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New Analysis Warns Trump Offshore Drilling Plan Could Trigger Thousands of Oil Spills
Conservationists say increased drilling could threaten already endangered marine species with extinction.
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"Last spring, the EPA made a surprise announcement: [..] Trump would consider giving [..] exemptions from a handful of Clean Air Act rules."
"One industry was particularly eager for exemption: medical device sterilizers."
"[C]oalition [..] is suing Trump and the EPA."
#USA #Climate #Air #Courts
grist.org
Trump's 'get-out-of-jail-free card' for polluters faces its latest test in court
The president exempted about 40 medical sterilization companies from Biden-era emission standards. A new lawsuit challenges his authority.
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"US Environmental Protection Agency plans to reapprove dicamba despite the pesticide's proven health and environmental risks."
"Some scientific studies have linked dicamba to increased risk of cancer and hypothyroidism."
#USA #Climate #Healthcare #Food
www.commondreams.org
'MAHA-Washing': Trump EPA Set to Reapprove Dicamba Despite Pesticide's Harms
"The fact that we're here again after two failed attempts to fix this broken pesticide shows that Lee Zeldin and his army of industry lobbyists are utterly incapable of protecting the public," said one expert.
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"Center for Biological Diversity on Wednesday sued [..] Trump's administration for failing to release public records about efforts to dismantle the" Endangered Species Act.
"2,204 species across the United States should be considered for protection under the" ESA.
#USA #Animals #Climate
www.commondreams.org
Group Sues to Expose Trump 'Extinction Plan' as Study Shows 2,204 Species May Need Protection
"This study underscores the cruelty and shortsightedness of the Trump administration's slashing of funding and weakening of protections for endangered species," said an expert at the Center for Biological Diversity.
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"[R]ed-tagging."
Philippines has "accused individuals and groups involved in community projects, such as disaster relief and delivering solar-powered water pumps, of having links with communism or terrorism."
"This has nothing to do with anti-terrorism."
#Philippines #Nonprofit #Water #Climate
www.thexylom.com
Philippine Renewable Power Advocates Branded 'Communists' And 'Terrorists' By Government
Accusing activists of having links to terrorism has led to non-profit funds being frozen and local climate projects being delayed or scrapped.
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"[F]ederal government helped fund and operate the facility from its earliest stages."
"If the project is deemed a federal action, it would trigger mandatory environmental review."
"[C]ould revive a court-ordered shutdown."
#Florida #USA #Courts #Climate #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
prismreports.org
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ records suggest federal funding and involvement
Court filings appear to undermine DHS claims that "Alligator Alcatraz" was a state project, potentially reviving a court-ordered shutdown
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5,000+ "wild species are at some risk of extinction in Canada."
"Yet despite repeated promises, Canada appears to have failed to meet its target of protecting 25 per cent of its forests, grasslands, rivers, lakes, peatlands and oceans by 2025."
#Canada #Water #Forests #Climate #Mining #Animals
thenarwhal.ca
Canada failed to protect 25% of lands and waters by 2025
Ottawa says it remains committed to hitting its next conservation milestone even as it races to expand critical minerals production.
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"In the central Iraqi city of Fallujah, the joy of pregnancy is overshadowed by dread."
"Each year, newborns bear the silent inheritance of war: cancers, twisted limbs, missing organs."
"I just want to be like other kids."
#Iraq #USA #Healthcare #Military #Climate
therealnews.com
The war in the womb: Fallujah's generational crisis
Scores of children in Fallujah carry the scars of a war they never lived through.
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"We Got Us made it clear that the people most impacted by the crises we're facing – from climate collapse, to rising fascism [..] – aren't asking for incremental change or waiting for permission to act."
#NewMexico #USA #Protest #Climate #FossilFuels #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
unicornriot.ninja
'We Got Us' March Demands 'ICE OUT' and Action From New Mexico State Legislation
More than 1,500 people gathered in Santa Fe on January 20 to march to the state capitol on the opening day of this year's legislative session and call for "ICE out."
