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Lemont residents allege Citgo facility is harming air quality Lemont residents rally against alleged air quality issues from a Citgo facility based on Environmental Protection Agency reports.

The complaints are a part of an decades-long dispute between the Environmental Protection Agency and Citgo facility near Lemont over alleged violations to the Clean Air Act, including a $2 million civil penalty in 2016, and a more than $700,000 fine for alleged Clean Air Act violations in 2013.

08.11.2025 01:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Major climate pollution removal project in Johnsonโ€™s district could be on Trumpโ€™s chopping block | CNN The Trump administration is eyeing cutting funds for two major climate pollution projects in Texas and Louisiana, including one in House Speaker Mike Johnsonโ€™s district.

The Trump administration is eyeing cutting funds for two major climate pollution projects in Texas and Louisiana, including one in House Speaker Mike Johnsonโ€™s district, according to a list of potential cuts obtained by CNN.

08.10.2025 01:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 86    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Air traffic control facilities across the United States are reportedly experiencing staff shortages amid Trumpโ€™s government shutdown.

These shortages are taking place in Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Washington, and more.

08.10.2025 01:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1794    ๐Ÿ” 497    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 119    ๐Ÿ“Œ 42
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Spot gold prices climbed above $4,000 an ounce for the first time, as concerns over the US economy and a government shutdown added fresh momentum to a scorching rally bloom.bg/4n4Zy1a

๐Ÿ“ท: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg

08.10.2025 02:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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The Flooding Will Come โ€œNo Matter Whatโ€: Climate Change is Already Forcing People From Their Homes The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.

The Flooding Will Come โ€œNo Matter Whatโ€

The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.

(Published April 2024)

11.08.2025 23:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4315    ๐Ÿ” 1485    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 130    ๐Ÿ“Œ 82
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President Donald Trump promises clean water. His proposed budget guts needed protections. Illinoisโ€™ share of clean water grants to states would dip to $11 million next year, compared with $105.5 million this year.

Congress created what are known as state revolving funds to carry out the goals of the Clean Water Act, one of the bedrock environmental laws approved by bipartisan majorities during the early 1970s.

Trump wants to all but eliminate the programs, despite promising clean water.

06.07.2025 21:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President Trump is cutting more than $2.4 billion in grants aimed at aiding disadvantaged communities, despite a court order to resume funding. www.dailyclimate.org/trump-admini...

05.05.2025 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...

RFK Jr. ordered the NIHโ€™s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.

They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.

www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...

30.04.2025 22:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10051    ๐Ÿ” 5729    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 759    ๐Ÿ“Œ 934

We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy.

Third timeโ€™s the charm, I guess.

03.04.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44447    ๐Ÿ” 10107    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1480    ๐Ÿ“Œ 478
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This flu virus is spreading and scientists say it has pandemic potential Since 1959 the avian flu virus H5N1 has been popping up around the globe. Now scientists believe it could spark the next pandemic.

An important long read. Key elements of highly pathogenic H5N1 incl: 1. Itโ€™s already a major โ€˜pandemicโ€™ of birds with big impact, (2) itโ€™s adapting to mammals, (3) itโ€™s not yet in Oz, (4) we need robust pandemic preparedness, including clean indoor air strategies. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

29.03.2025 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 309    ๐Ÿ” 124    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Reminder: the First Amendment protects everyone who resides in our country. It doesn't matter if you have a green card or a visa or if you're undocumented. The Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that any person residing in the United States, regardless of status, is entitled to 1A protections.

27.03.2025 14:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18678    ๐Ÿ” 4830    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 418    ๐Ÿ“Œ 177
A headline over a photo of the Environmental Protection Agency building reads: "The EPA's New Mission Doesn't Appear to Include Protecting the Environment." Photo by Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times.

A headline over a photo of the Environmental Protection Agency building reads: "The EPA's New Mission Doesn't Appear to Include Protecting the Environment." Photo by Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times.

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said his agencyโ€™s mission was to make buying cars, heating homes and running businesses cheaper โ€” not to protect the environment. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/c...

13.03.2025 00:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 437    ๐Ÿ” 204    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 89    ๐Ÿ“Œ 53

Kafka books read like this

06.03.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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U.S. Embassies Halt Air Quality Monitoring Abroad Since 2008, embassies and other diplomatic posts had been publishing data about local air quality. In many countries, it was the only reliable source of such information.

The Trump administration effectively shut down a global air quality monitoring program and U.S. embassies will no longer publish data on local pollution levels. In many places, it was the only reliable source of such information.

05.03.2025 00:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 793    ๐Ÿ” 384    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 88    ๐Ÿ“Œ 52

This is the second environmental case that has split the court 5โ€“4 with all four women dissenting. We saw the same lineup last term in Ohio v. EPA. In both, Barrett sounds frustrated by the majority's contortion of a statute to hobble the EPA and help polluters. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

04.03.2025 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1629    ๐Ÿ” 248    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
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Japan Struggles to Contain Biggest Wildfire in Half a Century Japanese firefighters are struggling to contain a week-long wildfire on the countryโ€™s northeastern coast that has spread to become the worst the country has seen in half a century.

