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The US navy knew of potentially dangerous levels of airborne plutonium in San Francisco
for almost a year
before it alerted city officials
after it carried out testing that detected radioactive material in November last year, public health advocates allege.
The plutonium levels exceeded the federal action threshold
at the navy’s highly contaminated, 866-acre Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.
It was detected in an area adjacent to a residential neighborhood fil…

Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn #environment

Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
Climate change conditions turn plastics into more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants. This is done by speeding up plastic breakdown into microplastics—microscopic fragments of plastic—spreading them considerable distances, and increasing exposure and impact within the environment.

Supercharged dust storms are exposing millions to deadly air pollution https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/supercharged-dust-storms-are-exposing-millions-to-deadly-air-pollution/

Supercharged dust storms are exposing millions to deadly air pollution
More people are getting sick due to sand and dust storms that are now more intense and frequent, contributor Sean Mowbray reported for Mongabay. The intensifying storms have exposed many millions more people to dangerous levels of particulate pollution across the world. In some regions, it has also triggered outbreaks of respiratory and infectious diseases. […]

#Oil field injected brine popping up from improperly sealed wells in Oklahoma #geology — ProPublica
https://www.pr…

Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.

The number of things this EPA's done to exacerbate pollution/climate change response/PFAS makes me think these people are either aliens trying to change the climate or suicidal and want everyone to die
Trump EPA finalizes 'indefensible and illegal’ delay to pollution standards - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/epa-2674352389/

Die #Platane ist ein beliebter #Stadtbaum.
Sie spendet mit ihrer breiten Krone viel #Schatten und kommt bisher gut mit trockenen, heißen Sommern zurecht. Viele Menschen machen sich Sorgen, ob d…

Die Platane (Platanus) - ein widerstandsfähiger Schattenspender in Städten
Erfahre mehr über die Ahornblättrige Platane: Rindenabwurf, robuste Eigenschaften und warum sie sich ideal für Städte eignet.

A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats' Greatest Weakness (Tressie McMillan Cottom/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/opinion/nazi-tattoo-graham-platner-democrats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xE8.3il0.cD0li5ZP4vyj&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
http://www.memeorandum.com/251029/p35#a251029p35

Every few years, Democrats try to convince themselves they’ve found the one
– a candidate who can finally speak fluent rural, who looks and sounds like the voters they’ve lost.
In 2024, that hope was pinned on #Tim #Walz, the flannel-wearing, “Midwestern nice” governor whose small-town roots were supposed to unlock …

Why rural Maine may back Democrat Graham Platner’s populism in the Senate campaign − but not his party
Whether Maine’s Graham Platner wins or loses, his campaign to knock off longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins already points to a deeper question: Can Democrats do more than rent rural authenticity?

Measuring the consequences of plastic contamination #environment

Measuring the consequences of plastic contamination
Plastic pollution is everywhere—including where you would least expect it, especially when it's in tiny particle form. Today, scientists are working to measure the consequences of this contamination. There's the pollution you can see—on the beach, on the roadside and in open-air landfills. And then there's the pollution you can't—on the peak of Mount Everest, deep inside the Mariana Trench, in clouds, in buildings, and in our water supply, food, blood and brain.

Particle pollution in the Balkans is the highest in Europe, research finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/23/particle-pollution-balkans-highest-in-europe-research