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"[E]ra of global water bankruptcy."
"Many regions are living beyond their hydrological means, and many critical water systems are already bankrupt."
"[R]ivers, lakes, and wetlands are degrading, groundwater resources are being depleted [..], and glaciers are retreating."
#Senegal #Water #Climate
www.commondreams.org
UN Warns 'Era of Global Water Bankruptcy' Is Here—But It's Not Too Late to Act
"We cannot rebuild vanished glaciers or reinflate acutely compacted aquifers," the report's lead author said. "But we can prevent further loss of our remaining natural capital."
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Fossil fuel industry's "wish list ticked off one by one."
"[M]ajor policy changes through its Building Canada Act, its Major Projects Office, its federal budget and its pipeline-focused memorandum of understanding with Alberta."
#BritishColumbia #Alberta #Canada #Lobbying #FossilFuels #Climate
thenarwhal.ca
Canada is crossing off an oil and gas wish list
With a host of announcements and agreements last year, the Carney government is working its way through a public list of requests from fossil fuel industry lobbyists and execs.
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"It's not really a river anymore. It's like it's lost its identity."
"Now all it is a border between us."
"[N]ot only are these barriers impacting ecology through dividing nature, but it's also altering the minds of people that live there."
#Texas #USA #Animals #Climate #Military
capitalandmain.com
The Rio Grande Was Once an Inviting River. It's Now a Militarized Border.
Since Trump returned to office, dozens of environmental, wildlife and public access rules have been waived to make way for the border wall.
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"Philadelphia children are [3+] times as likely to have asthma as the average American child."
"Black children in the area are hospitalized over four times more often than white children."
"We’re expendable, as far as they're concerned."
#Pennsylvania #USA #Healthcare #Air #FossilFuels #Climate
capitalbnews.org
Trump Rollbacks Put Children’s Health at Risk as Pollution Increases
New federal decisions remove health protections as Black communities face rising pollution and asthma rates.
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"In Oklahoma, a newly introduced bill would bar most civil lawsuits against oil companies over their role in the climate crisis."
"A similar proposal in Utah would block lawsuits over climate-warming emissions."
#Oklahoma #Utah #USA #FossilFuels #Climate #Courts
grist.org
Red-state Republicans seek climate 'liability shield' for fossil fuel industry
If enacted, the Utah and Oklahoma measures would restrict litigation against oil companies over their role in the climate crisis.
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"[C]rypto state."
"Left unspoken: A U.S. takeover could weaken [Greenland's] mining laws and ban on private property, aiding Trump donors' plans to profit from the island's mineral deposits and build a libertarian techno-city."
#USA #Greenland #Denmark #Mining #FossilFuels #Climate #Military
truthout.org
Billionaires' Dreams of a Cryptostate Undergird Trump's Push for Greenland
Tech titans also have an eye on plundering the country for resources that are crucial to the AI boom.
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"Russian authorities have detained an Indigenous climate advocate."
"'[R]etribution' for her United Nations advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples."
Daria Egereva "could be sentenced to as long as 20 years in prison."
#Russia #Siberia #Climate #Incarceration
grist.org
Daria Egereva fought for Indigenous voices at the UN. Now she's in a Russian jail.
Observers say Egereva's case highlights the risks Indigenous advocates face when they challenge powerful governments on climate and human rights.
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"Everywhere you see American imperialism ruining lives, you'll find unscrupulous Canadians cashing in."
"These men aren't patriots, they're profiteers. And in Mark Carney's Canada, they set the agenda."
#Alberta #Canada #USA #FossilFuels #Climate #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
therover.ca
Canadians Cash In While America Burns
It's easy to sit in judgement of the U.S., but Canada has enabled, and even profited from, the rise of American fascism.
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"Over 400,000 Indigenous peoples live within three miles of a heavily contaminated site."