Japanese firefighters are struggling to contain a week-long wildfire on the countryโ€™s northeastern coast that has spread to become the worst the country has seen in half a century

04.03.2025 04:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 177    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Scientists react to NOAA firings: โ€˜Itโ€™s just utter cluelessness, malevolenceโ€™ A former climate scientist called layoffs โ€˜malevolenceโ€™ and โ€˜utter cluelessnessโ€™

Scientists react to โ€˜stupidโ€™ NOAA firings with more on the way: โ€˜Itโ€™s just utter cluelessness. Itโ€™s malevolenceโ€™

28.02.2025 18:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 168    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.

Trump and Musk are cutting off cancer research.

01.03.2025 02:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1462    ๐Ÿ” 739    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 79    ๐Ÿ“Œ 56
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โ›”๏ธNO PUBLIC COMMENTS ALLOWEDโ€”RFK Jr. announced plans to strip public participation from business that HHS conducts, despite pledge of โ€œradical transparencyโ€ at HHS. The statement said HHS would rescind its longtime practice of giving members of the public a chance to comment on the agencyโ€™s plans.

01.03.2025 00:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 640    ๐Ÿ” 266    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years.

Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.

28.02.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24019    ๐Ÿ” 4385    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 810    ๐Ÿ“Œ 155
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Musk claims USAIDโ€™s Ebola prevention efforts have restarted. Officials disagree โ€˜There was a waiver for Ebola, but USAID funds have never been back online,โ€™ a current official said

Musk claims USAIDโ€™s Ebola prevention efforts have restarted after DOGE cuts. Officials disagree

28.02.2025 00:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 79    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.

โ€œPeople will die,โ€ said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, โ€œbut we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.โ€

28.02.2025 03:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3547    ๐Ÿ” 1985    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 268    ๐Ÿ“Œ 321
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Oh hey, lookie here RFK Jrโ€”the โ€œCDC estimates that influenza #vaccination prevented ๐Ÿ“Œ9.8 million influenza-related illnesses, ๐Ÿ“Œ4.8 million medical visits, ๐Ÿ“Œ120,000 influenza-related hospitalizations, & ๐Ÿ“Œ7,900 influenza-related deathsโ€ in 2023-2024.

โžก๏ธMaybe donโ€™t block flu vaccine production? ๐Ÿ™

28.02.2025 00:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 856    ๐Ÿ” 269    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Medicaid provides 40% of the funding for community health centers.

Medicaid supports 2 out of 3 people in nursing homes.

Medicaid provides health care to 41 million children.

Trump and his Republican friends want to enact massive cuts to the program.

We won't let them.

25.02.2025 16:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6792    ๐Ÿ” 1349    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 283    ๐Ÿ“Œ 89
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Jane Fonda: Have any of you watched a documentary of one of the great social movements like apartheid, or our civil rights movement, or Stonewall and asked yourself, would you have been brave enough to walk the bridge? We donโ€™t have to wonder anymore because we are in our documentary moment.

๐ŸŽฅ: 1/2

24.02.2025 02:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 407    ๐Ÿ” 98    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Germanyโ€™s likely new chancellor Friedrich Merz: Look at what Musk has done recently in terms of interventions in the German elections. That is an unprecedented event. The interventions from Washington were no less dramatic, drastic and ultimately brazen than the interventions we had from Moscow...

23.02.2025 23:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8067    ๐Ÿ” 1730    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 191    ๐Ÿ“Œ 78
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Trumpโ€™s Layoffs Hit 14 Workers in CDC Immunization Division The Trump administrationโ€™s mass layoffs of health workers hit a key vaccine unit of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Trump administrationโ€™s mass layoffs of health workers hit a key vaccine unit of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to people familiar with the matter.

22.02.2025 06:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 146    ๐Ÿ” 72    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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US deregulation drive โ€˜dangerous,โ€™ French central bank chief warns The push by the Trump administration creates a โ€œbig riskโ€ for financial stability, Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau tells Alternatives ร‰conomiques magazine.

The Trump administration's push for financial and environmental deregulation is "dangerous," the head of France's central bank Francois Villeroy de Galhau said.

22.02.2025 12:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 237    ๐Ÿ” 57    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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How conspiracy theories about Politico led Trump to cancel subscriptions Less than 24 hours after misleading claims started circulating that tied Politico to USAID, the White House vowed to end subscriptions for the insider news outlet's services and others.

Less than 24 hours after misleading claims started circulating that tied Politico to USAID, the White House vowed to end subscriptions for the insider news outlet's services and others.

08.02.2025 16:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 883    ๐Ÿ” 225    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 62    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21
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Trump, Musk move to oust EPA staff in the Great Lakes region, including dozens responsible for protecting drinking water for 30 million in U.S. and Canada The Trump administration is moving to fire or force out more than 20% of the agencyโ€™s Chicago staff.

The Trump administration is moving to fire or force out more than 20% of the Environmental Protection Agency's Chicago staff, including officials who enforce clean air and water laws and others dedicated to helping poor communities disproportionately harmed by pollution in the Midwest.

07.02.2025 04:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 139    ๐Ÿ” 99    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

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