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Mark ChadbournHungary's PM Péter Magyar: “Due to the further drop in the Danube's water level, one of the last two generating units at the Paks Nuclear Power Plant will be shut down at 1:30 am… “…tomorrow it will be completely shut down for the first time in 44 years.” #climatecrisis
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Study: Every stage of the plastic lifecycle contributes to human health threats including global warming, air pollution, cancer, and disease, with primary plastic production and plastic burning causing the greatest harm. 🧪🌎 www.ehn.org/plastics-hum...
Every stage of plastic use — from production to disposal — harms human healthIn a recent study published by The Lancet Planetary Health, researchers examined the health costs of pollutants released by plastics across their full lifecycle and emphasized the need for internation...www.ehn.orgPermits? We don't need no steenkin' permits. 🌎 insideclimatenews.org/news/3107202...
Georgia’s First ‘Pop-Up’ Power Plant for Data Centers Faces Scrutiny - Inside Climate NewsThe project is under investigation for allegedly beginning construction before obtaining required air permits as regulators consider whether privately operated power plants can legally serve data cent...insideclimatenews.orgDue to recent advances in attribution science the case argues Shell’s contribution is more than 2.5% of historical global greenhouse gas emissions, alleging that Shell contributed to both the likelihood and severity of Typhoon Rai...and knew the risks. 🌎 www.desmog.com/2026/07/29/t...
The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms“What seems to be important,” wrote the visionary British scientist, James Lovelock, in June 1966, is “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of ...www.desmog.comCOVER REVEAL! An epic dark #fantasy of political intrigue, #magic and manipulation, RYSLAD is a story of lost Lore & broken Law, & in the end a tale of Love. eBook preorders open for Oct 1 release. Print coming soon! NL subscribers have pre-sale opportunities (☝️website) 📚🪐 📚💙 books2read.com/u/boKzqp
Mandela Barnes dropsmout.of #Wisconsin governor's race. madison.com/news/state-r...
Mandela Barnes drops out of governor’s raceFormer Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, who was once considered the likely frontrunner in Wisconsin’s packed field of Democratic candidates vying for the state’s executive office, has dropped out of themadison.comScientists have designated the Mediterranean as a climate change “hot spot,” with its waters expected to warm by 2 to 6 degrees Celsius (3.6 to 10.8 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2100. Heat waves are likely to become more frequent and more extreme ... 🌎 apnews.com/article/medi...
The Mediterranean's warming waters are drawing hundreds of invasive speciesScientists say climate change is heating the Mediterranean Sea, inviting invasive fish species that harm native populations.apnews.comPermafrost thaw also threatens to accelerate climate change, because permafrost releases carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere as it melts. 🌎 thenarwhal.ca/nain-permafr...
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A new report pushes back against the idea that talking about climate change could cause Democrats to lose votes. 🌎 grist.org/politics/cli...
'Climate hushing' has swept the Democratic Party. New polling suggests it's a mistake.Climate change might not be voters' top priority, but new polling suggests that emphasizing it may actually boost support for candidates.grist.orgWaste, fraud and abuse? "There is little evidence that the nonprofit has provided the civics education it claims. And Adams and his nonprofit have engaged in a pattern of questionable financial arrangements..." www.propublica.org/article/trum...?
This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG w...www.propublica.orgCould the oil industry face a climate-based wrongful death suit? The judge denied dismissal request. A priority The American Petroleum Institute set for 2026 was to “stop extreme climate liability policy” & challenges “attribution science,” which quantifies impacts. 🌎 grist.org/accountabili...
As climate lawsuits advance, the oil industry enters 'panic mode'With a wrongful death suit among scores of cases creeping toward trial, oil executives might have to defend themselves to a jury soon.grist.org"More than 356 billion tons of coal resources lie beneath federally owned land in the contiguous United States, according to a government report, whose new and comprehensive findings could escalate mining in those areas, most of them in the West." 🌎 insideclimatenews.org/news/2407202...
Trump Administration Eyes Massive Coal Reserves Under Federal Lands - Inside Climate NewsThe Western U.S. is sitting on billions of tons of unmined coal, a new report from the Department of the Interior finds.insideclimatenews.orgA growing body of evidence links time in nature to better physical and mental health – and a major new effort is working to document exactly what that evidence shows. 🧪🌿🌱 yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/07/the-...
The government canceled this nature study. Scientists kept going anyway. » Yale Climate ConnectionsWhen the National Nature Assessment was shut down, the scientists who worked on it found another way. In this Q&A, one author explains what the research reveals about nature’s powerful, underused role...yaleclimateconnections.orgHighly processed to achieve, but extracted 9g of protein for 100g of dried flower, plus potential emulsifiers. 🧪🌱 www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/07/a-ne...
A new entrant in the plant-protein race: The marigoldWith as much protein as quinoa, marigolds are a surprising untapped nutritional resource, research finds. What’s more their emulsifying and foaming properties make them a boon for the food industry.www.anthropocenemagazine.orgAnother benefit of rain gardens. 🧪🌱 abc7news.com/post/rain-ga...
Rain gardens can help filter out toxic pollution in Bay Area cities, new study showsA popular design innovation that's adding green space across Bay Area cities could also be providing a major health benefit. A new study found rain gardens may help clean up toxic pollution.abc7news.com"The results also revealed that these methane emissions increased by 9.9% from 2003 to 2022. This increase reflected both a growing number of small wetlands and climatic changes that spurred them to generate more emissions." 🌎 eos.org/articles/big...
Big Trouble from Little Wetlands - EosNew research suggests that small wetlands, previously unaccounted for in the global methane budget, are responsible for about 25% of global methane emissions.eos.orgBubble magic and working o0n scaling. "One of these new processes for addressing [PFAS] employs hydrodynamic cavitation, while the other employs cold atmospheric plasma combined with gas dispersion." 🧪 thedebrief.org/forever-chem...
"Forever Chemical" Breakthrough Rapidly Degrades Synthetic Substances Linked to Cancer and Other Health ProblemsThe problem of PFAS, a group of potentially cancer-causing “forever chemicals,” may finally have a solution from German scientists.thedebrief.orgUrine samples from 1,450 women who gave birth between 2016 and 2019 showed that those with higher levels of glyphosate during mid-pregnancy were more likely to go into spontaneous labor before 37 weeks compared to those with lower levels. 🧪🌱 www.thenewlede.org/2026/07/glyp...
Large NYC study adds evidence linking glyphosate to preterm birth riskA study led by NYU Langone Health showed that pregnant women with higher exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup, faced a significantly higher risk of going into sponta...www.thenewlede.org