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Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, the government has taken down key environmental data.

“When you start taking down this information,” says geographer Eric Nost, “really, what it is, is censorship and propaganda.”
Saving U.S. Climate and Environmental Data Before It Goes Away
Some 2,000 records went missing from government data sets after the Trump administration took office in January. Canadian geographer Eric Nost talks about the work he and colleagues are doing to archi...
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March 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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@moriahcosta.bsky.social's new piece in @greencb.bsky.social gets at how states are taking the fight against climate change into their hands with a climate-hostile federal government. NY is doing that in 2025 w/ full-scope emissions disclosure rules vital to lowering emissions across the economy 📉
March 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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NEW REPORT FROM @nrdc.org: Pyrolysis, which is a type of incineration, accounts for 80% of proposed/operating U.S. chemical recycling facilities. Yet pyrolysis actually can’t recycle much, if any, plastic.
“Chemical Recycling” Is a Toxic Trap
As public concern grows about mountains of plastic trash, the plastics industry is promoting technologies that it misleadingly calls “chemical recycling” and touts as a solution to the plastic crisis....
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March 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Narwhals are difficult to study, partly because they live so far north in the remote Arctic.

In today’s episode,  a  mysterious creature with a tooth longer than your body.

Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284/epi...
March 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Honoring the legacy of one of New York's civil rights champions. The SUNY Board of Trustees and @sunychancellor.bsky.social announced the Dr. Hazel Dukes SUNY Fellowship for the Advancement of Civil Rights.

📰: www.suny.edu/suny-news/pr...
Dr. Hazel Dukes Fellowship for the Advancement of Civil Rights Established
In recognition of Women’s History Month and in honor of one of the New York State’s treasured civil rights and public education leaders, the SUNY leadership announced the Dr. Hazel Dukes SUNY...
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March 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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By 2030, we aim to avoid or sequester 3 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually—the same as taking 650 million cars off the road every year. Nature is a powerful tool in helping us achieve this goal. So are YOU. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter: www.nature.org/en-us/what-w...
February 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM