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Trump’s America: “The 4-year-old — who is suffering from a rare form of cancer — and the 7-year-old were deported to Honduras within a day of being arrested with their mother” @AP apnews.com/article/immi...

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The oil and gas industry has caused $28 trillion in damages from extreme heat. Now it can be traced. “There’s long been this veil of plausible deniability that any emitter could hide behind…We can now do that accounting exercise.” @NicolasFuRivero www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

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Arizona Republic climate reporter Joan Meiners leads a tour of #SEJ2025 conference goers in search of a desert tortoise at the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy near Phoenix. @sejorg

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Pushback against Trump’s EO attacking the African American History museum: “This flagrant attempt to erase Black history is unacceptable and must be stopped…The attempt to paper over elements of American history is both cowardly and unpatriotic,” @AP www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...

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A deadly future if vaccinations keep dropping: “measles could become entrenched, resulting in “hundreds of thousands of cases, where deaths are commonplace and hospitalizations are happening all the time” @bylenasun www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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The financial calamity of climate change. And it’s getting worse if we don’t cut fossil fuel emissions, experts say: “every 1% of greenhouse gas put into the atmosphere since 1990 has caused $502 billion in damage from heat alone…” @borenbears @ap apnews.com/article/clim...

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In the bayou, the fishing community is celebrating two big wins. That’s good for Louisiana seafood, and good for the fisheries and dolphins. Check out Money Trail on Substack to find out why. It’s free! themoneytrail.substack.com/p/two-major-...

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Scientists warn of ongoing massive global coral bleaching, threatening fisheries and ocean life. “If the corals die, this support structure that provides food and homes is lost.” @leo_sands @washingtpost www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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Good news for fishermen on Earth Day. Check out the latest on Money Trail on Substack and subscribe. It's free! themoneytrail.substack.com/p/two-major-...

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Lots of scientists and locals don’t. But money talks. Except when it doesn’t. Many believe there are better ways to spend the money. Amazing what happens when there’s a new sheriff in town!

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I’ve talked lots of them. Marine mammal scientists in particular are outraged about the decision to wipe out the largest population of dolphins in the gulf. Dolphins and fisheries are just collateral damage I guess. But a new Gov from the bayou thinks otherwise.

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Like the science the state of Louisiana used to lobby Congress to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act so it could build this $3 billion behemoth and kill dolphins?

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Louisiana has funded billions of dollars of coastal restoration projects, but its biggest one, a massive Mississippi River diversion, was paused due to its impacts on fisheries and dolphins. More on this tomorrow. @ap @jack_brook96 apnews.com/article/deep...

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Memorial to a dark time in the St Louis 1904 World’s Fair: “individuals in the village were deemed uncivilized and used as a form of propaganda to help justify the American occupation of the Philippines in the early 1900s.” @stlpublicradio @hiba_ahmad96 www.stlpr.org/news-briefs/...

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New from the Money Trail on @SubStackInc: @randyrieland’s inaugural Trail Notes column includes stories you may have missed. Check it out! x.com/therockyfile...

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In new budget, Louisiana officials say a $3 billion river diversion project that fishermen say will destroy fisheries and dolphins could be used for other coastal projects: “This isn’t the first time a project has been held up” @elise_plunk @IlluminatorLA lailluminator.com/2025/04/17/c...

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The heat keeps coming. Critical ocean environments can only take so much until they disappear. "The Great Barrier Reef was hit by a sixth widespread coral bleaching event since 2016 this summer – the second time the world’s biggest coral reef has seen the phenomenon strike in back-to-back years"

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Overfishing doesn’t make you „the world’s dominant seafood leader“, at least not for long, it’s just a dumb & shortsighted depletion of fish stocks. 🌊

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Extreme events: not where you would expect them?

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Last year’s record spike in atmospheric CO2 has scientists wondering if nature is caught in a dangerous feedback loop: “The obvious question is, are we on the cusp of a tipping point in natural ecosystems?” @sarahkaplan48 @washingtonpost www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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In the oil industry-polluted Louisiana bayou, a potential game-changer decision against Big Oil: “questioning the practices and legacy of oil and gas activity in Louisiana is no longer the third rail it once was.” www.nola.com/news/environ...

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Killing climate satellites just when we need them: “If this administration decides, ‘We don't believe in all this hogwash called global warming’ and cut us, then it doesn't exist anywhere else in the world” @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

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Killing climate satellites just when we need them: “If this administration decides, ‘We don't believe in all this hogwash called global warming’ and cut us, then it doesn't exist anywhere else in the world” @chelseaeharvey subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

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The problem with coal: it kills people and pumps out climate-heating #methane: “I tell my people never use the word ‘coal’ unless you put ‘beautiful clean’ before it. … So we call it beautiful clean coal.” @jbruggers @insideclimate insideclimatenews.org/news/1104202...

