To protect the health and resiliency of Illinois waters, the Wetlands Protection Act, HB3596, creates a permitting program to protect these important ecosytems so critical to flood prevention efforts, now in danger of disappearing after the Supreme Court gutted the Clean Water Act in #Sackett.v.EPA
There's also smart legislation about the unregulated influx of data centers, The #POWER Act, SB4016/HB5513, would establish nation-leading guardrails on data centers to minimize their impact on our utility bills, climate, and water resources while financially incentivising responsible centers!
Howabout addressing single-use styrofoam? SB1531 is already out of the Senate and, over 4 years, seeks to transition businesses towards more sustainable, biodegradable paper-based containers. Less microplastics in everything, y'all, especially us! #PolystyreneFoamBan
Hand sign reading "Protect Illinois Waters"
If you don't know, we're lobbying for some important, common-sense protections for all Illinoisians! #IEC #PRN #2026EnvironmentalLobbyDay
We're out here! Looking forward to a productive meetings with state representatives about these important bills! #WeThePeople demand reasonable, forward-focused environmental safeguards!
At first glance I was like, sweet, Cola's dropping a DJ set! More like two fur-tables and a microphone... loll
Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only dissenter in the conversion therapy case 😞
It's so upsetting, and I just want to remind folks that Trans Lifeline is a resource you should take advantage of right now if you need it.
Your life is precious.
+1-877-565-8860
translifeline.org
A blue flyer with pink telephones that says "Science communicators! we are carrying out a research study on trends in the field of science communication. Science communication is an incredibly diverse field! We want to summarize what is happening, how well people are surviving on science communication as a career, and where we need help as a field"
Attention Science Communicators!
Our survey on the state of scicomm closes this Friday!
Please get your responses in ASAP and nudge your colleagues!
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This is a collaboration between myself, @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and @drjuliawester.bsky.social!
PLEASE LISTEN!
If you go to the No Kings protest, please do not come home empty handed. Use it to organize. For example, Sway is a free app that helps you organize your local community into a solid voting block.
We must organize, activate, and mobilize together.
Once again, Climate Town, for the win!
@suchnerve “I don’t want to wear a mask all the time” Alright. Would you please wear it sometimes? Sometimes > never. Like just keep one in your bag, and put it on when you’re in an extra crowded place maybe?
A classic anti-masker tactic is to claim that if you don't wear a mask 100% of the time, it isn't worth it. Untrue. Every single time you wear a mask, you reduce the chances for viruses to spread. Wearing a mask always improves public health, even if you only do it occasionally.
long story but i just founded an AI education platform. if you want to join the board or contribute to the blog, hit me up. just submitted a conference talk on "surveillance as care" to ELO. wish me luck!!!! puregenius.education
Trump to log billions of Trees in 2.5 million acres of western Oregon’s public forest lands
Most people are not aware
Spread the word
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Submit your public comment today
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Superbugs resistant to antibiotics are rising fast. I tested water at Lough Neagh (40% of Northern Ireland’s drinking water) & found high levels of antibiotic-resistant genes from human & livestock poo. If we treat waterways like sewers, this is what we get. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Monday update: 23,376 comments received as of end of day yesterday! If you haven't already, please take a moment to register your objection to ending ethics oversight for DOJ attorneys.
As we witness the horror of attacks on desalination plants, we need to be aware, on a warming planet, conflict over water, using water as a weapon of war, & targeting people seeking water is on the rise
- in the past 4 years, it's nearly doubled:
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You only have a short time to comment. They are trying to destroy our forests to enrich a few logging company executives and the politicians they’ve paid off.
Leave your comment here:
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TMC USA is bypassing international rules to fast-track exploitation, disregarding the voices of Pacific nations. The ocean is a common heritage, not a corporate commodity. Stand with Indigenous leaders and speak up against deep -sea mining.
Submit your opposition at the link below!
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After months of relentless rapid response in Minneapolis, members of Defend the 612 had a moment to breathe and reflect on the lessons they’ve learned, the grief they carry, and the citywide fellowship they hope will endure. The crisis is not over, and I’m grateful they made time to speak with me.
There people on the left and right who will tell you this is only an issue for elites. Those people are insane. The obscenely unequal power of the rich is what caused this emergency. I’ll never cede “preventing mass death” as a cause of the mass left.
We're trialling something new this year at the BSBI - an activity designed to support absolute beginner botanists with identifying *and* recording their first ever 100 plants in 2026 🌿
If you know anyone that might like to take part then please spread the word:
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We have a super easy letter campaign to save NCAR. Takes 30 seconds to yell at your Congress Critters and you’ll can do it every day!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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Sufs national day of action to take back our science health and democracy. Dc and nationwide on March 7th
Hope is not a plan. Direct action is.
Join us on March 7th around the nation!
www.standupforscience.net/march7
@standupforscience.bsky.social
🎵 Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren singing "Mr. Oil Man" in the style of Mr. Sandman.
A song about the EPA not regulating pollution and PFAS. 🎵
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Huge congrats to our own Felicity Burrows, featured in GCFI’s Women in Ocean Science campaign. 🥼 🌊
Explore the stories of women leading ocean science here: www.gcfi.org/gcfi-women-in-ocean-science/
if you care about the environment and feel frustrated by the lack of progress, it’s not you, it’s corporate capture
Most plastics, chemicals, artificial fertilisers, pesticides & synthetic fabrics are made from fossil fuels & they emit pollution throughout their life cycle, from extraction to processing to use & disposal. Fossil fuels give birth to so many major pollution sources.
Forever chemicals are so long-lasting + difficult to remove that very high levels can mean some water just is no longer usable as a drinking water source. With so much pressure on water resources, we cannot afford to let PFAS pollution build.
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"The results also indicate that current #climate models underestimate the magnitude of the observed changes. This is caused most likely by a too simplistic representation of deep mixing processes in the ocean in numerical models"
#AMOC
#FasterThanExpected