"What does it really mean to 'clean' the land?"
"Environmental relations have always been about mediating relationships between people."
#Minnesota #USA #Water #Climate #Mining #Taxes
prismreports.org
Does the Superfund program clean up polluted lands?
Over 400,000 Indigenous peoples live within three miles of a heavily contaminated site, including 19 Superfund sites on tribal lands
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New Brunswick's "trio of projects—a tungsten mine, a gas-fired power plant, and a sprawling data centre."
"U.S. ownership and control."
"New Brunswickers and Indigenous nations to absorb the environmental and social costs."
#NewBrunswick #Canada #USA #Military #Mining #FossilFuels #Climate
breachmedia.ca
New Brunswick is rolling out the red carpet for U.S.-backed extractive projects
A growing province-wide coalition is resisting American-backed mining, gas, and data centre projects they say threaten public health and Indigenous land.
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"The next time new science reveals that a chemical is much more toxic, or that the amount of pollution released from a factory had been underestimated and would cause legally unacceptable health risks, the [EPA] would not be able to react."
#USA #Climate
www.propublica.org
Trump's EPA Could Limit Its Own Ability to Use New Science to Strengthen Air Pollution Rules
In government records that have flown under the radar, the EPA is questioning its legal authority to revise pollution rules more than once when new science shows unacceptable health risks.
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"[E]very issue is a disability issue."
"I hope that we can someday shift from defending our rights and our existence to dreaming up new systems that create lasting change and liberation for all of us."
#USA #Voting #Education #Climate #Healthcare #MutualAid
truthout.org
Disability Justice Organizers Are Creating the Liberatory Future We All Deserve
Organizers share where they find hope in the struggle for disability justice as we go into the second year of Trump 2.0.
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"[I]ncrease in drilling could lead to an additional 4,232 oil spills and dump an extra 12.1 million gallons of oil into ocean waters."
"The calculation is based on average spill rates from pipelines and platforms from 1974 to 2015."
#Alaska #USA #FossilFuels #Water #Climate #Animals
www.commondreams.org
Green Group Warns Trump's Offshore Drilling Plan Risks 4,000+ Additional Oil Spills
The Center for Biological Diversity estimates that Trump's new five-year offshore drilling plan could release over 12 million gallons of oil into ocean waters around the US.
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"Venezuela's oil is 'among the dirtiest oils [..] when it comes to global warming.'"
"For Beard's home and dozens of other Black communities along the Gulf Coast in Louisiana and Texas, 'that's going to be more pollution and cancer.'"
#Texas #Louisiana #USA #Venezuela #FossilFuels #Climate
capitalbnews.org
Venezuelan Oil Brought to the U.S. Would Be Refined in Black Gulf Communities
Communities in Texas and Louisiana say U.S. control of Venezuela's heavy crude will worsen "environmental racism" along the Gulf.
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"Three-quarters of the world's forcibly displaced people live in countries that are heavily impacted by climate change."
"By 2050, most refugee settlements will experience twice as many days of dangerous heat as they did in 2024."
#Bangladesh #Myanmar #Syria #Climate #Military #Genocide #Torture
inkstickmedia.com
Can Refugees Outrun Both Bullets and Natural Disasters?
Read an excerpt of Julian Hattem's forthcoming book, ‘Shelter from the Storm,’ which will be released on Jan. 6, 2026.
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"Trump on Tuesday vetoed HR 504, federal legislation intended to provide flood protection to Osceola Camp, a Miccosukee residential area in the Everglades."
"The tribe is part of a lawsuit against [..] 'Alligator Alcatraz.'"
#Florida #USA #Water #Climate #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
floridaphoenix.com
Trump vetoes Miccosukee flood protection, citing tribe's opposition to 'Alligator Alcatraz'
The Miccosukee Tribe's lawsuit contesting an immigration detention facility in the Everglades cost them federally funded flood protection, at least if President Donald Trump gets his way.
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