Profile avatar
jcherson.bsky.social
Associate Director of Government Affairs at Riverkeeper. Based in the Hudson Valley of the great State of New York. All things protecting the Hudson River and its tributaries. Visit us at https://bsky.app/profile/riverkeeper.org or on the web riverkeeper.o
66 posts 375 followers 3,101 following
Prolific Poster
Posts 43 Comments 7

Big wins for clean water in NY’s budget proposals in race to deadline. 💧 $700M/$600M for water infrastructure 💧 $9.5M for Hudson River Programs(+$2M!) 💧 $500M for the Environmental Protection Fund Now we need Gov. Hochul to hit "accept" to lock it in! www.riverkeeper.org/news-and-eve...

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

Dude. I'm running out of adjectives for sheer self-own of the U.S. right now. We are being stripped and sold for parts. The know nothings are winning. Sagan's warnings were 100% accurate.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

"Ozempic owes its success 2 research N2 Gila monster venom, which after 4 decades of investigatn, finally gave rise to GLP-1s, drugs that hold promise in transforming #publichealth & are already shifting the economy. If silliness be the proxy 4 edge science, play on — give us excess of it." #MedSky

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

🗞️ "Later this year, Riverkeeper will roll out a more robust version of its public monitoring program at more than 200 locations in the river and its tributaries." Read more: ⬇️

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Absolutely shocking and very worrying from NOAA www.newscientist.com/article/2469...

submitted 25 days ago • 18 comments

The US National Science Foundation is set to lose 1/4 to 1/2 of its staff: www.eenews.net/articles/sci...

submitted 40 days ago • 2 comments

Trump is purging vital scientific data, including a climate-justice tool for the health and financial well-being of millions of Americans. There's a Data Dunkirk saving this data, but there shouldn't have to be 🎁 link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

submitted 45 days ago • 2 comments

The CDC weekly report the Trump admin. paused was expected to cover a study on whether veterinarians treating cows had bird flu. Another stalled report shows cases in which people carrying bird flu may have infected cats.Read the @kffhealthnews.bsky.social story by @amymaxmen.bsky.social on @cnn.com

submitted 45 days ago • 2 comments

Apparently all the PhD researchers holding prestigious NSF-funded research fellowships are having their salaries withheld until some unspecified time when the leadership figures out how to eliminate any grant funding that doesn’t align with the president’s political ideology.

submitted 45 days ago • 126 comments

For real? This can't be real? Is this legal? Highway funding based on birthrates?

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Had a great time advocating for the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act with @beyondplastics.bsky.social and @riverkeeper.org on Tuesday. Very grateful for the volunteers from Westchester County who came up to make their voices heart. And thanks to Senate Sepulveda for supporting!

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Science, Silenced: For the first time in 60+ years, one of CDC’s flagship scientific publications—the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)—was not published yesterday as scheduled following the Trump administration's gag order earlier this week. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

submitted 51 days ago • 4 comments

PASSED: The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA)! Passing WRDA unlocks vital water-related projects that drive our economy forward, strengthen waterways, help communities mitigate flood damage, protect fragile ecosystems, and more.

submitted 88 days ago • 9 comments

The US EPA issued a ban this week on TCE and PCE, dry cleaning chemicals that infamously contaminated Camp Lejeune's drinking water for decades. www.thenewlede.org/2024/12/us-e...

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Woah, indeed. First state court to make such a determination? And Montana no less.

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

There is so much to unpack in this article but the most important takeaway is that @nysfocus.bsky.social doing work that no other outlet has dared to approach. This desperately needs more sunlight & I hope this is the first in a series that digs deeper because this should be understood as a crisis.

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Here’s a link of ocean & enviro activists & leaders to follow. 🌎🐋🌊🤙 go.bsky.app/9yweJ17

submitted 121 days ago • 5 comments

I'm loving all the food, climate, open data & other science starter packs showing up recently. Let's build up the fisheries, aquaculture & aquatic foods community here 🐟🍤🎣 Suggest folks to add below! go.bsky.app/EeZv5UT

submitted 127 days ago • 18 comments

www.riverkeeper.org/news-and-eve...

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

🧪 Hey , here is a starter pack for those interested in #atmoschem prepared by @coletteheald.bsky.social go.bsky.app/GgmWgSo

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Incredibly excited to see our longshot bid to bring additional federal resources to the Mohawk River make it into the final WRDA 2024. Proud of the team at @riverkeeper.org and our representatives for securing this clean water win! tonko.house.gov/news/documen...

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Sadly, this very well could be the fate of the US car industry under the incoming administration.

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

New York could see more frequent and destructive wildfires like the ones that torched over 6,000 acres in the last few weeks. But the state doesn’t have enough forest rangers and firefighters to respond to the growing threat. nysfocus.com/2024/11/26/n...

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

A list of #freshwater and #aquatic starter packs! 💦🐚 go.bsky.app/K5ubDhb Freshwater Science go.bsky.app/ShC6bp7 Freshwater ecology go.bsky.app/R2WU99T Freshwater Food Webs go.bsky.app/PuVuWgK International freshwater conservation go.bsky.app/VPWh1vt Aquatic ECRs go.bsky.app/Lf9iN2C Aquatic Sciences

submitted 111 days ago • 3 comments

The one you've all been waiting for: economics journals. bsky.app/starter-pack...

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

I'm trying to tell people that rollbacks of environmental and climate laws are not inevitable. Yes, executive branch can do enormous damage but we are in damage control and a zero margin house is as good as it gets for stopping permanent changes to law & future regs - congressional review act!

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

Fish are cool. And super bizarre.

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

Riverkeeper is now on bluesky @riverkeeper.org.

submitted 111 days ago • 1 comment

Another good pack of climate adaptation and resilience handles. bsky.app/starter-pack...

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

Part 2 enviro journalists: bsky.app/starter-pack...

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

Excellent nature based solution-ists starter pack by the one and only @katharinehayhoe.com. bsky.app/starter-pack...

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

Big list of enviro journalists: bsky.app/starter-pack...

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

More NYC coverage from The City. bsky.app/starter-pack...

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

Now we're talking @coosariverkeeper.bsky.social - welcome to @bsky.app #rolltide #WaterkeeperSky

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

‘Momentous’ sustainable fishing rules adopted for Atlantic Ocean swordfish https://buff.ly/3Zkk9Wu 🧪🦑🌎🐠

submitted 111 days ago • 1 comment

bsky.app/starter-pack...

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

Important to keep tabs on this member of Congress starter pack. bsky.app/starter-pack...

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

Great starter pack for Indigenous scientists and conservationists in the US. bsky.app/starter-pack...

submitted 112 days ago • 0 comments

Enviro health starter park. Good stuff. bsky.app/starter-pack...

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

ASMFC. Fisheries management is about management of people, mostly, not necessarily fish. Someone on bluesky said that yesterday but I don't know who. www.riverkeeper.org/news-and-eve...

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

DNA metabarcoding for large-scale insect monitoring 🧪🧬🪰 www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/dna-...

submitted 146 days ago • 0 comments

THERE IS A STARTER PACK FOR AQUATIC INSECTS RESEARCHERS🪲 The joy of living is back, folks. bsky.app/starter-pack...

submitted 114 days ago • 1 comment

Riverkeeper's Dr. Shannon Roback testifies in front of the NYS Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee hearing today on PFAS/PFOA contamination in water. Bottom line: NYS should do everything it can to compel the removal of this toxic class of forever chemicals from consumer products.

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments