Malaysia bans E-Waste imports, as they got out of hand:
“Malaysia is not a dumping ground for the world's waste,” it said. “E-waste is not just garbage but a serious threat to the environment, people's health and national security.”
#Waste #EWaste #Malaysia #Pollution #Environment #Tech #Hardware
The #pollution is so bad some researchers have identified the region as one of the nation’s #PFAS hot spots. Today, the consequences can be found everywhere. PFAS, often called #ForeverChemicals because they can take decades or more to break down, are in the #water & the #soil.
They’re in the dust on floors where #children crawl, the local #fish & #wildlife, & as ongoing research has shown, the #people.
#law #EnvironmentalLaw #regulations #PublicHealth #Climate #DrinkingWater #Alabama #Georgia
Inside America’s carpet capital: an empire & its #toxic legacy Covering the world in #carpet came with a cost no one wants to pay
…A lack of state & federal #regulations allowed carpet companies & their suppliers to legally switch among different versions of stain-&-soil resistant products.
#law #EnvironmentalLaw #pollution #PFAs #ForeverChemicals #chemicals #PublicHealth #Climate #people #children #fish #wildlife #river #water #soil #DrinkingWater #Alabama #Georgia
https://apnews.com/projects/pfas-forever-stained/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-05-AP+Investigation+
Malaysia bans E-Waste imports, as they got out of hand:
“Malaysia is not a dumping ground for the world's waste,” it said. “E-waste is not just garbage but a serious threat to the environment, people's health and national security.”
#Waste #EWaste #Malaysia #Pollution #Environment #Tech #Hardware
Meanwhile, the local public #utility in Dalton, #Georgia responsible for ensuring safe #DrinkingWater coordinated with #carpet executives in private meetings that would effectively shield their companies from #oversight.
Year after year, the #chemicals traveled in #water discarded during manufacturing from mills across northwest Georgia, eventually reaching a #river system that provides drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people in Georgia & eastern #Alabama.
The #pollution is so bad some researchers have identified the region as one of the nation’s #PFAS hot spots. Today, the consequences can be found everywhere. PFAS, often called #ForeverChemicals because they can take decades or more to break down, are in the #water & the #soil.
They’re in the dust on floors where #children crawl, the local #fish & #wildlife, & as ongoing research has shown, the #people.
#law #EnvironmentalLaw #regulations #PublicHealth #Climate #DrinkingWater #Alabama #Georgia
Inside America’s carpet capital: an empire & its #toxic legacy Covering the world in #carpet came with a cost no one wants to pay
…A lack of state & federal #regulations allowed carpet companies & their suppliers to legally switch among different versions of stain-&-soil resistant products.
#law #EnvironmentalLaw #pollution #PFAs #ForeverChemicals #chemicals #PublicHealth #Climate #people #children #fish #wildlife #river #water #soil #DrinkingWater #Alabama #Georgia
https://apnews.com/projects/pfas-forever-stained/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-05-AP+Investigation+
It’s a relatively new use for an #Energy Dept “emergency power” normally deployed to bypass #pollution limits & keep #power plants running more frequently during a hurricane, or the recent winter cold snaps. However, last year, Energy Sec Chris Wright used this emergency power to order those #coal plants & one #oil plant to stay open well past their shut-down date—arguing there wasn’t enough energy being generated to power the #grid if they went dark.
The #Trump admin has so far prevented 5 aging #coal-fired #power plants from shutting down at their planned retirement dates. The admin says this is a cost-saving solution for Americans at a time when rising #energy bills are causing concern around the country. But experts say it’s likely to increase energy prices, instead. In fact, new analysis shows the move could cost #US ratepayers billions over the next 2 years.
#idiocracy #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #law
It’s a relatively new use for an #Energy Dept “emergency power” normally deployed to bypass #pollution limits & keep #power plants running more frequently during a hurricane, or the recent winter cold snaps. However, last year, Energy Sec Chris Wright used this emergency power to order those #coal plants & one #oil plant to stay open well past their shut-down date—arguing there wasn’t enough energy being generated to power the #grid if they went dark.
Their conclusions showed that while ungrazed land often stores more visible carbon in plants and plant litter — the layer of dead organic material that accumulates on top of the soil surface — it can lose a more stable and far more important form of carbon hidden underground
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Their conclusions showed that while ungrazed land often stores more visible carbon in plants and plant litter — the layer of dead organic material that accumulates on top of the soil surface — it can lose a more stable and far more important form of carbon hidden underground
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
BANG = fight, flight or freeze has worked well so far. Another handy evolutionary tweak is that we tend to focus on immediate threats to our survival, before we stare down the more remote ones, be they distant by time or geography.
This explains why so many people – even smart, well-read people – are in a dream state regarding how bad the climate crisis is
Science journalists are not immune to the same survival responses
Last week: Pacifico’s GW Ranch in Pecos County is authorized to release more than 12,000 tons per year of regulated air pollutants. The complex can also release up to 33 million tons per year of greenhouse gases, equal to nearly 5% of the total annual greenhouse gas emissions of Canada. https://www.texasobserver.org/developer-gw-ranch-pecos-county-largest-power-project-us/
#Texas #pollution #politics #USpol #news #environment #tech #AI
They discovered that under certain climate conditions, which may become more common in the future, forest soils' capacity to absorb methane actually increases
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-forest-soils-methane-atmosphere-term.html
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Study ties particle pollution from wildfire smoke to 24,100 US deaths per year
A new study out in the journal Science Advances finds that chronic exposure to wildfire smoke has contributed to tens of thousands of deaths each year in the United States
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
They discovered that under certain climate conditions, which may become more common in the future, forest soils' capacity to absorb methane actually increases
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-forest-soils-methane-atmosphere-term.html
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Study ties particle pollution from wildfire smoke to 24,100 US deaths per year
A new study out in the journal Science Advances finds that chronic exposure to wildfire smoke has contributed to tens of thousands of deaths each year in the United States
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Last week: Pacifico’s GW Ranch in Pecos County is authorized to release more than 12,000 tons per year of regulated air pollutants. The complex can also release up to 33 million tons per year of greenhouse gases, equal to nearly 5% of the total annual greenhouse gas emissions of Canada. https://www.texasobserver.org/developer-gw-ranch-pecos-county-largest-power-project-us/
#Texas #pollution #politics #USpol #news #environment #tech #AI
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