Dominique Buonocora
@dbuonocora.bsky.social
Semi-Retired Environmental Scientist. Hoping all my work was not for naught. Trying to be supportive of the next generation of environmentalists through volunteering.
I’ve worked throughout the U.S. and am currently in the Great Lakes area.
I’ve worked throughout the U.S. and am currently in the Great Lakes area.
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Today, Gov Pritzker announced Illinois is postponing construction of a long-awaited project to stop the movement of invasive carp upstream into the Great Lakes, with the Illinois DNR anticipating a lack of federal funding as the Trump admin. withholds $117 million in grants. For @chicagotribune.com:
Pritzker delays start of invasive carp project at Brandon Road in Joliet amid federal funding concerns
Experts want to install layered technologies at a “critical pinch point” of the Des Plaines River to try and stop silver and bighead carp from getting to Lake Michigan.
www.chicagotribune.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Today, Gov Pritzker announced Illinois is postponing construction of a long-awaited project to stop the movement of invasive carp upstream into the Great Lakes, with the Illinois DNR anticipating a lack of federal funding as the Trump admin. withholds $117 million in grants. For @chicagotribune.com:
EPA will have a hard enough time staying alive much less meet "demands." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Environmental groups demand EPA to start monitoring microplastics in water
Legal petition filed by 170 groups pushes environmental agency to tackle pressing health threat of pollution
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 4:35 PM
EPA will have a hard enough time staying alive much less meet "demands." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Traditionally, flying a U.S. flag upside down has been a sign of distress or extreme danger for the country or for the person flying it.
November 28, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Traditionally, flying a U.S. flag upside down has been a sign of distress or extreme danger for the country or for the person flying it.