What happens when you think you recycle but local service just dumps it in an open #landfill where it ends up in the soil or flushes out to the sea?
Thinking that individual consumers can solve global problems is very misleading. The vast majority of pollutants comes from institutional neglect not individual.
Bhutan hits record high 40°C as global temperatures rise
This signals the intensifying impacts of global warming on the Himalayan regio
https://asianews.network/bhutan-hits-record-high-40c-as-global-temperatures-rise/
Samedi 5 avril 2025 à Paris, une Marche Vivante pour un Printemps Bruyant ! lancé par Extinction Rébellion et Scientifiques en Rébellion RDV à 14h au Muséum national d’histoire naturelle vers le Ministère de la Santé https://extinctionrebellion.fr/blog/2025/01/26/le-samedi-5-avril-2025-a-paris-une-marche-vivante-pour-un-printemps-bruyant.html
Nous marcherons à l’occasion de la journée mondiale de la santé pour dénoncer les impacts catastrophiques et généralisées des pesticides sur la santé humaine et sur l’effondrement de la biodiversité https://solidaires.org/sinformer-et-agir/actualites-et-mobilisations/nationales/pesticides-hors-de-nos-vies-et-de-nos-lieux-de-travail-appel-a-la-marche-vivante-pour-un-printemps-bruyant-le-5-avril-a-paris-attac-fsu-greenpeace-solidaires/
Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it
The Guardian has recreated a searchable climate future risk tool developed by Fema but then deleted
Methane emissions from Queensland mine may be gross underestimates, UN research finds
Data collected by two planes suggests large open-cut coalmine in Bowen Basin is releasing methane at higher rates than official estimates
Eagle Gold mine leak entering wetland but water tests clean, inspection report says
Water leaking from the same containment pond is thought to be the source of contaminant spikes at a nearby creek but water samples from the wetland aren't showing significant levels of harmful compounds.
#environment #mining #water #pollution #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/eagle-gold-january-inspection-report-1.7492377?cmp=rss
Millions of UK tyres meant for recycling sent to furnaces in India
Millions of tyres being sent from the UK to India for recycling are actually being "cooked" in makeshift furnaces causing serious health problems and huge environmental damage, the BBC has discovered.
The majority of the UK's exported waste tyres are sold into the Indian black market, and this is well known within the industry, BBC File on 4 Investigates has been told.
Local Climate Activist Issues Stark Warning Ahead of Talk This Week
Michael Bergin
1–2 minutes
In the last 50 years in Ireland, we’ve lost two-thirds of our farmland birds, that’s according to a local climate activist, ahead of a major talk on the topic this week
https://kclr96fm.com/local-climate-activist-issues-stark-warning-ahead-of-talk-this-week/
A jury in Georgia has ordered Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in damages to a man who says the company’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, according to attorneys representing the plaintiff
Stories from #TheAmazon, #Kenya and #Zimbabwe
#WorldWaterDay: 3 stories of #resistance and #restoration from around the globe
Kristine Sabillo, 21 Mar 2025
"More than 2 billion people around the world live without access to safe drinkable water, as rivers, #groundwater, lakes and #glaciers face continued threats of #pollution and overexploitation due to #urbanization, #EnvironmentalDestruction, and #ClimateChange .
"This World Water Day, #Mongabay looks back at some of its coverage from 2024 on how local communities are trying to protect the world’s dwindling water resources."
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/world-water-day-3-stories-of-resistance-and-restoration-from-around-the-globe/
#WaterSecurity #WaterIsLife #RiversAreLife #OceansAreLife #Wetlands #Marshes #Rivers
Climat : les glaciers français ont perdu 40% de leur masse en 20 ans
Europe
Les glaciers de notre planète subissent fortement les conséquences du réchauffement climatique. En Europe, les Pyrénées et les Alpes sont les régions du monde où les glaciers fondent le plus vite. Ils ont perdu près de 40% de leur masse entre 2000 et 2023
https://www.france24.com/fr/vid%C3%A9o/20250322-climat-l-enjeu-de-la-pr%C3%A9servation-des-glaciers
#Trump #EPA’s Next Move: Making It Harder to Sue for Getting Cancer from #Roundup
The corporation behind Roundup #herbicide has paid out nearly $11 billion in lawsuits. Now it's backing an EPA rule that would stop the bleeding.
by Schuyler Mitchell, March 21 2025
"Last August, 11 industry-friendly red states, led by Nebraska and Iowa, submitted a 436-page petition asking the agency to amend its labeling rules under the Federal #Insecticide, #Rodenticide, and Fungicide Act, or #FIFRA. The proposed rule change would explicitly prohibit states from labeling #pesticides and #herbicides with warnings about cancer, #BirthDefects, and reproductive harm if those notices contradict the EPA’s risk assessment.