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What cities can do to protect public health by cutting vehicle traffic: “Both PM 2.5 and nitrogen dioxide have been linked to major health problems, including heart attacks, lung cancer, bronchitis and asthma.” @chicoharlan @NaemaAhmed www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

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Hear no evil, see no evil: “How in the world can we possibly manage this incredible threat to America’s well-being and humanity’s well-being if we’re not actually monitoring what we’re doing to exacerbate the problem?” @fastlerner @propublica www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Killing science: “They think they’re going to get rid of climate change by banning the use of the words, and now they’re going to remove the scientific capacity to get the information that we need,” @ssdance @washingtonpost www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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“For a bunch of people who are screaming about efficiency…they’ve done the most inefficient things possible.”

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In his first term Trump was mesmerized by a French military parade. Now he wants to bring it home. Is this really what the US needs right now? @ElliottNegin explains there are better things to spend our money on. Check out Substack's Money Trail. themoneytrail.substack.com

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A champion of nonprofit journalism: “We were sort of Thelma and Louise, without the kiss. We were going to drive off the cliff together, not knowing what was underneath to catch us” www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

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Settled science: using the tobacco defense model to obscure the truth about climate change. “…some of these companies have engaged in misleading advertising and other practices that…have violated the law.” @CC_Yale yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/our-...

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Dangerous toxic-emitting industries push Trump EPA for exemptions from clean air safety laws. Environmental experts are alarmed: “This loophole, if kept in place, will kill Americans, plain and simple” @bgibbs @oil_watch news.oilandgaswatch.org/post/industr...

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It may seem cool in the eastern US, but the planet continues to burn: "Global land areas had their second-warmest March on record in 2025, and global oceans also had their second-warmest March" @drjeffmasters.bsky.social yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/marc...

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Trump administration pulls funding for a critical science report on the impacts of climate change mandated by Congress: “It’s hard to see how they’re going to put out a National Climate Assessment now” @bradplumer @nytimes www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c...

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Insurance industry report: the skyrocketing costs of climate change are rapidly making the world uninsurable. "This is already happening. Entire regions are becoming uninsurable.” @dgelles @nytimes messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...

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The numbers behind Trump’s gravy train. Read it on Substack’s Money Trail: “We’ve seen President Trump and members of his family and close associates significantly profiting off the presidency in a way that’s unprecedented in American history” themoneytrail.substack.com @JDSalant

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Attack on press freedom: “It’s one of the Trump administration’s latest, most brazen attempts to stifle the institutions across the government that are tasked with holding the most powerful accountable.” @BenJohansen3 @politico www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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Chevron to pay for Louisiana land loss: “The parish has been reduced by nearly half its original size in the last century. Oil-and-gas canals crisscross its wetlands, exacerbating seawater destruction of marsh vegetation.” @adeelnyt @NYTimes www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...

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After a decade of planning, Louisiana pulled the plug on a $3 billion BP oil-spill-funded Mississippi River diversion that would have devastated coastal fisheries and wiped out the largest population of Gulf dolphins. @JohnSnellFox8 @FOX8NOLA www.fox8live.com/2025/04/05/l...

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A new wastewater treatment process can remove pollutants other methods can miss, including some pharmaceuticals & nutrients that fuel algae blooms. @snexplores.bsky.social @sciencenews.bsky.social @neorsd.org www.snexplores.org/article/bioc...

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Sad. As a Marketplace public radio reporter, I worked with CPI and the Medill School of Journalism on a Congressional travel investigation that won an Edward R Murrow award. Their data reporting work was outstanding. Rest in peace CPI. via @cjr www.cjr.org/news/center-...

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US clean energy projects are getting crushed by market uncertainty: “Nothing is more important to business than market clarity,..It’s about as clear as a blizzard at midnight.” @e2org @shannonosaka @washingtonpost www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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Powerful story about an ongoing nuclear waste disaster in St Louis linked to thousands of cancer cases. Support for victims may be hurt by government cutbacks. “I’m almost 70 right now…I never thought I’d be alive right now.” @stlpublicradio www.stlpr.org/health-scien...

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For artists, songwriters and cultural centers across the nation the doors close on federal aid: "Your grant's immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government, including its fiscal priorities." www.npr.org/2025/04/03/n... @npr.org

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Brilliant!

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Bad for the climate: playing ball with Big Oil and Gas. The definitive story on Substack's Money Trail: "17 of the 30 MLB teams are sponsored by companies that are exacerbating the climate crisis and the financial institutions that support them." open.substack.com/pub/themoney...

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Dangerous life-threatening storms to pound the Midwest: The flood risk may last up to four days — and communities could be hit multiple times…an “extreme flooding scenario.” @BenNollWeather @washingtonpost www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

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Johns Hopkins study: risks from multiple chemicals is underestimated: “The authors of this paper powerfully demonstrate how EPA has repeatedly underestimated the true health risks for people living in the shadow of industrial polluters” @AmudalatAjasa www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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