The contamination of U.S. drinking water with man-made “forever chemicals” is far worse than previously estimated with some of the highest levels found in Miami, Philadelphia and New Orleans, said a report on Wednesday by an environmental watchdog group.
— Read on www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-water-foreverchemicals/u-s-drinking-water-widely-contaminated-with-forever-chemicals-report-idUSKBN1ZL0F8
Kid is *en fuego*. Of course, ‘Left=Right=Center’ is a little simplistic… but still:
https://earther.gizmodo.com/greta-thunbergs-message-to-capitalists-act-as-if-you-l-1841130508
Whee! Happy Friday.
The climate apocalypse is coming to your television. HBO announced Wednesday that the David Wallace-Wells’ book The Uninhabitable Earth will influence a fictional anthology series that examines what our future may look like as climate change progresses.
— Read on earther.gizmodo.com/hbo-max-is-turning-the-uninhabitable-earth-into-a-ficti-1841048114
This is: great! Structural solutions! Organizing! Changing consumption habits = nice; fighting systems = effective.
Happy Friday!
www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/opinion/how-to-help-climate-change.html
U! S! A! Moar roads for the win!
The move would ease approval for major infrastructure projects. It could mean federal agencies won’t need to consider climate impacts of things like pipelines and highways.
— Read on www.npr.org/2020/01/09/794857523/trump-administration-proposes-major-changes-to-bedrock-environmental-law
…you had me at “worse.”
The president is withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on climate change because he just can’t quit carbon.
— Read on www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/11/ideology-behind-donald-trumps-paris-withdrawal/601462/