"The states made clear that their ultimate goal is to thwart future lawsuits against pesticide manufacturers. Their petition argued that recent court rulings have created a 'gap in FIFRA’s regulatory framework' that the proposed rule change would plug.
"In January, in a move initiated by the Biden administration, the EPA took a first step of accepting public comment on the rule-making petition, with a deadline of March 24 — though this step is exploratory and does not mean a new rule will be issued. Still, the EPA’s decision could have disastrous consequences if Donald Trump’s second administration is as friendly to the #ChemicalIndustry as it was in his first.
"'It’s telling of the lengths that pesticide manufacturers will go to make sure that nothing interferes with their profit margins,' said Brett Hartl, government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity. 'There’s a reality that the industry itself generates much of the data, and they say it’s safe, and then EPA approves that determination.”
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/03/21/trump-epa-monsanto-roundup-bayer-cancer-chemicals/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/VsfWE
Link for public comment:
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0562
#KillThePoor #Ecocide #GlyphosateKills #MonsantoKills #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #Pollution #RunOff #Cancer #EnvironmentalPollution #USPol #BigChemical #BigAg #RoundupReady #Microbiota #BeeKilling #BayerKills #CenterForBiologicalDiversity
Today is #WorldWaterDay. A New report by Thomson Reuters shows just how devastating ramping up #palmoil production in #Indonesia would be for global #climatechange 
https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8Vs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
Ecopetrol: Whistleblower reveals Colombia oil giant's ‘awful’ pollution
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crewlj11jljo
As seawater creeps further into coastlines, salt threatens to pollute the freshwater reserves that people depend on. But this brine isn’t just coming from the ocean: New research shows freshwater ecosystems are facing widespread dual threats of salt contamination from the sea and land, made worse by climate change. @ArsTechnica reports:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/03/salty-threats-for-drinking-water-rising-seas-and-land-based-pollution/
Excerpts from a very disturbing op-ed about the growing use of petrochemicals in producing the foods we eat…
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Fossil fuels are on track to be an even bigger presence in our food system. As sectors like transport are decarbonizing, the oil industry has its sights on food, particularly through petrochemicals. An estimated 74% of all petrochemicals are already used for agricultural fertilizer and plastic.
The International Energy Agency projects that by 2050 half of all oil and gas will be used for petrochemicals. Based on current levels, 40% of that will be going into our food system in the form of plastics and fertilizers.
Chemical companies are now introducing microplastic-coated pesticides and fertilizers. Along with increasing the presence of plastics in food production and threatening public health, microplastics used this way dissolve in the soil, impacting soil health, reducing how much water soils can retain, and destroying healthy microorganisms essential for nutrient cycling.
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FULL ESSAY -- https://civileats.com/2025/03/11/op-ed-the-food-system-cannot-become-another-fossil-fuel-industry-escape-hatch/
HT > @jblue
What are nurdles? A ‘sheen’ of plastic pellets is spotted in the North Sea after ship crash.
Small pellets of plastic are washing up on the east coast of England following the fiery collision of two ships in the North Sea last week.
Although not toxic, these nurdles present a deadly risk to wildlife if ingested.
Endearing and sweet-faced Irrawaddy #Dolphins face serious threats from #palmoil #pollution, fishing bycatch, tourism in S.E #Asia. Just 90-300 remain alive in the wild. Fight for them and be #vegan, #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife 
http://palmoildetectives.com/2024/09/15/irrawaddy-dolphin-orcaella-brevirostris/
New report uncovers staggering global death toll linked to one factor: ‘All countries are affected’
According to the Climate Risk Index 2025 compiled by Germanwatch, extreme weather events like hurricanes, droughts, floods, and wildfires have caused massive destruction, killing nearly 800,000 people and displacing millions over the last 30 years
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/climate-related-disasters-report-human-toll/
