Back on ye ol’ @ijnr.bsky.social bus for the rest of this week to learn how this tumultuous time for federal funding is impacting the Great Lakes. Subscribe to burningrivernews.substack.com for stories to come!

If anyone was planning on participating in NANOWRIMO but isn't really jiving with their choices lately, join me at Thirty30 for a new November writing challenge!

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My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

Thanks for being an inspiration and reminding me why we do the damn thing @amywestervelt.bsky.social

Over the last few months it has been difficult to show an enviro journalist. Things have felt futile and heavy and I keep asking myself “what’s the point?” Then I listen to or read amazing climate journalism like @drilledmedia.bsky.social and I am reinvigorated.

Is Great Lakes Water Policy up to the Task of Protecting Lakes From A Mid-West Data Center Boom? As data centers are rapidly being built across the Great Lakes Region to keep up with AI, water policy experts are concerned for the Great Lakes

"The main challenge with data centers, and really any large industrial water user that’s connected to the municipal supply is that there is a lack of transparency around water usage," great story via @devinnunnari.bsky.social.

Thank you so much for sharing!

Or at least honestly about the state of our aging water infrastructure so citizens know to filter

LEAD FREE PLUMBING

"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."

Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for sharing Parker ❤️

In a decision laced with "overt cruelty" EPA plans to eliminate all environmental justice offices across the U.S. This decision is a "direct and deliberate attack on our community" says Yvonka Hall, Executive Director of the Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition.

Cruel cuts to EPA & Midwest office closings undoes 30 years of environment work aiding low-income & minority communities in NE Ohio. @devinnunnari.bsky.social ky.social
writes in Burning River News: bit.ly/4c0I9Cx

@karenkasler.bsky.social @sustainableytown.bsky.social
@cuyahogacounty.bsky.social

Yesterday at the grocery store a woman reached around me in the check out line saying “Ope sorry, just grabbin a pop” and while I miss Colorado in a lot of ways, I sure missed people saying “ope” and “pop”

If any cuyahoga valley national park employees who have been affected by the national park layoffs wants to chat with me for an article, I would love to hear how this is impacting you and our nation park as a whole. DMs are open!

"Death by a Thousand Cuts" The widespread impacts of fracking on Ohio communities

Ohio’s first oil & gas explosion of 2025—100-ft flames at Gulfport’s Groh Well pad. Officials claim no impact, but with incidents every 1.5 days, how much do we really know?

FracTracker’s Ted Auch: “This is a death by a thousand cuts.”

Couldn’t agree more!

Yes!!! Thank you. I no longer live in Boulder so I haven’t experienced it in a while. I believe there is one at the intersection of walnut and 28th! And also baseline and Mohawk

That makes a lot of sense too!

I promise there are at least two lights in Boulder, CO where there is a pedestrian walk symbol while there is a green arrow or at least where the drivers have the ability to turn left on a green light

I agree! But I also think green left turn arrows during the pedestrian walk symbol is even more deadly. So many cars just barrel through without looking. A car came within less than a foot of hitting me once!

I think about this almost daily.

"Death by a Thousand Cuts" The widespread impacts of fracking on Ohio communities

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Check out my latest Burning River News article, where I highlight the environmental impacts of Fracking on Ohio communities.

A photo of bluebells and castilleja in front of Colorado mountain with alpine glow

Big oil spent $445m in last election cycle to influence Trump and Congress, report says Investments ‘likely to pay dividends’, analysis says, as Trump unleashes dozens of pro-fossil fuel executive actions

“Because it does not include money funneled through dark-money groups – which do not have to reveal their donors – it is almost certainly a vast understatement”

‘People Will Die’ from Trump’s Trans Prisoner Crackdown, Experts Warn Trump's executive order eliminating transgender rights in prison will hurt or kill trans prisoners, experts warn.

One of the darkest, but less reported, aspects of Trump’s anti-trans order this week IMO is that he directed the DOJ to remove protections for trans prisoners from Prison Rape Elimination Act guidelines. Story at @theappeal.org today from @byadamrhodes.bsky.social: theappeal.org/trump-execut...

An icy blue sweater in stockinette stitch

Earlier this week I finished knitting my first sweater! 🎉 My goal is to make most of my own clothes to bring myself closer to the labor it takes to make garments, to create a wardrobe of sustainable fibers, and to build new skill sets and patience.

While I’m not sure what keeps drawing me back, I’ve lived in SC and Colorado and neither could keep me from coming back home. I gave up MOUNTAINS to be here!

I consider myself more of a sewist than a knitter so that sounds great to me!