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Sandzik
@sandzik.bsky.social
AP Environmental Science & Biology Teacher
Paying attention, celebrating the wins, & feeling the losses.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... A complex story that relates to our current class topic. A win for SF's sewage system, a loss for clean surface waters...
US supreme court weakens rules on discharge of raw sewage into water supplies
Ruling by the court, which has a Republican super majority, undermines the 1972 Clean Water Act
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Reposted by Sandzik
January 14, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Folks get confused as to why increased cold spells can be an effect of climate change (ice storms don't easily equate to the term "global warming"). Read hear about how climate change destabilizes the polar jet stream and can actually lead to polar air farther south.
www.ucdavis.edu/climate/defi...
Polar Vortex
Sunrise photo of the historic 2019 Polar Vortex weather event in Chicago, Illinois.
www.ucdavis.edu
February 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Do some investigations on your own. The EPA.gov site has shifted quite a bit (as have many other government sites). Use the Wayback machine to support you in making sense of what's happening.
Scientists brace ‘for the worst’ as Trump purges climate mentions from websites
Trump administration pulling references online ‘won’t make crisis’ stop affecting Americans’ lives, say experts
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM