leanahosea
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Founder & journalist @WATERSHED_i https://t.co/7IQB1VPlY7 Filmmaker: ‘Thirst For Justice’: https://t.co/x8X2qUJUw4, formerly BBC (18 yrs) & Knight Wallace Fellow.
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New EPA rule classifies chloroprene as 'likely carcinogenic' & Denka chemical plant in 'Cancer Alley', Louisiana, is given 90 days to bring it's emissions down to levels classed as 'safe'. Denka vows to fight this through the courts.
#SacrificeZones
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EXCL: The UK's main water regulator has spent £26.7m on private consultants.
Many of those firms work for the water industry, and advertise their inside knowledge of regulators as a selling point.
My exclusive for The Observer / The Guardian:
theguardian.com/business/2024/…
A Water Vole's plea on #EarthDay2024
We make burrows in the earth along the banks of rivers, streams, canals, ponds and lakes. We are small, very effective ecosystem engineers, who need tall, uncut vegetation in which to hide and feed until late October.
So don't cut it! 🙏
Trudi Warner won’t face trial!
The High Court slapped down the solicitor general’s “fanciful” attempt to prosecute her for contempt of court, declaring that the minister had “significantly mischaracterise[d] the evidence”.
Read Jess O'Thomson’s analysis:
goodlaw.social/hftq
Little lungs need far more protection from #AirPollution .
Exposure to pollution between 0-2 leads to poor attention capacity in children between 4-8, with the effects being worse in boys as their brains mature more slowly. airqualitynews.com/health/no2-exp…
Exposing Problems From Toxic Chemicals in Plastics
IPEN’s video shows how plastics expose children and families to harmful chemicals throughout our lives, and how they poison the circular economy
youtu.be/D6GHVXVK4_s?si… #plasticstreaty
A glimmer of hope: La Oroya, Peru, - - a court ruled a metal mining company harmed local people while government failed to protect them. The court ordered health care provision, compensation & a clean up. It took 20 years of fighting to reach this point.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lif…
From our #WoodSmokeStories archive: “The air we breathe is thick with fumes; it smells inside our home. It means we cannot open windows and I cannot be out in the garden.” #WoodSmokePollution dsawsp.org/personal-stori…