks County where over 6,000 gallons of jet fuel leaked into wells and the ground

“The public has a right to know what’s under their feet — and what’s in their water. That’s not just a public health issue. It’s a basic environmental justice issue,” Carluccio said.

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CONGESTION PRICING SUCCESS: Congestion pricing is working — and it’s proof that when coalitions come together, we can create a greener, cleaner, and healthier future.

Sustainable Demolition| Donating Furnishings and Building Materials Sustainable demolition reduces construction waste and keeps useful building materials out of landfills. Matt Hoots shares how he worked with the Lifecycle Building Center in Atlanta to donate…

Reduce construction #waste, save landfill space, and give #furnishings & #buildingmaterials a new life with sustainable #demolition! AND, save on #taxes! buff.ly/3HE4XLA #building #buildings #construction #builders #reuse #recycle #landfills #greenbuilding #sustainability

London mayor backs Zane's Law for contaminated land Sir Sadiq Khan's support follows several councils in calling for Zane's Law to be adopted.

A lot of pushing - and we've only just begun.

It's been one of the issues I've been proudest to champion & shift the dial - an obvious issue of environmental & social justice.

We'all all keep at it until there's justice for Zane.

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Chart showing air readings

Readings of particulate matter from the Rensselaer City School (NY) in June. We don’t know what is in those measurements. DEC and DOH ignored requests to test the air in and around the Dunn landfill for toxins. Prevailing wind blows toward the school. Huge failure to make certain the public is safe.

GUEST APPEARANCE: Seneca County named NY’s most beautiful – but it won't continue to be if Seneca Meadows is allowed to expand Love Exploring, a popular travel blog, recently announced that Seneca County is New York’s most beautiful. Highlighting its prime location between Seneca and Cayuga lakes, the blog listed many of

www.fltimes.com/news/seneca_... GUEST APPEARANCE: Seneca County named NY’s most beautiful – but it won't continue to be if Seneca Meadows is allowed to expand | Seneca County | fltimes.com

Planning board questions IWS facility's site plan compliance and violations Members raise concerns about uncovered trucks and property boundary violations at IWS facility.

Goshen's Town Board Meeting revealed alarming violations at a local waste management facility, raising serious concerns about environmental safety and compliance.

Get the details!

#GoshenOrangeCounty #NY #CitizenPortal #ZoningRegulations #GoshenEnvironment #EnvironmentalCompliance

Board questions special permit for Northern Recycling property usage Board expresses concerns over Northern Recycling's lack of lease for property expansion.

Concerns are mounting as the Town Board questions Northern Recycling's compliance and property rights, sparking a potential regulatory showdown that could affect the entire community.

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5 Ways to Cut Landfill Methane Pollution: How Local Governments Can Lead - RMI By deploying proven best practices and cost-effective technologies, municipal landfills can improve local air quality, protect public health, and create economic opportunity.

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Cumberland residents continue to raise concerns over landfill proposal Of particular concern are several provisions in the developer’s host agreement with the county that opponents say are designed to quash dissent.

In Cumberland County, where GFL Environmental is proposing a landfill, residents are concerned about language in a host agreement, property assurance program, that prevents dissent against the project, including from elected officials. @cardinalnews.org

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America’s Overheated Landfills Have Been Making People Sick Beneath layers of waste, landfills around the US have been reaching scorching temperatures, spewing toxic gases and geysers of trash juice.

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America’s Hot Garbage Problem

Beneath layers of waste, landfills around the US have been reaching scorching temperatures, and neighbors have been getting sick.

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