A half-mile installation just took 20,000 pounds of plastic out of the Pacific – proof that ocean garbage can be cleaned | By Aria Bendix https://t.co/BoeI59xUnZ
— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) October 18, 2021
Category: Environmental
Very good news
Breaking News: The Biden administration said it would regulate PFAS, the "forever chemicals" in many household items that have contaminated drinking water. Exposure to the chemicals has been linked to certain cancers and other health issues. https://t.co/yDMwRIAsMX
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 18, 2021
Oh goody
Yet another pipeline explosion has finally stopped leaking:
The company that owns the pipeline responsible for an oil spill off the California coastline has been cited by federal regulators for 125 violations, with more than a hundred of those citations being handed down in the last 11 years https://t.co/lCP64xyttw
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 4, 2021
Kill it
If you see one of these beautiful bugs, "squish it, that’s the message," the director of horticulture at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden said. https://t.co/XneKBExU7H
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 16, 2021
Migration
Fleeing a hell the US helped create: why Central Americans journey north https://t.co/iIFlpDTTLu
— Suburban Guerrilla Ω (@SusieMadrak) March 21, 2021
The relief gang
Now here's a dude: "Trae captains a volunteer group called the Relief Gang, which the two formed in 2017, in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Since then, the Relief Gang has become one of the most respected and relentless crews in Houston."https://t.co/0ND1i20mxs
— Bill Hangley Jr (@HangleyJr) March 17, 2021
Cause and effect
What’s behind this year’s insane wildfire and hurricane season? El Niño’s cooler sister. https://t.co/An45BdxztR
— grist (@grist) September 15, 2020
Wheeee
"The loss of the glacier could trigger the broader collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet, which contains enough ice to eventually raise seas by about 10 feet." https://t.co/BFolqw61qB
— Tom Sullivan (@BloggersRUs) September 14, 2020
Business as usual
The Environmental Protection Agency illegally destroyed records, deceived the National Archives and Records Administration about that destruction, and falsely blamed the coronavirus pandemic to escape accountability.
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 13, 2020
And that's just what we know about. https://t.co/upoodwgVGa
We blew it
The Arctic is warming so fast that it has become an accelerator of climate change in the rest of the world https://t.co/TlFYpTfpP9
— Bloomberg (@business) July 27, 2020