This documentary exposes how PFAS chemicals once used in making stain-resistant carpets ended up in the environment and the drinking water in parts of Georgia and Alabama, and the ongoing health impacts. #ClimateChange #Environment #PFAS
SUCCESSFUL GLASS RECYCLER ALSO BUILDS WETLANDS
🍾 Franziska Trautmann started a recycling facility in a backyard 5 years ago. Now she's Louisiana's biggest glass recycler.
✋ She has fought against the many obstacles that keep glass recycling in the U.S. to only around 30%.
🦉 The facility operates 3 days a week. Her team uses the other days, with some of their glass, to build coastal wetland islands. And wildlife is returning: Birds, gators, crabs, otters.
✨ Need some positive environmental news? Watch this 13-minute video.
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-louisianas-recycler-rebuilds-wetlands-with-crushed-glass-2026-1
#SolarPunk #SolarPunkSunday (Belated)
#EnvironmentalConservation
#WasteManagement #Environment #Biodiversity #Wetlands #CoastalConservation #Recycling
This documentary exposes how PFAS chemicals once used in making stain-resistant carpets ended up in the environment and the drinking water in parts of Georgia and Alabama, and the ongoing health impacts. #ClimateChange #Environment #PFAS
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
“Because there are already unmet needs, including the current 4.8-million-acre-foot shortage, data centers’ unknown unmet needs are poised to place unprecedented stress on local #water supplies across the state.” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-ai-data-centers-water-usage-regulation/
#politics #USpol #news #AI #tech #environment #ClimateChange #Texas
I had so much fun with this painting! And I love persimmons. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper #TraditionalArt #AnimeArt #Nature #Landscape #Environment #NatureInspiration #SliceOfLife
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
“Because there are already unmet needs, including the current 4.8-million-acre-foot shortage, data centers’ unknown unmet needs are poised to place unprecedented stress on local #water supplies across the state.” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-ai-data-centers-water-usage-regulation/
#politics #USpol #news #AI #tech #environment #ClimateChange #Texas
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 254
Male #bumblebees can’t #sting - even if they wanted to!
They don’t have a stinger.
All females (queens and workers) develop a stinger but the equivalent part of the body in males develops into the genital capsule.
Ouch!
#bees
#nature
#biodiversity
#environment
#insects
#worldbeesanctuary
#wildlife #science #education
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 254
Male #bumblebees can’t #sting - even if they wanted to!
They don’t have a stinger.
All females (queens and workers) develop a stinger but the equivalent part of the body in males develops into the genital capsule.
Ouch!
#bees
#nature
#biodiversity
#environment
#insects
#worldbeesanctuary
#wildlife #science #education
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
‘Everything is quagga mussel now’: can invasive species be stopped? – podcast https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2026/feb/05/everything-is-quagga-mussel-now-can-invasive-species-be-stopped-podcast #Science #InvasiveSpecies #Wildlife #Environment #Conservation #Biodiversity #Europe
‘Everything is quagga mussel now’: can invasive species be stopped? – podcast https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2026/feb/05/everything-is-quagga-mussel-now-can-invasive-species-be-stopped-podcast #Science #InvasiveSpecies #Wildlife #Environment #Conservation #Biodiversity #Europe
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
Thank goodness!!!!
Fast track panel declines Taranaki seabed mining over risk to marine life | RNZ News https://share.google/5DgBqLYpOXvQC3RLB
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